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2007–08 Wessex Football League
The 2007–08 Wessex Football League was the 22nd season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were A.F.C. Totton, who were promoted to the Southern League. The league consisted of two divisions, Division Two having been disbanded. There was some promotion and relegation between the two Wessex League divisions. For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League. League tables Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 23 clubs, increased from 20 the previous season, after Gosport Borough were promoted to the Southern League. Four new clubs joined: * Alresford Town, runners-up in Division One. * Hayling United, champions of Division One. * New Milton Town, after resigning from the Southern League. * Romsey Town, third-placed in Division One. Division One Division One consisted of 21 clubs, increased from 19 the previous season, after Hayling United, Alresford Town and Romsey Town were promoted ... [...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] |
Hamworthy United F
Hamworthy is a suburb of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It is sited on a peninsula of approximately that is bordered by the town of Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, Lytchett Bay to the west and Holes Bay to the east. Poole Bridge, the southern terminus of the A350 road, connects the suburb with the town centre. Hamworthy is the location of the Port of Poole ferry passenger terminal and cargo handling operations. Hamworthy had two local councillors in Poole Borough Council, one for Hamworthy East, and one for Hamworthy West. In Hamworthy there are six main areas, Rockley Park (where Royal Marines Poole and Holiday Park are), Turlin Moor Estate, Lower Hamworthy (where Poole Docks are), Cobbs Quay/Harbourside (Which looks out over Holes Bay), Lake Side (where the Metalbox Factory is located) and Central Hamworthy (Location of the Main Road, Co-Op and Church area). Hamworthy has a ra ... [...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] |
Tadley Calleva F
Tadley is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England, north of Basingstoke and south west of Reading, Berkshire, Reading. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), now known as AWE, became the area's largest employer, and many houses were built during this period to accommodate AWRE workers. Though the establishment was located in the parish of Aldermaston, most of these houses were built in Tadley. History The origin of the name is uncertain. In old maps and books Tadley can be found spelled as ''Taddanleage'', ''Tederlei'', ''Titherley'', ''Tudurley'', ''Tadel'' and ''Taddeley''. As with many other rural British communities, it is assumed that the village began as a clearing in the dense forest which at one time covered the greater part of England. In Old English language, Old English, ''Tadde'' means 'Toad' or 'Frog' and ''ley'' being 'a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleet Spurs F
Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles *Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada *Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England *The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, Dorset * Fleet, Dorset, England, a village and civil parish *Fleet, Hampshire, England, a town and civil parish * Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, a hamlet *Fleet Pond, Hampshire, England *River Fleet, subterranean river in London, England **Fleet Street, named after the river **Fleet Prison, named after the river **Fleet Line, named after the river, was the original name for the London Underground Jubillee Line *Fleet, Lincolnshire, England * Fleet (Kent), a term for a waterway in the Thames marshes, England *The Fleet (Tees), a section of the River Tees' original route Scotland *Water of Fleet, a river in Scotland *Fleet Bay, a part of a National Scenic Area within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland United States *Fleet, Kentuck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locks Heath F
Lock(s) or Locked may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock'' (film), a 2016 Indian Punjabi-language film *Lock (waltz), a dance figure * ''The Lock'' (Constable), an 1824 painting by John Constable * ''The Lock'' (Fragonard) or ''The Bolt'', a 1777 painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard * Lock (''Saga of the Skolian Empire''), a sentient machine in the novels by Catherine Asaro * ''Locks'' (album), by Garnet Crow, 2008 * ''Locked'' (film), a 2024 American thriller * ''Locked'' (miniseries), a 2020 Indian Telugu-language crime thriller *"Locked", a song by Mutha's Day Out from ''My Soul Is Wet'' (1993) * "Locked" (Incorrectly labeled “Gravity” in some places), a song by DJ3no made for the video game “ Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy” (2011) * LOCK, the stage name of Rokka Asahi, a ... [...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] |
Ringwood Town F
Ringwood may refer to: Places Australia * Ringwood, New South Wales, in Federation Council area * Ringwood, Queensland *Ringwood, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne **Ringwood railway station, Melbourne Canada * Ringwood, Ontario, a hamlet in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville England *Ringwood, Hampshire **Ringwood railway station United States *Ringwood, Illinois *Ringwood, New Jersey *Ringwood, Oklahoma People *Bob Ringwood (born 1946), British costume designer *Gwen Pharis Ringwood (1910-1984), Canadian playwright *Irene Ringwood Arnold (1895–1988), American college professor * Michael T. Ringwood (born 1958), American leader of the LDS church *Philip Ringwood (born 1953), English cricketer * Ted Ringwood (1930-1993), Australian geologist Other *Ringwood, the common name of ''Syzygium anisatum ''Syzygium anisatum'', with common names ringwood and aniseed tree, is a rare rainforest tree native to New South Wales, Australia. The aromatic leaves contain an essential oil p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lymington Town F
Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington. The town has a large tourist industry, based on proximity to the New Forest and its harbour. It is a major yachting centre with three marinas. As of 2015, the parish of Lymington and Pennington had a population of 15,726. History The earliest settlement in the Lymington area was around the Iron Age hill fort known today as Buckland Rings. The hill and ditches of the fort survive, and archaeological excavation of part of the walls was carried out in 1935. The fort has been dated to around the 6th century BC. There is another supposed Iron Age site at nearby Ampress Hole. However, evidence of later settlement there (as opposed to occupation) is sparse before Domesday (1086). Lymington it ... [...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] |
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] |
Brading Town F
The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight. The civil parish now includes the town itself and Adgestone, Morton, Nunwell and other outlying areas between Ryde, St Helens, Bembridge, Sandown and Arreton. Alverstone was transferred to the Newchurch parish some thirty years ago. Brading has a population of 1,906 according to the 2021 Census. History Early history From early times, Brading ranked as an important Island port. The ancient name of Brerdynge, from which 'Brading' is derived, probably meant ''the people living by the ridge of the Downs'', and dates from at least 683. The Roman Villa south of the town, and Roman relics discovered locally, indicate that this was an important seaport 2,000 years ago. Signs of prehistoric activity have also been found on Brading Down. History records that St Wilfrid came to the island during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
