Moneyfields

Any donations to help keep this site running would be gratefully accepted. Please click the Donations button above should you wish to make a donation. And thank you.

Ground: Moneyfields Sports Ground, Moneyfields Avenue, Portsmouth.

Telephone: 02392 665260

Chairman: Garry Foster

Secretary: David Jupe tel: 07766 222718

Joint Managers: Craig Stafford , Bobby De Sroix , Alan Smith

Directions to ground: From Southampton & West - travel east on M27 onto A27 and take exit marked Southsea A2030. Head south along A2030, exit and turn onto Tangier Road (4th right turning). Follow Tangier Road right through until the pub 'Tangiers', take next right turning Folkestone Road, carry on into Martins Road. The Moneyfields Club is directly in front of you - for car park turn left, entrance on the right.

Club History:

The club began its current incarnation back in 1987. Having reached to upper age group in the Portsmouth junior, a group of players decided to continue playing as Portsmouth Civil Service reserves.

Gradually most of the players moved up to the first team and by 1991 the side had risen from the Portsmouth League to Hampshire League division one on the back of three successive promotions.

The club's league success was matched in cup competitions with Portsmouth Senior Cup wins in 1991 and 1992, and Hampshire Intermediate Cup victories in 1992 and 1993.

After several seasons in the upper reaches of the Hampshire League, it became apparent that the club would have to move away from their home at Copnor Road if they were to progress.

After scouring the city, the club agreed a lease on the old Moneyfields sports ground in Copnor, and so, in 1994, it moved to its current ground and became part of the club whose name they now carry.

The Division One years were particularly successful and under the management of George Wain and Mickey Gee, Moneys never finished lower than sixth and clinched the 1996/97 league championship by 15 points.

Success on the field was matched by extensive ground developments off it thanks to a national lottery sports fund grant.

New changing rooms, offices and a floodlit all-weather pitch were constructed as part of the scheme to bring the facilities up to Wessex League standard.

With the requisite developments in place, the 1997/98 campaign saw a tense battle with Blackfield and Langley to see who would claim a spot in the Jewson Wessex league.

Although Blackfield just pipped them in the table, Moneyfields' better facilities meant it was they who claimed promotion.

The first season in the Wessex league saw the club surprise many people by finishing sixth. The next couple of seasons saw the club post respectable top-ten finishes, but, after finishing a disappointing sixteenth in 2000/01, Messrs Wain and Gee decided to step down after 13 seasons in charge.

Under the managerial partnerships of Calvin Hore and Terry Arnold/Paul Gregory, and Craig Stafford and Miles Rutherford, the club has established itself in the middle third of the table as well as embarking on a series of runs in the FA Cup and FA Vase.

The management line up was boosted in 2004/05 by the arrival of Bobby De St Croix and Alan Smith from Havant and Waterlooville.

Where the duo management led us to mid-table, for two seasons and getting to the final of the Portsmouth Senior Cup in 2005/06 losing 4-3 to Gosport Borough at Westleigh Park.

And in 2006/07 getting to the third round of the FA Vase against AFC Totton.

2007/08 saw the sudden departure mid-season of Craig Stafford, the club finishing 7th in the league. Finishing as Runners up in the league cup to Wimborne Town who beat us up by 1-0.

And reaching the Second Qualifiying Round in the FA Cup against Team Bath.

Honours

Portsmouth Premier Champions : 90/ 91 , 91 / 92

Portsmouth Senior Cup Winners : 90 / 91

Portsmouth Senior Cup Runners up : 91 / 92

Billy Hill Cup Winners : 90 / 91

Hampshire Intemediate Cup Winners : 91 / 92 , 92 / 93

Hampshire Division 3 Champions : 91 / 92

Hampshire Division 2 Champions : 92 / 93

Hampshire Division 1 Champions : 96 / 97

Hampshire Division 1 runners up : 97 / 98

Hampshire Challenge Youth U18 Winners : 97 / 98 , 98 / 99 , 99/00 , 00/ 01

Hampshire Challenge Youth U16 Winners : 98 / 99

Hampshire County Youth League Champiors : 00 / 01

Hampshire County Youth League Runners up : 98 / 99

Russell Cotes Cup Runners up : 98 /99

Jewson Wessex Combination Runners up : 98 /99

BEST SEASON

FA CUP 1st Qualifying Round : 2001 / 02

FA VASE 3rd Round : 2001 / 02

Records

Attendance : FAREHAM TOWN ( WESSEX FIRST DIVISION ) 250 05 / 06

Goalscorer :LEE MOULD ( WESSEX FIRST DIVISION ) 76

Appearances : MATTHEW LAFFERTY ( WESSEX FIRST DIVISION ) 229

Win : BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY 9-0 , ( WESSEX FIRST DIVISION ) 2001 / 02

Defeat : ANDOVER 8-0 , ( WESSEX FIRST DIVISION ) 1999 / 2000