2014–15 Wessex Football League

The 2014–15 Wessex Football League season (known as the Sydenhams Football League (Wessex) for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th in the history of the Wessex Football League since its establishment in 1986.

Wessex Football League
Season2014–15
ChampionsPetersfield Town

The league consists of two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

Premier Division
Wessex Football League Premier Division
ChampionsPetersfield Town
PromotedPetersfield Town, Winchester City
Matches played420
Goals scored1,522 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorer56 – Warren Bentley (Winchester City)
Biggest home winAFC Portchester 8–0 Folland Sports, (24 February 2015)
Biggest away winPetersfield Town 0–8 Bournemouth, (31 January 2015)
Highest scoringNewport (IOW) 8–2 Fawley, (19 August 2014)

The Premier Division featured 21 teams, one fewer than last season, after Sholing were promoted to the Southern League, and Downton and Romsey Town were relegated to Division One.

Two teams joined the division:

Salisbury City, who were removed from the Football Conference due to their financial problems, applied to the Wessex League for entry for the 2014–15 season. This was despite the fact that the league had already started, with some clubs having played seven matches. The club was still threatened with liquidation in the High Court.[1] However, the application was rejected by the league due to problems within the club's structure on and off the pitch, and the ongoing court cases.[2]

The following clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: AFC Portchester, Blackfield & Langley, Moneyfields, Petersfield Town and Winchester City.

Petersfield Town were promoted as champions, and after another place opened up in the Southern League in June 2015, Winchester City were also promoted.[3]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Petersfield Town (C, P) 40 29 9 2 118 42 +76 96 Promotion to the Southern League
2 Winchester City (P) 40 28 5 7 120 38 +82 89
3 AFC Portchester 40 25 7 8 91 45 +46 82
4 Moneyfields 40 22 9 9 92 42 +50 75
5 Blackfield & Langley 40 21 10 9 83 44 +39 73
6 Whitchurch United 40 20 7 13 80 76 +4 67
7 Newport (IOW) 40 20 5 15 69 52 +17 65
8 Folland Sports 40 20 5 15 74 74 0 65
9 Lymington Town 40 19 5 16 70 57 +13 62
10 Hamworthy United 40 15 10 15 71 65 +6 55
11 Horndean 40 16 7 17 62 69 −7 55
12 Andover Town 40 16 4 20 66 70 −4 52
13 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 40 15 7 18 65 81 −16 52
14 Brockenhurst 40 15 5 20 72 89 −17 50
15 Verwood Town 40 13 5 22 57 79 −22 44
16 Alresford Town 40 11 6 23 64 82 −18 39
17 Fawley 40 10 8 22 44 81 −37 38
18 Bournemouth 40 9 8 23 61 126 −65 35
19 Fareham Town 40 7 11 22 50 92 −42 32
20 Totton & Eling (R) 40 8 7 25 53 107 −54 31 Relegation to Division One
21 Christchurch (R) 40 7 8 25 60 111 −51 29
Updated to match(es) played on 23:22, 29 April 2015 (UTC). Source: http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=274386
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2014–15 Wessex League Premier Division teams
Team Stadium
A.F.C. Portchester Wicor Recreation Ground
Alresford Town Arlesbury Park
Andover Town Portway Stadium
Bemerton Heath Harlequins Moon Park
Blackfield & Langley Gang Warily
Bournemouth Victoria Park
Brockenhurst Grigg Lane
Christchurch Hurn Bridge Sports Ground
Fareham Town Cams Alder
Fawley Waterside Sports & Social Club
Folland Sports Folland Park
Hamworthy United The County Ground
Horndean Five Heads Park
Lymington Town The Sports Ground
Moneyfields Moneyfields Sports Ground
Newport (IOW) St Georges Park
Petersfield Town The Love Lane Stadium
Totton & Eling Little Testwood Farm
Verwood Town Potterne Park
Whitchurch United Longmeadow
Winchester City The City Ground

Results
Home \ Away POR ALR AND BHH BFL BOU BRO CHR FAR FAW FOL HAM HOR LYM MON NEW PET TAE VER WHI WCC
AFC Portchester 2–1 3–3 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–0 3–1 8–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–5 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–0 0–2
Alresford Town 2–5 2–2 3–3 1–1 4–1 0–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–5 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–3 2–4
Andover Town 0–3 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–3 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 5–2 3–2 4–3 1–2
Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 6–1 3–1 4–3 3–0 2–3 1–2 0–5 2–0 2–1 1–6 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–4 2–2 1–0
Blackfield & Langley 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 6–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–0 4–1 0–1
Bournemouth 2–6 2–5 1–2 3–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–5 1–5 0–8 3–1 0–2 2–5 0–6
Brockenhurst 0–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–6 3–4 5–1 2–1 2–3 4–2 4–3 4–2 4–1 0–4 1–0 1–4 6–3 1–5 0–1 3–0
Christchurch 0–1 0–3 5–1 2–0 1–2 7–0 4–2 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–2 0–4 1–1 1–6 2–2 1–4 1–2 1–2
Fareham Town 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 7–1 1–1 1–1 6–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–7 5–1 2–2 1–2 1–6
Fawley 2–1 2–4 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–5 0–3
Folland Sports 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 4–3 4–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–4 5–2 3–5 0–0 1–1
Hamworthy United 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–2 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–3 4–0 2–0 1–1
Horndean 2–7 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 0–1
Lymington Town 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–5 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3
Moneyfields 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 5–1 2–2 6–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 5–2 2–0 5–2 1–2
Newport (IOW) 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–3 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 8–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Petersfield Town 1–0 5–2 4–1 1–0 3–2 5–3 5–0 4–0 4–2 5–1 1–6 2–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 4–1 5–1 4–0 2–2
Totton & Eling 0–4 1–4 0–5 2–2 1–4 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 5–0 1–6 2–0 2–4 0–4 2–1 1–3 1–0
Verwood Town 1–4 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–1 5–0 0–3 4–1 2–1 1–5
Whitchurch United 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 6–2 0–3 5–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–3 0–4 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1
Winchester City 0–0 5–1 2–3 6–0 2–2 7–0 7–1 7–1 6–0 5–0 5–2 2–1 2–3 4–0 4–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Division One featured 15 teams, reduced from the 17 teams which competed last season, after Hayling United and Stockbridge resigned, and Andover Town and Petersfield Town were promoted to the Premier Division.

Two clubs joined the division:

  • Downton, relegated from the Premier Division.
  • Romsey Town, relegated from the Premier Division.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Team Solent (C, P) 28 22 1 5 83 38 +45 67 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Cowes Sports (P) 28 20 4 4 78 32 +46 64
3 Tadley Calleva 28 20 3 5 86 33 +53 63
4 Amesbury Town 28 18 0 10 85 41 +44 54
5 United Services Portsmouth 28 16 3 9 68 46 +22 51
6 New Milton Town 28 15 4 9 70 49 +21 49
7 Hythe & Dibden 28 14 2 12 42 48 −6 44
8 Laverstock & Ford 28 12 3 13 39 54 −15 39
9 Fleet Spurs 28 11 5 12 50 63 −13 38
10 Pewsey Vale 28 9 4 15 44 48 −4 31
11 Ringwood Town 28 9 4 15 42 53 −11 31
12 Downton 28 6 9 13 33 48 −15 27
13 Andover New Street 28 7 4 17 37 66 −29 25
14 Romsey Town 28 4 4 20 40 81 −41 16
15 East Cowes Victoria Athletic 28 1 2 25 18 115 −97 5
Updated to match(es) played on 16:52, 25 April 2015 (UTC). Source: FA Full-Time, League Official
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2014–15 Wessex League Division One teams
Team Stadium
Amesbury Town Bonnymead Park
Andover New Street Foxcote Park
Cowes Sports Westwood Park
Downton Brian Whitehead Sports Ground
East Cowes Victoria Athletic Beatrice Avenue
Fleet Spurs Kennels Lane
Hythe & Dibden Ewart Recreation Ground
Laverstock & Ford The Dell
New Milton Town Fawcett's Field
Pewsey Vale The Recreation Ground
Ringwood Town Long Lane
Romsey Town The Bypass Ground
Tadley Calleva Barlow's Park
Team Solent Test Park Sports Ground
United Services Portsmouth The Victory Stadium

Results
Home \ Away AME ANS COW DOW ECV FLE HYT LAV NMT PEW RIN ROM TAD TSO USP
Amesbury Town 5–1 1–2 3–2 4–0 4–1 1–2 4–1 4–2 4–0 5–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–3
Andover New Street 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 4–2 2–5 1–2 1–4
Cowes Sports 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 0–2 6–0 5–3 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 1–3 3–2
Downton 0–6 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–1
East Cowes Victoria Athletic 1–7 3–4 0–4 0–5 0–5 0–5 0–4 0–4 0–9 1–6 1–3 1–9 0–4 0–5
Fleet Spurs 4–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–4 0–3 1–4 1–7
Hythe & Dibden 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–5 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–3 1–4
Laverstock & Ford 0–2 2–1 0–6 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–4
New Milton Town 3–0 4–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 4–2 2–3 3–0 3–2 3–2 4–2 1–3 2–3 3–0
Pewsey Vale 1–5 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–5 2–2 4–0
Ringwood Town 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 5–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–4 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–1 0–1
Romsey Town 0–4 2–3 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–3 1–3 0–5 2–4 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–4
Tadley Calleva 4–1 4–0 0–3 0–2 6–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 6–0 4–2 0–4 6–0
Team Solent 2–8 2–0 1–3 3–0 3–1 8–3 3–1 3–1 3–2 6–0 6–2 4–0 0–1 2–0
United Services Portsmouth 2–3 4–1 3–3 2–1 4–2 4–2 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2015. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. ""I won't walk away" says Salisbury City's 'charlatan' owner". Western Daily Press. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. "Salisbury City: Wessex League rejects club's application". BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. "Winchester City promoted to the Southern League". Southern Daily Echo. 20 June 2015.
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