Chatteris Town F.C.
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| Full name | Chatteris Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lillies |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Ground | West Street, Chatteris |
| Capacity | 2,000 (250 seated) |
| Chairman | Julian Young |
| Manager | Ashley Taylor |
| League |
Cambridgeshire League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 |
Cambridgeshire League Senior A Division, 2nd (promoted) |
Chatteris Town Football Club is a football club based in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the Cambridgeshire League Premier Division, and play at West Street.
The club was founded in 1920 as Chatteris Town Juniors, before adopting their current name in 1921. They joined the Isle of Ely League, and after a fast rise through the divisions, they won the league title in 1922–23. In 1924 they joined Division Two of the Cambrideshire League, and were promoted to Division One at the end of the season as the division was enlarged. In 1928–29 they won Division 1B, but lost a play-off against the Division 1A champions. In 1931–32 they won the Cambridgeshire League and transferred to the Peterborough & District League. In December 1935 financial problems caused them to withdraw from the league. In 1936 they reformed as a junior team, and joined Division 1B of the Cambridgeshire League, winning it at the first attempt.
They also rejoined the Peterborough & District league. They won the league in 1963–64, winning 30 of their 32 matches. The following season they won the title again, this time winning 29 of their 30 matches. A hat-trick of titles was completed in 1965–66, in which they won 27 out of 30 matches. At the end of the season they joined the Eastern Counties League in 1966, and won the League Cup in 1968. The club set its record attendance of 2,000 in a match against local rivals March Town United at the end of the 1988-89 season, a game which March Town United needed to win to clinch the ECL title (and did following a 5–0 win).
When the league added a second tier in 1988, Chatteris were placed in the Premier Division following a 7th-place finish the previous season. The club struggled in the new division, finishing bottom in 1989–90 (a season in which they failed to win a league game) and 1990–91, but were reprieved from relegation as the league lost members who were promoted to the Southern League and Division One clubs failed to meet ground grading criteria. However, the club were eventually relegated in 1995 after finishing bottom and winning just two league games all season.
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