Chelmsford City F.C.
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| Full name | Chelmsford City Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Clarets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Chelmsford Sports and Athletics Centre Chelmsford |
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| Capacity | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Paul Hopkins |
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| Manager | Jeff King |
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| League | Isthmian League Premier Division |
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| 2005-06 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 10th |
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Chelmsford City Football Club are an English football (soccer) team based in the town of Chelmsford. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
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[edit] History
The club is based in Chelmsford, which, despite the team's name is not a city but the county town of Essex. The current team was founded as a professional team in 1938, after an amateur team played at the New Writtle Street ground between 1922 and 1938 which was formed in 1878. Chelmsford City's local rivals include Heybridge Swifts, Canvey Island, Braintree Town and Billericay Town.
The club's manager is Jeff King who took over from Craig Edwards in May 2006 from Canvey Island F.C.. The club previously played at the New Writtle Street ground from their formation in 1938 until 1997 where the club where made homeless and shared with Billericay Town F.C. at the New Lodge. The Club then moved back home to Chelmsford in 2006 at the Melbourne Athletic track also known as Chelmsford Athletic Centre.
The first game back at Melbourne Park was played out in front of an incredible 3000 capacity crowd with many people who turned up late left outside the ground unable to get in. Chelmsford won 2-1 with Jamie Richards gaining the first ever goal at the new stadium on 21 minutes. Highlights since then include beating Gravesend & Northfleet 1 - 0 in the Fa cup and then the 1 - 1 draw with Aldershot Town.
[edit] Current squad
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NB Fixed squad numbers are not used in the Isthmian League
[edit] Club honours
- Southern League Champions: 1945/46, 1967/68, 1971/72
- Southern Division Champions: 1988/89
- Southern League Cup Winners: 1945/46, 1959/60, 1990/91
- Non-League Champions Cup Winners: 1971/72
- Eastern Floodlight Competition Winners: 1966/67, 1974/75, 1977/78, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1986/87
- Essex Professional Cup Winners: 1957/58, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1973/74, 1974/75
- Essex Senior Cup Winners: 1985/86, 1988/89, 1992/93, 2002/03
[edit] External links
- Official Chelmsford City F.C. website
- Claretsonline - fan site
- Chelmsford City fansite
- Chelmsford City F.C. message board
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AFC Wimbledon | Ashford Town (Middx) | Billericay Town | Boreham Wood | Bromley | Carshalton Athletic | Chelmsford City | East Thurrock United | Folkestone Invicta | Hampton & Richmond Borough | Harrow Borough | Hendon | Heybridge Swifts | Horsham | Leyton | Margate | Ramsgate | Slough Town | Staines Town | Tonbridge Angels | Walton & Hersham | Worthing edit |
| English football league system - Level 7 |
| Promotion to: Conference South |
| Relegation to: Isthmian League First Division North and First Division South |
