uhlsport HAMPSHIRE PREMIER LEAGUE
Welcome to the uhlsport Hampshire Premier League website. An FA Accredited League, affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association. Comprising of 30 teams across two Divisions, we are a Regional Feeder League promoting into Step 6 of the National League System.
The Easter period is upon us, there is a variety of league games on offer, some teams are playing more than once. Here is an attempt to put it all together; please check Full Time for up-to-date information as things may change over the weekend. There still appear to be three 1400 KOs in Division One. Please note that the next Hog Post will not be published until later next week as we hope to cover games from the whole of the Easter weekend. In the Senior Division, leaders Locks Heath have home games on consecutive Thursdays - Southsea Sports and Bishops Waltham Dynamos. They don't play during the Easter weekend. Second-placed Hedge End Rangers have two home games over the weekend, against AFC Shirley on Saturday, and Bishops Waltham Dynamos on Monday. Hook, in third, have two tough away games - at Moneyfields Res on Saturday and at fifth-placed Whitehill & Bordon on Monday. And to make up the top four, Crofton Saints, with games in hand on the two above them, have home games against Denmead on Saturday and AFC Shirley on Monday. At the other end of the table, bottom club Andover Town, now three unbeaten in the league, host Whitehill & Bordon on Saturday and travel to fourth-last Meon Milton on the Monday, a team they have beaten twice (once on penalties) in the last two weeks. Third-bottom Liphook United have a difficult trip to Broughton on Saturday, Denmead follow their trip to Crofton with a home game against Liss Athletic on Monday; and we have a bottom-five clash on Monday as Stockbridge play Southsea Sports, In Division One, there are some big games at the top. On Saturday, AFC Netley, who won at Overton on Saturday, and can overtake them at the top of they win their games in hand, travel to fourth-placed Silchester Village on Saturday and host Nursling & Shirley on Monday. Silchester also have a game on Monday against Whiteley Wanders, who are just below them in the table. Leaders Overton United have a tough trip to third-placed BTC Southampton on Monday; BTC also have a trip to Sway on Saturday. There are three more games scheduled for Saturday: two teams in the bottom three are in action, Twentyten host Hedge End Town, who need the points to keep in top four contention, and Mob Albion will look to end their long winless run with a trip to Hayling United. Nursling & Shirley are in a similar situation to HET and in addition to their trip to Netley on Monday and on Saturday they play Headley United; who suffered a big defeat at Sway last weekend after a good recent run. There is also a cup final involving our clubs on Wednesday - it's a battle of two Division 1 clubs in the top four; the North Hampshire Intermediate Cup final sees Overton United, who take on Silchester Village at Andover New Street. Both teams will have played on the Monday, Silchester will have played two top five sides over the weekend.
The Hampshire Premier Football League are saddened to report that popular hard working secretary Paul Crocker passed away this morning following a short illness. His partner Jess and sons were with him. Our thoughts and condolences are with them at this difficult time. As mentioned, Paul was immensely popular with all clubs and committee members and liked to get out and about every Saturday watching a game in the league and compiling a match report for that weeks' Hog Post and threw himself head first into league business at all times.
This weekend we have one cup game and almost a full complement of league games. We have the second semi final in the George Mason Memorial Shield , where bottom-four Senior division sides Meon Milton and Andover Town clash at the Cockleshell. The winners face BTC in the final. With Locks Heath v Hook at the top of the Senior Division off, the focus moves to their challengers. Second-placed Hedge End Rangers, six league wins in a row, could move level with Locks at the top if they win at home to Whitehill & Bordon, but they are seventh, and four league games unbeaten. Just behind the top three, fourth-placed Crofton Saints travel to improving Stockbridge, Bishops Waltham Dynamos will look to continue their long unbeaten run as they face Southsea Sports, and AFC Shirley host Broughton. Third-bottom Liphook United had a good win last weekend and will look for a repeat at home to mid-table Denmead, whose form is rather inconsistent. In Division One , the top three all won last week. This time, leaders Overton United travel to third-bottom Twentyten. They won there in the cup two weeks ago. AFC Netley, with games in hand, can still catch them and are at Rushmoor Community. There is a big game at the BTC Ground as third play fourth, BTC Southampton playing Whiteley Wanderers, both teams bang in form. Behind them, Fifth-placed Hedge End Town, who have only played three times this year, have a tough task at in-form Headley United, and Silchester Village, in sixth, host Hayling United. We have a battle of the bottom two at their shared venue at Cosham, Mob Albion playing Paulsgrove, who have drawn their last two. Mob won the reverse fixture 5-1 at the end of October, and they haven't had a league win since.
SENIOR DIVISION
DIVISION ONE
