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1962/63 In their First Year they reached the Final of the Southampton Boys Football League but lost 2-0 to Redcoats United (St Mary's School Youth Club) which was played on Follands Park. (Tony Paul played in Hamble Youth side and he is still involved with Vets. Team today.)

1966/67 A Sunday Senior Side was formed taking over Bardic Sports. The Football Club became a Section of Hamble Social Club with a Sports Secretary and Sponsorship.

1970/71 Amalgamated with Hamble F.C. (Saturday Sides)

1971 The Football Players wanted to form a Cricket Team and entered the Park League and Evening League. A few Years later the Team acquired Hants League Status playing their Home Games on the College of Air Training Ground, when the College closed no suitable ground could be found and the Team amalgamated with Folland Cricket Club.

1974 Saw Hamble Social and Athletic Club move into new premises and changing their name to Hamble Club. The Football Club Saturday Side became Hamble Club F.C. and Sunday Side Hamble Athletic.

1975/76 The Football Club amalgamated with West End Youth a Sunday Side run by Colin Williams.

The Next decade was the Club's Golden Era with Saturday Football making steady progress through the Junior Leagues (17 of them in those days). Sunday and Youth Football Becoming a formidable force in their Leagues. The Football Club became known as The Villagers through their policy of only playing Hamble based players. The Cricket Club also acquired Hampshire Status. The Club became the First and still only Club to win the Southampton Football Association Junior"A" and Junior"B" Cup in the same Season. The Saturday 1st winning the Junior"A" Cup and the Saturday Reserves winning the Junior"B" Cup. Hamble Club's outside Sports Section included the Following.

Saturday 1st and Reserves
Sunday 1st, Reserves
Youth Cricket Hants and evening League and Friendly's on Sunday

This is Hamble Club FC of the early 1980s
Hamble Club FC of the early 1980s

1981/82 Saw Saturday 1st become Junior 1 Champions this side was managed by John Foster with many of the early Youth Team players in the side

1982/83 Saw Hamble playing Saturday Senior Football for the First Time in their history. Also this period saw the formation of Hamble Youth playing in the Tyro League run by Shirley Mildenhall.

2002/3 Hamble Club and Hamble Youth amalgamated Hamble Club Under 18's beat Aldershot Youth 1-0 in the Hants Youth Cup.

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