Chinnor F.C.

Chinnor
Full name Chinnor Football Club
Nickname(s) The Biz
Founded 1971
Ground Station Road, Playing Fields
Chairman Andy Bennett
Manager David Ridgley
League Hellenic Football League
Division One East
2014–15 Hellenic Football League
Division One East, 5th

Chinnor F.C. are a football club based in Chinnor, near Thame, Oxfordshire, England. It has been a member of Hellenic Football League Division One East since 2003.

History

The football club was initially created as a youth team in 1971 when two parents found no football clubs in the local area.[1]

The team was a founding member of the Chiltonian League Division Two in 1985–86 from which it was promoted to Division One in its first season after finishing third.[2] The team was relegated back in 1990–91 to Division Two, which was now renamed Division One. In 2003–04 the team joined the Hellenic Football League.[2]

In 2010 the club was made a FA Charter standard club and achieved its Community badge in 2010, shortly followed in 2011 with being recognised as The Community Club of the Year by the Oxfordshire FA.[3]

Chinnor appointed new first team manager David Ridgley for the 2011–12 season. Ridgley continues at the helm with Lewis Craker & Craig Williams his assistants. Chinnor also field a 'A' and 'B' teams in lower leagues.

Squad

First Team

Manager: David Ridgley Assistants: Lewis Craker & Craig Williams Director of Football: Eddie Wright

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Ben Taunton
3 England DF Steve Newell
4 England DF Mark Avery
5 England DF Tom Folley
6 England MF Matt Tallyn
8 England MF Stuart Braun
9 England FW Alex Feaver
10 England FW James Bonwick
11 England MF Anthony Dawson
12 England MF Ryan Daly
14 England FW Alex Feaver
15 England MF Alex Cairns
16 England DF Matt Wakelin
17 England MF John Mcmahon
18 England FW Daniel Stone
19 England MF Stuart Maclellan

Reserve Team:

Manager: Richard Searl Assistants: Paul Searl & Parminder Bains

A Team:

Manager: Andy Wagerfield Assistant: Joe Hersey

B Team:

Manager: Andy Frain Assistants: Simon Gardner & Nigel Evans

Veterans A:

Manager: Andrew Threlfall Assistant: Neil Pearson

Veterans B:

Manager: Mark Willis

Over 50's:

Manager: Andy Bennett

Ground

Chinnor play their home games at Station Road, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4PU. For the beginning of the 2015/16 season until December Chinnor will be playing home matches at Culham Road, home of Abingdon Town FC. This is due to the development of a new club house in Chinnor.

Honours

Ladies' team

There is also a ladies' team within Chinnor Youth FC. The club has been running for six years, with the ladies' team playing in the FA cup and reaching four cup finals in as many years. The ladies' squad won the North Division Two League 2006–07 and reached the final of the Oxfordshire County Cup.

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