Colden Common Football Club is a football club based in

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, near Winchester,

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. The club is affiliated to the

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. The club is an FA Charter Standard club. The club are currently members of the .

History

The club was founded in 1898 and re-formed in 1956, supported by the Banford family. Their Sunday league team, started in 1973, won numerous trophies before moving into Saturday football, and by the 1986–87 season had progressed to

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Division One. In 1992, they won the Hampshire League championship, a feat repeated in 1996, and won the Southampton Senior Cup in 1994. When the Hampshire League was reorganised in 1999, the club was placed in the Premier Division, at what was then level 9 of the

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, but was administratively relegated two years later because the ground failed to meet Premier Division standards. In 2004, they won the "double" of the Division One title, thus earning promotion to the

Wessex League The Wessex Football League is an English association football league formed in 1986, with its premier division currently at the fifth step of the National League System, or the ninth tier of the overall English football league system. The part ...

, and Hampshire Intermediate Cup. Unable to apply for admission to Wessex League Division Two because of the requirement for floodlights, Colden Common were placed in Division Three, and went on to win the division title. Having finished their programme, it was still possible for Hayling United to overtake them by winning their last four games with a 19-goal swing, but they were unable to do so. In 2007, they withdrew from the Wessex League, because their inability to develop their home ground made it impossible for them to progress up the leagues, and joined the

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. They won their second consecutive Hampshire Premier League title in 2010. 2021-22 brought ''The Stallions'' the

Senior Division title with a late penalty scored by Ben White away at Hayling United in their final game of the season to earn a 1-1 draw and the title-winning point, with CCFC becoming the first team to have won the

Senior Division three times. In 2022-23, Colden Common defended their league title with two games to play, completing the 'treble' of league title, the HPFL League Cup, and the Hampshire FA Saturday Trophy (formerly the 'Intermediate Cup').

Ground

Colden Common play their home games at Oakwood Park Recreational Ground, Oakwood Avenue, Otterbourne, SO21 2ED.

Notable former players

international

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played for Colden Common at the beginning of his career, before joining

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Honours

League honours

Division Three ** Winners (1): 2003–04 *

**Winners (4): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2021-2022, 2022-23 *

**Winners (2): 1991–92, 1995–96 *

Division One ** Winners (1): 2004–05

Cup honours

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Saturday Trophy ** Winners (1): 2022-23 *Southampton Senior Cup ** Winners (1): 1993–94 *Andover Senior Cup ** Winners (1): 2002–03 *Hampshire Intermediate Cup Final ** Winners (2): 2012–13, 2022-23 *

Cup ** Winners (1): 2012–13

References

External links

Club Website
{{Hampshire Premier League Football clubs in Hampshire Association football clubs established in 1898 1898 establishments in England Sport in Winchester Football clubs in England Hampshire League Wessex Football League Hampshire Premier League