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2002–03 Wessex Football League
The 2002–03 Wessex Football League was the 17th season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were Eastleigh F.C., Eastleigh, who were promoted to the Southern Football League, Southern League. There was no relegation this season. For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Jewson Wessex League. League table The league consisted of one division of 22 clubs, reduced from 23 the previous season, after Fleet Town F.C., Fleet Town were promoted to the Southern Football League, Southern League, Swanage Town & Herston F.C., Swanage Town & Herston were relegated and one new club joined: *Alton Town F.C., Alton Town, joining from the Hampshire League. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 Wessex Football League Wessex Football League seasons 2002–03 in English football leagues, 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wessex Football League
The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's Association football, football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but clubs from adjoining counties such as Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey, and the Isle of Wight are also eligible. The Premier Division is one of the sixteen recognised leagues to form the ninth level of the English football league system (known as Step 5 of the National League System), and Division One is one of seventeen recognised leagues at level 10 (Step 6). Champions of the Wessex League who meet the relevant ground and financial requirements are eligible for promotion to the Southern Football League, Southern League Division One South or Isthmian League Division One South Central. History In the summer of 1986 the formation of a Wessex League was discussed. It was proposed to draw clubs from the Hampshire, Dorset, Berks and Bucks, Sussex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland United F
Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also refer to: Places Australia * Cape Portland, Tasmania * Portland, New South Wales, named after the first Australian cement works *Portland, Victoria ** City of Portland (Victoria), a former local government area (LGA) Canada *Portland, Ontario * Portland, Newfoundland and Labrador *Port Lands or Portlands, Toronto, Ontario * Portland Estates, Nova Scotia * Portland Inlet, between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia **Portland Canal, an arm of Portland Inlet *Portland Island (British Columbia) United Kingdom *Isle of Portland, a tied island of Dorset, the origin of many uses of the name ** Portland (ward), an electoral district **Portland Harbour **HM Prison Portland *Portland, Somerset, a location United States *Portland City, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitchurch United F
Whitchurch may refer to: Places Canada *Whitchurch, Ontario, since 1971 part of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario England *Whitchurch, Bristol *Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire * Whitchurch, Devon, in Tavistock ** Whitchurch, Devon (parish), a civil parish in Devon *Whitchurch, Hampshire * Whitchurch, Herefordshire * Whitchurch, Middlesex, a former name for Little Stanmore *Whitchurch, Shropshire *Whitchurch, Warwickshire *Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset *Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Wales *Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales * Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire, near St. David's * Whitchurch-by-Cardigan, Pembrokeshire (usually called Eglwyswen) People * Aaron Whitchurch (born 1992), Australian rugby league player * Edward Whitchurch (died 1561), English printer and publisher of Protestant works * Ernie Whitchurch (1891–1957), English footballer * Harry Frederick Whitchurch (1866–1907), English soldier *Philip Whitchurch (born 1951), British actor See also * *Whitchurch (UK Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackfield & Langley F
Blackfield is a collaborative music project by the English musician and founder of Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, and Israeli rock musician Aviv Geffen. Together, six albums have been released under the moniker. The first two records, '' Blackfield'' and '' Blackfield II,'' saw Geffen and Wilson working together as equal partners, while the third and fourth, '' Welcome to my DNA'' and '' Blackfield IV,'' saw Geffen take on a leading role, writing all but one track across both albums and providing a significantly increased share of lead vocals. Despite initially announcing his intention to leave the project in 2014, Wilson instead worked again as an equal partner on a fifth album, '' Blackfield V'', which was released on 10 February 2017. A sixth record, ''For the Music'', was released on 4 December 2020, with Geffen again taking a leading role. History First collaborative era ''Blackfield I'' (2000–2005) Geffen, a fan of Porcupine Tree and Wilson, invited the band to play s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockenhurst F
Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the north-east, while Bournemouth is also nearby, south-west. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaulieu, Hampshire, Beaulieu, Lymington, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Lyndhurst, and Sway, Hampshire, Sway. History The earliest signs of habitation in Brockenhurst date back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age: the area is dotted with burial mounds – called Tumulus, tumuli. Beyond that, few signs remain of other habitation during the subsequent 3,000 years. Middle Ages The History of Anglo-Saxon England, Saxon period was brought to an end by the Norman conquest of England, events of 1066. William I of England, William the Conqueror created his New Forest, Nova Foresta traditionally in 1079, a vast hunting area lying south and west of his capital at Winchester; it stretched south to the coast at Barton on Sea and west to what is now Bournemou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downton F
Downton could be Places *Downton, Hampshire, England *Downton, Herefordshire, England * Downton, Powys, Wales * Downton, Shropshire, England *Downton, Wiltshire, England *Downton (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliament constituency in Wiltshire * Downton, Devon, England *Mount Downton, a volcanic peak in British Columbia, Canada *Downton Lake, a reservoir in British Columbia, Canada Other uses *Downton (surname) * Downton F.C., a football club based in Wiltshire, England See also * * *''Downton Abbey'', a British television period drama *''Downton Abbey (film)'', a British film period drama *Downton Castle, an 18th-century country house at Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire * Downton pump *Downtown (other) Downtown is the American term for the central business district of a city. Downtown or Down Town may also refer to: Places Philippines * SM CDO Downtown, a shopping mall in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Singapore * Downtown Core, a planning area ... * Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bemerton Heath Harlequins F
Bemerton, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day Bemerton has areas known as Bemerton Heath, Bemerton Village and Lower Bemerton. History In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded four households at ''Bermentone'' or ''Bimertone''. Bemerton was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Fugglestone St Peter. On 30 September 1894 Bemerton became a separate civil parish, then on 1 October 1927 a large part of Bemerton was transferred to the borough of Salisbury, and on 1 April 1934 Bemerton civil parish was dissolved: most of its population was transferred to the newly created parish of Quidhampton, Wiltshire, Quidhampton, and the remainder to Wilton, Wiltshire, Wilton borough. In 1931 the parish had a population of 418. Religious sites Bemerton has two Church of England parish churches, and a third which is now a community venue. St Andrew The small St Andrew's Church, built in flint and local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folland Sports F
Folland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alison Folland Alison Folland (born August 10, 1978) is an American actress and filmmaker. Folland was born in Boston to a travel agent mother and a cardiologist father. She grew up in Wellesley, and attended high school at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a priv ... (born 1978), American actress and filmmaker * Gerald Folland (born 1947), American mathematician * Henry Folland (1889–1954), British aviation engineer and aircraft designer * Leah Norah Folland (1874–1957), British educationalist, philanthropist and politician * Michael Fleming Folland (1949–1969), United States Army soldier * Neil Folland (born 1960), British cricketer * Nicholas Folland (born 1967), Australian artist and arts educator * Nick Folland (born 1963), British cricketer * Rob Folland (born 1979), British footballer * William H. Folland (c. 1878–1941), associate justice of the Utah Supreme Court See also * * Folland (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowes Sports F
Cowes () is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry. Cowes has a population of 14,370 according to the 2021 Census. Charles Godfrey Leland's 19th-century verses describe the towns poetically as "The two great Cowes that in loud thunder roar/This on the eastern, that the western shore". Cowes has been seen as a home for international yacht racing since the founding of the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1815. It gives its name to the world's oldest regular regatta, Cowes Week, which occurs annually in the first week of August. Later, powerboat races are held. Much of the town's architecture is still heavily influenced by the style of ornate building that Prince Albert popularised. History Name The name ''Westcowe'' was attested in 1413 as the name of one of two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth F
Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest town in Dorset. Previously an uninhabited heathland, visited only by occasional fishermen and smugglers, a health resort was founded in the area by Lewis Tregonwell in 1810. After the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway opened in 1870, it grew into an important resort town which attracts over five million visitors annually to the town's beaches and nightlife. Financial services provide significant employment. Part of Hampshire since before the Domesday Book, Bournemouth was assigned to Dorset under the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. Bournemouth Borough Council became a unitary authority in 1997 and was replaced by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in 2019; the current unitary authority also covers Poole, Christchu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch F
Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over half a million. It is located in the Canterbury Region, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains. It is located near the southern end of Pegasus Bay, and is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the ancient volcanic complex of the Banks Peninsula. The Avon River (Ōtākaro) winds through the centre of the city, with a large urban park along its banks. With the exception of the Port Hills, it is a relatively flat city, on an average around above sea level. Christchurch has a reputation for being an English city, with its architectural identity and nickname the 'Garden City' due to similarities with garden cities in England, but also has a historic Māori heritage. Christchurch has a temperate oceanic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totton & Eling F
Totton is a town in the civil parish of Totton and Eling, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 28,094. History The name "Totton" means 'Tot(r)ingtun' farm of 'Tot(t)a', "Totton was "Totinctone" in 985 and "Totyngton" in 1174-1199. Totton was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Dodintune''. Totton claimed to be the largest village in England until it was made a town in 1974. The town is often considered to be made up of several smaller villages, such as Testwood, Calmore and Hammonds Green (as well as the original village of Totton) which have been connected by new clusters of housing to form the town as it is today. This is backed up by the presence of several areas of local shops, which served their respective villages in the past, and to an extent still do today. Until the 1967 forest perambulation fencing, New Forest ponies were free to roam its streets. The town's built up area has swollen significantly since the later half of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
