Baffins Milton Rovers Football Club is a

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club based in

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, Hampshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Kendall Stadium.

History

The club was formed in 2011 following the amalgamation of two successful Sunday league clubs Baffins Milton and Milton Rovers. Both clubs had won several league and cup titles in the Portsmouth Dockyard and Meon Valley leagues. The new club joined the Premier Division of the Portsmouth Saturday League and were champions in their first season. After finishing as Premier Division runners-up the following season, they moved up to the Senior Division of the

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. Baffins Milton Rovers were Hampshire Premier League champions in their first season in the league. They also won the League Cup with a 4–0 win over

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in the final, and the Portsmouth Senior Cup, beating Moneyfields 4–0 in the final at

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. After finishing as Senior Division runners-up in 2014–15, the club were champions again in 2015–16, as well as winning the Portsmouth Senior Cup for a second time after beating Havant & Waterlooville’s Southdowns College Team 3–1 in the final. As Hampshire Premier League champions and having moved to their new Kendall Stadium, Baffins were promoted to Division One of the

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for the 2016–17 season. They went on to finish as runners-up in the division, earning promotion to the Premier Division, as well as reaching the Wessex League Cup final, eventually losing 2–1 to Premier Division

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Ground

The club initially played on the southern pitch at the Langstone Harbour Sports Ground. In 2015 they obtained a 50-year lease from

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for the northern section of the sports ground and started to develop it in preparation for promotion. They moved to the new ground in time for the 2015–16 season, and it was named the Kendall Stadium after one of its sponsors.Firms chip in to help football club's stadium dream
The News, 12 March 2015 Developments included a new 120-seater stand, changing rooms, perimeter fence and concreting, with £70,000 in grants contributing to the £100,000 costs . Further upgrades in summer 2016 included new floodlights, dug-outs and spectator toilets. A £33,189 grant from the

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through

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part-funded the £50,000 costs.Celebration as club officially opens ground
The News, 4 August 2016 The upgrades allowed the club to be accepted for promotion to Wessex League Division One for the 2016–17 season, having won the Hampshire Premier League for the second time in 2015–16. The new ground was officially opened on 3 August 2016 in a pre-season friendly match with

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. A new clubhouse was opened during 2017–18 season, with a new covered terrace also built.

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began sharing the ground at the start of the 2018–19 season.Ladies Renamed Portsmouth FC Women
Portsmouth F.C.

Honours

*Hampshire Premier League **Senior Division champions 2013–14, 2015–16 **League Cup winners 2013–14 *Portsmouth Saturday League **Premier Division champions 2011–12 * Portsmouth Senior Cup **Winners 2013–14, 2015–16 * Wessex League **League Cup winners 2018-19

Records

*Best

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performance: Preliminary round, 2018–19 *Best

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performance: Fourth round, 2018–19

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