Each of the three age groups, under 13, 15 and 18, deserve praise for their achievements but it is with the youngest that we begin our review as we look at Matthew Bulley and Paul Wills' side's attempts at improving on last season's display when, as the under 12s, they finished as runners-up in the Arun & Chichester League. As if 81 goals in 16 league games wasn't enough in the last campaign, Bulley added the firepower of the League's leading scorer, Josh Windeatt, to his squad during the summer and he was to form a formidable partnership with George Hall that was to plunder seventy goals in all competitions. The Hornets were given a rude awakening in their opening league fixture when Rustington Otters took a two goal lead only for Hall to lead the fightback that ended in a 5-3 victory. So began a run of nineteen consecutive victories that was to see them entrenched in a tight championship battle with Adur Athletic, the club that had beaten them into second place in 2005/6. Crucially, Bulley's boys claimed the upper hand with a 4-1 win over the Shoreham based side in October, a result that was to prove decisive with Adur dropping just those three points until the final weekend of the season to ensure that a tense contest would last the distance. The two sides also met in the final of the County Cup at Lancing in April when, disappointingly, Horsham were to lose for the first and only time, despite David O'Callaghan's fifteenth goal of the season. As the season drew towards its conclusion, Horsham gave themselves a massive boost by thrashing Chichester City Colts 16-3 to extend their goal difference over their nearest rivals and they atoned for their Cup Final defeat by claiming the Challenge Trophy with a 3-0 win against Felpham Colts. In an exciting twist, Horsham and Adur were due to meet on the final day of the season but, with the Hornets holding a three point and twenty-eight goal advantage over their opponents, Adur forfeited the match after failing to raise a side to leave the Hornets champions of the league with a 100% record.

The Club entered a team at under 15 level for the first time and they made it a successful debut, completing their fixtures with a championship earning win at Chichester City United. The team got off to a great start with Ali Green giving his dad, manager Andy, cause to smile with four goals in an opening day romp at Worthing United and they followed that up by becoming the first side to inflict defeat upon newly promoted Chichester City United in two years when Adam Hutchings bagged a hat-trick in an 8-2 win. Another stern test came in the shape of Bognor Regis Town Youth who narrowly missed out on winning the title the previous season and regularly supplied the bulk of the League's representative side. But the lads continued to impress and Adam Goddard's spectacular goal earned the Hornets a share of the points before they went goal crazy, scoring twenty-nine goals in two matches against Adur Athletic and Rustington Otters. Although the strikers were earning the plaudits, Green alone scoring twenty-five goals before Christmas, the defence were providing a solid platform with goalkeeper Dominic Burchell conceding just nine goals in the fifteen games up to the middle of March. Progress was made in the Challenge Cup where some devastating displays saw them defeat Adur 17-1, Selsey Seals 17-0 and Bognor Regis Town Colts 7-0 before bowing out in heartbreaking fashion, throwing away a two goal lead in the final five minutes of their semi-final against Worthing United before succumbing in extra-time. Understandably dejected by the defeat they were beaten again the following week, 4-1 by Bognor Regis Town Youth, a result that saw them slip down to third in the table. However, they were to drop just two more points as they put together an unbeaten run that took them into the final week of the season with a chance of snatching the title from under the noses of Worthing United and Bognor Regis Town. Ironically, Worthing and Bognor had still to play each other home and away and, with results of the two matches going in Horsham's favour, they travelled to Chichester on the final day knowing that a win would guarantee them the title. A difficult pitch ultimately proved no problem for the Hornets who banged in five goals without reply to leave their league tally on ninety-nine for the season but, more importantly taking them to forty-five points - one more than their two rivals - and a highly satisfactory first term for Andy Green and his side.

The under 18s were represented in two leagues, with Andy Wright taking charge of the weekend squad that competed in the Sussex County Youth League and Ivan Raby the midweek Southern Youth League side, with several players appearing for both teams. It was Dean Wright who was to open the scoring for both teams, against South Park and Chichester City Youth, as the Hornets got off to a winning start. There was a disappointing defeat in the League Cup at Rye but the County League proved to be a stroll for Wright's players with only Arundel preventing a 100% record that would take them to the League title with three games left to play.  Inevitably there were some big wins along the way, Selsey were thrashed 9-0 and East Preston conceded sixteen goals in the two meetings before the league was won with a 7-1 win at Storrington. However, they took their foot off the gas and dropped crucial points against Lancing and Arundel that left them facing a long trek to Eastbourne Borough to contest the Sussex County League play-offs to determine the winners of the three competing divisions where, despite battling back from 3-1 down to force extra-time, Horsham's youngsters were beaten 5-3 with Borough going on to lose the 'final' at Southwick.

The Southern Youth League proved a much tougher challenge for Ivan Raby's side. Finishing the 2005/6 season fourth from bottom in what is acknowledged as the best youth league below pro-level, Horsham were given an early lesson by reigning champions Worthing, going down to a 5-1 defeat in only their second match. Worse was to follow when neighbours YMCA left Queen Street celebrating a 6-1 success and consecutive home losses saw our FA Youth Cup and League Cup runs ended in disappointing fashion. However, progress was made in the County Cup where they faced a final showdown with Lewes after cruising past Little Common (10-3), Patcham (12-0), Bexhill (5-1) and Oakwood (3-0). Once more it was Arundel who provided Horsham with their toughest task, Danny Molineaux scoring two minutes from the end of extra-time to send the quarter-final tie into a successful penalty shoot-out thanks to two stops by goalkeeper Tom Baxter. The final, played at Lancing, was an anti-climax with the Hornets putting in one of their poorest performances of the season against a lively Lewes side who raced into a 3-0 lead only for the pace and trickery of Elliott Hawkes to give Horsham a lifeline when he won two penalties, each converted by skipper Kieran Johnson. But it wasn't to be and Lewes promptly converted a spot-kick of their own to take the cup. The poor weather meant that Horsham went seven weeks without a Southern Youth League fixture, circumstances that were to have far reaching ramifications at the end of the season, but their first outing of the New Year saw a confidence boosting win at Lewes and they went on to suffer just two more League defeats as they began climbing the table. Whyteleafe were eliminated from the Southern Youth League Cup, title challenging Lingfield were beaten on their own patch and revenge was taken on YMCA in comprehensive style as their local rivals were destroyed 8-2 at Gorings Mead. Two defeats in three days, against South Park and Lewes, looked as if the hard work had been undone but they finished the season in great style completing the double over Lingfield with a stunning 5-1 win, a 4-3 thriller against Oakwood and narrow victories over Three Bridges and Horley Town. With four matches left to play, the Hornets looked well placed to challenge Lingfield and Worthing for the title but, having beaten East Grinstead 4-1 away, the League announced that they would refuse any club's request to extend the 29th April deadline, adding further controversy by stating that any club who had failed to fulfil 75% of their fixtures would have their records expunged. It seemed an amazing decision to make, given the spate of postponements between December and January, and Worthing were denied the title they thought was theirs after completing only thirteen of their eighteen games. At the time of writing, the League's final decision as to whether results involving Worthing and South Park (the only other team to fail to complete their allocated amount of games) would stand is unknown although it has been announced that Lingfield are to be awarded the title with Horsham taking the runners-up spot to complete a highly satisfactory season for the Hornets.