2005–06 Wessex Football League

The 2005–06 Wessex Football League was the 20th season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the second time in their history were Winchester City, who were promoted to the Southern League along with runners-up Thatcham Town and third-placed Andover. The extra promotions were because of the pyramid reorganisations that took place in 2006.

Wessex Football League
Season2005–06
ChampionsWinchester City

There was a full programme of promotion and relegation between the three Wessex League divisions.[1] Promotion from the lower divisions was largely based on ground grading, rather than league finishing positions. This was protested by Division Two champions Locks Heath and Division Three champions Paulsgrove, but the league stuck with their decision to promote lower-placed clubs with better facilities.[2]

For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League.[3]

League tables

Division One

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Lymington & New Milton were promoted to the Isthmian League, Downton were relegated and two new clubs joined:[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Winchester City (C, P) 42 34 5 3 112 31 +81 107 Joined the Southern League
2 Thatcham Town (P) 42 29 7 6 92 37 +55 94
3 Andover (P) 42 27 5 10 120 64 +56 86
4 A.F.C. Totton 42 25 9 8 101 40 +61 84
5 Gosport Borough 42 23 10 9 85 44 +41 79
6 Hamworthy United 42 21 12 9 65 40 +25 75
7 Bournemouth 42 21 10 11 72 45 +27 73
8 Poole Town 42 21 8 13 79 60 +19 71
9 Fareham Town 42 19 10 13 74 61 +13 67
10 Christchurch 42 17 9 16 72 62 +10 60
11 Moneyfields 42 14 16 12 48 49 −1 58
12 Wimborne Town 42 15 10 17 60 61 −1 55
13 VT 42 13 15 14 65 66 −1 54
14 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42 14 8 20 70 86 −16 50
15 Hamble A.S.S.C. 42 14 7 21 50 56 −6 49
16 Cowes Sports 42 12 10 20 48 67 −19 46
17 Lymington Town 42 10 14 18 42 71 −29 44
18 B.A.T. Sports 42 10 6 26 61 109 −48 36 Demoted to Division Three due to ground problems
19 A.F.C. Newbury 42 9 8 25 35 96 −61 35
20 Alton Town 42 8 9 25 51 99 −48 33
21 Brockenhurst 42 4 6 32 42 93 −51 18
22 Portland United (R) 42 2 6 34 32 139 −107 12 Demotion to the Dorset Premier League
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Division Two

Division Two also consisted of 22 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Lymington Town and Poole Town were promoted to Division One, A.F.C. Aldermaston were relegated to Division Three, and three new clubs joined:[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Locks Heath (C) 42 31 5 6 96 28 +68 98
2 Hayling United 42 27 8 7 99 39 +60 89
3 Brading Town (P) 42 27 7 8 96 50 +46 88 Promoted to Division One
4 Downton (P) 42 27 6 9 108 64 +44 87
5 Liss Athletic 42 26 5 11 99 57 +42 83
6 Horndean (P) 42 22 6 14 95 67 +28 72 Promoted to Division One
7 Fawley 42 20 9 13 76 53 +23 69
8 Stockbridge 42 18 13 11 82 52 +30 67
9 Ringwood Town (P) 42 20 6 16 81 71 +10 66 Promoted to Division One
10 United Services Portsmouth 42 18 11 13 86 72 +14 65
11 Farnborough North End 42 19 6 17 93 76 +17 63
12 East Cowes Victoria Athletic 42 16 10 16 76 70 +6 58
13 Romsey Town 42 15 11 16 59 61 −2 56
14 Blackfield & Langley 42 14 13 15 81 69 +12 55
15 Petersfield Town 42 12 8 22 58 91 −33 44
16 Shaftesbury 40 10 10 20 53 96 −43 40
17 Hythe & Dibden 42 11 7 24 50 98 −48 40
18 Andover New Street 42 10 9 23 61 96 −35 39
19 Amesbury Town 42 10 4 28 55 109 −54 34
20 Alresford Town 42 8 9 25 49 86 −37 33
21 Bishop's Waltham Town (R) 42 7 7 28 57 112 −55 28 Relegated to Division Three
22 Whitchurch United (R) 42 5 8 29 44 137 −93 23
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Division Three

Division Three consisted of 17 clubs, reduced from 22 the previous season, after DC, Ludgershall Sports, RS Basingstoke and Yateley Green left the league, and Hayling United and Farnborough North End were promoted to Division Two. One new club joined:[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Paulsgrove (C) 30 20 6 4 91 34 +57 66
2 Laverstock & Ford (P) 30 19 6 5 62 37 +25 63 Promoted to Division One
3 Verwood Town (P) 30 19 3 8 73 42 +31 60
4 Colden Common 30 17 5 8 86 45 +41 56
5 Netley Central Sports 30 16 5 9 62 41 +21 53 Left the league at the end of the season
6 Fleetlands 30 15 7 8 59 36 +23 52
7 Tadley Calleva 30 16 4 10 52 40 +12 52
8 Otterbourne 30 14 6 10 56 45 +11 48
9 A.F.C. Aldermaston 30 12 5 13 64 68 −4 41
10 Overton United 30 11 7 12 54 53 +1 40
11 A.F.C. Portchester 30 11 4 15 57 61 −4 37
12 Ordnance Survey 30 10 6 14 69 68 +1 36
13 Clanfield 30 11 3 16 56 62 −6 36
14 Fleet Spurs 30 8 3 19 60 75 −15 27
15 QK Southampton 30 2 3 25 24 123 −99 9
16 Hamble Club 30 1 3 26 17 112 −95 6
17 Micheldever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned, record expunged
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

References
  1. "Wessex League 1986–2011". Non League Matters. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. "No joy for league winners". Southern Daily Echo. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. "2005–06 Wessex League". FCHD. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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