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.
If the weather is kind this weekend then we have two important cup matches, in addition to several league games. Our own cup competitions reach the semi-final stage, and one in each competition is scheduled for this weekend. In the uhlsport League Cup , we have a clash between top five sides in the Senior Division as AFC Shirley entertain in-form Hedge End Rangers. In the George Mason Memorial Shield it's an all-Division 1 matchup as third-top BTC Southampton play second-bottom Mob Albion. In the Senior Division , Locks Heath are still ahead but only by one point (although they have games in hand). After another great performance against a Wessex team in midweek, they have a difficult trip this weekend to one of the clubs chasing them, Hook. Another chasing club, Crofton Saints, have a home game against fourth bottom Meon Milton. At the other end of the table, last-placed Andover Town host Bishops Waltham Dynamos, who are mid-table, but with games in hand, are looking up the table rather than down. Third-bottom Stockbridge host unpredictable Denmead A local matchup at the JJ sees Moneyfields Reserves play Southsea Sports, with the promise of a top five place for the home side if they win. Division One sees leaders Overton United visit Sway, whom they beat 1-0 at home a month ago. Closest challengers AFC Netley, with games in hand, are at fourth-placed Hedge End Town in what promises to be a cracker. It's seventh v fifth as Nursling & Shirley are at home to Silchester Village. In between them are Whiteley Wanderers, who will look to continue their good form at Hayling United, who are also on the way up again, having won their last two. A bottom-four clash sees Headley United, in decent form, entertain Twentyten. In the Aldershot Intermediate Cup there is a local derby when Senior Division clubs Liphook United and Whitehill & Bordon meet.
A full programme of league games is scheduled for the coming weekend. Let's see what the weather holds.... as ever, check Full Time for any late changes. In the Senior Division, leaders Locks Heath, now four points clear, host second-bottom Liphook United. Behind them are three teams allon the same number of points. Crofton Saints travel to bottom-five side Southsea Sports, Hook host Denmead, still on the fringes of the top five, and Hedge End Rangers are at home to Broughton, a team in decent form. AFC Shirley, who are now fifth, play Whitehill & Bordon, who drew at Crofton last weekend. At the other end of the table bottom club Andover Town travel to Liss Athletic, who have only won one of their last eight league games; Stockbridge are third from last and host Moneyfields Res, whose good run was ended by Locks Heath last time out, but are still in sixth, and Meon Milton, who haven't won a league game in twelve attempts, host Bishops Waltham Dynamos, a team they lost 0-1 to at Mountbatten last week. In Division One Overton United have opened up a six point lead at the top and this Saturday host second-bottom Mob Albion, a team they beat 6-2 last weekend. AFC Netley, with two games in hand on the leaders, are at third-last Twentyten. It's third v fourth at BTC as the home side, no goals conceded in five games, play Hedge End Town, who have won their last four. Looking to challenge them all are Silchester Village, who play at Hayling United, who won their first game in a while last weekend. Bottom club Paulsgrove host Whiteley Wanderers, who are still on a rich vein of form in sixth place. Nursling & Shirley have games in hand on the top five and travel to Headley United, who lost at Hayling last week after three wins in a row. Two teams looking to keep away from the bottom five are Rushmoor Community and Sway, who meet this Saturday.
Again, weather permitting, we have one cup game and a pretty full set of league fixtures scheduled. The cup game is the Hampshire Saturday Trophy quarter-final between AFC Shirley and Surrey Intermediate team Hart United, which was postponed last Saturday. There is a big match in the Senior Division at the JJ as Moneyfields Res, who have risen to fourth after a great recent run, host leaders Locks Heath. Second-placed Crofton Saints host Whitehill and Bordon, who had a good derby win last weekend, but who lost 3-0 to Crofton in the Hants Saturday Trophy a couple of weeks ago. FIXTURES Hook and Hedge End Rangers are now level in fifth; Hook host Liss Athletic, who are still seventh, but have only won one of their last nine games. Hedge End Rangers travel to second-last Liphook United. Further down the league, bottom club Andover Town will look to play their first league game this year as they host Denmead. Fourth-bottom Meon Milton, winless in their last six league games, travel to the Mountbatten to face Bishops Waltham Dynamos, and Southsea Sports will look to remain clear of the bottom four, but they have a tough task at Broughton, who are in decent form. TABLES In Division 1 the top two both won last weekend and both face teams in the bottom two this time out; leaders Overton United are at Mob Albion, and AFC Netley host Paulsgrove. BTC Southampton had a big win last week and host Sway, who have lost their last two after their big revival, taking them to mid-table. BTC haven't conceded in five games. Hedge End Town are in fourth and face a difficult game at Nursling & Shirley, who, with games in hand, are still in touch with the top 5. Fifth-placed Silchester Village are at home to third-bottom Twentyten. Headley United are now up to fifth from last after three wins on the spin and travel to Hayling United, whose poor run continued last weekend in a close game with Overton. Whiteley's great run came to an end in an exciting defeat at Headley last weekend and this time out they host Rushmoor Community, whose second visit to Oasis Mayfield in consecutive weeks (against different opposition) this will be.
SENIOR DIVISION
DIVISION ONE
