Locks Heath F.C.
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| Full name | Locks Heath Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1894 | ||
| Ground | Locks Heath Rec, Warsash Road | ||
| Chairman | John Whitfield | ||
| Manager | Jonny Betteridge | ||
| League | Hampshire Premier League Senior Division | ||
| 2013-14 | Hampshire Premier League, Senior Division, 2nd [1] | ||
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Locks Heath Football Club is a football club based in Fareham suburb of Locks Heath, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association.[2] The club is an FA Charter Standard club.[3] They won the Hampshire League title in 1991. As of the 2014–15 season, they are members of the Hampshire Premier Football League Senior Division. The club's teams play their home games at The Recreation Ground, found on Hunts Pond Road. Locks Heath play in red and black shirts and are managed by Jonny Betteridge and assistant Ray Fielder.
History
Locks Heath was founded in 1894 but prior to that played as St Johns Chapel team against other local church and chapel teams.[4] In the 1983–84 season they joined the Hampshire League, in Division three and within three seasons were in the top division, finishing as Runners up in 1986–87. The club went on to win the Hampshire league in the 1990–91 season. In the 2005–06 season, they won the Wessex League Second Division title and were promoted to Wessex League Division 1 for 2006–07, finishing in fourth place, before joining the Hampshire Premier League as founder members.[5]
On 27 July 2011 Locks Heath Football Club was awarded the coveted FA Charter Standard Award.[6]
The 2012–13 season saw the club become champions of the Hampshire Premier League for the first time in their history.[7] However the club was refused promotion to the Wessex League, as Locks Heath Recreation Ground (a public open space, owned by Fareham Borough Council[8]) could not be developed to the standards required by the league.[9] In an effort to avoid future restrictions on club promotion, chairman Douglas Leask finalised a ground share agreement in late 2013, for the club's first team, with Gosport Borough FC,who play at Privett Park[10]
Ground
Locks Heath play some home matches at the Locks Heath Recreation Ground, Titchfield Common, Fareham, PO14 4JX. The recreation ground is owned by Fareham Borough Council.[8] Some first team games are played at Privett Park, Gosport.
Locks Heath Recreation Ground has been the club's home for more than 70 years. The club is a section of the Locks Heath Sports and Social Club which has a licensed club house on the site. During the summer months the recreation ground is used by Locks Heath Cricket Club [11]
The part of the Recreation Ground given over to football has a semi-permanent barrier around the pitch, and floodlights, some which are removed at the end of each football season so that the ground can be used for cricket.
Honours
- Wessex League Division Two[5]
- Winners: 2005–06
- Hampshire Premier League'[5]
- Winners: 2012–13
- Hampshire League'[5]
- Winners: 1990–91
- Runners-up: 1986–87, 1999–2000
- Hampshire League Division two'[5]
- Winners: 1995–96
- Runners-up: 1985–86
- Hampshire League Division three'[5]
- Runners-up: 1983–84
Records
- Highest League Position:[5] 4th in Wessex League Division One 2006–07
Notable former players
- Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
- Players with full international caps.
References
- ↑ "Hampshire Premier Football League". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ↑ "Puma Engineering Hampshire Premier League – League Documents". Hpfl.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ "Clubs". HampshireFA. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ "Club History". Locks Heath FC. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Locks Heath F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ↑ "Fareham's Locks Heath Football Club becomes the first in the Borough to join the FA elite". Fareham People. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ "Locks Heath are Hampshire League champions | Gazette Daily". Wwgazette.co.uk. 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.fareham.gov.uk/leisure/parks_and_open_spaces/recgrounds.aspx#LocksHeath
- ↑ http://www.wwgazette.co.uk/2013/04/ground-development-needed-for-locks-heath-promotion/
- ↑ http://www.gosportboroughfc.co.uk/news/locks-heath-to-groundshare-at-privett-1021167.html
- ↑ http://www.locksheathcricketclub.co.uk/about-us.html
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Coordinates: 50°51′00.76″N 1°15′18.34″W / 50.8502111°N 1.2550944°W