WHITCHURCH UNITED - HISTORY
In 1887, two football clubs, the Albion and Rovers were in existence in Whitchurch. At a meeting on July 14th, 1903, they amalgamated to form Whitchurch United. The club became known as the “Jam Boys” because of the Jam Factory in the town, long since closed.
They took time to achieve their first success and had to wait 10 years before recording their first successes by winning the Andover Tournaments in 1913 and 1914. and the Basingstoke Cup in 1914. However, the 1920's brought a decade of successes with wins in the Basingstoke Junior League in 1925, the Basingstoke Cup in 1927, 1928 and 1929, and the North Hants Cup in 1927.
In the mid 1950's the club bought its own ground at Longmeadow and added a pavilion and changing rooms in 1959. In the same year, they entered the Hampshire League Division 3 and won promotion to Division 2 in 1990. The Club won the Basingstoke Senior Cup in 1994 and 1997.
After finishing as Hampshire League Division 2 champions in 1989/90, the club had two good seasons in division 1, finishing fourth in 1990/91 and third in 1991/92. This allowed Whitchurch Utd to have a successful application to join the Jewson Wessex football League in 1992. After a tough inaugural season finishing 15th, the club had an even tougher season in 1993/94 when they finished in the dreaded drop spot and it was all the way back to Hampshire League football.
A quick return to the Wessex League was planned and it was to prove successful. In 1996/97 Whitchurch became Basingstoke Senior Cup Winners. The club continued to improve in the Wessex League and win the Hungerford Cup for two years running, 1998/99 and 1999/2000.
In 2011 Whitchurch reached the 1st qualifying round of the FA Cup and won the Andover Open Cup. In 2012 Whitchurch reached the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup, being knocked out by Gloucester City in front of a crowd of 560. In 2014 Whitchurch were promoted to the Sydenham’s Wessex Premier Division.
After finishing in a relegation position in 2017 the club was relegated to Division One, with a joint-high finish of 13th in three of the completed six seasons since.
As a community club, Whitchurch United prides itself in the high level of coaching and football that it offers at all levels.
Whitchurch fields teams across all age groups, for boys and girls, from U7 to U18.
