and were relegated for the 2009–10 season. Manager Shaun Brooks left the club in September and former player Stu Hussey took over, but along with his assistant manager and coaches he was sacked after a string of bad results in April 2010, resulting in Winchester appointing Glenn Cockerill as manager. Cockerill however left the club and Guy Butters was put in charge. On 9 April 2012, Winchester City earned promotion back to the Southern League with four games to spare after a 2–0 win over GE Hamble. Butters left Winchester City to further his coaching career with Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion, and the Citizens announced that James Taylor would be taking over as the new manager in October 2012. However, City were relegated back to the Wessex Football League Premier Division for the 2013–14 season. In 2014, Winchester reached the third qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time in 59 years, but were beaten 3-2 by Concord Rangers. The following season Winchester finished 2nd in the Wessex League Premier Division and, after Flackwell Heath turned down the opportunity of promotion from Step 5 to Step 4 of the National League System, were offered the vacant space in the Southern League Division One South & West, which the club accepted. The club became famous in July 2018 when French football player Ousmane Dembélé played Football Manager for it. Ground The club plays its home matches at The Charters Community Stadium, Hillier Way, Abbotts Barton, Winchester SO23 7SR. The City Ground has a 180-seater stand with floodlights, permanent pitch boards, advertising boards, terraces, car parking and turnstiles for entering the ground. Within the ground there is a clubhouse and a refreshments kiosk selling hot and cold food and drinks. The ground has a total capacity of 4500. A small terraced area (called the 'Bus Shelter') behind one goal is the home of the 'Bus Shelter Band'. A new stand was built behind the other goal during the close season of 2007-08 by members of the bus shelter band but this was dismantled 3 years later to allow for a training pitch. A new club shop was opened in 2006-07 next to the main seated stand selling club merchandise and other football related memorabilia. During the summer of 2014 a new stand was built behind the dug-outs and a fence was erected around 2 sides of