Club News
Club person of the year
We were delighted to award Kevin Polkinghorne with our Club person of the year award for last season at our recent presentation day.
Kevin has given years of fantastic service and commitment to the club for which we are very grateful.
Well done Kev on a fully deserved recognition.
Thank you.
U16 Girls JPL
National JPL Final
Our girls couldn't quite cap off an unbelievable season by winning the JPL National Cup Final losing 4-1 to Haringey Girls yesterday in Cambridgeshire.
However this does not detract in anyway from an outstanding season which included a complete season undefeated to win their JPL League and being crowned Hampshire FA Cup winners beating AFC Bournemouth in the final.
Well done girls on being a huge credit to our football club both on and off the pitch all season.
U11 Girls Pumas
Our U11 Girls Pumas have had an outstanding season completing a treble and reaching two national finals to be played in June .
The club have taken the opportunity to publish a little piece on the girls achievements .
Well done girls
What A Season!
From clubless in July to Treble winners in April, this has been a huge achievement for the players and coaching staff, who have received unwavering support from the parents.
The team moved to AFC Stoneham in July, who gave us the opportunity to make a new home in a positive, respectful and established football environment. We joined a club that shared the ambitions of the team, and offered a pathway to the Junior Premier League, the Ladies First Team and the motivation to follow in the footsteps of female players who have gone on to play for Southampton FC.
We expanded the coaching staff from John Barnes and Matt Salmon to include John Bushnell and Nick Scutt, to broaden the footballing knowledge and depth within the set-up. This improvement built on our culture of consistency, with 12 of the players having played together for over 2 years, and has been a vital part of our continued success.
On the pitch our success has been measurable in not just results, but most importantly the development of players. Players have become genuinely multi-functional, often switching positions mid-game to execute tactical changes that won us numerous games. We have had to dig deep to cope with the physicality of older players, but we are blessed with some incredible attacking talent who have created and scored wonderful goals, and a core of intelligent and competitive players which means we don't concede often, and this has seen us through.
We started the league season with a 2-2 draw with eventual runners-up Portsmouth in the Community, who went on to challenge us all season and we enjoyed some wonderful footballing battles. Two great teams playing the right way. We lost our first game of the season vs AFC Stoneham Tornadoes, a brilliant game and advert for the talent at the club. Undoubtedly players from across both teams will represent the club in the JPL and beyond.
The final three months has been our biggest challenge, but also our most successful period. We lost players to injury, illness and representative football, yet still kept securing results. Fundamentally we play good football and players put the team first, so the loss of one has been compensated by the introduction of another. Football is a squad game and everyone has had to sacrifice themselves at some point for the collective.
Overcoming this challenging period turned into a season defining week for the players.
On the 19th of March we travelled to the New Forest for the Hampshire Futsal tournament, and secured the trophy and a trip to regionals with a perfect record of three wins, with no goals conceded. Beating a team with professional coaching staff is always a pleasing achievement too, especially as it takes us to a Regional and subsequent National final.
Just 24 hours later we travelled to Winklebury to play the Hampshire Cup Final. The team was aiming to win their third consecutive Hampshire Cup, and did so with a 4-0 win, secured with 3 goals in 5 minutes in a period of wonderful passing football.
On the 26th we travelled to AFCP in what unbeknownst to us, was our opportunity to win the league with 2 games to go. Having enjoyed a team trip to watch England, the players were slow to start and struggled to overcome a strong outfit. However, the team stuck together and turned the game around in the second half to secure the league title and Treble for AFC Stoneham.
The season has been long but the team is already moving into tournament mode. Winning at AFC Wimbledon and finishing runners-up at the ESF tournament means we now have two national finals to look forward to in June and a trip to St Georges Park.
The season hasn't been without challenges but we stick together and put the team first, and look forward to competing for more trophies this summer.
A special thank you to all the players (in alphabetical order) - Aaliyah Fleming (goal of the season vs AFC Whiteley), Abbi Jervis (consistently game-changing), Abbie Selway (Hants Cup Semi Final hat-trick), Amelie Willsher (most improved player), Erin Salmon (scorer in 12 consecutive games from midfield), Lauren Richmond (top goalscorer), Layla Etherington (hat-trick in our title decider), Layla Neil (perfect penalty save record), Martha Barnes (best winning goal of the season vs Stubbington), Nancy Scutt (for 3 months un-subbable), Phoebe Bushnell (MoM Hants Cup Final), Roxy Martin (long shot specialist and Rock) and Sophie Addicott (typifies coolness and playing from the back)
#upthepurps
U16 Girls Scorpions
Div 3 County League Champions!
Congratulations to our U16 Girls Scorpions who have been crowned Division 3 County League Champions.
The girls had a tough season during 20/21 and regrouped last summer to produce a new squad in a great environment.
The girls will now move up to division 2 of the U18 league.
Well done to Rod,Pete and all of the girls on a fantastic achievement !!
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U16 Athletic - Treble winners !
Huge congratulations to our U16 Athletic who completed the treble today with a 4-1 win over Hamble in the Hampshire County Cup.
Today's triumph follows on from winning the league and league cup.
A first half Sam Macleod hat trick and a fourth from Charlie Hawes in the second half sealed the win.
Well done to Paul,Jason,Cam and all of the boys on a tremendous season.
Purple Role Model
Kaylee Buckingham - Southampton FC
If any of our young female players, or indeed male players, need any inspiration this young lady is it!
Kayleigh was a Purp for 3 years before leaving last summer at 17 to join Southampton FC
Kayleigh currently plays for the U23s with a couple of first team appearances to date.
Today Kayleigh was awarded the U23 leagues top goal scorer award with 27 goals for the season.
Well done Kayleigh. Our club is very proud to have played a very small part in your fantastic football journey to date.
Once a Purp always a Purp !!
From Liz, Kaylee and Alisha (First team player of the season) mum...
I'm forever grateful for the support Stoneham have given both girls and our hearts are purple through and through (with a couple of red and white stripes)! We are very proud of Kaylee's achievement this season and looking forward to the future
Sponsor a Purp !
The club is now offering player sponsorship for the new season.
Please contact : chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk
Could we ask all supporters to share please to help the club
Thank you
U14 Wolves - Cup winners !!
Tyro Challenge Cup
AFC Stoneham 2
Southside 2
AFC Stoneham win on pens
"Not another one ?"
Our U14 Wolves added another trophy to our clubs haul for the season this afternoon with a dramatic penalty shootout victory having drawn 2-2 with Southside after 90 minutes.
Floyd Mitchell gave the young Purps the lead before Southside raced into a 2-1 lead early in the 2nd half.
As the cup looked destined to go to Southside captain marvel George Bufton leapt like a salmon with 3 minutes to go sending the game to penalties which the boys eventually won 6-5.
An emotional winning manager , Aiden Bevan, said " What a fantastic victory . The boys never stopped and were so resilient allowing them to get their just reward in the end. I could not be prouder".
Whilst it was a shame that the game had to be decided on penalties and one team had to lose both teams were a credit to their clubs in a game that was very competitive but played in a very sporting manner throughout.
Well done boys !!
Senior teams - End of Season awards
Thank you to all of those who attended our clubs End of Season Awards Dinner and for making the event a great success ! To have all five senior teams under one roof to celebrate an outstanding season was brilliant!
A great night which yet again illustrated how lucky we are to have so many fantastic people at our club both on and off the pitch .
The main awards winners were:
First team player of the season - Jim Orvis
Players Player - Jim Orvis
Ladies player of the season - Alisha Buckingham
Players player - Alisha Buckingham
Development squad player of the season - Ben Godwin
Players player - Cian Cleary
Veterans player of the season - Ashley Holland
Special recognition awards - Harry Fryer and Alex Walker for achievements of our Development squad.
250 appearances - Ben Clarke
100 appearances - Abbie Awdas and Tom Parker-Trott
Club young player of the year - Ben Godwin
Junior Premier League
U16 Girls - National Cup semi final
AFC Stoneham 4 West Ham United 3
Following on from the Hampshire Cup Final win over AFC Bournemouth and just when you think it can't get any better ....it does !
Unbelievable performance !! Truly inspirational!
Well done girls !!
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John Stimpson Memorial Shield Final
Dorchester Town 0 AFC Stoneham 1
Goalscorer: Evans 86
Our young development squad won their 4th trophy of the season in a very good game with a pulsating finish. Both teams played good football throughout the night with our boys just possibly shading the chances created.
As the game was heading for penalties young Isaac Evans headed home a corner with only four minutes of normal time remaining.. Within two minutes Dorchester were awarded a penalty to the dismay of everyone in purple however keeper Ben Godwin pulled off a superb save going to his right and then claimed the rebound setting off delirious celebrations.
The boys saw out the last few minutes to record a huge triumph.
The way the game and season finished was "written in the stars" as the boys lifted a record breaking 4th trophy.
Words can never do justice to either the boys fantastic achievements this season or this final game. Just wonderful !!!!
AFC Stoneham Ladies are delighted to announce our First Team Pre season dates for next season. Although the season only finished a few weeks ago the planning for next season is well underway.
To date we have arranged the following:
3/7/22 Littlehampton Tournament
17/7/22 Keynsham Town
24/7/22 AFC Portchester
31/7/22 Poole Town
7/8/22 Portsmouth FC
The Ladies are looking for new players to add to their squad as they prepare for their second season in the Womens Southern Regional League. Interested players can contact chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk
Hampshire U16 Girls County Cup final
AFC Stoneham 3 AFC Bournemouth 0
Sometimes there are no words that will do justice to a performance however we will try.
Our predominately U15 Girls won the U16 Hampshire Cup beating Premier League AFC Bournemouth 3-0.
Having already won the Junior Premier League regional title the girls comprehensively beat higher league opposition to add the Hampshire Cup to the trophy cabinet.
This is the first time in our clubs 103 year history that our name will be engraved on the trophy.
The whole squad were outstanding both on and off the pitch . Their performance was awesome and at this level would have beaten almost anyone!
Paul and the girls bring huge credit to our club in so many ways and we are proud to have them on board whilst hoping that they are our future first team stars as we progress through the ladies football pyramid.
The girls now travel to Cambridge for the Junior Premier League finals where they will play West Ham United in the semi final before hopefully playing either Bridgewater or Harringay in the final on the same day.
Well done Paul and all of the girls on a truly memorable and historic victory !
U18 Girls - Div 1 Champions!
Our U18 Girls won the Hampshire County Division One league title defeating Southampton Women 2-1 in their play off final .
The league title is now added to their Hampshire Cup victory this season
More fantastic news for female football at AFC Stoneham. Well done to Ben and all of the girls on another fantastic season.
#upthepurps
New U7’s 22/23 season
Our new U7 teams have been training for a couple of months now and we will have at least 6 new teams in the age group for next season.
Our new U7 Panthers played their first ever game recently against Locks Heath and had a great time !!
We are still looking for new players and anyone interested can contact Brian on 07786 245225 or via chairman@afcstoneham.co.uk
Thank you
U16 Athletic - Cup Winners!
City of Southampton U16 Cup Final
AFC Stoneham 5 Winchester City 0
Scorers: Ayling(2), Hawes, Glasspool, Podolanski.
In a tremendously trophy laden season for the club our excellent U16 Athletic team added to the trophy cabinet with a comprehensive 5-0 win against Winchester City.
Man of the match went to the Winchester keeper, Leo Webster, who almost single handedly kept the score to a respectable number and fully deserved the award.
Having won the league the boys hope to now complete the treble when they play Hamble in the County Cup Final at Havant.
Well done boys on another excellent team performance !
May 1st
U16 Girls JPL - Champions !
Well done to our U16 JPL Girls who sealed the Junior Premier League title with a 3-1 home win over Andover.
The season was both the girls and the clubs first ever in this league with many of the girls still able to play in the age group again next season.
A superb achievement and well done to Paul and all of the girls !
More Trophies !
U16 Athletic and U16 United
On top of our three other triumphs on Saturday our U16 Athletic clinched the U16 City of Southampton Premier league title on Sunday with a 7-0 win over Hamble .
Our United team came runners up whilst both teams play each other on Sunday in their final league game.
For both teams to finish in the top two places in the top U16 league is,again, a great achievement for the club.
Our U16 Athletic still have two cup finals to compete in for both the League cup and Hampshire County Cup.
Well done to both teams on a great achievement !
April 23
U18 Girls
Hampshire Girls League Cup Winners
On a wonderful weekend of trophies for our club a huge well done to our U18 Girls who completed the hat trick of successes beating Southampton Women 4-0 in a great advert for female football at AFC Stoneham.
Our goalscorers were Florence Yearsley ,Sienna Pack ,Olivia Eaton and Jess Treweek in a great team performance.
Well done to Ben, Alisha and all of the girls on a great cup victory !
Super Vets !!
Well done to our super vets team for winning the Hampshire County Cup beating Hythe and Dibden 9-0 following on from recently winning the Veterans league cup trophy.
Goalscorers were club legend David Reading with four goals with a brace from both Henry Smith and Lee "chewy" Hewitt our U9 Falcons manager.
Well done gents on another superb cup success !!
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