Welcome To Four Marks F.C. Online
Established in 1921, Four Marks football club have seen many players in their 84 year history. This page highlights some of the more recent times.
In 1987 the first time in the history of the club, Four Marks were unable to enter a team in to league competition. However, the next season under the management of Brian Ford, a small squad was assembled and entered in to Aldershot & District Football League Division Four.
The 1988/89 season was a great success winning the Division Four League title undefeated, the Division Four League Cup and finishing runners up in Hampshire Junior B Cup.
1989/90 saw the club promoted to Division Two. The season was again successful mimicking the previous one. Four Marks won the Division Two title along with Division Two League Cup, and once again finished runners up in the Hampshire Junior A cup.
In the following season (1990/91) ‘Marks gained promotion to the Senior Division, where after only two seasons (1992/93) they won promotion to the Hampshire League. Neil White succeeded Brian Ford as manager and for the next five seasons consolidated the team into a mid table position.
In the 1998/99 season Mark Tigwell & Nick Fox Took over from Neil White but could do little to save the team from relegation.
1999/2000 saw Four Marks back in the Aldershot Senior League under new a new manager Mark Fairbairn but he was to leave part way through the season. Brian Ford stepped in to see out the remainder of the season.
For the 2000/01 season, after losing several players, Four Marks requested to be demoted to a lower division. Now playing in Division Three and with John Smith as the new manager, they gained promotion to Division Two also winning the Aldershot Junior Challenge Cup. Gaining promotion in successive seasons led the club back to the Senior Division
In season 2004/05 Paul Ford & Paddy Heffernan took over as first team managers, with Ali Ingall-Tombs and Steve Beagley player managing the reserve team, playing the Aldershot & District Saturday League Division 3.
In season 2006/07 Four Marks were elected to the Hampshire league (2004) and under the guidance of Vic Harry finished a credible 3rd in their debut season. At the end of the season Vic Harry left leaving the club to search for a new manager.
Four Marks Reserves brought the club its first trophy since 2000 when they won the Aldershot & District Football League Division 3 title.
For season 2007/08 Steve Baverstock assumed responsibility for the first team with coaching assistance from Paul Ford. Unfortunately Steve left the team midway through the season and the responsibility fell to Paul. At the end of that season, Paul decided to step down from being the 1st team manager.
The season 2008/09 began with Andrew Ford taking over the 1st team coach role, clearly the responsibilities were too great for one man, and so Four Marks contacted former FMFC, Whitchurch United & Petersfield Town player Darren Ford. The outcome of the dialogue resulted in Darren Ford taking over 1st team responsibilities from the middle of January 2009.
Immediately he began the process of building a solid support team around the players and installed Ian Cook as first team coach and Vic Harry as club trainer.
The objective for the next 18 months is to build a Championship winning team with clear promotion objectives".