The L4 Teamwear Hampshire Premier League is a

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competition based in

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. The league was formed in 2007 and currently consists of a 'Senior Division' of 17 teams - including some previous members of the disbanded Division 2 of the

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- and a Division One of 15 teams.

History

In May 2008 it was announced that the league was in talks with the

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about merging the two leagues into a new competition which it was hoped would officially gain Step 7 status, and although the merger did not take place, the status of the Hampshire Premier League at Step 7 of the National League System (or level 11 of the overall

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) was confirmed by

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on 15 May 2008. The Hampshire League then appealed to the FA, claiming it should gain similar status, but the appeal was rejected. The

was dissolved at the end of the 2012-13 season, with the majority of the teams joining the newly created Division One of the Hampshire Premier League. Bush Hill won the Senior Division in 2019-20, subsequently changing their name to Millbrook and taking their place in the Wessex League for the 2020-21 season. After two seasons of unfulfilled campaigns due to the covid pandemic, Colden Common's late charge ensured The Stallions took the Senior Division title on the last day of 2021-22. Meanwhile, QK Southampton triumphed in Division One South East, with Andover New Street Swifts claiming the Division One North crown. The League removed the regionality of its second tier for the start of 2022-23, with teams from the previous South East and North forming a unified Division One. The Supplementary Shield, brought in as an additional competition during the pandemic and won by Hook in 2021–22, was renamed The George Mason Memorial Shield, in honour of the league's former chairman.

Member clubs 2022–23

Senior Division

*Andover New Street Swifts *Clanfield *

Colden Common Colden Common is a civil parish in the Winchester District of Hampshire, England, approximately 5 miles south of the city of Winchester, covering an area of with a resident population of approximately 4,000 people. It includes the village of Cold ...

*Denmead *Harvest * Hayling United *Liphook United * Liss Athletic *

Locks Heath Locks Heath is a western residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including Sarisbury to the West, Swanwick, Park Gate and Whiteley to the North, Warsash ...

*Moneyfields Reserves * Overton United *

Paulsgrove Paulsgrove is an area of northern Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Initially a small independent hamlet for many centuries, it was admitted to the city limits in 1920 and grew rapidly after the end of the Second World War. History Paulsgrove exi ...

*QK Southampton * Stockbridge *Sway *Whitehill & Bordon *

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Division One

*AFC Netley *AFC Petersfield *Broughton *Clarendon Juniors *Headley United *Hedge End Town *Hook *

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*Lyndhurst *Meon Milton *Michelmersh & Timsbury *Twentyten *Upham *Whiteley Wanderers

List of champions

References

External links

HPFL at fulltime.thefa.com
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