Bishopstoke F.C.
football club
Bishopstoke F.C. are a long running amateur football club based in Bishopstoke, a large village located near Eastleigh in Hampshire, England.
The club are affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and run adult Saturday and Sunday teams in the Southampton Leagues.
History
Bishopstoke F.C. have a long fragmented history that dates back over a century with several incarnations. The present day club was re-established in 2021.
Original club
Football has been played in the village since the early Twentieth century, and it is believed that the original Bishopstoke F.C. were founded circa 1905. Like most other teams at the time, initially played friendly fixtures.
After the Great War, Bishoptoke joined the Eastleigh & District League, where they played for many years with great success. They belatedly switched to the larger Southampton League in 1970, where they quickly climbed up through the Junior divisions, winning back-to-back titles to reach Senior Division 1 within five years. Here they again challenged for promotion, but after being hit by an exodus they dropped out in 1978.
The football team always had a strong association with the local Working Men's Club, and when it was resurrected by supporters two years later, the name was amended to Bishopstoke Social to reflect this.
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