A.F.C. Stoneham,nicknamed “The Purps,”is a non-league football club based in Eastleigh, Hampshire.
Established in 1919, they currently compete in thePitching In Isthmian League South Central Division, which is part of the eighth tier of English football. The team calls Stoneham Football Complex their home ground.
AFC Stoneham was formed in 1919 and fields both men’s and women’s senior teams in addition to its extensive youth structure. During the 2010s, the club won the Southampton Senior Cup on consecutive occasions, lifted the Hampshire League Cup and secured promotion into the Wessex League. Later in the decade, it won the Wessex League Division One title, enjoyed a notable FA Cup campaign and reached the Southampton Senior Cup final. Its first season in the Wessex Premier Division was followed by two campaigns disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, while the women’s side earned promotion into the national women’s football pyramid.
In the 2020s, the club continued to achieve success across its senior and youth teams, collecting numerous trophies and cup honours. The men’s first team established itself among the leading sides in the Wessex Premier League, narrowly missing promotion on several occasions despite consistently high points totals and reaching the play-offs. The club also won the Hampshire FA Russell Cotes Cup and, in 2024–25, reached three cup finals while winning both the Southampton Senior Cup and the Hampshire Senior Cup for the first time. The women’s first team also recorded strong league performances following promotion to the Women’s Southern Regional League.