Chipping Norton Town F.C.

Chipping Norton Town
Full nameChipping Norton Town Football Club
NicknameMagpies
Founded1893
Dissolved2016
GroundWalterbush Road, Chipping Norton
ChairmanTym Soper

Chipping Norton Town Football Club was a football club based in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. They played at Walterbush Road.

History

The club was established in 1893.[1] After winning back-to-back Oxfordshire Senior League titles in 1951–52 and 1952–53, they became founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953.[2] They were placed in the Premier Division when the league added a second division in 1956, but were relegated to Division One after finishing bottom of the table in 1959–60.[3] However, they won Division One at the first attempt to return to the Premier Division.[4] They were relegated again at the end of the 1969–70 season.[3] In 1971–72 they were placed in Division One B, which they won at the first attempt to earn promotion back to the Premier Division.[3] In 1976–77 the club won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, a feat which they repeated the following season, in which they were also Premier Division champions.[5]

In 1979 the club switched to Division One of the Midland Combination, which they won in 1981–82.[6] The following season, the club made their debut in the FA Cup, losing to Highgate United in the preliminary qualification round.[5] However that season saw them have other cup success when they won the league's Charity Shield and the Tony Allden Cup.[7] In 1984 they left the league to return to the Oxfordshire Senior League due to mounting debts.[2] In 1986 the club moved back up to Division One of the Hellenic League, where they remained until leaving in 1993, when the club disbanded due to financial difficulties.[1][5] However, they reformed and by 1996–97 seasons were competing again in the Oxfordshire Senior Football League.[7] In 2001 they were accepted into Division One West of the Hellenic League.[1][8] After finishing second in 2002–03 they were promoted to the Premier Division.[9] However, they withdrew from the league during the 2006–07 season due to a lack of volunteers.[2]

The club in the 2008–09 season competed in Division two of the Witney and District League, where they finished as Runners-up and won promotion to Division One.[10][11] The club gained promotion to the Premier Division at the end of the 2011–12 season when they finished as Runners-up.[12]

They resigned from the Hellenic Football League in favour of the Witney & District Football League.[13]

The club folded in 2016 after the ground was sold to be used as a site for a new housing development.[14] Chipping Norton Town Swifts F.C. were created as a phoenix club in its place.

Ground

Chipping Norton Town play their home games at Walterbush Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DP.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

  • Highest League Position:[5] 1st in Hellenic premier Division 1977–78
  • FA Cup best performance:[5] Preliminary qualifying round 1982–83, 1983–84
  • FA Vase best performance:[5] Fourth round 1974–75, 1980–81

Former players

  1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Players with full international caps.

Former coaches

  1. Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
  2. Managers/Coaches with full international caps.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chipping Norton Town". Pyramidpassion.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Hacksaw, Roy D (2010-08-07). "The Boys in Black and White: Chipping Norton Town FC (England)". Boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hellenic League 1953–1972". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  4. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1960–1961". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Chipping Norton Town at the Football Club History Database
  6. ↑ "Non League Tables for 1981–1982". NonLeagueMatters. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Honours – Honours 1 – Chipping Norton Town Football Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  8. ↑ "Hellenic League 1995–2011". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  9. ↑ "Uhlsport Hellenic Football League | Statistics | Season 2002–2003". Hellenicleague.co.uk. 2007-11-01. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  10. 1 2 "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  11. ↑ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  12. 1 2 "football.mitoo". football.mitoo. 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  13. ↑ Chipping Norton Town FC Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Chippingnorton.net. Retrieved on 24 August 2011.
  14. ↑ Toby Oliver (1 April 2025), Chipping Norton Football Club: Plans for 26 homes submitted, Oxford Mail

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