Southern League Division One South and West runners-up: 2010-11
Wessex League Premier Division champions: 2013-14, 2018-19
Route to the FA Cup 4th qualifying round:
Preliminary round – W 1-0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins (A)
1st qualifying round – W 2-1 Fairford Town (A)
2nd qualifying round – W 3-0 Saltash United (A)
3rd qualifying round – W 5-2 Walton Casuals (H)
Manager: Dave Diaper
Manager Dave Diaper joined the Boatmen as manager in 1999 from B.A.T, when Sholing were known as Vosper Thorneycroft and were playing in the Hampshire League. A former Southampton Schools & Hampshire representative player, Diaper’s previous clubs include Cadnam, BHC (IoW), Pirelli, AC Delco, Otterbourne & Netley Vics. With over 1,100 games as manager under his belt for the Boatmen, along with 11 major honours – including the club’s 2014 FA Vase triumph, Diaper is part of a select group of managers and amongst the most experienced in non-league football circles.
One to watch: Dan Mason
The youngest of the three Mason brothers to have featured for Sholing, Dan Mason has scored goals for fun since he joined the Boatmen, hitting 221 in the last six seasons – with many of them being spectacular finishes. He found the back of the net an incredible 64 times in the 2019-20 campaign, and is the Boatmen’s top scorer so far this season with seven goals in all competitions.
Possible line-ups:
Sholing FC (4-3-3):
Ryan Gosney
Jake Hoole – PJ McLean – Dan Miller – Marvin McLean
Charlie Wagstaffe – Jamie Bulpitt – Alex Sawyer
Claudio Herbert – Dan Mason – Brad Targett
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Torquay (4-4-2):
Lucas Covolan
Ben Wynter – Kyle Cameron – Sam Sherring – Dean Moxey
Aaron Nemane – Connor Lemonheigh-Evans – Adam Randell – Ben Whitfield
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