Chadderton F.C.

Chadderton

Full name	Chadderton Football Club
Nickname(s)	Chaddy
Founded	1947 (as Millbrow)
Ground	Andrew Street 53°32′51.19″N 2°08′38.24″W / 53.5475528°N 2.1439556°W / 53.5475528; -2.1439556Coordinates: 53°32′51.19″N 2°08′38.24″W / 53.5475528°N 2.1439556°W / 53.5475528; -2.1439556 (Capacity: 1500)
Chairman	Harry Mayall
Manager	Paul Buckley
League	North West Counties League Division One
2010–11	North West Counties League Division One, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Chadderton F.C. are a Semi-Professional football club in the North West Counties Football League, Division One. Founded in 1947 They are based in Chadderton, Greater Manchester. They finished the 2008–09 season in 10th position having played 34, won 14, drawn 6, lost 14 , scored 60, conceded 54 and ended with 48 points.

Club history

Chadderton Football Club was formed in 1947, under the name Millbrow Football Club, later changing to North Chadderton Amateurs, before adopting its present name in 1957.

The club started life in the Oldham Amateur League, winning the Challenge Cup in 1954–55. The following season the club joined the Manchester Amateur League and won the league championship in their first season.

After winning the league championship again in 1962–63, Chadderton then joined the Manchester League winning the Second Division title in their first season and gaining promotion to the First Division.

The club won the league's Murray Shield in their first season in Division One, and then the League title in 1966–67.

During the 1970s the club's only honours came in the form of the Manchester Challenge Trophy which they won in 1971–72, but failed to retain it in the following season, finishing runners-up.

Chadderton made the step into a higher grade of football in 1980 when they joined the Lancashire Combination. The club made a good start in this league, finishing runners-up in 1981–82.

In 1982, Chadderton became one of the founder members of the North West Counties Football League, following the merger of the Lancashire Combination and the Cheshire County League.

The club gained promotion to Division One in 1989–90 after finishing third in the league, but were relegated the following season. Promotion came once again in 1992–93 but, after failing to meet ground grading requirements, were relegated in 1998–99.

Paul Buckley, with his assistant Derek Ogden, joined Chadderton as manager in December 2005. Since then the club's fortunes have taken a turn for the better on the field. Chadderton finished in 5th position in 2006–07 - the highest position for over a decade and in 2007–08 Chadderton again achieved 5th place and reached the semi finals of both the League and Division Cup. In the 2008–09 season Chadderton finished in mid-table. A quarter-final appearance against league newcomers and favourites AFC Liverpool ended in a tight 3-2 defeat. That came after beating league winners Bootle 2-1 in the previous round.

Off the field in 2007, the club was the subject of a take-over by local businessmen Craig Halliwell and Tony Bhatti, the joint owners of the HB Property Group Limited (previously the Halliwell Bhatti Group) which is the parent company of the local property development company Hillstone Developments Limited. The members of Chadderton voted overwhelmingly in October 2006 for the take-over to go ahead and after 10 months the legalities were finally completed in August 2007.

In August 2009 Chadderton's association with the HB Property Group Limited was terminated and Chadderton Football Club reverted to a members club run by the people for the people.

First team squad

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

No. Position Player GK Lee Swanson GK Ben Aspinall DF David Glynn DF Christopher Pauley DF Ben Greenidge DF Keith Melvin DF Daniel Shaw DF Gary Hartley DF Mark Egerton

No. Position Player MF Ian Knapman MF Gareth Morris MF Paul Socha MF Paul Ashton MF Donovan Greenidge MF John Jones FW Andrew Pheby FW Micky Green FW Carl Taylor FW Chris Crothers

Staff

Name	Role
Paul Buckley	Manager
Derek Ogden	Assistant Manager
Steve Pattison	Coach
Paul Buckley	Physio
Tom Glynn	Kit Manager

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial website