Chipping Norton Town Swifts F.C.

Chipping Norton Town Swifts
Full name Chipping Norton Town Swifts Football Club
Nickname(s) Chippy
Founded 1893 (as Chipping Norton Town)
Ground Walterbush Road, Chipping Norton
Chairman Andy Watson
Manager Andy Watson
League Witney and District League Premier Division
2013–14 Witney and District League Premier Division, 3rd

Chipping Norton Town Swifts Football Club is an English football club based in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. They play in the Witney and District League Premier Division.

History

The club was established in 1893.[1] After winning back-to-back Oxfordshire Senior League titles in 1951–52 and 1952–53, they became founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953.[2] They were placed in the Premier Division when the league added a second division in 1956, but were relegated to Division One after finishing bottom of the table in 1959–60.[3] However, they won Division One at the first attempt to return to the Premier Division.[4] They were relegated again at the end of the 1969–70 season.[3] In 1971–72 they were placed in Division One B, which they won at the first attempt to earn promotion back to the Premier Division.[3] In 1976–77 the club won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, a feat which they repeated the following season, in which they were also Premier Division champions.[5]

In 1979 the club switched to Division One of the Midland Combination, which they won in 1981–82.[6] The following season, the club made their debut in the FA Cup, losing to Highgate United in the preliminary qualification round.[5] However that season saw them have other cup success when they won the league's Charity Shield and the Tony Allden Cup.[7] In 1984 they left the league to return to the Oxfordshire Senior League due to mounting debts.[2] In 1986 the club moved back up to Division One of the Hellenic League, where they remained until leaving in 1993, when the club disbanded due to financial difficluties.[1][5] However, they reformed and by 1996–97 seasons were competing again in the Oxfordshire Senior Football League.[7] In 2001 they were accepted into Division One West of the Hellenic League.[1][8] After finishing second in 2002–03 they were promoted to the Premier Division.[9] However, they withdrew from the league during the 2006–07 season due to a lack of volunteers.[2]

The club in the 2008–09 season competed in Division two of the Witney and District League, where they finished as Runners-up and won promotion to Division One.[10][11] The club gained promotion to the Premier Division at the end of the 2011–12 season when they finished as Runners-up.[12]

Ground

Chipping Norton Town Swifts play their home games at Walterbush Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DP.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

Former players

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.

Former coaches

  1. Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Managers/Coaches with full international caps.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chipping Norton Town". Pyramidpassion.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Hacksaw, Roy D (2010-08-07). "The Boys in Black and White: Chipping Norton Town FC (England)". Boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hellenic League 1953–1972". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  4. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1960–1961". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Chipping Norton Town at the Football Club History Database
  6. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1981–1982". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Honours – Honours 1 – Chipping Norton Town Football Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  8. ↑ "Hellenic League 1995–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  9. ↑ "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | Statistics | Season 2002–2003". Hellenicleague.co.uk. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  10. 1 2 "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  11. ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  12. 1 2 "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

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Coordinates: 51°55′54.76″N 1°33′02.62″W / 51.9318778°N 1.5507278°W / 51.9318778; -1.5507278

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