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Indeed this youth policy is reflected
in our plans for next season to have two
Under 18 and Under 16 sides. The Club
already has a children’s academy run by
Joe Maxwell plus we have a link with
the Matthew Le Tissier Academy whose
players form our youth teams.
One notable recent success with loaned
youth players is to see Baily Cargill from
the AFC Bournemouth academy reach
the 1st Team squad for Bournemouth
and come on as a substitute when they
recently played Manchester United.
The Club has a proud history and
there have been several memorable
occasions. Firstly we played in the 2007
FA Vase Cup Final against Truro at the
new Wembley Stadium. As this was only
the second competitive final at Wembley
the FA decided to only charge a maximum
of £10 for spectators which resulted in a
crowd of 36,232 - a record to this day. The
Club hired every available coach in the
area and a convoy of 120 coaches took to
the M3 Motorway emptying the town of
Totton for the day.
One special supporter on that day
was Pete Chilcott a lifelong supporter of
the Club since 1933 when his father took
him to his first game at the old Testwood
Park ground. Aged 90 Peter enjoyed the
Wembley hospitality and this, together
with being the first person through the
turnstiles at the new Testwood Stadium
were the highlights of his involvement
over many years at the Club.
Another highlight was the televised
2011 FA Cup 2nd round game at home to
Bristol Rovers played in front of a capacity
crowd. It was a real eye opener to see the
amount of work that goes in to setting
up for a televised game and the number
of people involved. Although we lost
heavily we did at least score a consolation
goal which received the loudest cheer on
the day.
As to the future, the recently
appointed Chairman Wayne Mew, who
has taken over from Andy Straker who
sadly had to resign on health grounds,
and Vice Chairman Dave Penny want to
further develop further footballing links
with the community and there are plans
to introduce a new 5-a-side league as well
as Walking Football games on our all-
weather multiple games area.
The biggest challenge facing the
Club is coping with the huge overheads
of the new Stadium which with all its
wonderful facilities comes at a massive
cost. Ultimately we would like another
shot at Conference South Football which
we missed out on by losing the play off
Final back in 2012.
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