Chessington & Hook United F.C.

Chessington & Hook United

Full name	Chessington & Hook United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues
Founded	1921
Ground	Chalky Lane Chessington (Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman	Graham Ellis
Manager	Glynn Stephens
League	Combined Counties League Premier Division
2010–11	Combined Counties League Premier Division, 12th
Home colours

Chessington & Hook United Football Club is a football club based in Chessington, Greater London, England. The club was established in 1953, and joined the Combined Counties League in 1997. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division.

History

Chessington and Hook United Sports and Social Club have evolved from the original Chessington F.C., which was formed in 1921. A series of mergers over the years culminated with the coming together of Chessington United Football Club and Hook Youth/United in 1986.

This amalgamation brought together the Intermediate section of Chessington United based at Chalky Lane and the thriving Youth and junior sections of Hook Youth/United, which had been formed in 1986 and based at Lovelace Playing Fields.

The Clubs activities were to be centred on the facilities at Chalky Lane, which had been the home of Chessington United since the mid-sixties. They had taken out a lease on what was known as St Marys Recreation Ground, although at the time it was just an open space. Over the years the ground has been developed, almost entirely by voluntary effort, into the facility it is today.

Recently the Club has regained Senior status, with the Senior team playing in the F.A Cup and F.A.Vase. The strong Youth set up provides the opportunity for those aged between 5 and 18 to benefit from properly structured football.

In recent years the Club has been able to sponsor both Girls and Ladies football and has provided facilities for Archery and Ladies Netball.

The Club prides itself on the fact that it is maintained on a purely voluntary basis. All the Committee members, trainers, managers, ground staff and adult helpers give of their own time. Likewise the players receive no payment whatsoever from the Club. All players, from Youth to Seniors are required to pay a membership fee.

The aim of the Club over the years has always been to promote soccer through Youth with progression to Junior, Intermediate and Senior level as appropriate to the highest standard. Also, to foster and encourage other sporting activities for the local community consistent with the facilities available at the Club.

Since the establishment of Hook Youth in 1976 there has been a steady growth in the number of local youths who have become members of the Club. In the last few years there have been as many as 19 teams involving up to over 250 youngsters. The structure of the Club allows boys reaching the age of 18, or in some circumstances earlier, to have the opportunity to progress into the adult section of the Club.

History league and cup

1997-98 Won Promotion to the Combined Counties League

League Standings since entering the league

SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS

1997-98 COM CO 38 16 6 16 63 65 54 10/20 1998-99 COM CO 40 17 4 17 77 67 58 10/21 1999-00 COM CO 40 11 13 16 57 66 46 14/21 2000-01 COM CO 40 15 7 17 83 92 58 10/21 2001-02 COM CO 42 16 9 17 81 73 57 11/22 2002-03 COM CO 46 17 9 19 96 80 63 14/24 2003-04 COM CO-P 46 21 8 17 94 75 71 10/24 2004-05 COM CO-P 46 26 13 7 117 61 91 3/24 2005-06 COM CO-P 40 17 12 11 82 46 59 8/21 2006-07 COM CO-P 42 15 12 15 63 72 57 11/22 2007-08 COM CO-P 42 17 9 16 76 68 60 11/22 2008-09 COM CO-P 42 10 14 18 61 78 44 19/22 2009-10 COM CO-P 42 20 11 11 64 50 71 6/22

F.A. CUP

2000-01 PRE Hastings Tn H 1-6 2001-02 PRE Didcot Tn H 2-0 1Q Eastleigh H 2-5 2002-03 PRE Hillingdon Borough A 2-2 PREr Hillingdon Borough H 1-3 2003-04 PRE Merstham H 2-0 1Q Thamesmead Tn H 1-4 2004-05 PRE Bromley H 0-1 2005-06 PRE Sittingbourne A 4-2 1Q Hassocks H 0-3 2006-07 E PRE Mile Oak [H] 3-1 PRE Metropolitan Police [A] 0-7 2007-08 E PRE Tunbridge Wells [A] 4-3 PRE Horsham YMCA [A] 1-4 2008-09 E PRE V Dorking [A] 1-2 2009-10 E PRE V Chertsey Tn [H] 0-2

F.A. VASE

1999-00 2Q Abingdon United A 1-4 2000-01 2Q Arundel A 5-8 2001-02 2Q Chertsey Tn H 4-2 1 Selsey A 0-2 2002-03 2Q Beckenham Tn H 4-3 1 Abingdon United H 2-1 2 Ware H 2-4 2003-04 2Q Cowes Sports H 3-1 1 Carterton Tn A 2-1 2 Cray Wanderers A 0-6 2004-05 1Q Horley Tn A 4-5 2005-06 1 Horsham YMCA H 1-0 2 Carterton H 2-0 3 London Colney A 2-1 4 Cammell Laird H 1-2 2007-08 2Q Haywards Heath Tn A 4-1 1 Worthing United A 3-2 2 Crowborough Ath H 2-2 [A] 3-4 2008-09 1Q Steyning Town H 4-3 1 Shoreham A 0-3 2009-10 1Q East Grinstead Town H 0-1

Stadium

Chessington & Hook United plays its home matches at Chalky Lane, Chessington. The stadium comprises a small grandstand alongside one side of the pitch, as well as a covered standing area behind one of the goals, bringing capacity to approximately 3,000.

The stadium is located just off the A243, which itself connects the A3 and the M25. The A243 separates Chalky Lane from Chessington World of Adventures.

Personnel

Club officials

Position	Name
Patron	John Cole
President	Ray Hall
Chairman	Graham Ellis
Director of Football	Paul Ellis
Treasurer	Kelly McQuillan
General Secretary	Chris Blackie
Membership Secretary	Ian McMillian
Child Protection Officer	Kelly McQuillan
Historian	Reg Easton
Program Officer	Eric Wicks
Primary Webmaster	Andrew Ellis
Senior Secretary	Steve Kent
Match Day Secretary	Stuart Ripley
Vice Chairman Youth	Lee Nichols
Child Welfare Officer	Linda Parsons
Child Welfare Officer	Sarah Rising-Ellis
Overall Youth Secretary	Lee Nichols
Youth Sunday Secretary	Sarah Rising-Ellis
Youth Saturday Secretary	Debbie Harding

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Glynn Stephens
Assistant Manager	Andrew Ellis
1st Team Coach	Malik Buari
Goalkeeping Coach	Ronnie Orchard
Physiotherapist	Chris Barker

Current squad

As of 15 June 2011^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Daniels 2 DF Adam Chandler 3 DF Daniel Gurney 4 MF Steven Lang 5 DF Matt Holley 6 MF Aaron Cole-Bolt 7 MF Jimmy Harding 8 MF James Demianow 9 MF Barry Gooden 10 MF Andrew Heath 11 FW Adam Welch 12 FW Clark Barrow 13 FW Luke Fontana

No. Position Player 14 FW Kyle Green 15 FW John Duggan

Records

• FA Cup best performance: first qualifying round - 2001-02, 2003–04, 2005–06
• FA Vase best performance: fourth round - 2005-06

References

1. ^ "2010/11 First-team squad". FC. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chessingtonhookunited/s/players-coaches-1605.html. Retrieved 12 July 2019. 

External links

• Official website
• Results and fixtures on TheFA.com "Full-Time"
• Chessington & Hook United at the Football Club History Database