Chalfont St Peter Association Football Club is a

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club based in

Chalfont St Peter Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe a ...

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshir ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Meadow.

History

The club was established in 1926 and initially played in local leagues.History
Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. In 1948 they joined Division Two of the

Great Western Combination The Great Western Combination was a football league in south-central England. History The league was established in 1939, initially as a wartime competition as many other leagues had been abandoned following the outbreak of World War II. Its or ...

and were runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division One.Great Western Combination 1939–1964
Non-League Matters They were Division One runners-up in 1955–56, but left the league at the end of the 1957–58 season to join the

Parthenon League The Parthenon League was a association football, football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area. History The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.

, where Chalfont National also played. Two seasons later the club left to join the London League. In 1962 Chalfont St Peter joined the

Spartan League The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League. History The Spartan League was establi ...

. When it merged with the

Metropolitan–London League The Metropolitan–London League was a short-lived football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1971 by a merger of the Greater London League and the Metropolitan League (which had lost several clubs to the Southern League). I ...

to form the

London Spartan League The Spartan League was a Association football, football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands Football League, Spartan So ...

in 1975, the club were placed in to Division Two. After winning Division Two in 1975–76, the club switched to Division Two of the

Athenian League The Athenian League was an England, English amateur association football, football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football ...

, although at the end of the 1976–77 season the league was reduced to a single division. They won the League Cup in 1976–77 and 1982–83, and were Athenian League runners-up in 1983–84. However, the league folded at the end of the season and the club joined Division Two North of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...

. They were transferred to Division One South in 1986, and were champions of the division in 1987–88, earning promotion to Division One. Chalfont St Peter remained in Division One until the end of the 1993–94 season, when they were relegated to Division Two. They were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1999–2000 after finishing bottom of Division Two. In 2002 Division Three became Division Two following league reorganisation. In 2006 the division was abolished and the club joined the Premier Division of the

Spartan South Midlands League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

. They were Premier Division runners-up and won the league's Challenge Trophy in 2007–08 with a 2–0 win against Brimsdown Rovers, before finishing as runners-up again in 2009–10. They went on to win both the Challenge Trophy and Premier Division in 2010–11, earning promotion to Division One Central of the Southern League. At the end of the 2017–18 season the club were transferred to the South Central Division of the Isthmian League. The club were relegated to the Premier Division North of the

Combined Counties League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half of Greater Lond ...

at the end of the 2021–22 season after losing a relegation play-off to Boldmere St Michaels. In 2023–24 they finished bottom of the Premier Division North and were relegated to Division One.

Ground

The club initially played at Gold Hill Common, before moving to Mill Meadow (also known as the Playing Fields) on Gravel Hill in 1949. A stand was built in 1956, and a small amount of terracing built behind one goal, which later had cover installed. The ground currently has a capacity of 4,500, of which 220 is seated and 120 covered.

Club staff

Honours

*Isthmian League **Division Two champions 1987–88 *Athenian League **League Cup winners 1976–77, 1982–83 *Spartan League **Division Two champions 1975–76 *Spartan South Midlands League **Premier Division champions 2010–11 **Challenge Trophy winners 2007–08, 2010–11 *Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup **Winners 1952–53, 1984–85Club Honours
Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. *Berks & Bucks Benevolent Cup **Winners 1964–65 *Wycombe Senior Cup **Winners 2006–07

Records

*Highest league position: 11th in Isthmian League Division One, 1989–90, 1990–91 *Best

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best performance: Third qualifying round, 1985–86, 1998–99, 2012–13, 2014–15 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

best performance: Third qualifying round, 1989–90, 1991–92 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

best performance: Semi-finals, 2008–09 *Record attendance: 2,550 vs

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, friendly match, 1985Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) ''Non-League Club Directory 2013'', p491 *Most goals, Eddie Sedgwick (148)Meet our visitors
Westfield F.C. *Biggest victory: 10–1 vs

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, Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 23 December 2008 *Heaviest defeat: 0–13 vs

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, Isthmian League Division Three, 7 November 2000

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