Horndean have been promoted this season to the Isthmian Football League South East Division and we have a lot of work to do on the facilities to bring them up to standard. The club are actively working with sponsors for the coming season but we know we have some great fans who also want to help us on our journey.

We need a new toilet block, new club shop, relocate the tea hut, implement a couple of new stands for the fans, new wifi, new tannoy system, relocate the dugouts, enable access behind the near goal for fans to cheers us on, etc. It's a long list so we need your help please.

Please donate what you can and if you want to be an official sponsor, please contact Ken on commercial.horndeanfc@yahoo.com or for more information please see our website for details https://horndeanfc.co.uk/news/sponsorship-opportunities-at-horndean-fc?id=431516

Thank-you for your support

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History of the club:

HORNDEAN FC’s first recorded match was on 19th October 1887 against Red Star of Havant. The club continued to play friendly matches up to World War I before joining local leagues and eventually progressing to the Hampshire League. The club are current Isthmiam League members, following promotion from the Wessex League in 2022/23.

They initially played at Blendworth Hill on ground behind the old workhouse opposite what was the Colonial Bar before moving to their current ground.

The club only played friendly matches until World War I, after which they joined the Waterlooville & District League, They won the league title in 1926/27, 1929/30, 1930/31 and 1931/32.

They went on to join the Portsmouth League, winning Division Two in 1953/54. They were later promoted to the Premier Division, which they won in 1968/69, 1969/70 and 1970/71. In 1972 they moved up to Division Four of the Hampshire League.

In season 1979-80 they won the double of League and Portsmouth Senior Cup; the latter being played at Portsmouth’s Fratton Park. By the mid-1980s the club had reached Division One and became founder members of the Wessex League in 1986. Following the 1987 infamous hurricane which destroyed the old building, the club-house was rebuilt by Terry Cannon. The changing rooms and Team room building was also built by Terry in 1988.

In 2010/11 they were promoted to the Premier Division after finishing as runners-up in Division One. In October 2015 long serving manager David Carter left and on Wednesday 21st October 2015 Portsmouth Academy Coach Craig Pearce and Simon Chamberlain were appointed as successors. Craig Pearce and Simon Chamberlain took the team to fifth place, Horndean’s highest ever position in the Wessex League Premier Division.

At the start of the 2016/17 season Horndean saw the arrival of Michael Birmingham, Dutchy Holland, Jason Manna, Tony Clark and Matthew Driver. the season finished with the club in sixth place in the Wessex League Premier division. 2017/18 saw the first team finish in fourth place, in 2018/19 the team finished second, the club’s highest in the League.

We want to encourage the Youth element so that there is a natural progression from Youth through to Adult football.

Horndean play their home games at Five Heads Park, Five Heads Road, Horndean PO8 9NZ. The ground was fully enclosed in 1981. In 1986 a 50-seater stand was added and a new building housing changing rooms and hospitality facilities was constructed inside the ground, to meet Wessex League standards. Previously the changing rooms had been in the social club, on the other side of the car park. The ground seating was increased significantly during the 2014/15 season.