List of Havant & Waterlooville F.C. seasons

Havant & Waterlooville Football Club, an association football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England, was founded in 1998 as a result of Havant Town and Waterlooville merging as one team.[1] In the 1997–98 Southern Football League Southern Division the two teams finished in 12th and 10th respectively, so when they merged Havant & Waterlooville played in the same league the following season. In their inaugural season they won the 1998–99 Southern Football League Southern Division and gained promotion to the Southern League Premier Division where they remained until 2004. At the end of the 2003–04 season the National League System was reorganised and Havant & Waterlooville joined the Football Conference South where they have remained to the present day, in 2015 the league was renamed National League South.[2] The club experience its first relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season finishing in twentieth position in the twenty-four-team National League South.[3]

Since their formation Havant & Waterlooville have also participated in three cup competitions each season, the FA Cup, the FA Trophy and the Hampshire Senior Cup (excluding 2007–08). Their furthest run in the FA Cup saw the club reach the fourth round of the 2007–08 season;[4] the club, being in the Conference South, were drawn away to Premier League side Liverpool, they caused an upset by leading twice before eventually losing 5–2;[4] before being drawn to face Liverpool they had already eliminated three teams from higher divisions: York City (Conference Premier),[5] Notts County (League Two) and Swansea City (League One).[6][7] Their furthest FA Trophy run has seen the club reach the semi-finals twice in 2002–03 and 2013–14.[8][9] Their furthest run in the Hampshire Senior Cup saw the club reach the final four times: becoming the runners-up in 2001, 2002 and 2014; and winning the competition in 2016.[10][11]

As of the 2015–16 season, the club's first team has spent twelve seasons in the sixth tier of English football, five in the seventh and one in the eighth.[8] The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each season since their first appearance in the Southern League Southern Division in 1998–99.

Key

Seasons
Season League record FA Cup FA Trophy Hamp Cup Average
attendance		 Top scorers[lower-alpha 1]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1998–99 SLS 4229768532941st QR4R3SF359Steve Tate30
1999–2000 SLP4213131663685213th QR2R2R2437James Taylor24
2000–01 SLP42189156654636th R1R2RU401Dave Leworthy
Jamie O'Rourke		17
2001–02 SLP42229117450753rd QR4R1RU552James Taylor32
2002–03 SLP421515126764608th R1SFSF431James Taylor31
2003–04 SLP 4215101759705512th QR3R2QF466Chukki Eribenne19
2004–05 Conf S421671964695513th QR2R4R3434Dean Holdsworth30
2005–06 Conf S42211011644870[lower-alpha 2]6th QR3QR3R2503Rocky Baptiste29
2006–07 Conf S42201397546734th[lower-alpha 3] R1R1R3554Rocky Baptiste36
2007–08 Conf S421910135953677th R4QR3–743Rocky Baptiste19
2008–09 Conf S4211151659584815th R1QFR2716Craig Watkins17
2009–10 Conf S4219496544716th QR3R1R3891Manny Williams24
2010–11 Conf S421610165651589th R1QR3QF656Wes Fogden18
2011–12 Conf S4211112064754419th QR3QR3SF722Ollie Palmer15
2012–13 Conf S4214161268605810th QR2R2QF632Ollie Palmer25
2013–14 Conf S421912115743696th QR2SFRU563Nic Ciardini14
2014–15 Conf S40217126141705th[lower-alpha 4] R1R2R3660Scott Donnelly
JJ Hooper		17
2015–16 ↓ Nat S ↓ 4212111952754720th QR4R3W640Scott Donnelly
James Hayter		16
2016–17 ILP 46281088843941st QR3QR3R2763Jason Prior17
2017–18 Nat S 42251167030861st QR4R1W880Jason Prior29
2018–19 ↓ National ↓ 469132462844023rd QR4 R1W1296Alfie Rutherford18

Notes
  1. Includes goals scored in league competition, FA Cup, FA Trophy and Hampshire Senior Cup
  2. Were deducted three points for breaking an agreement to not play Tony Taggart against his former club Weymouth.
  3. Lost in the play-off semi-final to Braintree Town 4–2 in a penalty shootout after each leg ended 1–1.
  4. Lost in the play-off semi-final to Boreham Wood 4–2 on aggregate.

References
General
  • "Havant & Waterlooville - The Hawks Take Flight". Havant & Waterlooville (official website). Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  • "Havant & W club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  • "Havant & Waterlooville". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  • "Havant and Waterlooville » Complete History". Statto.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
Specific
  1. Hassan, Nabil (2 January 2008). "Hawks prepare for biggest challenge". BBC Online. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. "Football Conference to be renamed as National League". BBC Online. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. "Misery for Havant & Waterlooville as they are relegated from the National League South". Southern Daily Echo. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. Allsop, Derick (27 January 2008). "Liverpool end Havant FA Cup fairytale". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. "York City 0 Havant and Waterlooville 1". The Yorkshire Post. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. "Notts County 0-1 Havant & W'ville". BBC Online. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. Walters, Mike (17 January 2008). "Havant & Waterlooville 4-2 Swansea". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. "Havant & Waterlooville". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  9. "FA Trophy Semi-Final second leg: Gosport 2-0 Havant & W'loo". thefa.com. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. Gee, Wendy (12 April 2016). "Hampshire Senior Cup final agony for Winchester City FC". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  11. "Honours". havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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