Chippenham Town FC 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.

Key Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to league record

Lvl = Level of the league in the current league system S = Numbers of seasons Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Overall position = Overall club position in the English league system

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Premilinary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons

Notes on timeline The club joined Division Two of the Western League in 1904, but also continued to play in the Wiltshire League. At the end of the 1905–06 season the club withdrew from the Western League. Most competitive football was suspended in England between 1940 and 1945 due to World War II. In the 1946-47 season the club did not play 3 of the scheduled matches due to the harshness of the weather. In the 1947-48 season the club did not play the scheduled match against Soundwell. The departures of 13 clubs from the Western League in 1960 meant that Division 2 was scrapped. The 20 remaining clubs + Exeter City Reserves became members of a single section competition, hence no promotion is recorded here. The club, between the 1964-65 season and the beginning of the 1968-69 season, left the Western League and rejoined the Wiltshire League. At the end of the 1972-73 season, the club transferred to the Western League. The 1989-90 season saw the introduction of 3 points for a win. The introduction of the English Football League pyramid system started around 1991 at which point the club were competing at Level 8 The Western League Premier Division became a Level 9 league in 2007 due to re-organisation of the lower league system. Seasons where the club were successful in gaining promotion or winning a trophy are highlighted in green and relegation in red.

Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Top league scorer National League South resultsFA CupFA TrophyFA Vase Average homeattendance Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec1904-05Wiltshire League Division 1 N/A 20 7 2 11 56 55 +1 16 9th of 11 Western League Division 2 16 2 0 14 24 74 -50 4 9th of 9 Last place 1905-06Wiltshire League Division 1N/A 22 11 7 4 56 33 +23 29 3rd of 12 Western League Division 2 18 5 2 11 23 47 -24 12 8th of 10 1906-07Wiltshire League Division 1N/A 22 10 3 9 43 41 +2 23 6th of 12 1907-08 1812 4 26022+3828 1st of 10Champions 1908-091612 224917+3226 1st of 9Champions 1909-10 20 12 4 4 54 31 +23 28 2nd of 11 1910-11 Records incomplete 17 7 2 8 41 36 +5 16 5th of 10 1911-12 18 7 4 7 35 36 -1 18 6th of 10 1912-13 20 9 7 4 58 28 +30 25 2nd of 11 1913-1919No competitions 1919-20Wiltshire League Division 1N/A 20 9 6 5 39 26 +13 24 4th of 11 1920-21 26 12 5 9 51 44 +7 29 7th of 14 1921-22 27 17 4 6 67 23 +44 38 2nd of 15 1922-23 26 14 5 7 58 41 +17 33 2nd of 14 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 28 15 2 11 85 71 +14 32 6th of 15 1928-2928 195410039+61 431st of 15Champions 1929-30 1930-31Western League Division 2N/A 32 10 8 14 82 68 +14 28 10th of 17 1931-32 34 11 6 17 99 105 -6 28 12th of 18 1932-33 34 9 5 20 71 99 -28 23 17th of 18 1933-34 34 11 3 20 73 95 -22 25 16th of 18 1934-35 34 7 3 24 53 126 -73 17 17th of 18 1935-36 34 6 1 27 64 147 -83 13 18th of 18Last place 1936-37 34 11 3 20 71 98 -27 25 12th of 18 1937-38 34 18 4 12 91 90 +1 40 6th of 18 1938-39 34 8 3 23 56 87 -31 19 18th of 18Last place 1939-40 Western LeagueN/A 20 7 2 11 51 78 -27 16 7th of 11 1940 - 1945No Competitions 1945-46 Western Premier League N/A 26 15 4 7 84 41 +43 34 2nd of 14 2Q 2–0–1 1946-47Western League Division 18 31 20 2 9 115 68 +47 42 4th of 18 PR 0–0–1 1947-48 33 8 6 19 65 97 -32 22 16th of 18 PR 1–0–1 1948-49 34 19 5 10 94 50 +44 43 4th of 18 1949-50 34 13 7 14 77 70 +7 33 8th of 18 1Q 2–1–1 1950-51 34 18 8 8 86 48 +38 44 3rd of 18PR 1–0–1 1951-5234234710341+62501st of 18Champions 1R 5–2–1 1952-53 32 17 3 12 84 58 +26 37 5th of 17 2Q 2–0–1 1953-54 34 18 5 11 79 49 +30 41 5th of 18 4Q 4–0–1 1954-55 34 21 7 6 83 39 +44 49 2nd of 18 PR 0–0–1 1955-56 32 20 4 8 70 50 +20 41 4th of 17 1Q 0–1–1 1956-57 36 16 7 13 77 67 +10 39 8th of 19 4Q 4–1–1 1957-58 36 13 7 16 71 74 -3 33 15th of 19 2Q 1–1–1 1958-59 36 20 3 13 104 66 +38 43 6th of 19 3Q 2–1–1 1959-60 36 18 6 12 70 56 +14 42 3rd of 19 1Q 0–0–1 1960-61 Western League8 40 18 5 17 79 81 -2 41 12th of 21 1Q 0–1–1 1961-62 38 17 6 15 79 71 +8 40 9th of 20 3Q 1–1–1 1962-63 42 15 12 15 92 60 +32 42 12th of 22 3Q 2–1–1 1963-64 42 15 8 19 75 62 +13 38 13th of 22 2Q 1–1–1 1964-65 42 16 8 18 75 82 -7 40 13th of 22 2Q 0–0–1 1965-66Wiltshire Premier League9 36 21 6 9 104 51 +53 48 3rd of 19 2Q 1–0–1 1966-67 32 22 6 4 102 50 +52 50 2Q 1–0–1 1967-68 26 15 5 6 82 29 +53 35 3rd of 14 2Q 1–1–1 1968-69Hellenic League Premier Division8 32 17 5 10 84 50 +34 39 5th of 17 1Q 0–0–1 1969-70 34 14 6 14 63 66 -3 34 9th of 18 3Q 2–2–1 1Q 0–0–1 1970-71 34 21 6 7 72 42 +30 48 4th of 18 1Q 0–0–1 1971-72 32 15 7 10 54 49 +5 37 5th of 17 1Q 1–0–1 1Q 0–0–1 1972-73 32 8 10 14 45 64 -19 26 11th of 17 1Q 0–0–1 1973-74Western League8 36 3 6 27 25 82 -57 12 19th of 19No relegation possible 1Q 0–0–1 1Q 0–0–1 1974-75 40 10 12 18 55 85 -30 42 15th of 21 2Q 1–0–1 2Q 1–0–1 1975-76 44 12 7 25 66 94 -28 43 20th of 23 1Q 0–0–1 PR 0–0–1 1976-77Western League Division 19 34 17 6 11 53 43 +10 57 5th of 18 1Q 0–0–1 2R 0–0–1 1977-78 36 8 4 24 40 74 -34 28 19th of 19No relegation possible 1Q 0–0–1 1R 0–0–1 1978-79 36 19 7 10 56 43 +13 64 4th of 19 1Q 0–1–1 PR 0–0–1 1979-80 42 16 10 16 58 62 -4 42 11th of 22 1Q 0–0–1 1R 1–0–1 1980-813625837624+52581st of 19Promoted 1Q 1–1–1 1R 1–0–1 1981-82 Western League Premier Division8 38 12 9 17 33 39 -6 33 14th of 20 PR 0–0–1 2R 2–0–1 1982-83 38 12 8 18 40 54 -14 32 13th of 20 1Q 0–1–1 2R 2–0–1 1983-84 38 13 8 17 44 56 -12 34 16th of 20 PR 0–1–1 2R 2–0–1 1984-85 42 16 14 12 62 49 +13 46 7th of 22 4Q 4–1–1 1R 1–0–1 1985-86 42 21 10 11 60 44 +16 52 5th of 22 3Q 2–1–1 4R 3–0–1 1986-87 42 14 14 14 53 50 +3 42 9th of 22 2Q 1–1–1 2R 1–0–1 1987-88 42 10 8 24 35 62 -27 28 20th of 22 PR 0–0–1 1R 0–0–1 1988-89 40 11 14 15 48 52 -4 36 12th of 21 1Q 1–0–1 3R 3–1–1 1989-90 40 14 7 19 36 46 -10 49 13th of 21 1Q 1–1–1 1R 1–0–1 1990-91 40 10 12 18 42 64 -22 42 17th of 21 1Q 0–1–1 1R 1–1–1 1991-92 40 13 7 20 58 95 -37 46 14th of 21 PR 0–0–1 2R 2–0–1 1992-93 38 8 14 16 65 86 -21 38 16th of 20 1QR 1–0–1 PR 0–0–1 1993-94 34 14 7 13 58 51 +7 49 8th of 18 1QR 1–1–1 1R 1–2–1 1994-95 34 14 9 11 54 54 0 51 8th of 18 PR 0–0–1 1R 1–0–1 1995-96 34 11 12 11 53 41 +8 45 10th of 18 PR 0–2–1 3R 4–0–1 1996-97 34 12 12 10 58 52 +6 48 5th of 8 PR 0–0–1 3R 3–0–1 1997-98 38 13 11 14 53 57 -4 50 12th of 20 3QR 3–2–1 3R 2–1–1 1998-99 38 25 7 6 93 41 +52 82 3rd of 20 PR 0–0–1 1R 0–0–1 1999-2000 36 18 9 9 69 41 +28 63 4th of 19 3 QR 3–1–1 Final 8–1–12000-0138305310927+82952nd of 20 PromotedQR22–2–1QF4–0–12001–02Southern Football League Division One West74026958128 +53872nd of 21 PromotedQR21-0-1R10-0-12002–03Southern Football LeaguePremier Division642171785937 +22685th of 22QR20-0-1R21-0-12003–04421017155163 -124721st of 22QR31-0-1R20-0-1 –2004–05 7 42 22 9 11 81 55 +26 752nd of 22Lost in playoff final QR2 1-0-1R1 0-0-1 –2005–06 42 22 11 9 69 45 +24 774th of 22Lost in playoff final R1 4-1-1QR3 2-1-1 2006–07 42 19 9 14 61 56 +5 667th of 22 QR2 1-0-1QR2 1-2-1 5092007–08 42 20 13 9 73 44 +29 734th of 22Lost in playoff semifinal QR4 3-1-1QR3 2-0-1 4892008–09 42 20 8 14 64 51 +13 65*8th of 22 David Pratt 16QR3 2-1-1QR2 1-1-1 4202009–10 42 21 11 10 67 43 +24 743rd of 22Lost in playoff final Lewis Powell 23QR4 3-1-1 R2 4-1-1 4112010–11 40 18 14 8 54 41 +13 687th of 21 Lewis Powell 14QR2 1-0-1QR2 1-2-1 4112011–12 42 14 11 17 55 53 +2 5311th of 22 Alan Griffin 19QR1 0-0-1R1 2-4-1 3722012–13 42 13 12 17 63 67 -4 5115th of 22 Alan Griffin 17QR4 3-0-1QR2 1-0-1 3282013–14 44 14 6 24 59 87 -28 4818th of 23 Alan Griffin 20QR1 0-0-1QR2 1-0-1 3192014–15 44 16 13 15 54 54 0 6111th of 23 Alex Ferguson 10QR3 2-0-1QR2 1-0-1 3102015–16 46 21 13 12 76 53 +23 748th of 24Andy Sandell 21QR4 3–1–1QR1 0–0–1 3522016–17 46 31 10 5 94 47 +47 1031st of 24 PromotedAndy Sandell 27QR3 2–0–1QR2 1–0–1 4632017–18National League South642159186370 -75413th of 22Andy Sandell12QR20–0–1QR30–0–16002018–1942167195764-75513th of 22Nathaniel Jarvis17QR42–2–1QR30–1–16672019–20351012133945-64214th of 22Scott Twine6R13–2–1QR30–1–16232020–21144461322-91616th of 21Bradley Ash4QR42–0–1R20–0–15182021–2240161113615011597th of 21Ricky Aguiar7QR31–1–1R20–0–16102022–23461517145766-96213th of 24 R24–1–1R31–0–16162023–2446161416626206212th of 24 QR20–0–1R41–1–16912024–2546178215769-125914th of 24 QR31–1–1R20–0–1707

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