Eastleigh
The club
Eastleigh Football Club are a National League club from Eastleigh, Hampshire, nicknamed the Spitfires. The club is not Southampton, the Football League club in the same county, and is not any similarly named side elsewhere. Wikipedia says it was formed on 22 May 1946 at the Fleming Arms pub in Swaythling, Southampton, by Derik Brooks and friends as Swaythling Athletic, became Swaythling in 1977 and Eastleigh in 1980. The nickname was chosen by a supporter in a 2005 fan competition. They have played at Ten Acres (the Silverlake Stadium) since 1957, capacity 5,192 (2,700 seated). Colours are blue and white.
The infobox names Matt Gray as manager, but the managers table ends with Scott Bartlett (24 September 2025 to 21 February 2026) and the staff list names Richard Hill as interim manager, so the page is inconsistent and who is in charge now was not established from the sources read here.
Recent seasons
National League finishes: 15th in 2016-17, 14th in 2017-18, 7th in 2018-19 (play-off semi-finals), 16th in 2019-20 (curtailed), 9th in 2020-21, 19th in 2021-22, 9th in 2022-23, 13th in 2023-24, 13th in 2024-25 and 17th of 24 in 2025-26 with 50 points.
Honours and landmarks
Conference South champions 2013-14; Wessex League champions 2002-03; Hampshire League Division Two 1969-70; Division Three 1950-51 and 1953-54; Southampton Senior League (West) 1949-50; Russell Cotes Cup 2005-06; Hampshire Senior Cup 2012-13. Best FA Trophy run: quarter-finals 2013-14. Record attendance is given as 5,025 (against Bolton Wanderers, 2016) in one section and 5,075 (against Newport County, 16 January 2024) in another.
Notable scorelines
Best FA Cup runs reached the third round in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2023-24. In 2015-16 they won 1-0 at Crewe Alexandra in the first round, drew 1-1 at home with Bolton Wanderers and lost 3-2 in the replay. In 2016-17 they beat Swindon Town 3-1 and FC Halifax Town 2-0 in replays before losing 5-1 at Brentford. In 2009-10 they lost 2-1 to Barrow in the first round, and in 2014-15 beat Lincoln City in the first round with a last-minute goal. In 2023-24 they lost 3-1 to Newport County in a third-round replay. Biggest win 12-1 against Hythe and Dibden (11 December 1948); heaviest defeat 0-11 to Austin Sports (1 January 1947).
European record
None. The sources read here mention no European competition.
Quotes
No directly quoted material was confirmed from the sources read here.
Right now (2026-27 season)
Eastleigh play in the National League, the fifth tier; Wikipedia dates its squad list 5 November 2026 but gives no 2026-27 results, standings or manager confirmation, so those were not established from the sources read here. In the FA Cup first round proper they are drawn against Shrewsbury Town, a League One side, on Saturday 7 November 2026. A fan-site draw list has Eastleigh at home; Wikipedia's 2026-27 FA Cup page names Ten Acres as the venue at 15:00, though it also describes the tie as hosted by Shrewsbury, so the ground was not firmly established. Their qualifying-round path was not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastleigh_F.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_FA_Cup https://fanbanter.co.uk/fa-cup-first-round-proper-fixtures-full-draw-and-verified-round-information/
Researched and written for not4quarters. Where a fact could not be established from the sources read, this page says so rather than guessing.