Welcome to St Francis FC

A very warm welcome to the St Francis FC website from our President, Paul Davies   

Whether connected to the club or a visitor, we hope you enjoy browsing our site. From the menu buttons you can find out more about the club and its teams.   

St Francis FC is delighted to have been providing football development for children from 5 to 18+ years old in the Chandlers Ford and Eastleigh area for many years and is very proud of our community links.  As of 2020, we're also incredibly proud to have grown to encompass a mens team for the 1st time.   

The club was established in 1994 and originally trained on St Francis School playing field. It now has almost 350 children training regularly with many of them playing in the local football leagues (Eastleigh & District Mini Soccer League, the Southampton and District Tyro Football League, the City of Southampton Youth Football League and the Winchester and District Girls League).    

In 2002, the club received the FA Charter Standard Development Club Award. This award recognises amateur football clubs which are run along formal lines and which meet the standards set out by the Football Association. This charter provides a framework for best practice for managing amateur and community football clubs. These standards include child protection, code of conduct, financial management and developing skills, among others.    

St Francis Football Club was the first club in Hampshire (including adult clubs) to receive and continues to hold the Development status charter award. This is a major achievement given that the parent managers are all volunteers and manage the club in their own time.

If you'd like any further information about our club, please feel free to contact members of our Committee who would be happy to help.