Chessington & Hook United F.C.
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| Full name | Chessington & Hook United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues, Chessy |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Ground | Chalky Lane, Chessington |
| Capacity | 3,000 (167 seated) |
| Chairman | Graham Ellis |
| Manager | Darren Woods & Andrew Ellis |
| League | Combined Counties League Division One |
| 2016–17 | Combined Counties League Division One, 5/18 |
Chessington & Hook United Football Club is a football club based in Chessington, Greater London, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Chalky Lane.
The club was founded by Bill Benham in 1921 as Chessington Football Club, joining Division IV of the Kingston & District League. They won Division IV and the Surbiton Times Cup in 1922–23, earning promotion to Division III. However, they were relegated back to Division IV at the end of the 1928–29 season after finishing bottom of Division III.
Despite only finishing fifth in Division IV in 1934–35, the club were promoted to Division III. The following two seasons saw them finish bottom of Division III, and they were relegated to Section A of Division IV in 1937, before moving to Section B in 1938. After World War II the club joined the Sutton & District League. They finished bottom of the league's single division in 1945–46, failing to win a match and drawing only twice, and were placed in Division II for the following season. After finishing bottom of Division II in 1947–48, they were relegated to Division IIIA. The 1950–51 season saw them finish bottom of Division IIIA, resulting in relegation to Division Four A.
In 1952–53 Chessington were Division Four A runners-up, earning promotion to Division Three A. After a season of consolidation, they finished second in the division in 1954–55 and were promoted to Division Two. They subsequently won Division Two at the first attempt, as well as winning both the Junior League Cup and the Junior Teck Cup, and were promoted to Division One. After finishing third in their first season, they won Division One in 1957–58, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1959–60 they were Premier Division runners-up. They joined the Premier Division of the Middlesex League in 1967, and after finishing second-from-bottom in their first season, they were Premier Division runners-up in 1968–69, after which they left the league.
Renamed Chessington United, the club moved up to the Surrey Senior League in 1971. The league evolved into the Home Counties League in 1978 and the Combined Counties League in 1979. When the league was split into two divisions in 1981, Chessington were placed in the Eastern Division. The league reverted to a single division in 1982, but Chessington left the league after finishing bottom in 1983–84.
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