Camberley Town F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Camberley Town


fullname = Camberley Town Football Club
nickname = The Krooners
founded = 1967
ground = Krooner Park, Camberley
capacity = 2,500
chairman = Ronnie Wilson
manager = Paul Barry
league = Combined Counties League Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = Combined Counties League Premier Division, 3rd
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Camberley Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club from the town of Camberley in Surrey. Founded in 1895 as St. Michael's, Camberley F.C., the club was renamed Camberley & Yorktown F.C. in 1901. A further change of name occurred after the Second World War, when the club was simply called Camberley F.C. In 1967 Camberley merged with the town's other senior club, Camberley Wanderers, to become Camberley Town F.C.

The club currently runs two senior sides. The first team play in the Combined Counties League Premier Division, while the reserves play in the Suburban League North Division.

Club honours include various league titles, such as the Surrey Senior League three years running in the early 1930s, and a few local cups, including the Surrey Senior Cup in 1979 and the Aldershot Senior Cup, which they have won three times. In national competitions, the club's best ever performance in the FA Cup came in 1997–98 when they won through to the First Round Proper, before losing 5–0 at Brentford. Their best FA Vase performance came in 1985–86, when they reached the quarter-finals, losing 3–1 at eventual winners Halesowen Town.

Camberley Town also make ties with the local community by having a thriving youth set-up which has achieved F.A. charter standard. This is for boys and girls from the under 6 to under 18 age groups and is linked right through to the first team. A number of senior players have been picked from the youth sides over the years including Torquay United player Tim Sills and Paul Harkness who is currently with Farnborough F.C.

Other notable past players include 'Archie' Turner who went on to represent England in 1900 and 1901, Phil Stant and current Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier who made three appearances for the first team in February 1992. Wales International defender, Darren Barnard who played professionally for Chelsea , Barnsley and Grimsby Town amongst others has played for the club since 2007, and is now Player/Director Of Football at the club.

Another former Chelsea player Steve Finnieston made an appearance and scored in a friendly in August 1991 but he never played a competitive game for the team however his son, John, spent two seasons with the club between 2006 and 2008.

In 1983 Rick Wakeman became the club's chairman while he was living in Camberley. He remained in this post until 1986 when he was elected Vice-President. He left the club when he moved to the Isle Of Man in 1988.

In 2007-08 the club expanded it's youth section by introducing another under 18's team to compete in the Southern Youth League. This team reached the first round of the FA Youth Cup where they played Millwall but went down to a 5-0 defeat. They also experienced limited success in the Southern Youth League Cup where they were beaten by Sutton United 2-1 after extra time at the Semi Final stage.

Honours

;St. Michael's, Camberley F.C.
* Surrey Junior Cup Winners 1897-98

;Camberley & Yorktown F.C.
* Ascot And District League Champions 1904-05, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10
* Surrey Junior Cup Winners 1909-10
* Aldershot Senior Civilian League Champions 1912-13
* West Surrey League Champions 1913-14
* Surrey Senior League Champions 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33
* Surrey Senior League Charity Cup Winners 1937-38

;Camberley F.C.
* Surrey Senior League Charity Cup Winners 1951-52

;Camberley Town F.C.
* Surrey Senior Cup Winners 1978-79
* Southern Combination Cup Winners 1980-81
* Aldershot Senior Cup Winners 1996-97, 1997-98, 2006-07

Current first team squad

* Darren Barnard
* Ben Cobbett
* Adam Cornell
* Paul Dadson
* Shaun Davis
* Gareth Evans
* Jefferson Gowland
* Justin Gray
* David Hancock
* Jamie Hoppitt
* Joe Johnson
* Daniel Ker
* Rob Lance
* Tom McGarry
* Ian Messenger
* Peter Millington-Lee
* Joe Paris
* Craig Parker
* Michael Pym
* Julian Sills
* Jamie-Lee Smithers
* Liam Stone
* John Swift
* Kevin Swift
* Joe Taylor
* Dean Thomas
* Dale Webb

External links

* [http://www.camberleytownfc.co.uk/ Camberley Town F.C. official website]
* [http://www.ctyfc.co.uk/ Camberley Town Youth F.C. official website]