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2005–06 Wessex Football League
The 2005–06 Wessex Football League was the 20th season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the second time in their history were Winchester City F.C., Winchester City, who were promoted to the Southern Football League, Southern League along with runners-up Thatcham Town F.C., Thatcham Town and third-placed Andover F.C., Andover. The extra promotions were because of the History of the English non-League football system#2006–07, pyramid reorganisations that took place in 2006. There was a full programme of promotion and relegation between the three Wessex League divisions. Promotion from the lower divisions was largely based on ground grading, rather than league finishing positions. This was protested by Division Two champions Locks Heath F.C., Locks Heath and Division Three champions Paulsgrove F.C., Paulsgrove, but the league stuck with their decision to promote lower-placed clubs with better facilities. For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the S ... [...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] |
Fareham Town F
Fareham ( ) is a market town at the north-west tip of Portsmouth Harbour, between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in south east Hampshire, England. It gives its name to the Borough of Fareham. It was historically an important manufacturer of bricks, used to build the Royal Albert Hall, and grower of strawberries and other seasonal fruits. In 2011 it had a population of 42,210. History The town has a documented history dating back to the Norman era, when a part of William's army marched up from Fareham Creek before continuing to the Saxon capital of England, Winchester. Originally known as ''Ferneham'' (hence the name of the former entertainment venue Ferneham Hall, now Fareham Live), it was listed in the Domesday Book as having 90 households. The ford of Fareham Creek (at the top of Portsmouth Harbour) was the location of the Bishop of Winchester's mills; the foundations were subsumed in the A27 near the railway viaduct. Commercial activity continued at the por ... [...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] |
Dorset Premier Football League
The Dorset Premier Football League is a football league based in Dorset, England, which sits at Step 7 of the National League System, or level 11 of the overall English football league system. History The league was formed in 1957 under the name Dorset Football Combination League when a number of senior clubs within the county became disillusioned at being dictated to by junior and minor clubs. The objective of the league on its formation was to increase the standard of football and competition throughout Dorset and neighbouring counties, an ideal that still holds today. In 1991 the Dorset Football Combination League accepted an invitation to become a feeder to the Wessex League, thus giving its member clubs the opportunity to progress through the National League System. The league has now been placed at the Regional Feeder League level of the National League System, standing parallel to the Hampshire Premier League. Clubs promoting from the DPL usually join the 2nd level of ... [...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] |
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] |
Alton Town F
Alton may refer to: People *Alton (given name) * Alton (surname) Places Australia * Alton National Park, Queensland * Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne Canada *Alton, Ontario * Alton, Nova Scotia New Zealand * Alton, New Zealand, in Taranaki United Kingdom * Alton, Derbyshire, England *Alton, Hampshire, England ** Alton Abbey **Alton College * Alton, Leicestershire, England *Alton, Staffordshire, England **Alton Castle, presently a Catholic youth retreat centre **Alton Towers, theme park, formerly a country estate Alton Mansion *Alton, Wiltshire, England, a civil parish * Alton, a hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire *Alton Estate, Roehampton, Greater London, England *Alton Water, a manmade reservoir in Suffolk United States * Alton, Alabama, an unincorporated community *Alton, California, an unincorporated community *Alton, Florida, an unincorporated community *Alton, Illinois, a city *Alton, Indiana, a town *Alton, Iowa, a city *Alton, Kansas, a city *Alto ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Sholing F
Sholing, previously Scholing, is a suburb on the eastern side of the city of Southampton, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is located between the districts of Bitterne, Thornhill and Woolston. Various explanations from where the name derives but the most popular is that "Sholing" derives from the Anglo-Saxon phrase for "hill on the shore." The parish church for Sholing, St Mary's, was opened in 1866. The first Vicar, the Rev. Francis Davidson, (the father of the "Rector of Stiffkey" Harold Davidson) remained in place for the first 48 years. Governance Sholing was formerly a tything and chapelry in the parish of Hound, in 1894 Sholing became a separate civil parish, on 26 March 1903 the parish was abolished to form Itchen. In 1901 the parish had a population of 5277. In 1920, the village became part of the Borough of Southampton. Sholing has a railway station, opened in 1866, which connects the area to Southampton and Portsmouth. History Topo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
