Havant & Waterlooville Football Club, an association football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England, was founded in 1998 as a result of Havant Town and Waterlooville merging as one team. In the 1997–98 Southern Football League Southern Division the two teams finished in 12th and 10th respectively, so when they merged Havant & Waterlooville played in the same league the following season. In their inaugural season they won the 1998–99 Southern Football League Southern Division and gained promotion to the Southern League Premier Division where they remained until 2004. At the end of the 2003–04 season the National League System was reorganised and Havant & Waterlooville joined the Football Conference South where they have remained to the present day, in 2015 the league was renamed National League South. The club experience its first relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season finishing in twentieth position in the twenty-four-team National League South.
Since their formation Havant & Waterlooville have also participated in three cup competitions each season, the FA Cup, the FA Trophy and the Hampshire Senior Cup (excluding 2007–08). Their furthest run in the FA Cup saw the club reach the fourth round of the 2007–08 season; the club, being in the Conference South, were drawn away to Premier League side Liverpool, they caused an upset by leading twice before eventually losing 5–2; before being drawn to face Liverpool they had already eliminated three teams from higher divisions: York City (Conference Premier), Notts County (League Two) and Swansea City (League One). Their furthest FA Trophy run has seen the club reach the semi-finals twice in 2002–03 and 2013–14. Their furthest run in the Hampshire Senior Cup saw the club reach the final six times: becoming the runners-up in 2001, 2002 and 2014; and winning the competition in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
As of the 2023–24 season, the club's first team has spent one season in the fift tier of English football, twenty-two in the sixth and three in the seventh. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each season since their first appearance in the Southern League Southern Division in 1998–99.
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Seasons
| Season | League record | FA Cup | FA Trophy | Hampshire Senior Cup |
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| Tier | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||||
| 1998–99 | 7 | ↑SLS ↑ | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 32 | 94 | 1st | QR4 | R3 | SF | 359 | Steve Tate | 30 |
| 1999–2000 | 6 | SLP | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 68 | 52 | 13th | QR2 | R2 | R2 | 437 | James Taylor | 24 |
| 2000–01 | SLP | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 66 | 54 | 63 | 6th | R1 | R2 | RU | 401 | Dave Leworthy Jamie O'Rourke |
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| 2001–02 | SLP | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 50 | 75 | 3rd | QR4 | R1 | RU | 552 | James Taylor | 32 | |
| 2002–03 | SLP | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 67 | 64 | 60 | 8th | R1 | SF | SF | 431 | James Taylor | 31 | |
| 2003–04 | 7 | ↑ SLP ↑ | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 70 | 55 | 12th | QR3 | R2 | QF | 466 | Chukki Eribenne | 19 |
| 2004–05 | 6 | Conf S | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 64 | 69 | 55 | 13th | QR2 | R4 | R3 | 434 | Dean Holdsworth | 30 |
| 2005–06 | Conf S | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 48 | 70 | 6th | QR3 | QR3 | R2 | 503 | Rocky Baptiste | 29 | |
| 2006–07 | Conf S | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 75 | 46 | 73 | 4th | R1 | R1 | R3 | 554 | Rocky Baptiste | 36 | |
| 2007–08 | Conf S | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 53 | 67 | 7th | R4 | QR3 | – | 743 | Rocky Baptiste | 19 | |
| 2008–09 | Conf S | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 59 | 58 | 48 | 15th | R1 | QF | R2 | 716 | Craig Watkins | 17 | |
| 2009–10 | Conf S | 42 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 71 | 6th | QR3 | R1 | R3 | 891 | Manny Williams | 24 | |
| 2010–11 | Conf S | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 51 | 58 | 9th | R1 | QR3 | QF | 656 | Wes Fogden | 18 | |
| 2011–12 | Conf S | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 64 | 75 | 44 | 19th | QR3 | QR3 | SF | 722 | Ollie Palmer | 15 | |
| 2012–13 | Conf S | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 68 | 60 | 58 | 10th | QR2 | R2 | QF | 632 | Ollie Palmer | 25 | |
| 2013–14 | Conf S | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 43 | 69 | 6th | QR2 | SF | RU | 563 | Nic Ciardini | 14 | |
| 2014–15 | Conf S | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 41 | 70 | 5th | R1 | R2 | R3 | 660 | Scott Donnelly JJ Hooper |
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| 2015–16 | ↓ Nat S ↓ | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 75 | 47 | 20th | QR4 | R3 | W | 640 | Scott Donnelly James Hayter |
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| 2016–17 | 7 | ↑ ILP ↑ | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 43 | 94 | 1st | QR3 | QR3 | R2 | 763 | Jason Prior | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 6 | ↑ Nat S ↑ | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 70 | 30 | 86 | 1st | QR4 | R1 | W | 880 | Jason Prior | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 5 | ↓ National ↓ | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 62 | 84 | 40 | 23rd | QR4 | R1 | W | 1296 | Alfie Rutherford | 18 |
| 2019–20 | 6 | Nat S | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 67 | 2nd | QR4 | R1 | N/A | 1398 | Jonah Ayunga | 17 |
| 2020–21 | Nat S | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 9th | R2 | R5 | N/A | 801 | Tommy Wright | 8 | |
| 2021–22 | Nat S | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 8th | R1 | R2 | R3 | 1198 | James Roberts Tommy Wright |
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| 2022–23 | Nat S | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 80 | 70 | 69 | 10th | QR4 | R2 | R2 | 1005 | Muhammadu Faal | 21 | |
| 2023–24 | ↓ Nat S ↓ | 46 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 52 | 92 | 37 | 23rd | QR2 | R2 | R3 | ||||
Notes
- Includes goals scored in league competition, FA Cup, FA Trophy and Hampshire Senior Cup
- Were deducted three points for breaking an agreement to not play Tony Taggart against his former club Weymouth.
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Braintree Town 4–2 in a penalty shootout after each leg ended 1–1.
- Lost in the play-off semi-final to Boreham Wood 4–2 on aggregate.
References
- General
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- Specific
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- "Notts County 0-1 Havant & W'ville". BBC Online. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- Walters, Mike (17 January 2008). "Havant & Waterlooville 4-2 Swansea". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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- Gee, Wendy (12 April 2016). "Hampshire Senior Cup final agony for Winchester City FC". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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