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CLUB HISTORY |
Football has been played in Romsey for over a century and there has been a Whitenap team for over thirty years.
The original team, AFC Whitenap were founded in 1976. They played in the then popular PM Section of the City Of Southampton Sunday League and proceeded to win five successive promotions (including two titles) to reach the Premier Division by 1981 but after just one season in the highly competitive top flight they disbanded with the Reserve side breaking away to form a seperate club.
At the same time there was another side, known as Whitenap Flyers. They were originally founded in 1978 as an U16s Youth side by a group of Mountbatten School friends. From 1980 they played in the PM section of the New Forest League, reaching Division 1 in 1983 where they remained, generally in mid-table until their demise in 1990.
The current team originates from the summer of 1990 when a group of local school friends would gather at the near-by Mountbatten School for a kick-about amongst themselves. This soon became a regular and popular event as numbers quickly increased.
In 1992 the lads began playing organised friendly matches and entering various small sided competitions. It was then that they decided to adopt the Whitenap name, in connection with the area and in an effort to re-vive the famous club name. However, with many of the team still young progress was slow during these early years.
Finally in 1995 Whitenap FC properly took off! They became an affiliated club and enrolled in the New Forest League where they were placed in Division 3. The thriving team spent two mixed seasons with the competition before making the ambitous switch to the City Of Southampton League in 1997 where they were highly placed in AM Junior Division 3 - missing out the bottom three divisions altogether! However, on limited resources they did well to consolidate for three seasons before winning two successive promotions, by default, to reach Junior Division 1 in 2001 where they steadily remained until the highly successful 2006/07 season when the clubs fortunes dramatically took off as they clinched the league title and were also finalists in the DR Ryder Trophy.
Whitenap soon adjusted to the Senior ranks and clinched a second successive promotion after finishing runners-up in the Senior Division, missing out on the title by just a single point.
This season see's the Whitenap name back in the Premier Division after a 26 year absence. The club are ambitous to consolidate and progress, whilst maintaining the clubs excellent reputation for their conduct and friendship.
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CURRENT CLUB HONOURS |
CSSFL AM Senior Division Runners-up 2007/08
CSSFL AM Junior Division 1 Champions 2006/07
CSSFL DR Ryder Trophy Finalists 2006/07
CSSFL Benevolent Shield Winners 2007
Southampton FC Fans Sixes Winners 2002
Braishfield FC Sixes Winners 2003,
Runners-up 2000 and 2001
Awbridge FC Sixes Runners-up 1998
Spinners Mitre Cup Winners September 1993
Vida Southampton Wednesday League Div 3 Runners-up 2005
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HONOURS WON BY AFC WHITENAP |
CSSFL PM Senior Division 1 Runners-up 1980/81
CSSFL PM Junior Division 3 Champions 1977/78
CSSFL PM Junior Division 5 Runners-up 1980/81 (Reserves)
CSSFL PM Junior Division 6 Champsions 1976/77
Romsey Carnival Sixes Winners 1981, Runners-up 1980 and 1982
Awbridge FC Sixes Winners 1979
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HONOURS WON BY WHITENAP FLYERS |
New Forest League PM Division 2 Runners-up 1982/83
New Forest League PM Division 2 Cup Finalists 1980/81
New Forest Youth U16s League Geddes Cup Winners 1979/80
If you have any history regarding the two original Whitenap teams then please contact the club secretary who is currently compiling a club history. Thankyou
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