Club News
What a fantastic day for our club with 3 cup finals and 3 winners !
Wow...what a historic and fantastic day!
Development squad
Won the Hampshire Cup at Havant and Waterlooville beating Shanklin on pens
U18 Girls
Won the Hampshire Girls League cup at Basingstoke beating Southampton women 4-0
Veterans
Won the Veterans Hampshire Cup at Stoneham Lane beating Hythe 9-0. Well done to all three teams on three great victories and for creating a historic day for the club !
Development squad - Hampshire Cup Winners!!
AFC Stoneham 1 Shanklin IOW 1
Scorer: Cleary
AFC Stoneham won on penalties
Our development squad starting with eight U18s and another four on the bench won the clubs first ever Hampshire Saturday Trophy in 103 years.
The boys were always the better side however could not turn that superiority into goals and had to face the agony of penalties having equalised through the mercurial Cian Cleary.
Keeper Ben Godwin was the hero with two penalty saves whilst Will Hammerton scored the decisive winning penalty .
The victory sealed the boys third trophy in a record breaking season.
The whole club is immensely proud of their achievements !!
Well done boys!!
Development squad - Champions !!
Our development squad were crowned champions of the Hants Combination Premier league with 3 games remaining after beating Fareham Town 4-2.
Goalscorers were Cleary, Bruce, Ngombi and Godfrey.
This is an outstanding achievement from a very young squad of players in what is proving to be a wonderful season for them.
They now have two trophies with three still to play for starting with the Hampshire Cup final on Saturday v Shanklin at Havant and Waterlooville.
The group has been a massive credit to our club both on and off the pitch all season.
Huge congratulations to Alex, Harry and all of the boys !!
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AFC Stoneham are currently recruiting new players for season 2022 / 23.
We are keen to hear from any players interested in joining our club and some good examples are highlighted below :
Girls football - 22/23 age groups
We are creating new girls teams at all age groups from U8 - U12 plus U15 based on next seasons age groups to add to our existing teams.
Boys football - 22/23 age groups
We are particularly interested in the following:
U7 brand new players taking their first step on their football journey and wishing to join a team.
U10 and U12 - We are looking for players to add to our existing squads who wish to play both JPL league and Red 1 or Red 2 on a Sunday in the Southampton Tyro league.
U14 Tornadoes team who play in Div 5 of the City of Southampton Tyro league .
U16 players wishing to play at Division 1 in the City of Southampton Youth league.
Anyone interested in joining our club across all age groups for both boys and girls please contact:
07841696579 or chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk or through our social media channels.
Thank you
SDFA Veterans Cup Final
AFC Stoneham 1 Hamble 0
Scorer: Ashley Holland
A well deserved victory tonight in the SDFA Cup final for our Vets with the winning goal from our U8 Hurricanes manager Ashley Holland who also won the man of the match award.
The Vets won the clubs first piece of silverware this season with a controlled and professional performance against a feisty Hamble team.
Oliver Forbes missed two great chances late in the game to widen the winning margin after great work from David Redding.
Well done boys on a superb victory !!
Hampshire Combination League Cup final
AFC Stoneham 3 v Fareham Town 1
Scorers: James, Gilpin, Ngombi
Our development squad, with nine under 18s starting the game and another three coming on, lifted their first piece of silverware tonight with a convincing 3-1 win over Fareham Town.
Fareham took the lead but two quick goals by James and Gilpin just before half time allowed the boys to control the game until Ngombi broke away on 88 minutes and sealed a great victory.
The boys still have potentially three other trophies to win as the superlatives continue to roll in around this superb team of very young and talented players.
They are all a massive credit to our football club in both the way they play and conduct themselves.
We are all very proud of them.
Well done boys !!
U16 Girls JPL - League Champions !
A huge congratulations to our U16 Girls Junior Premier League team who won their league yesterday down in Kent having been unbeaten all season with one game remaining.
This season was the first in which our club and the girls had entered the JPL and their success has been awesome whilst firmly putting girls football at AFC Stoneham on the map.
They started the season competing in a pre-season tournament against the likes of Spurs, Millwall and Ipswich Town narrowly losing out to Spurs in the final and have maintained that very high standard of football throughout the season.
A big well done to Paul and Lisa who have led, managed and organised the girls to this great success.
The Girls will aim to be Hampshire County Champions on May 7th to complete a famous double.
The whole team are a massive credit to our club and we are all exceptionally proud of them.
Well done girls !!
Boys and Girls
Weekend round up
U7 Panthers
Great early game this morning against Millbrook U8 Harriers. The boys were fantastic, closing the players down and supporting each other on the pitch. Their passing and offensive build-up play was also on point and also a step ahead of the opposition. What really stood out today was seeing all of the Panther boys being highly disciplined in their given positions and covering each other's roles when attacking runs were being made from the back. Today's goals came in the form of a brace from Jack, with further goals from Manny, Hayden and Freddie. The Player of the Match went to Manny.
U7 Hurricanes
Great performance and result today for the Hurricanes against Hedge End Rangers. Always a difficult team to play against. Even with a depleted team everyone dug deep and put fantastic effort in to take home the honours.
It was close going in to the last quarter where we were 1 down, but some great football and we managed to turn it around in the last.
Top marks to Rangers, we have played them a few times this season and they always put in a good performance, but more importantly they are a really nice team.
U7 Spitfires and Wolves
A late KO fixture saw a U7 Red 2 Derby game between Spitfires and Wolves with what looked like the biggest crowd of the season and some fantastic support could be heard. The game was a slow burner with both teams cancelling each other out before Wolves capitalised on some loose Spitfire play and a mix up at the back and got themselves in front with 2 goals, Spitfires pulled one back through Donatello to go in 2-1 at half time. Play in the 3rd quarter continued in much the same manner with Wolves extending their lead. Spitfires continued to battle and got back into it with goals from MOM Charlie and Jayden. Before Donatello managed a brace in the 4th to grab his hatrick. The game was played in great spirit with a fantastic atmosphere and we are super proud of all of them #oneclub UTP
U8 Spitfires
U8 Spitfires played Bursledon Stars in our penultimate game of the season in a very physical game. Slow start from the boys and were a few behind at half time but a great 2nd half performance got us back in the game but sadly just ran out of time. Goals were scored today by Elliott Finch who reacted to a blocked shot and then Adriano Philips scored direct from a free kick after brushing himself off after being fouled. Goal of the game went to POM Alfie Bungay who rounded off a great performance with a bullet header from a corner but prior to this smashed the crossbar from near on the half way line, some power. Well done Spitfires for the fight today.
U8 Panthers
Well done today boys. From start to finish you gave us everything. The passing, movement and just player awareness was a joy to watch. What pleased me more wasn’t the result, but the way we scored our goals, total football! We need to take that into next season!
David as always, solid in goal, with the occasional sweeper keeper role adopted. James and Oliver were rocks at the back with some important tackles and off the line interceptions.
Ollie and Lucas were excellent in midfield, breaking up play and moving the ball. Henry and Harry were terrific battling, running with the ball and shooting. Both getting a brace.
Harry was also unlucky with his header. Jenson was all over the pitch today, physically strong and with great feet and was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet himself. But my man of the match went to the whole team! They all played their part today and throughout the season as a team. Working for each other and never give up attitude. Well done all of you today.
U9 Girls
Under 9 girls played away at Chineham this lovely sunny morning and continued our great progress through the season with another positive result.
Another quick start saw us score 2 without reply in each of the first 2 quarter's.
The 2nd half played against an extra player and we still managed 2 more in each quarter with Chineham getting one in each.
Goalscorers today were Seren with 4, 2 from Chloe and singles from Diya and Serayah.
Some of tye best football we have played on display today with passing. An all round team performance.
Opposition girl of the game went to Diya and ours went to Matilda for a fantastic energetic performance and some brilliant crosses into tye box.
Well done girls and happy easter
U10 Panthers
City Rubies 3
AFC Stoneham Panthers 1
An away trip in Portsmouth to finish the season without a couple of the regular players was always going to be difficult and so it proved.
City Rubies took the lead in the first quarter and only a couple of saves from Abigail kept them in the game.
The Panthers missed several chances in the second quarter before equalising in the third quarter. A Jess H corner found Jess P on the edge of the box who beat the keeper with a fine effort.
City Rubies took the lead soon after when the striker was left to run in on goal and went 3-1 up with a similar goal.
Both teams gave the players sweets and donuts after the game (thank you Imogen’s parents).
Promotion at Christmas and only 2 defeats in the new division is something the girls and their parents should be proud of.
Away team POM - Jess P
Parents POM - Abigail
Managers POM - Rosie
U10 Phoenix
The girls were outstanding today; moving, passing into space, keeping shape and holding positions; everything we’ve worked on in training just came together today. Couldn’t ask for anything more than this which gave us a 5-1 victory. Bring on the last league game of the season on the 30th. Up the Phoenixes, up the purps!!!
U10 Spitfires
A battling performance saw the U10 Spitfires run out winners today against a strong Totton and Eling team. Stoneham went 1-0 up early in the first quarter with a goal from Freddie. Totton then scored two goals in quick succession in the second quarter. Stoneham rediscovered their battling spirit in the third and fourth quarters with Alfie scoring the equaliser, Bushy scoring the third and Freds making it safe by scoring his second. A couple of long range free kicks threatened the Spitfires in the final quarter. As with two weeks ago against the same team, Charlie and James stood out for the Spitfires for their persistent pressing, and work rate winning the ball back. Man of the match went to James for this and for motivating the team.
U10 Wolves
This was a game of two halves!
Faced with being asked to play fluid tactics that were new to some of the team, it was a case of could the rest of the Wolves adapt by remembering their learning from several weeks previous and inspire their teammates.
Teamwork and understanding were fortunately on show with Fuku leading on the pitch by helping others with positioning while still making his dribbles and forward passes from his best position of central midfield. Support play on both wings was good and the tracking back by Noah from his position in attack was so exceptional he looked like he had run a 5k race after just one quarter. At the back, Harry, Dash and Eesa were applying good pressure to opponents each time they took shots which, whenever still on target, would be superbly saved by Reuben. Reuben got all his angles right today, helped by a starting position of slightly nearer the edge of his area.
Following half-time assurances that everyone was doing the right thing, the shooting accuracy suddenly went up several notches led by first Fuku and Noah then Oskar P and Harry. Oskar's goalward flick from a Harry corner was a particular delight! In defence, Jude became momentary hero with a goal line block from a fierce shot after giving up his left midfield position to Rivers who had an exceptional game for the second week in a row.
The second half confidence was especially high because Reuben had been in such top form in the first, applying his learning from training and maintaining a high level of concentration throughout, for which Reuben has become our Wolf of the Week
U11 Tigers
The Tigers travelled to Fawley Falcons with the bare 9 players and found themselves 2-0 down at half time.
However they showed great team spirit and togetherness, with no lack of skill, to roar back into a 3-2 lead which they held onto to recording a hard fought and very well deserved victory .
Goalscorers were Spencer (2) and Miles. Spencer and Alfie shared Man of the Match .
Well done boys and parents !
U12 Panthers
Under 12 panthers cup run unfortunately came to an end today with a 3-1 defeat at Hedge End United in the semi finals today.
Hedge End deserved the win.
We took an early lead through Sam White and had a few opportunities to increase it in a cagey start to the game.
Hedge End grew into it and scored 3 goals to take a lead.
We kept knocking on the door but weren't able to score the goals we needed to get back into the cup tie.
Some disappointed lads at the end of the game but finishing league runners up and getting to a cup semi final is something we all would have taken at the start of the season
U12 Spitfires
Spitfires played a league arranged friendly against Sholing Reds. Played on the Stadia in the glorious sunshine sadly lost 5-2 but was a good game by both teams. Charlie Maguire stepped up in goal again and played a blinder pulling off some great saves. Couple of mistakes found us behind but a good fight back saw Mikail Field score with a bullet header from a pinpoint Will ‘Beckham’ Lakin corner. 2nd half was a great contest with some excellent football played by both and Sholing took a 5-1 lead, although the score was a bit flattering for how the game was. Ethan Cripps pulled a goal back with a sweet strike from outside box. POM went to Ethan Roache who was making his 1st appearance for the Spitfires and got stronger as the game went on with some great touches, tackles and some excellent passing. Well done. Happy Easter to u all.
U16 Girls JPL
After a long road trip to Kent the U16 JPL girls continued their unbeaten league run this season. They have now maintained 14 wins and one draw this season!!
After a slow start the goals finally came, first from Molly from a fantastic run down the wing!! Followed by goals from Kyla, Dakota, Jamie and Aimee. Another clean sheet for the defence who have been outstanding all season.
Not only did this seal our unbeaten run but we were confirmed Junior Premier League winners!!! Amazing first season in the league.
A huge congratulations to all the girls and coaches for their hard work and amazing team spirit.
Well done to everyone on some amazing performances, results, league titles and cup finals wins over the last few days !!
Last Sunday our club had three Girls teams in County Cup Finals and they all won without conceding a goal!. Our U10 Pumas,U10 Phoenix and U11 Tornadoes were all fantastic playing some superb attacking football.
They all brought great credit and pride to our club on a fantastic day for girls football at AFC Stoneham.
All of the managers, coaches and players and parents should all feel immensely proud .
The club has 18 girls teams this season from 3 only three years ago and expect to have 23/24 girls teams next season. We are always looking for new players who want to get involved and if interested in joining a growing and vibrant girls section please contact the club on 07841696579 or e-mail chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk
Our girls wildcats sessions are for girls aged 4-10 and are an introduction to football in a Fun, Safe and Enjoyable environment with qualified coaches.
The sessions are held every Monday from 5-6pm on our main stadia pitch with many of the girls then joining one of our young girls teams.
Please just turn up and join in or for further details please contact the club on 07841696579 or e-mail chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk.
Sunday Round Up
U8 Panthers
Excellent game today boys. After the last 3 disappointing results, we really needed to get back to winning ways, and boy, didn’t we respond well. Goals galore. A total dormant performance. I don’t think they could cope with our high press and general organisation. David pulled of some great saves in goal, with some brave diving at their feet. Oliver and James defended well today, against some strong attackers.
Ollie and Harry was great in midfield and attack and both managed to get on the scoresheet. Henry was excellent in midfield controlling play, with some lovely diagonal passing and also scored a goal. Lucas was terrific today, up and down the pitch, tackling and passing. And all that hard work paid off with 4 goals. But my man of the match went to the ‘goat’ Jenson. His energy, workrate and determination was outstanding. He bagged himself 6 goals today with one of them being a glancing headed goal!! Well done Jenson. Well done everyone today. You thoroughly deserved your haribo win bonus!!
U8 Spitfires
U8 Spitfires were excellent today in a physical game against Winsor and got back to winning ways. Alfie Bungay was a handful today and got himself the matchball as was deadly in front of goal. Brody Hibberd was lethal in front of goal too and Henry Polkinghorne scored from the half way line. POM was a awarded to our super supporting Mums (pic attached) today as it’s their day and the boys won for them but special mention must go to Alfie Bungay who was amazing.
U9 Royals vs Romsey Town Tigers
The Royals were on top form today, and put up their most impressive team performance this season. Oakley and Lucas were a driving force down the wings taking players on for fun and putting some great crosses in to the box. Dexter, Dan and Jafha all had solid games in midfield and controlled the game. Although the lads were on fire going forward, Leo had to be a rock at the back putting in some big tackles to deny Romsey. The Romsey attack was also on great form and would’ve scored more if it wasn’t for Archer making brilliant saves, the highlight being a low save down to his right that everyone thought was in! Goals came from Jafha, Leo and and Hat-trick hero Mikaile who was excellent in front of goal, even scoring one with his face!
A great game to watch and and unbelievable performance, well done boys
U10 Jaguars
Wellow warriors vs AFC Stoneham Jaguars u10’s
With only 7 players available today we knew we would have to adjust our shape to suit our team.
1st quarter
The Jaguars went off like a steam train,
With Egit scoring a quick goal.
Wellow came back at us but with our new defender Billy blocking,tackling,
And just in complete control at the back made it hard for them to really have any changes.
2nd quarter
More of the same.Alex running his socks off all around the pitch I don’t think there was a position he didn’t play in today, he also saw himself on the score sheet with a solo run and a tidy finish.
3rd quarter
We was in complete control of the game passing our way around the pitch, we made some really good plays and got our rewards with billy setting up a fantastic team move.
4th quarter
Wellow pushed us hard but we we do what we do best and shut the door.Our captain Alex battling for every ball never giving up.
Well done Jaguars 5-2 win
Goals
Alex
Egit
Sammie
M.O.M
Alex
Coach’s player
Bill
U10 Spitfires
A 1-1 draw today between two teams who played some good football despite the poor pitch. The Under 10 Spitfires went one nil up early with a long range effort from Bushy. Totton and Eling then had the better of the first quarter. After a good goal from Totton the Spitfires settled and nullified the away team’s attack. Both teams had chances throughout the game, with both keepers playing well. A couple of battling performances from Charlie and James stood out, with Charlie getting MoM for tracking back and making some strong tackles. Overall a good game to watch with both teams doing well to control the ball and continue to try and pass the ball on a bobbly pitch.
U11 Panthers
U11 Panthers had an excellent game today, against tough opposition who proved difficult to break down. Despite a positive result we spurned several chances to make it far more comfortable than the score line suggested. Great battling in midfield and a great defensive showing laid the foundations for some excellent play going forward. Man of the match was Fin Ashton for a great display in defence. Well done Panthers
U12 Panthers
Under 12 Panthers won 3-1 today away to Winsor Green in our cup quarter final.
The boys started brilliantly and too a deserved 2 nil leading the first 15 mins with a goal from Isaac and a Sam Warner penalty that was won through great work from Isaac.
Winsor pulled a goal back but we quickly went back up the other end to restore our 3 goal lead through Sam White pressing the defence from a goal keep nicking the ball and slotting the ball home.
The 2nd half was goalless and at times a bit nervous for those of us coaching and I'm sure the parents watching.
Some great performances today and MOTM went to Zach who was a driving force in the midfield and pur in some crunching tackles.
Well done boys now to look forward to the Semi finals
U14 Knights
U14 Knights were unlucky to lose 1-0 away against Hamble Spitfires conceding with the last kick of the game. Very unlucky as didn't deserve to be on the losing side due to the hard work each and every player put in. No subs and the physicality of the game meant the boys had to dig in and work their socks off for 70 minutes. Brilliant performance.
MOM, again could have gone to everybody today, but just for his constant battling, strength and determination Brad has my vote. Boys have been superb this season in a very tough league and all should be proud of what they have achieved.
U15 Spitfires
Spitfires ended their season on the losing end against Littleton Reds, 5-2. In a game I thought we were the better team it was frustrating we lost but never took our chances whereas our opponents did. Braydon Morgan pulled off some great saves throughout and special mentions to Cameron Houston and Joe Webb who were brilliant today. Both our goals were assisted by Tristan Sparkman with the 1st being swept home by our captain Owen Leece after some great play. The 2nd goal was a little more easier for Ollie Payne who bundled home from 2 yards. Chance came and went but just couldn’t get back in it. Well played boys in a difficult season. POM went to Owen Leece who enjoyed his new role in midfield.
U16 Galaxy
Galaxy's good run of form continued this afternoon with another 2-0 victory this afternoon against visitors Sholing White.
The defence again played very well as a unit but the purps were unable to break the opposition down until 2 breakaway goals in quick succession both scored by in-form striker Davi De Paula.
Keiran Kandiah picks up the mom award forward today with yet another fine display
Up the purps
U16 Panthers
With two games left of the season U16 panthers turn their attention to Compton in the league. With the sun shining, on a warm Sunday morning panthers put on a show for the crowed coming out 7-0 winners. It was a solid team performance From back to front, every player showed their class today with some great football being played.
MOTM Luke
Josh ,Dizzy 2 ,Jude ,Liam R , Billy , Owen
Well done to all of our teams!
Saturday Round Up
U7 Spitfires
U7 Spitfires turned in their best performance of the season against a good Hamble team. Spitfires have been working hard on the training ground in the week and it was great to see them put it into practice on matchday. Spitfires were straight at it with a double from Donatello and Joey either side of a Hamble goal in the first quarter. The second quarter was uneventful with both teams cancelling each other with impressive defensive work by both sides and some great saves by the Hamble keeper. Half time tweaks to the team saw Donatello score a third quarter hatrick and it was all Spitfires again in the last quarter with Joey completing a deserved hatrick, Finley getting the pick of the goals with some unbelievable team passing before casually passing past the keeper and Donatello getting another. Very tough to give player of the match today as they all played so well but Archie stood out for being so composed at the back and a defensive rock took it
U7 Hurricanes
Hurricanes U7 had a tough game against Fawley Falcons Eagles. On a glorious Saturday in the sun it was Fawley who took an early lead in the second quarter, ending it two up going in to half time. But the Hurricanes channeled their disappointment and played an unbelieveable third quarter, scoring 4 goals, ending the third 4-2. A tight encounter in the final quarter but some great defending and positional play from the Hurricanes, we finished the game 5-3 winners.
The team continue to grow and they demonstrated great passing and structure today.
Top marks to Fawley, who are a great team and didnt make it easy for us.
Gosport Borough Whites Girls U10 1
AFC Stoneham Panthers U10 3
An excellent win for the Panthers on a rock hard, bumpy pitch.
After 2 goalless quarters, the Panthers took the lead in the 3rd quarter when Aimee scored her first goal for the club with a nice finish. Every girl in the squad has now scored this season!
Jess P scored two long range goals in the final quarter to give the Panthers a 3-0 lead before the hosts scored a consolation late on.
Away team POM - Jess P
Parents POM - Aimee
Managers POM - Jess P
U11 Girls Pumas
Big well done to the girls late night, early kick off, rough pitch, first half tired sleepy lack lusted, not playing as a team, poor passes, hot potato football 1 nil down half time we had a gentle chat and told them to simply play football & work as a TEAM Help each other out.
We struggled to get onto the corners in the Danger Zone every time in the first half everyone flew by us, second half we rearranged how we did it not one corner was wasted we attacked it from the back of the box and it worked
Well done to Roxy for playing almost as a central midfield still needed you to help defend and you scored a cracking goal
Well done to Sophie my player of the match had a little moan she was playing out of position but switched it about and played simple football
Well done to Lauren always trying to give 100% and what a cracking free kick
we need to learn to mix it up, which is what we will do in training but was brilliant to watch we were commended on the way we passed the ball about how we pressed we were a class above in the second half Well done all
Big thanks to AFC portchester great hosts great bunch of girls and fantastic game
4-1 win
U13 girls match report
Away to AFC Portchester for the girls today.
A tough encounter with a loud home crowd and a physical opposition to match. We soaked up pressure really well and counter attacked with pace all game.
On 15 mins, Lillie Banks broke through on the left cut inside and struck a beauty in the near corner 0-1 Purps.
Then we got caught a little ball watching as Portchester managed to grab a goal with a nice finish into the bottom corner. 1-1.
Then put danger girl all game broke through again on the left and this time sent a brilliant finish over the GK into the far corner. 1-2 Purps at HT.
Second half much of the same, and then the moment of the game as Lillie this time playing right wing took on the left full back and smashed an incredible strike high over the GK into the top corner for 1-3 Purps.
We saw out the game until and unfortunate penalty right at the end for 2-3.
A great battling win to bounce back from defeat last time out.
AFC Portchester 2-3 AFC Stoneham
U14 Knights
U14 Knights playing up a year in the U15 Testway Div 2 lost 2-0 to Chalke Valkey away this morning
Although Stoneham were the better footballing side the boys couldn't find a way to get past the bus chalke parked for pretty much the entire game. Deserved more just couldn't break through their defence.
MOM goes to Oliver as was superb with his tackling and was excellent in breaking down their counter attacks.
Well done to all of our teams !
The highlight of the two recent games against Alresford Town and Baffin Milton Rovers were the senior debuts of four of our development squad which, again, highlights the excellent player pathway the club has created.
Isaac Evans, Jan Blazicek , George Ockwell and Kieran James all started over the two games to mark their senior debuts for the club.
Our development squad has only one objective which is to support good young players making the transition from youth football to adult football. The debuts of Issac, Jan, George and Kieran gave us all far more satisfaction than winning a cup or league in honesty. That is not to say we do not like winning a cup or a league occasionally as well !!
The club has invested a lot of time and money into our development squad over the last few seasons to ensure that our young players can play at the best level possible even if that means utilising our club as a springboard to a higher level.
Well done to our development squad and particularly to the four new debutants.
Our club is growing at a very fast rate from 9 teams some 6 years ago to 76 today with further substantial growth predicted for season 2022/23.
Our fantastic new home ground in Stoneham Lane, with both grass and 3G pitches, plus our structured player pathway for both boys and girls have been important factors in this growth aligned to a “one club” philosophy allowing the club to provide football for beginners right through to players who move into professional clubs academies.
AFC Stoneham now have over a 1000 players and hopefully play a positive part in our local community.
We now need more managers and coaches to support this growth and become excellent role models for our young children. If interested please do contact 07841696579 or chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk for an informal chat.
Saturday Round Up
U7 Spitfires
U7 Spitfires played Winchester City Youth in the early KO at Stoneham Park. In contrast to last week, the boys were quickly at it in the first quarter and scored 3 through Donatello to take the lead. Winchester battled back and grabbed a couple of goals before Asher restored the lead in the second quarter, and the Spitfires went in at halftime a goal up. Winchester came back out fired up and managed 2 goals either side of a great goal from Charlie from a well worked corner. Spitfires went to sleep in a mad 2 min spell conceeding 3 goals, which did see them pick their energy levels up, and Jayden got one back. MOM today went to Alfie for his work rate breaking up Winchester attacks!
U9 Girls
Under 9 girls clearly had their weetabix this morning as we welcomed Winchester City Flyers to Stoneham Lane this morning.
A quick start to the game game us the upper hand that we managed to keep in this 8 goal goal.
Our scorers today were Seren with a hattrick for the second week running, her second goal being a brilliant finish, Chloe with 2 and a single from Millie-Mae.
Some fantastic football was played when we kept our shape and positions.
Opposition girl of the game was given to Matilda.
Seren for her goals and all round performance won girl of the game for us.
Well done girls
U10 Girls Phoenix
Had a very good 8-1 win
U10 Girls Panthers
AFC Stoneham Panthers 8
Stubbington Swans 0
The Panthers have played some really good football in the last couple of weeks and won this game comfortably.
Hat tricks from Jessica P and Jessica H and goals from Georgia and Emily secured the win.
The most pleasing thing is seeing the development of players who have spent most of the season ‘in the shadows’. Imogen had her best game by far and Rosie has been very good the last couple of weeks.
Away team POM - Imogen
Parents POM - Imogen
Managers POM - Emily
U11 Girls
AFC Stoneham Tornados 3
AFC Stoneham Pumas 3
What a game between 2 very good teams. The girls fought from start to finish, with amazing play.
Both teams never gave in and battled till the very end. A fair results for both teams.
Goals from Selina 2 and Millie Fear 1
Player Of The Day - Managers Selina for her unbelievable work rate and 2 cracking goals.
Freya Caplen for her solid tackles and organisation.
U12 Panthers V Hartley Wintney
A very good first half, with the Panthers playing some really good football, only the crossbar denying Melina her first of the game. The girls continued to pass and move the ball well, with some great work down the wings. The first goal came in the 15th minute, with Melina scoring her 1st. The girls pushed for a 2nd, but some good defending from the Hartley defenders kept it at 1-0 till half time.
HT 1-0 Panthers
The girls started the second half with the same intensity from the first half, and in the 37th minute Melina got her 2nd of the game, 2 minutes later Melina completed her hat-trick. The girls pushed for more goals, but some great saves from the Hartley keeper kept it at 3-0.
Brilliant team performance.
FT 3-0 Panthers
Opposition player of the match went to Tallulah
Parents player of the match went to Juno
U14 Knights
U14 Knights beat Braishfield Bees 6-0 at home playing up a year in the Testway League Div 2.
Goals were scored by Leo x2, Waseem x 2, Ben & Brandon.
Tough first half performance due to the wind but the boys turned things around in the second half and came out a much better side. MOM was Ben, consistent with moving the ball around and keeping it simple throughout the game. Also scored a nice header from a great delivery from Will.
U16 Girls JPL
On a very cold morning in Sutton Scotney AFC Stoneham U16’s JPl girls played Andover new Street in the Hampshire cup semi-final. It was a hard fought game with the wind being a contributing factor, however Stoneham took an early lead with a goal from Kayleigh Maishman in the first five minutes. However Andover were quick to respond on the attack to level the game up. unfortunately AFC Stoneham backed off and Andover got a goal from the break to go 2-1 up. AFC Stoneham U16’s battled hard and got an equaliser from Kayleigh Marshman just before half time. With 10 minutes to go and both teams battling hard AfC Stoneham finally got the chance from a cross for Molly Gladwell to header the winner home.
Taking the Under 16 JPL girls into the Hampshire cup final!! 💜🙌💜🙌
Well done to all of our teams and especially our U16 Girls JPL in reaching the County Cup final.
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Sunday round up
U10 AFC Stoneham Jaguars
1st quarter
In very cold and windy conditions the boys fought hard, attacking and defending but couldn’t break Winsor down.
2nd quarter
Saw us take an early lead with Billy opening the scoring and then Egit added another goal. Some really good defending on show today from Oliver. He made it hard for the opponents to make any chances working his socks off.
3rd quarter
We settled down and started to play some really good football. Unfortunately we left the door open slightly and Winsor managed to pull one back. The Jaguars put their foot on the gas again and added 2 more goals.
4th quarter
More of the same by the Jag’s. The defence kept everything together with some really good communication. The strikers were hungry for more and added another two goals. This saw us round off a very comfortable win.
6-1
M.O.M Billy
Managers player Oliver
U10 Panthers
Great performance from the team today, against a very good Fleming Athletics. The Weather was against us, but no one gave up and battled against the wind and the rain, making for a great result.
Scorers: Millie Fear, Ollie Ransom, Henry Cordall
Player Of The Day goes to Jamie Henderson for some outstanding saves and his positioning for when the ball was in his box.
U12 Panthers
Under 12 panthers played another 11 a side friendly today to prepare for stepping up to that next season away at Hedge End United in dreadful conditions.
We came out 5-4 winners scoring the winning goal with the last kick of the game.
It really should have been more comfortable as we were by far the better team but injuries meant we finished the game with 9 against 11.
Goalscorers today were Sam White with the first 4 before Joey Gibson scored our decisive 5th.
Pitch was heavy and hard work with some good performances.
Man of the match went to Sam White for not only his goals from midfield but some tremendous tracking back and timely tackles
U16 United
Salisbury 2 - 5 United
Ralowiec
Finch
Willcock
U16 Panthers
Football is a team game as today proved with the U16 Panthers putting in a performance that belied the wind,rain and a sodden, muddy sloping pitch, to return to winning ways with a 3-1 victory against Compton FC.
More accurately perhaps with this side, it’s a squad game and just as enjoyable as the final scoreline was the return to action of Ehren Cox and Owen Diver after long term absences,adding yet more quality to the team.
The boys raced into the lead with Dylan Cross rounding the keeper to score (or was it Josh Marks .. the debate’s ongoing) inspite of the best efforts of Compton defenders with the first of many challenges that were a feature of the match.
A strong first half performance ensued, but it wasn’t until the second half that captain Cameron Churcher doubled the advantage, latching onto a sublime through ball to score with a calm, classy finish, only bettered by his JWP celebration.
The opposition then stepped things up, asking Liam Small to dive smartly to his right making a two handed save. After further pressure and another save, they managed to halve the deficit, but that proved to be it, with Panthers restoring their two goal advantage with another goal from Jude Cowan.
In summary a great squad performance, as just as important as the goals was the determined work of the defensive team and tireless/ creative work of the midfield unit. Well done boys!
Man of the Match - Jacob Keyse (that “shot” aside )
Finally ,well done to our U16 Athletic team who reached the semi finals of the county cup beating Moordown from Bournemouth 5-1
On Wednesday we host Portsmouth FC in the last 16 of the Hampshire Senior Cup with a 7.45pm kick off.
Admission is on the gate (cash only) and ticket prices are :
Adults £6 with a programme
Concessions (Over 65 years of age) £3
Children Under 16 free
We would please ask that all supporters aim to be in the ground by 7.15pm to avoid long queues.
We have a 200 seater stand and plenty of standing room available with a ground capacity of 2000 and would ask that supporters who wish to stand make their way to the far end of the ground on arrival where there will be plenty of standing room. Stewards will be on hand to direct all suppporters.
The ground has parking for 400 vehicles over two car parks. A car park on the main site holds 150 cars and on the opposite side of the road another 250 cars . Please arrive early.
Off road parking is available in both Channels Farm road and Greenways which are situated 5 minutes walk from the ground . With the stadium on your left driving towards Southampton these roads are situated on your left and right approximately 800 yards away.
Off road parking is also available going in the opposite direction towards Eastleigh Football Club with a 5 minute walk. We would please ask that all drivers are thoughtful of local residents when parking paying particular attention to not blocking the lane up to Trojans Club where room for an ambulance must be available at all times. (ie no double parking).
Information will be updated if necessary or please contact chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk should you have any further questions.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday evening.
Saturday round up
U7 Spitfires played Totton Youth Tigers in the Saturday morning early fixture, and the team was still half asleep at KO and were 2 goals down within 3 mins, the shock soon woke everyone up and the boys battled hard to go in at the break on level terms and after a pretty uneventful second quarter the game really got going after the half time break Asher scored a great goal from outside the box with his weaker foot before Totton managed to grab another couple of goals the turning point of the game was the rocket of a shot by Donnatello that the Stoneham first team keeper would not have stopped, to bring it back level..... Jayden managed to grab the winner after some great passing play! Alfie and Archie were immense and battled for everything with Joey and Charlie the teams main outlets. MOM went to Wilf, though, for saving a number of one on ones, great diving saves, and managing to tip a great freekick onto the crossbar! We are all so proud at how far these boys have come in their first season of football.... Go Spitfires!
U9 Girls
Under 9 girls played away at sunny Ringwood this morning, almost tropical compared to our last trip down.
The girls played amazingly and after a goalless first quarter clicked into gear as the game went on.
Our goalscorers today were Seren with a treble and Matilda.
When we got the ball down and play our football we looked brilliant.
Girl of the game went to Chloe for her all action display in midfield, some amazing passes and great tracking back and tackling too.
Opposition girl of the game went to Millie H in goal for some fine saves to keep a clean sheet.
Well done girls you were as brilliant as always.
Hampshire Cup Semi Final
Mudeford 1 - 9 AFC Stoneham U10 Pumas
Great result for the team today, securing our third consecutive Hampshire Cup final appearance and the opportunity to be Hampshire champions three years in a row.
In the end it was a comfortable win and an opportunity for several players to play in new positions. In the end 6 players got on the scoresheet today (Abbi, Erin, Lauren, Layla & Phoebe), a semi final goal is always a nice memory. Abbie grabbed herself a hat-trick plus 1 despite mainly playing on the wing.
However, the performance wasn’t just about goals, we passed really well and moved the ball really quickly. Our best phases of play started with our defenders being decisive in possession. Roxy & Amelie kept making great decisions which secured them the MoM trophies.
Sophie and Phoebe both showed great composure in possession and in midfield Nancy and Layla put in great performances and were a constant threat.
Our wide players were really dangerous today and our delivery out wide was superb, well done Martha, Aaliyah and Abbie. We targeted scoring goals from crosses and 5-6 came from this
In attacking areas we played loads of combinations with Erin and Lauren combining well, scoring and making goals.
Felt like last season with such a comprehensive win, we are used to really tough battles in the league, so it was a nice relaxed Saturday morning.
Well done Pumas, finalists again, time to get the job done
AFC Stoneham Panthers U10 2 Waltham Wolves 2
Panthers won on penalties
Against opposition from the Division above, the Panthers worked really hard as a team and kept their concentration against a team that played some really good, passing football.
After a goalless first quarter, the Panthers took the lead when a Jessica H corner went into the goal with a deflection off the keeper.
The Panthers went 2-0 up seconds into the 3rd quarter when Jessica H won the ball from the opponents kick off and found the top corner from outside the box.
Waltham Wolves pulled a goal back when a weak effort was judged to have crossed the line and then equalised in the final quarter with an unstoppable shot.
A thoroughly enjoyable game and in the penalty shootout at the end, the Panthers won after Abigail saved a penalty and Jess P netted the winner.
Special mention to a Mirela’s who got off her sick bed to play half the game.
Away team POM - Jessica H
Parents POM - Rosie
Managers POM - Georgia
Tornadoes U11 Girls
Semi Final Plate Cup
AFC Stoneham Tornadoes 9
Chineham 1
Well that’s us through to the Final of the Plate Cup! well done team!
A lovely opposition to play today who were a credit to their club!
The first quarter saw a slow start and level ish playing field although we were dominating and had most possession…
Into the second and third quarters we picked up pace with fresh legs and the opposition with no subs so they were tiring quickly up and down the pitch trying to catch our girls…
The pitch was tough going today and was basically solid mud with a few shoots of green substance on top which made our girls really work hard..
A well deserved win with almost double figures but off side disallowed.
Millie and Pheobe players of the day! Well done!
U14 Girls Eagles
U14S EAGLES
CUP SEMI FINAL v WCF KITES
UNBELIEVABLE effort and performance from our girls, who went into this game as massive underdogs.
We absolutely dominated the first half, first to every ball and quick to press and shut down WCF play. With a player short in our usual attacking formation we were still able to threaten the WCF goal and eventually got our deserved reward on 33' after a crucial interception from our keeper Leya and throughball caught the WCF defence napping, and Priya striking home to take us in at half time 1-0 up.
WCF came at us with everything 2nd half, forcing some magnificent saves from Leya. We held them with only 10 minutes to go but couldn't stop them finding the back of the net and equalising on 60'. 1-1.
It was Stoneham who looked like finding a second goal thereafter, with Elvin coming close and being denied a penalty after being pushed and pulled off the ball by 2 WCF defenders right in front of goal.
The girls NEVER quit and deserved a full time result, but were now facing their first ever penalty shoot out.
WCF were able to put away one more penalty than us to see them through to the final, counting their lucky stars no doubt! So proud of our girls who stood up to a very strong County 1 team and turned plenty of heads today!
We wish Wayne and the WCF Kites the best of luck in the final!
Managers POM: Leya
Supporters POM: Gabby
Oppositions POM: Polly
U14 Knights
The U14 Knights beat Braishfield Bees away 9-0 playing up a year in the Testway League Div 2. Goals were from Brad (10’), Waseem x 4 (12’, 15’, 17’, 20’), Jared (23’), Elliot (40’) and Brandon (57’ and 68’).
Great first half performance, dominating the ball, creating chance after chance. Second half the intensity dropped but continued to dominate possession and came out clear winners. Will S given MOM for his determination and quality of his deliveries into the front 2 which made it a nightmare for the opposition to defend against.
Well done to all of our teams especially those girls teams who progressed to cup finals and our U14 Eagles who sadly lost a penalty shootout to higher league opposition
Junior teams
Sunday Round Up
U7 Panthers
Clean sheet for the U7 Panthers today, best performance since they moved up. Again, the whole team made it on to the score sheet including hat-tricks from Jack and Hayden, and further great goals from Freddie, Cooper, Manny and Logan. Fraser kept some goals out from the opposing team and utilised the players that had space around them when passing back out to the field. During the 3rd/4th quarter break spectators were privy to some ball juggling skills from the Referee. Player of the Match went to Jack today for not only his goal scoring in the first quarter but also his disciplined performance when asked to go in defence. Great game for Panthers!
U10 Spitfires
A great performance by the U10 Spitfires today who remained positive and disciplined throughout their 4-2 win. They continued to stick to their passing game and were rewarded with three goals from Bushy and a great individual goal from Freddie. Man of the match was again very difficult to decide with everyone playing so well, with Zach being awarded the trophy for positive runs forward with the ball.
U8 Spitfires
U8 Spitfires continued their recent good form in an excellent performance against Hedge End Rangers. Some really great passing by all the boys today and a couple of goals scored with slick passing and unselfishness. Some good individual performances but generally pleasing team performance. Brody Hibberd, Theo Yaldren, Adriano Philips & Elliott Finch were all on fire in front of goal. POM went to birthday boy Harvey Whyte who was excellent and tried so hard to score which included hitting the bar. Well done ‘mini Spitfires’.
U8 Panthers
Great game today boys. We asked for a high tempo, passing, running off the ball and shooting. And that game had it all. I don’t think Hiltingbury knew what hit them from the start. We were better all over pitch, and thoroughly deserved the convincing win. David pulled off some good saves when required. Oliver and James defended well, with some crunching tackles. Birthday boy Ollie and Henry was excellent in midfield with some great passes and shots, with both getting on the scoresheet. Harry worked his socks off and was unlucky not to score. Jenson was on fine form with some great runs and shooting, and grabbed himself 4 goals. But my man of the match went to Lucas. His tackling, passing and moving was a delight to watch and he also scored from a pass and move drill. Well done Lucas. Well done all of you. You all deserved the trophy today.
Final score 7-3 win!
U9 Spitfires
Another dominant performance from the boys today against the AFC Stoneham Panthers. The team welcomed back a couple of players who had been off with Covid.
We were quickly in to our passing game and as the match progressed, the goals flew in.
A tough decision for man of the match, as everyone played well, in the end the honour went to our superb keep Jake.
Goals for Jakub 2, Tomo 2 and Alfie 1. Well done boys!
U10 Wolves
Just nine weeks ago we suffered our heaviest defeat of the season to today's opponents. Seven of the Wolves who played that day played again today and this time we won!
This is great development.
It was class on the grass as the Wolves showed that teamwork wins matches. Midfielders were the key to this by supporting both the attack and defence in a formation that most of today's players are now suited to. Tyler continued his good form by making himself available, attacking down the wing, beating defenders and creating chances with low passes or crosses, Oskar Z covered well behind the overlapping runs of Dash, Charlie is reading the game well by covering behind defenders Jude and Dash and supporting the attack with effective dribbling and improved positioning, while Rivers is enjoying life on the left providing box-to-box support.
Another hat-trick! Another different player!
Today it was Noah who kept the scorer busy with an outstanding performance that included accurate shooting, high pressing, tracking back to defend inside his own area and a strong display of stamina in covering most areas of a very heavy pitch.
Whenever his fellow defender was advancing, "indomitable Dominik" was holding everything together at the back against good strikers. Helped also by Reuben's excellent save from a free kick, defending from the front by Oakley and a captain's performance from Finn who also seemed to cover every blade of grass, the Wolves went 59 minutes without conceding until the last kick of the game.But Noah is still our hero of the hour and proud Wolf of the Week. Congratulations Noah and to all the Wolves for 3 wins in a row.
U10 Jaguars
AFC Stoneham Jaguars v Hedge End U10's
A steady start today against a very good Hedge End side saw the Jags go in level after the first quarter. Our defence holding solid with everyone doing exactly as we had practised in training.
Going into the 2nd quarter the whole team started to gel together and with increased effort it wasn't long before we had taken the lead with 2 well taken goals from Sammie and Egit.
Onto the 2nd half and again we continued to push forward and were rewarded with more goals from the mighty duo.
This was backed up with outstanding performances from Anderson between the sticks who totally owned his area with great communication along with some fantastic stops and a clean sheet and Riley B in defence who didn't stop running throughout the game and made numerous interceptions then provided great outlet balls up field.
A great game from the Jags who continue to impress with every game.
MOM Charlie
Joint Coaches Players Anderson and Riley B
U12 Spitfires
U12 Spitfires played away to Whiteley Wanderers in the Tyro Cup on a very frozen 4G pitch. After an excellent couple of performances today was not just our day as we lost 6-1. Score line flatters our opposition but credit to them for taking their chances. Our solitary goal was scored by Harry Halligan with a looping shot from outside the box. POM went to Harley Marjason who kept battling to the end and very vocal on the pitch in trying to lift the boys.
U12 Panthers
Under 12 panthers progressed to the next round of the Tommy Traynor Tyro Trophy with a 5 nil win at home to Winsor White.
It was a comfortable game for the boys whole got a bit lazy at times.
When we got the ball down and kept moving it about we did well.
Goalscorers were Isaac with 2 and singles for Jake, Sam Warner and Liam.
Shout out to the Winsor keeper who played a blinder.
Man of the match went to Joseph who put in a good shift and proved his versatility in playing 3 different positions and doing very well in all of them
U14 Knights
U14 Knights lost 6-3 away against Hurstwood Rangers in the Hampshire Cup. Goals were scored by Adrian and Ewan x 2.
The MOM was Adrian- he won his midfield battles all game, composed on the ball, played some great passes and scored a quality free kick.
A frustrating game for the boys as we were always in the game but errors on our side cost us goals in the end. Boys battled really well, hung in there, played some good football at times and worked for each other wherever they had to play. Just got to learn from today and we go again next week.
U15 Spitfires
U15 Spitfires had a tough day at home to Hamble Club Royals and just lacked a cutting edge going forward. Although we lost 4-0 defensively was good and some great saves from Braydon Morgan in goal. On another day we could have gone in at half time level but just not our day today. Fitness played its part today only have 1 sub but we will look to bounce back stronger next week. POM went to Owen Leece for a captains performance and chose to push forward into midfield instead of defence and put in a solid display!
Well done to all of our teams and thank you to those who sent match reports in
Today's Girls round up
U9 Girls
Under 9 girls played our first game since 4th December and were back with a bang.
We welcomed Down Grange Sapphires to Stoneham Lane and it was a fantastically enjoyable game.
Our scorers today were Matilda, Diya and Seren. Clean sheets for the 2 girls who played in goals too.
All the girls were amazing, girl of the game went to Edith for her all energy display on pitch and a quarter in goal.
Chloe was give oppositions girl of the game.
Thanks to the supporters from both teams who were encouraging both teams throughout the game, it was lovely to see such a busy touchline of smiles.
Well done girls
U10 Panthers
AFC Stoneham Panthers 0-1 Gosport Borough Whites
You know it’s not going to be your day when two of your own players collide heads while jogging across the pitch in the warm up leaving one with a lovely black eye. Hoping Aimee recovers soon.
The game itself was a really tight affair with neither team creating many chances. Georgia made a wonderful save before the Panthers conceded the only goal from the penalty spot.
Away team POM - Mirela
Parents POM - Imogen
Managers POM - Ilyse
U11 Girls
Pumas u11s 3-2 Stubbington u11s
Brilliant result today and some great football in the second half. If the players focus on passing the ball then good things happen. I thought we were comfortable, showed great patience and scored 3 great goals to win the game.
Lauren’s in-swinging corner got us level, a sweeping penalty kick from Erin put us in the lead before a wonderful finish from Martha secured the victory.
5 different defenders today, 5 different strikers and all but 1 played in midfield. Superb versatility. We also saw plays excelling in different roles which all supports their development.
Trophies today, Abbi J cool & calm in possession, great in the tackle. Managers Player.
Lauren was all-action today in midfield and up front, key role in 2 goals. Opposition player.
Thank you again to our sponsors Parchow Groundworks. We play the best football and look the part
U13 Girls Report
Home vs AFC Portchester
1st half was a scrappy affair, neither team really in control, however Portchester we’re working harder, winning more 50/50 duels and had the better of the final 10 minutes. Chances were at a premium and it finished in a stalemate.
For the first time this year, the girls received some harsh but fair words at half time. They had to work harder out of possession and be calmer in possession, why did Portchester want it more than them…?
Second half, different game, the girls were buzzing, all of sudden we were sprinting, battling and the fight was back! Iris Wakely was there at the right time following up a shot as all good centre forwards do to make it 1-0. It was all Stoneham, the girls were bright and the confidence grew. A cross on from the right found it’s way across to Sophie Freeman, who converted from close range for 2-0. From there we were dominant and it could have been 3 or 4. The girls saw out the game solid as ever at the back and tenacious in midfield. A tremendous second half display.
FT AFC STONEHAM 2-0 AFC Portchester
12 unbeaten… well done girls, a great reaction at half time.
U16 Hampshire League
Another league win under the scorpions belt. A very even match v kingsworthy. Started rusty after no games for 4 weeks. Girls put heart and soul into the game after sitting at 2-2 for a while. Coming away winners at 4-2.
2 Goals from Mia Garwin, one from Katie Babahami and one from Hannah Webb. 6 from 6 now.
A well earnt MOM by Victoria Johnson playing out of position as centre back.
Up the purps!”
Under 16 JPL
Bitton AFC (Bristol) 1
AFC Stoneham U16 JPL 6
Todays weather conditions were tough to deal with for both teams with the wind gale force influencing the match throughout,
Stoneham lost the toss and had to play against the severe wind in the first halve but handled it superbly by scoring three goals and keeping a clean sheet playing good short passing football, the second half with the wind gave more challenges and made it very difficult to control possession but the girls managed to finish the game 6-1 winners on the road onwards and upwards up the purps
Well done girls !
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