List of Chippenham Town F.C. seasons

Chippenham Town FC are an English football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, which plays in the Southern League Premier Division, the seventh highest tier in the English league system. They are nicknamed the Bluebirds and play their home matches at Hardenhuish Park. They are most noted as being the oldest football club in the South West of England.[citation needed] Their home kit consists of a blue shirt, blue shorts and blue socks.

Key

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

  • Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons

Notes on timeline

The club joined Division Two of the Western League in 1904, but also continued to play in the Wiltshire League.[1]
At the end of the 1905–06 season the club withdrew from the Western League.
Most competitive football was suspended in England between 1940 and 1945 due to World War II.
In the 1946-47 season the club did not play 3 of the scheduled matches due to the harshness of the weather.[2]
In the 1947-48 season the club did not play the scheduled match against Soundwell.
The departures of 13 clubs from the Western League in 1960 meant that Division 2 was scrapped. The 20 remaining clubs + Exeter City Reserves became members of a single section competition, hence no promotion is recorded here.[3] The club, between the 1964-65 season and the beginning of the 1968-69 season, left the Western League and rejoined the Wiltshire League.
At the end of the 1972-73 season, the club transferred to the Western League. The 1989-90 season saw the introduction of 3 points for a win.
The introduction of the English Football League pyramid system started around 1991 at which point the club were competing at Level 8
The Western League Premier Division became a Level 9 league in 2007 due to re-organisation of the lower league system. Seasons where the club were successful in gaining promotion or winning a trophy are highlighted in green and relegation in red.[4]
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Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Top league scorer [6] FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Average home
attendance
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
1904-05 Wiltshire League Division 1 N/A 20 7 2 11 56 55 +1 16 9th of 11
Western League Division 2 16 2 0 14 24 74 -50 4 9th of 9
Last place
1905-06 Wiltshire League Division 1 N/A 22 11 7 4 56 33 +23 29 3rd of 12
Western League Division 2 18 5 2 11 23 47 -24 12 8th of 10
1906-07 Wiltshire League Division 1 N/A 22 10 3 9 43 41 +2 23 6th of 12
1907-08 18 12 4 2 60 22 +38 28 1st of 10
Champions
1908-09 16 12 2 2 49 17 +32 26 1st of 9
Champions
1909-10 20 12 4 4 54 31 +23 28 2nd of 11
1910-11
Records incomplete 		17 7 2 8 41 36 +5 16 5th of 10
1911-12 18 7 4 7 35 36 -1 18 6th of 10
1912-13 20 9 7 4 58 28 +30 25 2nd of 11
1913-1919 No competitions
1919-20 Wiltshire League Division 1 N/A 20 9 6 5 39 26 +13 24 4th of 11
1920-21 26 12 5 9 51 44 +7 29 7th of 14
1921-22 27 17 4 6 67 23 +44 38 2nd of 15
1922-23 26 14 5 7 58 41 +17 33 2nd of 14
1923-24
1924-25
1925-26
1926-27
1927-28 28 15 2 11 85 71 +14 32 6th of 15
1928-29 28 19 5 4 100 39 +61 43 1st of 15
Champions
1929-30
1930-31 Western League Division 2 N/A 32 10 8 14 82 68 +14 28 10th of 17
1931-32 34 11 6 17 99 105 -6 28 12th of 18
1932-33 34 9 5 20 71 99 -28 23 17th of 18
1933-34 34 11 3 20 73 95 -22 25 16th of 18
1934-35 34 7 3 24 53 126 -73 17 17th of 18
1935-36 34 6 1 27 64 147 -83 13 18th of 18
Last place
1936-37 34 11 3 20 71 98 -27 25 12th of 18
1937-38 34 18 4 12 91 90 +1 40 6th of 18
1938-39 34 8 3 23 56 87 -31 19 18th of 18
Last place
1939-40 Western League N/A 20 7 2 11 51 78 -27 16 7th of 11
1940 - 1945 No Competitions
1945-46 Western Premier League N/A 26 15 4 7 84 41 +43 34 2nd of 14 2Q 2–0–1
1946-47 Western League Division 1 8 31 20 2 9 115 68 +47 42 4th of 18 PR 0–0–1
1947-48 33 8 6 19 65 97 -32 22 16th of 18 PR 1–0–1
1948-49 34 19 5 10 94 50 +44 43 4th of 18
1949-50 34 13 7 14 77 70 +7 33 8th of 18 1Q 2–1–1
1950-51 34 18 8 8 86 48 +38 44 3rd of 18 PR 1–0–1
1951-52 34 23 4 7 103 41 +62 50 1st of 18
Champions 		1R 5–2–1
1952-53 32 17 3 12 84 58 +26 37 5th of 17 2Q 2–0–1
1953-54 34 18 5 11 79 49 +30 41 5th of 18 4Q 4–0–1
1954-55 34 21 7 6 83 39 +44 49 2nd of 18 PR 0–0–1
1955-56 32 20 4 8 70 50 +20 41 4th of 17 1Q 0–1–1
1956-57 36 16 7 13 77 67 +10 39 8th of 19 4Q 4–1–1
1957-58 36 13 7 16 71 74 -3 33 15th of 19 2Q 1–1–1
1958-59 36 20 3 13 104 66 +38 43 6th of 19 3Q 2–1–1
1959-60 36 18 6 12 70 56 +14 42 3rd of 19 1Q 0–0–1
1960-61 Western League 8 40 18 5 17 79 81 -2 41 12th of 21 1Q 0–1–1
1961-62 38 17 6 15 79 71 +8 40 9th of 20 3Q 1–1–1
1962-63 42 15 12 15 92 60 +32 42 12th of 22 3Q 2–1–1
1963-64 42 15 8 19 75 62 +13 38 13th of 22 2Q 1–1–1
1964-65 42 16 8 18 75 82 -7 40 13th of 22 2Q 0–0–1
1965-66 Wiltshire Premier League 9 36 21 6 9 104 51 +53 48 3rd of 19 2Q 1–0–1
1966-67 32 22 6 4 102 50 +52 50 2Q 1–0–1
1967-68 26 15 5 6 82 29 +53 35 3rd of 14 2Q 1–1–1
1968-69 Hellenic League Premier Division 8 32 17 5 10 84 50 +34 39 5th of 17 1Q 0–0–1
1969-70 34 14 6 14 63 66 -3 34 9th of 18 3Q 2–2–1 1Q 0–0–1
1970-71 34 21 6 7 72 42 +30 48 4th of 18 1Q 0–0–1
1971-72 32 15 7 10 54 49 +5 37 5th of 17 1Q 1–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
1972-73 32 8 10 14 45 64 -19 26 11th of 17 1Q 0–0–1
1973-74 Western League 8 36 3 6 27 25 82 -57 12 19th of 19
No relegation possible 		1Q 0–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
1974-75 40 10 12 18 55 85 -30 42 15th of 21 2Q 1–0–1 2Q 1–0–1
1975-76 44 12 7 25 66 94 -28 43 20th of 23 1Q 0–0–1 PR 0–0–1
1976-77 Western League Division 1 9 34 17 6 11 53 43 +10 57 5th of 18 1Q 0–0–1 2R 0–0–1
1977-78 36 8 4 24 40 74 -34 28 19th of 19
No relegation possible 		1Q 0–0–1 1R 0–0–1
1978-79 36 19 7 10 56 43 +13 64 4th of 19 1Q 0–1–1 PR 0–0–1
1979-80 42 16 10 16 58 62 -4 42 11th of 22 1Q 0–0–1 1R 1–0–1
1980-81 36 25 8 3 76 24 +52 58 1st of 19
Promoted[4] 		1Q 1–1–1 1R 1–0–1
1981-82 Western League Premier Division 8 38 12 9 17 33 39 -6 33 14th of 20 PR 0–0–1 2R 2–0–1
1982-83 38 12 8 18 40 54 -14 32 13th of 20 1Q 0–1–1 2R 2–0–1
1983-84 38 13 8 17 44 56 -12 34 16th of 20 PR 0–1–1 2R 2–0–1
1984-85 42 16 14 12 62 49 +13 46 7th of 22 4Q 4–1–1 1R 1–0–1
1985-86 42 21 10 11 60 44 +16 52 5th of 22 3Q 2–1–1 4R 3–0–1
1986-87 42 14 14 14 53 50 +3 42 9th of 22 2Q 1–1–1 2R 1–0–1
1987-88 42 10 8 24 35 62 -27 28 20th of 22 PR 0–0–1 1R 0–0–1
1988-89 40 11 14 15 48 52 -4 36 12th of 21 1Q 1–0–1 3R 3–1–1
1989-90 40 14 7 19 36 46 -10 49 13th of 21 1Q 1–1–1 1R 1–0–1
1990-91 40 10 12 18 42 64 -22 42 17th of 21 1Q 0–1–1 1R 1–1–1
1991-92 40 13 7 20 58 95 -37 46 14th of 21 PR 0–0–1 2R 2–0–1
1992-93 38 8 14 16 65 86 -21 38 16th of 20 1QR 1–0–1 PR 0–0–1
1993-94 34 14 7 15 58 51 +7 49 8th of 18 1QR 1–1–1 1R 1–2–1
1994-95 34 14 9 11 54 54 0 51 8th of 18 PR 0–0–1 1R 1–0–1
1995-96 34 11 12 11 53 41 +8 45 10th of 18 PR 0–2–1 3R 4–0–1
1996-97 34 12 12 10 58 52 +6 48 5th of 8 PR 0–0–1 3R 3–0–1
1997-98 38 13 11 14 53 57 -4 50 12th of 20 3QR 3–2–1 3R 2–1–1
1998-99 38 25 7 6 93 41 +52 82 3rd of 20 PR 0–0–1 1R 0–0–1
1999-2000 36 18 9 9 69 41 +28 63 4th of 19 3 QR 3–1–1 Final 8–1–1
2000-01 38 30 5 3 109 27 +82 95 2nd of 20
Promoted 		QR2 2–2–1 QF 4–0–1
2001–02 Southern Football League Division One West 7 40 26 9 5 81 28 +53 87 2nd of 21
Promoted 		QR2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1
2002–03 Southern Football League
Premier Division 		6 42 17 17 8 59 37 +22 68 5th of 22 QR2 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1
2003–04 42 10 17 15 51 63 -12 47 21st of 22 QR3 1-0-1 R2 0-0-1 –
2004–05 7 42 22 9 11 81 55 +26 75 2nd of 22
Lost in playoff final 		QR2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 –
2005–06 42 22 11 9 69 45 +24 77 4th of 22
Lost in playoff final 		R1 4-1-1 QR3 2-1-1
2006–07 42 19 9 14 61 56 +5 66 7th of 22 QR2 1-0-1 QR2 1-2-1 509
2007–08 42 20 13 9 73 44 +29 73 4th of 22
Lost in playoff semifinal 		QR4 3-1-1 QR3 2-0-1 489
2008–09 42 20 8 14 64 51 +13 65* 8th of 22 David Pratt 16 QR3 2-1-1 QR2 1-1-1 420
2009–10 42 21 11 10 67 43 +24 74 3rd of 22
Lost in playoff final 		Lewis Powell 23 QR4 3-1-1 R2 4-1-1 411
2010–11 40 18 14 8 54 41 +13 68 7th of 21 Lewis Powell 14 QR2 1-0-1 QR2 1-2-1 411
2011–12 42 14 11 17 55 53 +2 53 11th of 22 Alan Griffin 19 QR1 0-0-1 R1 2-4-1 372
2012–13 42 13 12 17 63 67 -4 51 15th of 22 Alan Griffin 17 QR4 3-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 328
2013–14 44 14 6 24 59 87 -28 48 18th of 23 Alan Griffin 20 QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 319
2014–15 44 16 13 15 54 54 0 61 11th of 23 Alex Ferguson 10 QR3 2-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 310
2015–16 46 21 13 12 76 53 +23 74 8th of 24 Andy Sandell 21 QR4 3–1–1 QR1 0–0–1 352
2016–17 46 31 10 5 94 47 +47 103 1st of 24
Promoted 		Andy Sandell 27 QR3 2–0–1 QR2 1–0–1 463
2017–18 National League South 6 42 15 9 18 63 70 -7 54 13th of 22 Andy Sandell 12 QR2 0–0–1 QR3 0–0–1 600
2018–19 42 16 7 19 57 64 -7 55 13th of 22 Nathaniel Jarvis 17 QR4 2–2–1 QR3 0–1–1
2019–20 35 10 12 13 39 45 -6 42 14th of 22 Scott Twine 6 R1 3–2–1 QR3 0–1–1
2020–21 14 4 4 6 13 22 -9 16 16th of 21 Bradley Ash 4 QR4 2–0–1 R2 0–0–1
2021–22 40 16 11 13 61 50 11 59 7th of 21 Ricky Aguiar 7 QR3 1–1–1 R2 0–0–1
2022–23 17 4 4 9 12 24 -12 16 21st of 24 Caine Bradbury, Alefe Santos, Jordan Young 2 R2 4–1–1 R3 1–0–0


References

  1. ^ "Football Club History Database". Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Western League 1945-1865". Non-league matters.
  3. ^ "Non League matters - Western League History".
  4. ^ a b "Western League History".
  5. ^ Webb, Sandie & Doug. Town United: Chippenham and its Football Club.
  6. ^ National League South results