Cheadle Town F.C.

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Cheadle Town
Cheadle Town crest
Full name Cheadle Town Football Club
Founded 1961 (as Grasmere Rovers)
Ground Park Road Stadium
Cheadle
Stockport
(Capacity 2,000)
Chairman Chris Davies
Manager Trevor Howard
League NWCFL Division Two
2007-08 14th
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Cheadle Town F.C. are a football club based in Cheadle, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester. They were established in 1961 and joined the North West Counties Football League in 1983. They are currently members of the North West Counties Football League Division Two. Their home ground is Park Road Stadium.

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[edit] History

[edit] As Grasmere Rovers

Cheadle Town's history can be traced back to 1961 when a 14 year-old boy called Barrie Dean asked his neighbour, Chris Davies, to help his friends form a football team. This team was called Grasmere Rovers after the name of the street that both Dean and Davies lived on (Grasmere Road). Chris Davies took on the role of team manager and on 3 September 1961, Grasmere Rovers took to the field for the first time, losing 0-5 to Sutton Boys.

Grasmere started out in the Manchester Junior Football League - a league they would eventually win in the 1967-68 season - playing their games on a Sunday afternoon at The Mellands Playing Fields in Belle Vue. They joined the Manchester League in 1972, allowing them to play their football on the more regular Saturday afternoon. Now under the managerial guidance of Albert Pike, with Chris Davies as chairman and now playing their matches at Surrey Street in Glossop, Grasmere Rovers went from strength-to-strength; the peak of which was the 1979-1980 season where they won the Manchester League, the Gilchrist Cup, the Manchester County Amateur Cup and the Derbyshire Junior Cup. In that same season striker Peter Tilley ran in 43 goals.

The team moved to their present-day home of Park Road for the 1982-83 season. Maine Road were the first ever visitors on Saturday 21 August 1982, running out 3-1 winners on the day. This would be the last season that the team would be known as Grasmere Rovers.

[edit] As Cheadle Town

The club joined the North West Counties Football League for the 1983-84 season as Cheadle Town, under the managerial guidance of Gerry Clewes. They finished their first season a lowly 15th in Division Three but were promoted "by default" at the end of the 1986-87 season when Division Three was incorporated into Division Two.

Cheadle Town have spent most of their NWCFL life in Division Two; 1998 saw the start of a three-year escape from Division Two as the club were promoted to Division One. The club struggled with lowly finishes during their three seasons and were ultimately relegated back to Division Two in 2001 after finishing bottom. They have stayed in Division Two ever since.

[edit] Most Recent Campaign (2007-2008)

The most recent league campaign started on Saturday 11th August 2007 with a 0-2 defeat away to Padiham and ended with a 2-6 defeat at Bootle on Tuesday 6 May 2008. They finished in 14th place in the league.

Cheadle Town took part in five cup competitions, with their opponents and progress as follows:

The sky-blue and white striped kit used for the 2006-2008 seasons
The sky-blue and white striped kit used for the 2006-2008 seasons

[edit] Club Colours & Badge

Cheadle Town's traditional colours are white and black (as reflected on the club badge), worn in the combination of white shirts, black shorts and black stockings. However, over recent seasons they have appeared in yellow shirts, blue shorts and yellow stockings (which is now used as the away strip) and now this season's strip of sky blue and white striped shirts, navy blue shorts and stockings. The club has kept this colour combination for the 2007-2008 season; it is not known whether the club intends to return to its traditional colours for the 2008-2009 season.

The main stand at Park Road Stadium
The main stand at Park Road Stadium
The view from the Main Stand, looking towards the Tennyson Road end
The view from the Main Stand, looking towards the Tennyson Road end

[edit] Stadium

Park Road Stadium has an official capacity of 2,000; its record attendance is 1,700 for a friendly match against Stockport County in August 1994. During the 1966 World Cup it was used by the Portuguese national team as a training ground and has also had the honour of hosting a soccer school run by Brazilian legend Jairzinho during the summer of 1993.

It has a covered main stand on the west side of the pitch that can seat approximately 250 and contains the changing rooms underneath; the other three sides of the pitch are uncovered and surrounded by nothing more than a railing. Other facilities at the stadium include a clubhouse and a portable building that doubles up as the refreshments kiosk and hospitality room.

[edit] Planned Refurbishment

All of the facilities mentioned above at Park Road stadium are in a state of disrepair. The club hope to make a start on their planned refurbishment of the stadium towards the start of the 2008-2009 season which will see improvements made to the main stand and the clubhouse along with a fieldturf pitch, similar to that at their near-neighbours Woodley Sports.

CTFC supporter's flags, reflecting the different colours that the team have worn over the past few seasons
CTFC supporter's flags, reflecting the different colours that the team have worn over the past few seasons

[edit] Supporters

Cheadle Town's average home attendance for the 2006-2007 season was 60, which was just below the average for the division as a whole. Most of this support consists of the players' friends and families.

[edit] Playing Squad

As of May 6, 2008:

No. Position Player
Flag of England GK Peter Mellor
Flag of England GK Steven Moores
Flag of England GK Anthony O'Keefe
Flag of England DF Scott Clarke
Flag of England DF Barry Cotterill
Flag of England DF Ben Roberts
Flag of England DF Adam Roberts
Flag of England DF Neil Logan
Flag of England DF Brad Fellows
Flag of England MF John Hussain
Flag of England MF Andrew Lindon
No. Position Player
Flag of England MF Tom Seaton
Flag of England MF Philip Corley
Flag of England MF Arron Riley
Flag of England MF Andy MacDonald
Flag of England MF Matt Smith
Flag of England MF Dave Bennett
Flag of England MF Sam Hall
Flag of England FW Dean Martin
Flag of England FW Scott Flanagan
Flag of England FW Michael Myers
Flag of Jamaica FW Carl Buchanan
Flag of England FW Adrian James

[edit] Players Who Went On To Play For Football League Teams

(club in brackets is the one joined by player after leaving Cheadle Town)

[edit] Honours

[edit] As Grasmere Rovers

  • Manchester & District Cup
    • Winners 1972-1973
  • Manchester League Division One
    • Winners 1979-1980
    • Runners-Up 1980-1981, 1981-1982
  • Manchester County Amateur Cup
    • Winners 1979-1980
  • Gilchrist Cup
    • Winners 1979-1980
  • Derbyshire Junior Cup
    • Winners 1979-1980

[edit] As Cheadle Town

  • Lamot Pils Trophy
    • Runners-Up 1990-1991
  • North West Counties Division Two Trophy
    • Runners-Up 1995-1996

[edit] League Performances

Cheadle Town FC: Final League Positions
Season League Position No. of teams Notes
1983-1984 North West Counties Div.3 15th 18
1984-1985 12th 18
1985-1986 7th 15
1986-1987 8th 13 Div.3 merged with Div.2 at end of season
1987-1988 North West Counties Div.2 12th 22
1988-1989 14th 18
1989-1990 6th 16
1990-1991 7th 18 Lamot Pils Trophy Runners-Up
1991-1992 9th 18
1992-1993 12th 18
1993-1994 12th 18
1994-1995 11th 16
1995-1996 6th 18 NWCFL Division 2 Trophy Runners-Up
1996-1997 9th 20
1997-1998 4th 21 Promoted
1998-1999 North West Counties Div.1 17th 21
1999-2000 18th 22
2000-2001 22nd 22 Relegated
2001-2002 North West Counties Div.2 17th 21
2002-2003 13th 19
2003-2004 16th 20
2004-2005 12th 19
2005-2006 14th 19
2006-2007 12th 18
2007-2008 14th 18
2008-2009

[edit] Foreign Tours

Despite being at the bottom of the football pyramid, Cheadle Town are famous throughout non-league football for their foreign tours and has a record of playing 96 games in 30 different countries in front of 312,000 people, scoring 111 goals in the process. They have even graced the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, playing to a crowd of 65,000. The foreign tours have seen Cheadle Town FC travel just over 200,000 miles around the world and meet people such as Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ronnie Biggs and Rajiv Gandhi.

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