The club was originally known as
Echo Social and played in the City of Southampton Sunday League with great success. In 1973, they were re-named
Road-Sea for sponsorship reasons - after the freight shipping company owned by player-manager Peter Price. In
1976–77 they reached the semi-final of the national
FA Sunday Cup. With considerable financial backing, the club purchased some land at
Marchwood, and soon developed the site into an impressive facility. This resulted in an ambitious application to join the semi-professional
Southern League being surprisingly accepted in
1982, despite having no previous history of playing Saturday football. The club then became known as
RS Southampton and soon silenced their critics as they pushed for promotion from the Southern Division. After finishing a creditable 3rd in their debut season behind Fisher Athletic and Folkestone, they were champions in
1983–84. They also enjoyed a fine run in the
FA Vase, reaching Round 5 before being eliminated 1–2 away at Leyton Wingate. Road-Sea continued to thrive in the highly competitive Premier Division as they then finished 5th in
1984–85. The following season was much tougher and they finished mid-table. In 1986 Road-Sea became founder members of the newly created
Wessex League. They just missed out on the inaugural title, finishing runners-up to Bashley, but it was a memorable campaign in the local cup competitions. They reached the final of the
Hampshire Senior Cup for the first time, which they lost 0-2 against Portsmouth Reserves at
Fratton Park - but won both the League and Russell Cotes Cups. However, in June 1987 their short but successful history was suddenly ended when Price retired and disbanded the club. ==Honours==