Sholing F.C.

Sholing

Full name	Sholing Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Boatmen
Founded	1960 (as Vosper Thornycroft)
Ground	VT Group Sports Ground, Sholing (Capacity: 1,000[1])
Chairman	Trevor Lewis
Manager	Dave Diaper
League	Southern League Division One South & West
2010-11	Southern League Division One South & West, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Sholing F.C. is a semi professional football club based in Sholing in Southampton, Hampshire, England. In 2010, they changed their name from VT F.C. to its present name. They won the Hampshire League twice in their history. In the 2008-09 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of the Southern League Division One South & West.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Vosper Thorneycroft FC 1.2 Sholing FC 2 Club records 3 Current squad 4 References 5 External links

History

Vosper Thorneycroft FC

Vosper Torneycroft were formed in 1960 as a successor to Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C., which had folded eight years earlier, although teams from the Woolston Works had competed as early as 1884 under various names. In this incarnation they initially played in the Southampton Junior League. After a number of successful years, they were promoted to the Hampshire League Third Division in 1991, rising to the Second Division the following season, followed by the First Division in 1998. A year later they were relegated when the league was re-organised, but at their first attempt they won promotion to the new Premier Division.

In 2003 Vospers were re-named as VT FC, after their parent company, and in their first season under their new name they were Hampshire League champions and won promotion to the Wessex League.

VTFC arrived in the Southern League Division One South and West for the 2009-10 season when they finished 4th. They lost in the subsequent play-offs to Bridgwater Town and were also runners-up in the Southern League Cup, losing on penalties to Cambridge City.

Sholing FC

In June 2010 the club changed its name to Sholing FC as the parent company VT Group no longer existed. The change also reflected the district in which the club is based.

During the 2010-11 season the club topped the league for months before a string of poor results in March saw them beaten to the title by AFC Totton by two points. Promotion was still possible through the play-offs but they lost out for the second year in a row, this time in the final 1-0 to Frome Town. In the Hampshire Senior Cup, after beating Conference South side Farnborough 3-1 in Farnborough, Sholing went down in the final 2-1 to AFC Totton at St Mary’s Stadium.

Club records

• Best League performance: Southern League Division One South and West 2nd, 2010–11
• Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011-12
• Best FA Trophy performance: preliminary round, 2009–10
• Best FA Vase performance: 4th round, 2008–09

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Tim Smith DF Dave Gordon

No. Position Player MF Lewis Johnson FW Hugh Thomas

References

External links

• Official website
• Club profile at pitchside.net
• VT FC at the Football Club History Database
• Vosper Thornycroft F.C. at the Football Club History Database

Southern League Premier Division Arlesey Town AFC Totton Banbury United Barwell Bashley Bedford Town Brackley Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Evesham United Frome Town Hemel Hempstead Town Hitchin Town Leamington Oxford City Redditch United St. Albans City Stourbridge Swindon Supermarine Weymouth Division One Central Ashford Town AFC Hayes Aylesbury Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedfont Town Bedworth United Biggleswade Town Burnham Chalfont St. Peter Chertsey Town Daventry Town Fleet Town Leighton Town Marlow North Greenford United Northwood Rugby Town Slough Town St Neots Town Uxbridge Woodford United Division One South & West Abingdon United Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Cinderford Town Clevedon Town Didcot Town Gosport Borough Halesowen Town Hungerford Town Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Poole Town Sholing Stourport Swifts Taunton Town Thatcham Town Tiverton Town Wimborne Town Yate Town Seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12