Cheshunt F.C.
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| Full name | Cheshunt Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Ambers |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Cheshunt Stadium, Cheshunt |
| Capacity | 3,500 (424 seated) |
| Chairman | Dean Williamson |
| Manager | Paul Wickenden |
| League | Isthmian League Division One North |
| 2016–17 | Isthmian League Division One North, 10th |
Cheshunt Football Club is a football club based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League Division One North and play at the Cheshunt Stadium.
The original Cheshunt F.C. was formed in or around 1880 and played in black and white stripes. The first recorded game was in 1892 against Ware. They won the first Herts Charity Cup in 1900–01, and went on to win it again in 1903–04 and 1905–06. They also reached the FA Amateur Cup semi-final in 1903–04, losing 2–0 to Ealing.
They played in Section B of the Southern Amateur League until World War I, afterwards joining the Athenian league in 1919. They won the Herts Senior Cup in 1923–24 beating Hoddesdon 3–0 in the final. After their best league position of fifth in 1926–27, Cheshunt's form collapsed and they finished bottom of the Athenian league for the next four seasons. Heavily in debt, they disbanded in 1931 after their landlords, Cheshunt Cricket Club, raised the rent on their Albury Ride ground.
The modern club was established in July 1946 at a public meeting in the Co-op Hall in Waltham Cross. A group of local businessmen decided to form a new club for the town, and local junior team Crossbrook Sports were used as the basis for the new club, retaining their amber and black kit. They immediately applied and were accepted into the London League, playing in Division One for the 1946–47 season. They finished runners-up (recording their biggest-ever win, 11–0 at Royal Ordnance Factory, in the process) and won the League Cup and Herts Charity Shield.
Cheshunt won Division One in 1947–48 but remained in the same division. They won it again in 1948–49, earning promotion to the Premier Division, and reached the Herts Senior Cup final for the first time. The following season they won the Premier Division, beating Tilbury on the last day of the season to clinch the title from them. They also reached the third round of the Amateur Cup following a run that included defeating holders Bromley in front of a record crowd of 5,000.
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