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'''Waterlooville F.C.''' was a long running semi-professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Waterlooville]], [[Hampshire]].

They were known as "The Ville" and played at Jubilee Park until 1998 when they merged with [[Havant Town F.C.|Havant Town]] to form [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]].

==History== Waterlooville F.C. was established in 1902 and initially played in the local Waterlooville & District League.<ref>Association Football in Hampshire until 1914 by Norman Gannaway</ref> Shortly before [[World War II]] they joined the Portsmouth League, immediately winning the Division Three title. After the war they won Division Two and after a few years in Division One they won three consecutive titles.<ref>Hampshire Football Association Centenary History 1887-1987 by Norman Gannaway</ref> In 1953 they joined the [[Hampshire League]] <ref>A Tabulated History of the Hampshire League by Stephen Farmery</ref> and in [[1968–69 FA Cup|1968–69]] reached the first round of the [[FA Cup]] for the first time, where they lost 2–1 to [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]].<ref name=FCHD/><ref>A History of the Hampshire League 1896–1996 by Norman Gannaway</ref>

In 1971 Waterlooville were promoted to Division One South of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]. They won the division in their [[1971–72 Southern Football League|first season]] and were promoted to the Premier Division.<ref name=RSSSF/> However, they finished bottom of the Premier Division the [[1972–73 Southern Football League|following season]] and were relegated back to Division One South.<ref name=RSSSF>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html England&nbsp;– Southern League Final Tables] RSSSF</ref> In [[1976–77 FA Cup|1976–77]] they reached the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 2–1 at home to [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] in a match which set the Jubilee Park attendance record of 4,500.<ref name=FCHD/> When the league was reorganised in 1982 they were placed in the Premier Division, but were relegated back to Division One South in [[1982–83 Southern Football League|1982–83]], despite also reaching the final of the Southern League Cup, losing to Alvechurch.<ref name=RSSSF/> The [[1983–84 FA Cup|following season]], under the stewardship of manager John Milkins, they again reached the first round of the FA Cup, holding [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] to two 1–1 draws, before losing a second replay 2–0.<ref name=FCHD/>

Ville lifted the Southern League Cup in [[1986–87 Southern Football League|1986–87]] after winning both legs of the two-legged final against Hednesford Town. The [[1987–88 Southern Football League|following season]] they finished second and were promoted back to the Premier Division.<ref name=RSSSF/> In [[1988–89 FA Cup|1988–89]] they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the fourth and final time, losing 4–1 at home to [[Aylesbury United F.C.|Aylesbury United]].<ref name=FCHD/> They remained in the Premier Division until relegation at the end of the [[1993–94 Southern Football League|1993–94 season]].<ref name=RSSSF/>

Following the sale of Jubilee Park in 1998, the club merged with neighbours and league rivals [[Havant Town F.C.|Havant Town]] to form [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]].<ref name=FCHD>{{fchd|id=WATERLOV|name=Waterlooville}}</ref>

==Honours== *'''[[Hampshire Football Association]]''' <ref>Hampshire Football Association Yearbook 2015/16</ref> **[[Hampshire Senior Cup|Senior Cup]] winners 1969-70, 1972-73, 1984-85 and 1991-92. Finalists 1973-74, 1975-76, 1990-91, 1995-96 and 1996-97 **Russell Cotes Cup winners 1988-89 *'''Portsmouth Football Association''' **Senior Cup winners 1968-69 **Junior Cup winners 1921-22 and 1946-47 *'''[[Southern Football League|Southern League]]''' **Division One South champions [[1971–72 Southern Football League|1971–72]] **Southern Division runners-up [[1987–88 Southern Football League|1987–88]] **League Cup winners [[1986–87 Southern Football League|1986–87]], finalists [[1982–83 Southern Football League|1982–83]] *'''[[Hampshire League]]''' **Division 1 runners-up 1969-70 **Division 2 champions 1959-60 and 1964-65 **Division 3 East runners-up 1953-54 *'''Portsmouth & District League''' <ref>Waterlooville FC matchday programme 1986/87 season</ref> **Division 1 champions 1949-50, 1950-51 and 1951-52 **Division 2 champions 1946-47 **Division 3 champions 1938-39 *'''Other''' **Portsmouth Victory Cup winners 1959-60 and 1969-70 **Gosport War Memorial Cup winners 1968-69 and 1979-80

==Playing records==

=== League === {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center !Season !Division !Position !Significant events |- |1946-53||Portsmouth & District League|| || |- |1953/54||[[Hampshire League]] Div 3 East ||2/14||Promoted |- |1954/55||Hampshire League Division 2||9/14|| |- |1955/56||Hampshire League Division 2||10/16|| |- |1956/57||Hampshire League Division 2||14/16|| |- |1957/58||Hampshire League Division 2||4/16|| |- |1958/59||Hampshire League Division 2||4/16|| |- |1959/60||Hampshire League Division 2||1/16||Promoted |- |1960/61||Hampshire League Division 1||7/16|| |- |1961/62||Hampshire League Division 1||10/16|| |- |1962/63||Hampshire League Division 1||11/16|| |- |1963/64||Hampshire League Division 1||15/16||Relegated |- |1964/65||Hampshire League Division 2||1/16||Promoted |- |1965/66||Hampshire League Division 1||4/16|| |- |1966/67||Hampshire League Division 1||5/16|| |- |1967/68||Hampshire League Division 1||4/16|| |- |1968/69||Hampshire League Division 1||5/16|| |- |1969/70||Hampshire League Division 1||2/16|| |- |1970/71||Hampshire League Division 1||6/16||Promoted |- |1971/72||[[Southern Football League|Southern League]] Div 1 South||1/16||Promoted |- |1972/73||Southern League Premier Div ||22/22||Relegated |- |1973/74||Southern League Div 1 South||3/20|| |- |1974/75||Southern League Div 1 South||6/20|| |- |1975/76||Southern League Div 1 South||8/20|| |- |1976/77||Southern League Div 1 South||3/18|| |- |1977/78||Southern League Div 1 South||4/20|| |- |1978/79||Southern League Div 1 South||8/21|| |- |1979/80||Southern League Southern Div||12/24|| |- |1980/81||Southern League Southern Div||5/24|| |- |1981/82||Southern League Southern Div||7/24|| |- |1982/83||Southern League Southern Div||18/20|| |- |1983/84||Southern League Southern Div||12/20|| |- |1984/85||Southern League Southern Div||9/20|| |- |1985/86||Southern League Southern Div||10/21|| |- |1986/87||Southern League Southern Div||11/20|| |- |1987/88||Southern League Southern Div||2/21||Promoted |- |1988/89||Southern League Premier Div||17/22|| |- |1989/90||Southern League Premier Div||16/22|| |- |1990/91||Southern League Premier Div||20/22|| |- |1991/92||Southern League Premier Div||15/22|| |- |1992/93||Southern League Premier Div||11/21|| |- |1993/94||Southern League Premier Div||20/22||Relegated |- |1994/95||Southern League Southern Div||4/22|| |- |1995/96||Southern League Southern Div||3/22|| |- |1996/97||Southern League Southern Div||15/22|| |- |1997/98||Southern League Southern Div||10/22||Merged with [[Havant Town F.C.|Havant Town]] |}

=== FA Cup === {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center !Season !Round !Opponents !Result |- |1966/67||1st Qualifying Round||A v Chichester City||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Chichester City||W 4-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Salisbury||L 0-2 |- |1967/68||1st Qualifying Round||H v Selsey||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Selsey||L 2-3 |- |1968/69||1st Qualifying Round||H v Basingstoke Town||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Newport||W 3-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Salisbury||W 4-2 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||A v Falmouth Town||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Falmouth Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''2nd Replay''||A v Falmouth Town||W 2-1 |- | ||Round 1||H v Kettering Town||L 1-2 |- |1969/70||1st Qualifying Round||A v Selsey||W 4-3 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Andover||L 1-2 |- |1970/71||1st Qualifying Round||H v Thornycroft Athletic||D 1–1 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Thornycroft Athletic||D 0-0 |- | ||''2nd Replay''||H v Thornycroft Athletic||W 1-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Gosport Borough||W 3-2 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Basingstoke Town||D 0-0 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Basingstoke Town||W 1-0 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||H v Ringmer||L 2-3 |- |1973/74||Preliminary Round||H v Sidley United||W 4-0 |- | ||1st Qualifying Round||A v Haywards Heath||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Haywards Heath||W 3-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Worthing||L 1-2 |- |1974/75||1st Qualifying Round||A v Basingstoke Town||L 1-3 |- |1975/76||1st Qualifying Round||H v Littlehampton Town||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Littlehampton Town||W 3-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Poole Town||W 3-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Gosport Borough||W 4-0 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||A v Sutton United||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Sutton United||L 1-3 |- |1976/77||1st Qualifying Round||H v Cowes Sports||W 9-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Swaythling Athletic||W 6-2 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Basingstoke Town||W 2-1 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||H v Hendon||W 4-1 |- | ||Round 1||H v Wycombe Wanderers||L 1-2 |- |1977/78||Preliminary Round||A v Southwick||W 1–0 |- | ||1st Qualifying Round||A v Newport||D 0-0 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Newport||L 0–1 |- |1978/79||1st Qualifying Round||A v Fareham Town||W 2-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Bognor Regis Town||W 2-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Worthing||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Worthing||W 3-0 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||H v Maidstone United||L 1-2 |- |1979/80||1st Qualifying Round||A v Camberley Town||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Poole Town||D 0-0 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Poole Town||L 0–2 |- |1980/81||1st Qualifying Round||H v Horsham YMCA||W 2-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Winsor & Eton||D 0-0 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Winsor & Eton||L 1–4 |- |1981/82||Preliminary Round||A v Pagham||L 0-3 |- |1982/83||Preliminary Round||H v Bracknell Town||L 1-2 |- |1983/84||1st Qualifying Round||A v Road-Sea Southampton||D 0-0 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Road-Sea Southampton||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Hungerford Town||D 3-3 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Hungerford Town||W 3-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v AFC Totton||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v AFC Totton||W 3-0 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||H v Wokingham Town||W 3-2 |- | ||Round 1||A v Northampton Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Northampton Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''2nd Replay''||A v Northampton Town||L 0-2 |- |1984/85||1st Qualifying Round||A v Clevedon Town||L 2-3 |- |1985/86||1st Qualifying Round||A v Worthing ||L 0-3 |- |1986/87||1st Qualifying Round||H v Sheppey United ||L 0-1 |- |1987/88||Preliminary Round||A v Shortwood United||W 6-1 |- | ||1st Qualifying Round||A v Havant Town||W 2-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Yeovil Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Yeovil Town||L 2-3 |- |1988/89||1st Qualifying Round||H v Chippenham Town||W 2-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Hungerford Town||W 2-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Gosport Borough||W 1-0 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||A v Farnborough Town||W 3-2 |- | ||Round 1||H v Aylesbury United||L 1-4 |- |1989/90||1st Qualifying Round||A v Littlehampton Town||L 1-3 |- |1990/91||1st Qualifying Round||H v Newport||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Newport||L 0-3 |- |1991/92||1st Qualifying Round||A v Swanage Town & Herston||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Swanage Town & Herston||W 2-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H Thame United||D 3-2 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Thame United||L 2-3 |- |1992/93||1st Qualifying Round||H v Cheltenham Town||D 0-0 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Cheltenham Town||L 0-2 |- |1993/94||1st Qualifying Round||H v Salisbury City||W 1-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Thatcham Town||W 3-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Wimborne Town||W 1-0 |- | ||4th Qualifying Round||H v Gravesend & Northfleet||L 1-3 |- |1994/95||1st Qualifying Round||H v Westbury United||W 1-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Thame United||W 4-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Salisbury City||D 3-3 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Salisbury City||L 0-1 |- |1995/96||1st Qualifying Round||H v Calne Town||W 5-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Weymouth||L 0-1 |- |1996/97||Preliminary Round||A v Fleet Town||L 0-2 |- |1997/98||Preliminary Round||H v Reading Town||W 2-0 |- | ||1st Qualifying Round||A v Melksham Town||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Portsmouth Royal Navy||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Portsmouth Royal Navy||W 7-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Gloucester City||L 0-2 |}

=== FA Trophy === {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center !Season !Round !Opponents !Result |- |1972/73||Preliminary Round||A v Wealdstone||L 0-1 |- |1973/74||1st Qualifying Round||H v Fleet Town||W 4-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Guildford City||L 0-1 |- |1974/75||Preliminary Round||A v Basingstoke Town||L 0-4 |- |1975/76||Preliminary Round||A v Metropolitan Police||L 0-4 |- |1976/77||Preliminary Round||H v Guildford & Dorking United||W 1-0 |- | ||1st Qualifying Round||H v Poole Town||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Chesham United||W 5–0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Basingstoke Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Basingstoke Town||W 2–1 |- | ||Round 1||H v Hastings United||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Hastings United||W 1-0 |- | ||Round 2||H v Hendon||L 0-2 |- |1977/78||1st Qualifying Round||H v Metropolitan Police||W 2-0 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Bridport||W 2–0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Dartford||L 0-1 |- |1978/79||1st Qualifying Round||A v Woking||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Woking||D 2-2 |- | ||''2nd Replay''||H v Woking||D 0-0 |- | ||''3rd Replay''||A v Woking||L 0-1 |- |1979/80||Preliminary Round||A v Gosport Borough||L 1-2 |- |1980/81||1st Qualifying Round||H v Hayes||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Margate||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Margate||L 1-3 |- |1981/82||1st Qualifying Round||H v Staines Town||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Staines Town||L 0-1 |- |1982/83||1st Qualifying Round||H v Chatham Town||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Clandown||W 4-2 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||A v Leatherhead||W 5-2 |- | ||Round 1||H v Carshalton Athletic||L 1-2 |- |1983/84||1st Qualifying Round||A v Bognor Regis Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Bognor Regis Town||L 0-3 |- |1984/85||1st Qualifying Round||A v Canterbury City||L 0-1 |- |1985/86||1st Qualifying Round||H v Canterbury City||W 3-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Fareham Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Fareham Town||W 3-2 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Carshalton Athletic||W 4-3 |- | ||Round 1||A v Enfield||L 0-3 |- |1986/87||1st Qualifying Round||A v Bracknell Town||L 2-5 |- |1987/88||1st Qualifying Round||H v Weston Super-Mare||W 4-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||H v Clandown||W 3-1 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Winsor & Eton||L 0-2 |- |1988/89||1st Qualifying Round||A v Worcester City||L 0-4 |- |1989/90||1st Qualifying Round||A v Walton & Hersham||L 0-2 |- |1990/91||1st Qualifying Round||A Dorking||L 1-2 |- |1991/92||1st Qualifying Round||H v Crawley Town||W 3-2 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Walton & Hersham||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Walton & Hersham||L 0-4 |- |1992/93||1st Qualifying Round||A v Dorchester Town||L 1-3 |- |1993/94||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Poole Town||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Poole Town||W 2-0 |- | ||3rd Qualifying Round||H v Wokingham Town||W 3-0 |- | ||Round 1||H v Bromsgrove Rovers||D 1-1 |- | ||''Replay''||A v Bromsgrove Rovers||L 1-2 |- |1994/95||1st Qualifying Round||A v Havant Town||L 1-3 |- |1995/96||1st Qualifying Round||A v Hendon||D 2-2 |- | ||''Replay''||H v Hendon||L 0-1 |- |1996/97||1st Qualifying Round||A v Dorchester Town||L 0-1 |- |1997/98||1st Qualifying Round||H v Fisher Athletic||W 2-1 |- | ||2nd Qualifying Round||A v Margate||L 2-3 |}

==Former players== Notable former players include three who went on to play professional football in England, [[Paul Hardyman]] (transferred to Portsmouth in 1983), [[Guy Whittingham]] (to [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] via [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] in 1989) and [[Paul Moody (footballer)|Paul Moody]] (to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1991). Additionally, several players joined Ville after a professional career, including [[Vince Hilaire]], [[Billy Gilbert]], [[Joe Laidlaw]], [[Gary Stanley]], and [[Ray Pointer]]. Calvin Hore holds the club record for player appearances, with 801. He made his debut, aged 16, in September 1980, and aside from one season on the books of Portsmouth (1981–82), was a regular first team member until the club played its last match in May 1998. He was also club captain for most of the 1990s.<ref>https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/127658/Whatever-Ha</ref> {{Further|:Category:Waterlooville F.C. players}}

==Ground== Waterlooville played at Jubilee Park, Aston Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7SZ.

Opened in 1957, the stadium had a 6,000 capacity with a large 500 seater grandstand, along with a covered terrace behind both goals. The record attendance of 4,500 was recorded in 1976 for the FA Cup meeting against Wycombe Wanderers.<ref>Pages 84-85. The History of Non-League Football Grounds by Kerry Miller (Polar Publishing ISBN 1-899538-11-9)</ref>

Jubilee Park closed in 1998 after being sold. Residential housing, known as Coronation Road, has since been built on the site. The rows of poplar trees which marked the southern and western boundaries of the football ground remain.<ref>Page 60. Beyond The Cemetery End by Paul Claydon & Vince Taylor (Groundtastic Publications ISBN 0 9529435 6 5)</ref>

The merged club play at Havant Town's Westleigh Park. Over the years, the ground has seen significant developments - enabling 'the Hawks' to progress further up the pyramid system.<ref>https://havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk/club/club-history/a-new-era-begins/</ref>

==Local rivalries== Waterlooville enjoyed a long-running rivalry with a number of local clubs, most notably Horndean and neighbours Havant Town - with whom they eventually merged.<ref>https://havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk/club/club-history/havant-waterlooville-the-hawks-take-flight/</ref>

==Successor club==

In 2025, a new club, '''Waterlooville AFC''', was formed to restore the town's footballing identity.<ref>https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-fc-waterlooville-havant-stainton-5444933 </ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.waterloovilleafc.co.uk/ Waterlooville AFC] * [https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/127658/Whatever-Ha Southern League memories of Waterlooville FC] * [https://fchd.info/WATERLOV.HTM Waterlooville at the Football Club History Database] * [https://fchd.info/WATERLO2.HTM Waterlooville Reserves at the Football Club History Database] * [https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3E/Ham60.html Hampshire League Final Tables] * [https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthA/SL66.html Southern League Final Tables] * [https://hantssoccerarchive.co.uk/portsmouth/ Hampshire Soccer Archive]

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