Hampshire League
The Hampshire League is a name used for two distinct football competitions based in Hampshire, England.
The first Hampshire League was formed in 1896, and ran until 2004 when it was incorporated into an expanded Wessex League.
Not all the clubs from the disbanded Hampshire League were able to meet Wessex League ground criteria, and being without an league, formed a new competition, also called the Hampshire League. Other clubs from local leagues, plus the reserve/"A" teams of some Wessex League clubs brought the founding complement up to 16 teams, although one failed to see through the inaugural season. The league continues to have one division techincally not connected to the English football league system, but has in 2006 taken a club relegated from the bottom division of the Wessex League.
The Hampshire League was originally fed by the Aldershot & District League, Isle of Wight League, North Hants League, Portsmouth League, Bournemouth League and the Southampton League. However, with the expansion of the Wessex League, the structure of the pyramid in Hampshire is less straight-forward - Wellow F.C. of the Southampton League moved straight into the Wessex League in 2006. In the same year, Four Marks moved from the Aldershot League to the Hampshire League.
Member clubs for the 2006-07 season
- A.F.C. Wolversdene Irons
- Broughton
- Durley
- East Lodge
- Fair Oak
- Four Marks
- Ludgershall Sports
- Ludwig Leisure Basingstoke
- Lyndhurst
- Michelmersh & Timsbury
- Mottisfont
- Netley Central Sports
- Over Wallop
- Sporting B T C
- Winchester Castle
- Upham
Champions since the founding of the new Hampshire League in 2004
| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| 2004-05 | Sporting B T C |
| 2005-06 | Mottisfont |
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