Another look at a fellow Isthmian League South Central division club takes us back to the South Coast to visit Moneyfields.
The club began its journey as recently as 1987 when a team which had played through the age groups of the Portsmouth Junior Leagues moved into adult football as Portsmouth Civil Service Reserves. Most of the players moved into the First Team and Civil Service won local leagues and cups, plus two Hampshire Intermediate Cups. Needing a new ground to progress, the Club agreed a lease on the Moneyfields Sports Ground and changed their name to reflect this when they moved there in 1994. Progressing on and off the pitch, Moneyfields built new changing rooms and installed floodlights and an all-weather pitch as they moved into the Wessex League. The club became a mainstay of the Wessex League and ended the 2016-17 season at the top of the Premier Division table, but were then deducted three points, although Moneys were still promoted to Step 4. In their second season at the higher level, Moneyfields finished fourth in Southern League Division One South but lost at Yate Town in the play-offs on penalties. Moneyfields requested a return to the Wessex League following the two abandoned seasons wrecked by COVID-19 and ground-shared at Havant & Waterlooville and Chichester City while their ground was redeveloped, becoming the John Jenkins Stadium at which they play today. In 2023-24, Moneyfields won the Wessex League championship to return to Step 4 and reached the play-offs last season, losing at Hanworth Villa.
The John Jenkins Stadium has been completely redeveloped by the club, in partnership with Pompey in the Community. The main pitch was reoriented and the site transformed. The ground on which Moneyfields and Portsmouth FC Women play has a capacity of 1,808 and one of two 3G pitches on site. Other facilities at the ground include a bar, function rooms, a boxing gym and a classroom. Fourteen flats and twelve houses were also constructed as part of the project.
A ground-to-ground road journey clocks in at 66 miles and will take around an hour and twenty minutes. Rail journeys come in at a little over two hours and all routes start with trains from Ashford to Weybridge, then Weybridge to Woking. The nearest station to the ground is Hillsea, a 29 minute walk away, but to get there from Woking you would have to go to Havant and change trains again. Fratton Station is slightly further away and would be a 40 minute walk, but there are trains from Woking that call there.
There have been four previous meetings, Moneyfields having won three of them.
| Season | Match Date | H/A | Competition | Division / Stage | Res | GF | GA | Scorers | Other Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 30/12/2017 | H | Southern League | Division One East | W | 2 | 1 | Cottee | Fisher (pen) | |
| 2017-18 | 24/04/2018 | A | Southern League | Division One East | L | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2024-25 | 04/01/2025 | A | Isthmian League | South Central Division | L | 1 | 5 | Arnold | ||
| 2024-25 | 12/04/2025 | H | Isthmian League | South Central Division | L | 1 | 3 | Larkham | First home match on the 3G Pitch at Robert Parker Stadium, Short Lane | |
Moneyfields still issue printed programmes, priced at £1 per copy.
Moneyfields were the first club to visit the Robert Parker Stadium after our own redevelopment project and we look forward to their return to Middlesex. A Season Ticket is a fantastic way to ensure you can be at that match and every League game played by our First Teams. For just £100, supporters can watch up to 32 home League matches across the Men’s and Women’s First Teams AND get 20% off in the Clubhouse and at the Tea Bar for the entire season.
