[9] 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.

[10] Butters left Winchester City to further his coaching career with Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion,[11] 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.

[13] The club plays its home matches at the City Ground, Hillier Way, Abbotts Barton, Winchester SO23 7SR.

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.

During the summer of 2014 a new stand was built behind the dug-outs and a fence was erected around 2 sides of the pitch separating the ground from the car park.

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