| Full name | GE Hamble Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Planemakers | ||
| Founded | 1938 (as Folland Aircraft) | ||
| Ground | Folland Park, Hamble-le-Rice | ||
| Chairman | Jenny Heddington | ||
| Manager | Danny Bowers | ||
| League | Wessex League Premier Division | ||
| 2010-11 | Wessex League Premier Division, 12th | ||
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GE Hamble F.C. is an English football club based in Hamble-le-Rice, near Eastleigh, in Hampshire. The club are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division, and play at Folland Park.
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The club was established in 1938 as Folland Aircraft. During World War II players from Portsmouth and Southampton worked in the factory and played for the club, which won the Hampshire Senior Cup in 1941. In 1942 the club won the Senior Cup again, along with the Hampshire League and the Russell Coates Cup.
The club was renamed Folland Sports and drifted between county and local leagues until the 1980s. In 1979-80 they won Division Four of the Hampshire League and the Intermediate Cup. The following season they won Division Three, and in 1985 won the Southampton Senior Cup. After finishing second in Division Two in 1985-86 they were promoted to Division One.[1] They finished third in their first season in Division One, again winning the Southampton Senior Cup, and subsequently joined the Wessex League in 1987.
In 1990 they were renamed Aerostructures S&S and entered the FA Vase for the first time.[2] In 1998 they were renamed again, this time adopting the name Hamble ASSC.[3] In 2009-10 the club was promoted to the Premier Division after winning Division One. The club adopted its current name in 2011.