Recent History

Season 2021/22 started well for the Yellows in the Southern League Premier South. Spencer Day assembled an exciting squad with many promising signings, most notably Sam Deering and Ricky Holmes making the weekly journey from Essex to spearhead the Boro challenge.

Top at Christmas, followed up with a nine-game unbeaten run in January, emphasising the desire of the squad to gain promotion. Although with chasers, Hayes & Yeading United, falling behind in fixtures, the lead was never mathematically safe.

Then all of a sudden, there was a third horse in the race. A revitalised Taunton Town came on a fantastic run which would see them hurdle both of the long-term leaders, and the race went down to the last game of the season, with any one of the three able to claim the title. At the final whistle, Taunton Town were champions, Hayes & Yeading United second and Farnborough in a slightly disappointing third.

On to the Play-Offs, Farnborough hit Metropolitan Police with a late comeback to secure their place in the Play-Off Final against season-long rivals, Hayes & Yeading United. Just like in the Semi-Final, they came from behind to secure victory, and with it, promotion back to Step Two, the National League South.

Farnborough’s first season back in the National League South really turned out to be one for the fans to remember. After an initial difficult start, they put together a long unbeaten run, coinciding with a super FA Cup campaign which set up an exciting away tie with National League Wrexham. Despite a valiant effort against the TV stars of Non-League football, Boro finally succumbed to the strength of their squad, in front of nearly 10,000 fans. Buoyed by the Cup run, Farnborough pushed on in the League, briefly flirting with the Play-Offs, until settling for a comfortable and commendable 10th-place finish. They bettered that finish in 2023/24, just narrowly missing out on the play-off places in 8th.

Form

Since the reverse fixture back in November, Farnborough have won just three of their following 14 matches. It’s a run of form that has seen the Yellows drop outside of the playoffs, to 11th in the league standings.

However, their form has seen an upward trend of late, with two of those three victories coming within their last five matches. They are unbeaten in their last three, too, and last time out, they came from two goals behind to salvage a point against the current league leaders Dorking Wanderers.

Last Six
22/02 – Dorking Wanderers (A) – Drew 2-2
15/02 – Weymouth (H) – Won 3-0
11/02 – Truro City (A) – Drew 1-1
08/02 – Chelmsford City (H) – Lost 3-4
04/02 – Chesham United (H) – Won 2-1
01/02 – Enfield Town (A) – Lost 1-0

The Gaffer

Spencer Day joined Farnborough in November 2011 and oversaw a turnaround in fortunes, securing the Club’s status in the Conference South in the following three seasons.

After two relegations, mainly due to off-field issues, successfully gained promotion to The Southern League Premier Division in 2016/17 through the Play-Offs after finishing the season a comfortable second.

After successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Day guided the team to promotion back to Step Two last season with victory in The Southern League Premier South Play-Off Final, having spent virtually all season at the top of the division.

Known for his relentless work behind the scenes, furnishing the players with all they need to know about each opponent, Spencer, working closely with the Club Owner, has brought a period of stability and success to Farnborough.

The Skipper

Defender Ollie Robinson is the club captain at Farnborough.

The former Metropolitan Police Captain joined Farnborough for the start of the 2022/23 season, ahead of the Club’s return to The Vanarama National League South.

Playing his Youth football at Carshalton Athletic and Kingstonian, Ollie progressed into Non-League football with Walton Casuals and Molesey Town, before spending six seasons at Metropolitan Police, where he went close to spoiling the Farnborough dream in the dramatic Southern League Premier South Play-Offs in 2022.

Key Player

Aaron Kuhl is a midfielder with plenty of experience at the level, having made over 100 appearances in the division for Slough Town, Dorking Wanderers and Farnborough.

Combative Kuhl made the switch to Dorking Wanderers in January 2023, having spent the previous three years at the heart of the Slough Town midfield, where he racked up 67 appearances and 7 goals.

Having risen up through Reading’s Academy from the age of 15, Kuhl has also represented Dundee United, Boreham Wood and Hartley Wintney on loan, with a permanent stint at Basingstoke Town in 2019 sandwiched in between.

Kuhl has England caps at Under 19 and 20 level to his name, taking to the International stage in victories over Azerbaijan and Czech Republic.

He returned to Farnborough from Dorking Wanderers in October 2024, after enjoying a successful loan spell during the 2023/24 season.