Moneyfields
Wikipedia - Moneyfields F.C.
Moneyfields Football Club is a football club based in Portsmouth, England. Affiliated to the Hampshire FA, they were founded in 1987 as Portsmouth Civil Service, before adopting their current name in 1994. The club are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division and play at the John Jenkins Stadium.
History
The club was originally known as Portsmouth Civil Service and played in the Portsmouth Saturday League. In 1990–91 they won the Portsmouth Senior Cup and the Portsmouth Saturday League Premier Division, earning promotion to Division Three of the Hampshire League. The club retained the Portsmouth Senior Cup the following season, as well as winning the Hampshire Intermediate Cup and the Division Three title, resulting in promotion to Division Two. They retained the Hampshire Intermediate Cup and won Division Two in 1992–93, securing a third successive promotion, this time to Division One of the Hampshire League. In 1994 the club was renamed Moneyfields.
In 1996–97 Moneyfields were Division One champions. After finishing as runners-up the following season, the club were promoted to the Wessex League. They became members of Division One when the league merged with the Hampshire League in 2004, with Division One being renamed the Premier Division in 2005. The club won the Portsmouth Senior Cup again in 2012–13. In 2016–17 they were Premier Division runners-up and were promoted to Division One East of the Southern League after champions Portland United declined promotion.
After being moved into Division One South for the 2018–19 season, Moneyfields finished fourth in the division, qualifying for the promotion playoffs and won the Portsmouth Senior Cup. However, they were beaten by Yate Town in the semi-finals, losing 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. They retained the Portsmouth Senior Cup in 2019–20, although the final was not played until May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 Moneyfields were voluntarily relegated back to the Premier Division of the Wessex League. The 2023–24 season saw the club win the Premier Division title, earning promotion back to step four.
De club stond bekend onder de bijnaam "The Villagers" (De dorpelingen) vanwege hun thuiswedstrijden op "The Village" vanaf 1912. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog begon de club te spelen op "The Sports Ground" en nam de bijnaam "The Sports" aan. De thuiswedstrijden worden tegenwoordig gespeeld op "Dover Road".
Moneyfields heeft een rijke geschiedenis in de FA Cup, het oudste nationale bekertoernooi ter wereld. De club heeft drie keer de derde ronde bereikt: in 1952, 1971 en 1980. In 1980 werd Aston Villa, toenmalig koploper van de Eerste Klasse, met 2-1 verslagen in de tweede ronde.