Cadbury Athletic F.C.

Cadbury Athletic
Full name Cadbury Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) The Chocolate Men
Founded 1994
Ground Lye Meadow,
Redditch Road,
Alvechurch,
Worcestershire (Groundshare with Alvechurch F.C.)
Ground Capacity 3,000
League Midland League Division One
2014–15 Midland League Division One, 6th

Cadbury Athletic F.C. is an amateur football club based in Birmingham, England, and affiliated with the Cadbury confectionery company. The club currently plays in the Midland League Division One.

History

Cadbury Athletic was formed in 1994 and immediately gained entry to the Midland Combination Division Three. The club is affiliated with the Cadbury factory based in Bournville, using the company's logo as its badge and even playing in Cadbury's corporate colours of purple and white. After resigning from the Premier Division after the 2011–2012 season the club decided to go back to its roots and now play back at the Recreation ground close to the Cadbury factory. Cadbury finished ninth in their first season in Division Three but were nonetheless promoted to Division Two. In 2000–01 they were promoted to Division One and then in 2004–05 gained promotion to the Premier Division, where they remained until 2012 when they resigned from the Premier Division due to a difficulty with their ground rental agreement with Alvechurch. In the 2006–07 season they entered the FA Vase for the first time, followed a year later by their debut in the FA Cup. Cadbury Athletic also run a Reserve Team which play in the Midland Combination Reserve League Division 2 and have recently started an Over 35's side which play in the Central Warwickshire Over 35's league

Personnel

Club position Name
Chairman John Peckham
General manager Graham Thorn
First team manager Matt Kirby
Reserve team manager Kevin Wilks
Club secretary Kevin Wilks
Treasurer Ron Thorn
First team match day secretary Russell Cook
Over 35's manager Dave Bourn
Over 35's secretary Martin Flynn

Current first team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Fraser Oliver
Jamaica GK Kenny Sanders
England DF Stuart Cook
England DF Kev Heeley
England DF Brett Lloyd
England DF James Finn
England DF Steven Payne
England DF Mark Fortner
England DF Nick Allen
England DF Nathan Roberts
England MF Andrew Cooper
England MF Ryan Gittings
No. Position Player
England MF Ade Parkes
England MF George Carline
England MF Ben Mooney
England MF James McKeon
England MF Joe Busst
England MF Ryan Spink
England MF Liam Spink
England FW Stuart Butcher
England FW Anthony Clarke
England FW Dean Lea
England FW Daryl Charman
England FW Cordell Jones

Past players

England's Daniel Sturridge was once a Cadbury Athletic player

Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge played for Cadbury Athletic Juniors.[1] Leicester City and England U19 winger Demarai Gray also began his playing career at Cadbury Athletic.

Club records

References

  1. "Boy’s A Bit Special: Daniel Sturridge". London: FourFourTwo.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cadbury Athletic". The Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2010-04-06.

External links

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