Chertsey Town F.C.
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Chertsey Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chertsey, Surrey, England. The club currently competes in the Isthmian League South Central Division.
Full name | Chertsey Town Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Curfews | |||
Founded | 1890 | |||
Ground | Alwyns Lane Chertsey, Surrey | |||
Capacity | 2,500 | |||
Chairman | Mark Turner | |||
Manager | Mark Harper | |||
League | Isthmian League South Central Division | |||
2023–24 | Isthmian League South Central Division, 1st of 21 (promoted) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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The club was established as Chertsey Football Club in 1890 and joined the Metropolitan League in 1963. After three seasons, they moved to the Spartan League and finished as runners-up in the 1974–75 season. The following year, they became founder members of the London Spartan League after a merger of their existing league merged with the Metropolitan-London League. Chertsey Town joined the Athenian League a year later and remained until the league disbanded in 1984. They subsequently joined the Isthmian League but immediately suffered relegation to the Combined Counties League. The club returned at the first time of asking as runners-up, and in 1986 began a 20-season stay in the Isthmian League, achieving three promotions and three relegations across the divisions.
In 2006, the Curfews returned to the Combined Counties League with a restructuring of the non-league pyramid and regularly finished in the top half of the table. In 2011, Chertsey Town finished as runners up and were promoted to the Southern League Division One Central after a dispute over the suitability of the league winner's ground for the higher division. However, the club struggled for three seasons before suffering relegation back to the Combined Counties League. In the 2018–19 season, the Curfews won the Combined Counties League Premier Division with just three defeats and were crowned FA Vase winners at Wembley Stadium.
The club won the Isthmian South Central Div 1 and were promoted to step 3 in 2023–24 after winning the title with 100 points and 103 goals scored, losing just one game all season.