Chepstow Town F.C.

Chepstow Town
Full nameChepstow Town Football Club
NicknameThe Jockeys[1]
Founded1878
GroundLarkfield Park
ChairmanRobert Moore
ManagerMarc Ingles[2]
LeagueArdal SE League
2025–26Ardal SE League, 7th of 16

Chepstow Town Football Club are a Welsh football club based in Chepstow, South East Wales and founded in 1878. The team play in the Ardal SE League.

History

The club was founded in 1878 as Chepstow Castle. Prior to World War I they played in the East Gwent League. Chepstow joined the Welsh Football League for the first time when football resumed in 1919–20.[3]

In 1928 Chepstow joined the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and they won the league title in 1931–32.[3] In 1935 Chepstow Town withdrew from the league and rejoined the Monmouthshire Senior League after ten years away.[4]

After World War II the club was reformed by local servicemen, absorbing Chepstow Boys Club and Fairfield FC. They rejoined the Monmouthshire County League and were promoted to the Welsh League in 1954. In the 1964–65 season they were champions of Division Two, however travel costs and financial problems meant the club had to drop out of the league in 1970.[3]

Chepstow then entered the newly formed Gwent Premier League, in Division Three.[3] They progressed to the Gwent County League where they won Division Three in 1984–85,[5] Division Two in 1991–92, and Division One in 1996–97 which meant they were promoted back to the Welsh League.[3]

In their first season back in the Welsh League, Chepstow finished as runners-up to Milford United in Division Three and were promoted. After three seasons they were relegated back to Division Three and they were relegated to the Gwent County League in 2006–07. In 2011–12 they won the Gwent County League again to confirm a return to the Welsh League, and in the following season they finished third in Division Three, gaining another promotion. They missed out on a third successive promotion by two points and were relegated in 2016. They remained in Division Three until reorganisation in 2020 placed them in the Ardal South East.[3]

In 2024–25 they were runners-up in the Ardal South League Cup and in the Ardal South East.[6][7] This meant they would play Ardal South West runners-up Ynyshir Albions in a playoff for promotion to the Cymru South. Chepstow lost 2–0 and were not promoted.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ https://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/sport/football/tense-wait-for-jockeys-over-play-off-place-after-final-draw-792072
  2. ↑ "Managerial Change". Facebook. Chepstow Town FC. 17 April 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Chepstow Town – Ardal Southern". Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  4. ↑ Gloucester Citizen, Wednesday 24 July 1935 (page 6)
  5. ↑ "The autocentres gwent premier football association league - Official Handbook Season 2024-2025" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-04-25.
  6. ↑ "Chepstow Town and Ynyshir Albions to compete for JD Cymru South promotion". Football Association of Wales. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Kirwan, Chris (14 May 2025). "Chepstow earn play-off spot at Ardal South East runners-up". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  8. ↑ https://www.chepstowbeacon.co.uk/sport/football/albions-wield-play-off-whip-hand-over-jockeys-796630

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