Our History:
Southampton Hockey Club has been running in one form or another since 1938, at the time it was a ladies only club and known as Southampton Woman’s Hockey Club.

Timeline:

1984- The Old Tauntonians Hockey Club was formed by the old boys of Taunton School, now known as Tauntons College.

1982- Both clubs, The Old Tauntonians Hockey Club and Southampton Woman’s Hockey Club, began using the same club house

1987- Both clubs began training together, and a junior section was created.

1989- The clubs became partners in the Old Tauntonians Sports Club leading to…

1990- … the establishment of a joint social calendar

1991 Southampton Woman’s Hockey Club took the decision to change their club colours to the same as Old Tauntonians Hockey Club

1993- Old Tauntonians Hockey Club changed their name to Southampton Tauntonians Hockey Club

Joint Negotiations began for the purchase of the lease for the ‘Pub in the Park’, now known as The View, as the new onsite clubhouse/business opportunity

1994- Tauntonians was dropped from the clubs’ name and became Southampton Hockey Club

1996- Takeover of the Pub in the Park by the combined force of Southampton Hockey, Bowls and Netball and renamed it the Sporting View

2000- The Astroturf pitches at the Sports Centre were re-laid for the Millennium Games and all hockey matches and training was moved from the old grass pitches to these

2005- Southampton Woman’s Club and Southampton Men’s Hockey Club formally joined forces Southampton Hockey Club