Chippenham Town F.C.

Chippenham Town

Full name

Chippenham Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Bluebirds

Founded

1873

Ground

Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Capacity

2,815 (500 seated)

Chairman

Neil Blackmore

Manager

Mark Collier

League

Southern League Premier Division

2015–16

Southern League Premier Division, 8th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Chippenham Town are an English football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, which plays in the Southern League Premier Division, the seventh highest tier in the English league system. They are nicknamed the Bluebirds and play their home matches at Hardenhuish Park. They are most noted as being the oldest football club in the South West of England. Their home kit consists of a blue shirt, blue shorts and blue socks.

The 1999-2000 season saw a superb increase in support at Hardenhuish Park with the highest attendance figures in the country achieved for the fifth, sixth and semi-final rounds of the F.A. Vase. This culminated in a crowd of 20,083 the second highest in the history of the competition attending the final at Wembley against Deal Town F.C. which unfortunately the Bluebirds lost 1-0. 2001/02 saw the Bluebirds promoted to the Southern League Premier Division, a league to which they still play now, despite numerous appearences in the play-offs. Their most recent piece of silverware came in 2010/11 when they won the Wiltshire Premier Shield after beating Swindon Town 1–0.

Seasons

This is 5 recent Chippenham Town seasons, for a full history look List of Chippenham Town F.C. seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance
Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Average home attendance
2011–12	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	14	11	17	55	53	+2	53	11th of 22	Alan Griffin	19	QR1	0–0–1	R1	2–4–1	372
2012–13	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	13	12	17	63	67	−4	51	15th of 22	Alan Griffin	17	QR4	3–0–1	QR2	1–0–1	328
2013–14	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	44	14	6	24	59	87	−28	48	18th of 23	Alan Griffin	20	QR1	0–0–1	QR2	1–0–1	319
2014–15	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	44	16	13	15	54	54	0	61	11th of 23	Alex Ferguson	10	QR3	2–0–1	QR2	1–0–1	310
2015–16	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	46	21	13	12	76	53	+23	74	8th of 24	Andy Sandell	21	QR4	3–1–1	QR1	0–0–1	352

Kit and colours

The club originally played in black and white, but changed to blue and white after turning professional in 1948–49.^[1] For the 2015/16 Season, Chippenham Town will play in their Blue and White Home kit and Green And Black Away Kit from Uhlsport, but will now be sponsored by Windhager Ltd for both kits.

Stadium

Chippenham Town play their home games at Hardenhuish Park, Bristol Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6LR.

They had an average attendance of 352 in the 2015/16 season. Chippenham had a nomadic existence for its earliest years before settling at Hardenhuish Park in 1919.^[1] They added a clubhouse in 1979.^[1]

Current squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kent Kauppinen
		DF	Jon Beeden
		DF	Luke Ballinger
		DF	Greg Tindle
		DF	Charlie Norman
		DF	Jamie Norman
		DF	Scott Bevan
		DF	Mark Preece
		DF	Matty Jones
		MF	James Guthrie
		MF	Matt Smith
		MF	Chris Allen

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Alione Diouf
		MF	Conor McCormack
		MF	Alex Ferguson
		MF	Harry Grant
		MF	Ryan Campbell
		MF	Michael Pook
		FW	Andy Sandell
		FW	Ollie Taylor
		FW	Alan Griffin
		FW	Ben Whitehead
		FW	Alec Fiddes

Ex-players

Chippenham Town F.C. have had players go on to play in the Football League or in international matches

Tyrone Mings – The defender became Mick McCarthy's first signing for Ipswich Town in December 2012. He impressed on his Championship debut on 4 May 2013. He signed for AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2015 for a fee believed to be around £8 million.
James Constable – Walsall F.C. bought James from Chippenham, he has since played for Kidderminster Harriers, Shrewsbury Town and currently plays for Oxford United F.C. He was the first ever player to score in a final in the new Wembley Stadium, he scored two in the 2007 F.A Trophy Final. He scored 1 goal in Oxford's play off final victory at Wembley as well and will now play in League 2. He has also played for England C Team.
Gareth Davies – Played for Crystal Palace in the Premier League before ending his career at Chippenham.
Mark Robinson – Made over 100 appearances for Barnsley before playing for Newcastle United under Kevin Keegan. An injury ended his career at Newcastle and he then played for Swindon Town for 8 years before ending his career at Chippenham.
Peter Trego – The Somerset County Cricket Club fast bowler had a brief stint at the club in goal when there was a lack of keepers through injury. During his spell he scored from the edge of his box, at Hemel Hempstead, lobbing the opposition goalie. He also featured in the clubs second only appearance in the First Round Proper of the FA Cup against Worcester City FC who won the replay at St Georges Lane.
Andy Sandell – Andy joined Chippenham from Wycombe Wanderers and went onto play 6 games for the Bluebirds. He joined Newport County after just over a month at the club. He rejoined in 2015 a took up a role as not only a player, but also as the clubs commercial manager.
Charlie Griffin – Charlie had three spells at the club, starting his career at the Bluebirds. He has played for Swindon Town, Wycombe Wanderers and Stevenage amongst others. He is the older brother of Alan Griffin.

Honours

Club honours include:^[1]^[2]

Southern Football League Premier Division
- Runners-up 2004–05
Southern Football League Division One West
- Runners-up 2001–02
Western Football League Premier Division
- Champions 1951–52
- Runners-up 1954–55, 2000–01
Western Football League Division One
- Champions 1980–81
Wiltshire Football League
- Champions 1907–08, 1908–09, three other times in 1920s
Wiltshire Premier Shield
- Winners 1966, 1987, 1989, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
Western Football League Cup:^[3]
- Winners (2): 1999–2000, 2000–01

Records

Club records:^[2]

Best league position
- Second: Southern League Premier Division, 2003–04, 2004–05
FA Cup
- First Round Proper 1951–52, 2005–06
FA Trophy
- Second Round replay 2003–04
FA Vase
- Finalists 1999–2000

References

1 2 3 4 Chippenham Town official website – History Accessed 8 February 2012
1 2 Football History Database – Chippenham Town Accessed 8 February 2012
↑ "Western Football League Cup – Les Phillips cup 1989–present" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

External links

Official website
Official Twitter Page
Official Youtube Channel
Chippenham Town at the Football Club History Database
CTFC Norway Supporters Club
BBC Wiltshire – News reports from BBC Wiltshire

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield Town Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Coordinates: 51°27′56.182″N 2°7′43.540″W / 51.46560611°N 2.12876111°W / 51.46560611; -2.12876111

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