Fareham Town F.C. is a

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club based in

Fareham Fareham ( ) is a market town at the north-west tip of Portsmouth Harbour, between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in south east Hampshire, England. It gives its name to the Borough of Fareham. It was historically an important manufac ...

, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the

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, and is an England Accredited club. They currently play in the

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South Central Division after defeating Andover New Street 2-1 in the

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play offs final on 26 April 2025.

History

Fareham Town were formed in 1947, when three local sides Fareham FC, Fareham Brotherhood FC and Fareham Youth Centre FC amalgamated together after at a public meeting in the town in 1946, it was suggested to form a football club for the town. The club joined the Portsmouth League and started playing their games at Beaconsfield Meadow, before moving to Bath Lane. At the end of the 1948–49 season the club gained promotion to Division 3 (East) of the

Hampshire League The Hampshire League was a football league in Hampshire, England. During its heyday its constitution consisted of four divisions with over 60 clubs taking part - this included a vast number of semi-professional teams and Reserve/’A’ sides o ...

, and gained promotion to Division Two as champions at the first attempt. The club made further progress in the 1952–53 season when they finished as Runners-up in Division Two to gain promotion to Division One. Three seasons later the club then made its debut in the

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, making it to the fourth qualifying round before being knocked out by

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. The club in the 1959–60 competition won Division One for the first time. Further success would follow when the club won Division One, five cnsecutive seasonstimes from the 1962–63 campaign. The club would go on to win the league twice more during the 1970s. In 1975 the club then moved to its present home of the Cams Alders ground. With the club finishing runners up in the 1978–79 campaign the club successfully joined the

Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...

, starting in the Southern Division. In the 1982–83 season the club was placed in the Premier Division of the league, when the league was re-structured. The club would then spend the next seven seasons in the Premier Division, during which time, they managed to get to the Semi-finals of the

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before losing to the eventual winners

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. At the end of the 1988–89 campaign the club finished 19th and were relegated to the Southern Division, where they would then spend the next nine seasons. During this time the club would win the

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for the fourth time, when they beat Farnborough Town 4–1 in the final. At the end of the 1997–98 season the club, decided to move down to the

, due to the finances involved in staying in the Southern League. Since then the club remained in the top division of the

until the 2024-2025 season when they were promoted to the

South Central Division after defeating Andover New Street 2-1 in the

play offs final on 26 April 2025.

Stadium

Fareham Town play their home games at Cams Alders Football Stadium, Cams Alders, Palmerston Drive, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1BJ. Cams Alders has a covered stand seating 450 people, whilst the rest of the ground is reserved for standing. The ground has floodlights, allowing evening games to be played.

Honours

League honours

Division One ** Winners (8): 1959–60, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1974–75 ** Runners-up (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79 *

Division Two ** Runners-up (1): 1952–53 *

Division Three (East) ** Winners (1): 1949–50

Cup honours

*Hampshire Senior Cup: ** Winners (4): 1956–57, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1992–93 ** Runners-up (3): 1959–60, 1997–98, 2003–04

Records

*Highest League Position: 8th in Southern League Premier Division 1982–83 *

best performance: First round 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89 *

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best performance: Second round 1973–74 *

best performance: Semi-final 1986–87 *

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best performance: Fourth round 2024–25

Staff

Former players

# Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league). # Players with full international caps. * Kevin Bartlett * Neal Bartlett *

Robbie Carroll Robert Carroll (born 15 February 1968) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a right winger in the Football League for Brentford. He later embarked on a long career in non-League football, making 140 appearances for Yeovil ...

Mark Chamberlain Mark Valentine Chamberlain (born 19 November 1961) is an English former international footballer. He is the younger brother of Neville Chamberlain, and the father of Beşiktaş and England international player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Ki ...

Steve Claridge Stephen Edward Claridge (born 10 April 1966) is an English football pundit, coach and former professional player who is the manager of Fleetlands. He was a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including ''Football Focus'' and ''The Football Leag ...

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* Darren Foreman *

John Hold John David Hold (born 28 March 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He began his career with Fareham Town before playing professionally for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra (on loan) and Northampton ...

* Warren Hunt * Ross Irwin *

Ian Juryeff Ian Martin Juryeff (born 24 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for various Football League clubs in the 1980s and 1990s. He started his career as a trainee with Southampton, but only made two sub ...

Dave Leworthy David Leworthy (born 22 October 1962) is an English retired footballer who played as a centre forward. Career Leworthy started his career with his hometown club Portsmouth. After spending 9 years with Pompey, from the age of 10, he moved to No ...

Thomas McGhee Thomas Edward McGhee (10 May 1929 – 19 May 2018) was an English footballer best known for his spell at Portsmouth FC during the 1950s, making 136 appearances which gained him England recognition at Amateur and 'B' level. Football career Ear ...

* John McLaughlin * Paul Moody * Richie Moran * Ken Todd *

Eric Webber Eric Victor Webber (22 December 1919 – 10 December 1996) was an English football player, playing as a centre-half, and manager. Playing career Early days Although he was born at Shoreham in West Sussex, Webber's family moved into Hamps ...

* David West * John Smeulders

Former coaches

# Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league). # Managers/Coaches with full international caps. *

Ray Crawford Ray Crawford (October 26, 1915 – February 1, 1996) was an American fighter ace, test pilot, race-car driver and businessman. Biography Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Crawford served as a U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot and flew the P-38 ...

* Jon Gittens * Joe Laidlaw * Richie Reynolds

References

External links

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