Hamble Club
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Hamble Club
FOOTBALL CLUB
After winning the league last season Hamble Club FC has been working
hard to continue to progress both on and off the field. Football Focus
Magazine recently caught up with their Chairman Mick Clarke to find out
more about the good work the club has been doing lately.
He told us, “As a Chairman I have been involved with
Clubs since 1995. Over the last six years I’ve worked with Scott
Marchant and Ben Kneller, our joint first team Managers, Ben
as a player and Scott as a Manager.”
“Scott phoned me three years ago after taking on the job of
first Team Manager for Hamble F.C. When I turned up at the
ground In June, the pitch was overgrown, you could not see
the Training Pitch and the changing rooms (Portacabins) were
falling apart, but there were some good points, one was that
Scott and Ben are both winners as Managers, they get 100%
respect and the other good point was that the local Council of
Hamble had set up a Peppercorn Lease for 25 years at £1 per
year – without these two points I would have walked away.
“The first thing we had to do was get Local Planning for a
Stand, Floodlights, new changing rooms and Hospitality. The
buildings and the stand were not an issue but the floodlights
were a nightmare. We had to prove there were no bats in the
surrounding trees and then get a Professor to represent us at
a meeting with the local Planners, eventually the lights were
accepted.
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“We played one season on a pitch alongside ours while the
building works were completed. We now have a very high
standard pitch and facilities. During this first season we won
the Hampshire League, League Cup and got to the final of the
Southampton Senior Cup at St.Mary’s.
“In the Season 2015/16 we had a good cup run but only
managed 3rd place in the League. Fortunately for us the Team