Chipstead Football Club is a football club based in Chipstead, near

Banstead Banstead is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It is south of Sutton, south-west of Croydon, south-east of Kingston-upon-Thames, and south of Central London. On the North Downs, it is on three of the four ma ...

, in Surrey, England. Affiliated to the

Surrey County Football Association The Surrey County Football Association was founded in 1877 and affiliated to The Football Association in 1882, at the same time as a County Senior Cup competition, the Surrey Senior Cup, was established. The organisation administers all levels ...

, they are currently members of the and play at High Road.

History

The club was established in 1906 after a team was formed by locals to play workers building

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.The History of Chipsted F.C.
Chipstead F.C. In 1962 the club joined the Surrey Intermediate League, where they played until joining the new Surrey Premier League in 1982. They were subsequently runners-up on three occasions and won the League Cup three times. In 1986 Chipstead moved up to 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, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and ...

. They won the league's Challenge Trophy in the first season,Honours
Combined Counties League and went on to win the title in 1989–90. They were runners-up the following season won the Challenge Trophy again in 1990–91. The 1992–93 season saw them finish as runners-up and win the Premier Division Challenge Cup, with the Challenge Cup won again in 1994–95. They were league runners-up again the following season. After winning the league for a second time in 2006–07 the club were promoted to Division One South of the Isthmian League.

Ground

The club play at High Road, which was originally part of the Shabden Park Farm estate owned by Lord Marshall. After

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players changed in a cow shed until a new hut was brought in from Hookwood. The ground was bought from the local council in 1998. A 100-seat stand was erected in 2004 to replace an old wooden stand. There is also covered standing for 150 installed behind one goal.Chipstead
Pyramid Passion The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated and 200 covered.

Honours

*Combined Counties League **Premier Division champions 1989–90, 2006–07 **Premier Division Challenge Cup winners 1992–93, 1994–95 **Challenge Trophy winners 1986–87, 1990–91 *East Surrey Charity Cup **Winners 1960–61

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2008–09 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

performance: Second qualifying round, 2009–10 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: Third round, 1997–98, 1998–99 *Record attendance: 1,170 *Most goals: Mick Nolan, 124

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