- Chard Town F.C.
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"Chard Town" redirects here. For the parish, see Chard, Somerset.
Chard Town Full name Chard Town Football Club Nickname(s) The Robins Founded 1920 Ground Dening Sports Fields, Chard
(Capacity: Unknown)Chairman Brian Beer Manager Ian Burns League Western League
Division One2010–11 Western League
Division One, 15thHome coloursChard Town F.C. is a football club based in Chard, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. They playing the Western Football League Division One.
Club history
The club was founded in 1920, and played local football until joining the Western League when it re-established a second division in 1976. They have frequently moved between the Premier Division and Division One, but are currently members of the Division One following relegation from the Premier Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.
They have been regular entrants in national cup competitions in recent years, never reaching the First Round proper of the FA Cup, and with a best FA Vase run of reaching the Fourth Round (last 32 clubs) in 1989–90.
The club also fields two teams in the Perry Street and District League.
Club honours
- Western League Division One runner-up – 1983–84, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2005–06
- Somerset Senior League winners – 1949–50, 1953–54, 1959–60, 1967–68, 1969–70
- Somerset Senior Cup winners – 1952–53, 1966–67
- Somerset Senior League KO Cup winners – 1961–62, 1971–72, 1976–77
External links
- Web-teams site
- Chard Town at the Football Club History Database
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- Western Football League
- Association football clubs established in 1920
- Chard, Somerset
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