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| Updated 25/01/08 Poole Borough Football Club Founded: 1999 Nickname: The Hornets Club Colours: Gold Shirts, Black Shorts & Socks Grey Shirts with Red Trim, Red Shorts & Socks (change) First Team Honours: Dorset Premier League Cup Winners 2004/05 Dorset Premier League Runners-up 2004/05 Edgar Maidment Trophy Winners 2005 Dorset League Division One Champions 2001/02 Dorset League Division One Runners-up 1999/2000 & 2000/01 Dorset League Division One League Cup Winners 1999/2000 & 2001/02 Second Team Honours: Dorset Senior Trophy Winners 2006/07 Dorset League Division 1 Runners-up 2004/05 Dorset League Division 2 Champions 2003/04 Dorset League Division 3 N&E Runners-up 2002/03 Dorset Division 4 N&E Champions 2001/02 Dorset League Division 4 N&E League Cup Winners 2001/02 President: The Mayor of Poole Vice-Presidents: Jack Coombes & Kim Sturgess Chairman: Sid Murell Vice-Chairman: Fred Thomas Club Secretary: Giles Kilshawe-Fall Lottery Promoter/ Office Manager: Karen Atkins Manager: Giles Kilshawe-Fall (Caretaker) Assistant Manager: First Team Physio: Steve Miles Second Team Manager: Dall Fletcher Second Team Assistant: Neil Cuff Committee Members: Karen Atkins, Emma Bailey, Chris Cockwell, Kay Collins, Giles Kilshawe-Fall, Ken Melheuish, Graham Pauley, Moff Smith, Tracy Smith, Mike Welch, Paul Young |
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Ground : Ground Directions By Road: From the A35 West of Poole take the A350 turn off to Upton, following the signs to Upton/Hamorthy. Go straight across the double roundabout at Upton Crossroads and travel 1/2 mile down Blandford Road. Turn right into the Recreation Ground opposite the Citroen garage. By Rail: The ground is a 5 minute walk from Hamworthy Station (on the London bound side of the line) through the Turlin Moor estate. Contacts :
Club History Poole Football Supporters' Club was formed in 1946, and provided both financial and organisational support to Poole Town Football Club until 1998, when the current football club directors chose to sever ties with their supporters. The Supporters' Club elected to continue with their objectives to support football in the Borough of Poole, and in February 1999 formed Poole Borough F.C. appointing Kim Sturgess and Paul Arnold as managers. Completing the highly experienced management team, Kim and Paul brought in Pete Morrell as player/coach and Steve Miles as physio, and were also joined by Brian Lamb as club secretary. The club are nicknamed the Hornets due in part to their first team strip of black and gold stripes but also to revive the memory of Poole Hornets one of the two clubs in the 1880's who merged to form Poole Town. Poole Hornets - taken between 1880 and 1885
Poole Borough started their first season, 1999/2000 in Dorset County League Division 1 and played their home games at Branksome Recreation Ground. The club were highly successful, finishing runners up in the league and securing the League Cup after a 6-2 victory against Dorchester United at Cuthbury (report). Probably their greatest achievement in their debut season and not surpassed since was in the Dorset Senior Cup away to Dr Martens League Weymouth F.C, where they scored first before holding the Terras to a 1-1 draw (report). Borough also lead in the replay, again at the Wessex Stadium, before finally going down 3-1 (report). Season 2000/01 saw Borough move their home ground to Upton Recreation Ground and in another successful season lead Dorset Division 1 for the whole season up until the final week, when Holt United overtook them to lift the Championship. The team also lost narrowly to Wessex League Wimborme Town in the Denior Cup going down 2-1 after a goal in the last minute of extra time (report). Season 2001/02 Borough finally secured the Dorset Division 1 title, winning the league by six clear points from their nearest rivals Dorchester United. They also went on to win the League cup for the second time, with a 3-2 win against Chickerell United, so becoming the first team in 6 years to lift the Division 1 'double' (report). Not to be outdone Borough's Reserves also secured the corresponding league and cup double in Dorset Division 4 N&E, loosing only one league game in the process. Borough were duly promoted to the Dorset Premier League for the 2002/03 season, where they finished a credible 7th position and followed up 8th at the end of the 2003/04. Season 2004/05 saw the teams most successful one to date under the management of Tony White when they finished runners-up in the Dorsset Premier League and also lifted the Premier League Cup, the latter secured with a 2-1 win over old adversaries Holt United (report). At the start the following season they also lifted the Edgar Maidment Trophy, the traditional DPL Curtain raiser to the season, with a 3-0 victory against Hamworthy Recreation (report). Borough formed a reserve team in 2000/01, starting in Dorset Division 4 N&E, and the team secured their own league & cup double on 2001/02 loosing only one game in the process. They followed that up with runners-up position in Division 3 N&E in 2002/03 before lifting the Division 2 championship in 2003/04. Last season saw the side secure a remarkable fourth successive promotion after finishing runners-up in Division 1, to take their place in the Dorset Senior League, before moving over to the newly formed Dorset County Reserve League last season when they also lifted the inaugural Dorset Senior Trophy (report) Under 8’s to Under 18 Youth Soccer was introduced in 2004, coached by former Southampton and AFC Bournemouth striker Tony Funnell. Since 1999 Borough have played at Branksome Recreation Ground and Upton prior to moving to Turlin Moor at the beginning of 2001/02 season. The club has invested substantially in order to lay a new pitch, erect barriers to meet ground grading criteria and establish their own Club House within the Pavilion at Turlin Moor |
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