Cheddar Association Football Club is a
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club based in
Cheddar
Cheddar most often refers to either:
*Cheddar cheese
*Cheddar, Somerset, the village after which Cheddar cheese is named
Cheddar may also refer to:
Places
* Cheddar, Ontario, Canada
* Cheddar Yeo, a river which flows through Cheddar Gorge and th ...
, near
Wells
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* Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England
* Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground
* Wells (name)
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*Wells, British Columbia
England
* Wells ...
in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Bowdens Park.
History
The club was established in 1892.
[Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p574 ] They later joined the Cheddar Valley League, and were champions in 1910–11.
[ The club later transferred to the Weston-super-Mare and District Football League,][ and won the Somerset Junior Cup in 1931–32. After ]World War II
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they rejoined the Cheddar Valley League. The club later moved up to the Somerset County League
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in 1961, finishing bottom of Division One in 1961–62 and 1962–63.Somerset County League 1960–1970
Non-League Matters
In 1988–89 Cheddar won the Somerset County League's Division Two and Three Cup.[2012–2013 Handbook]
Somerset County League In 1989–90 they finished third in Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. However, they were relegated back to Division Two after three seasons.[ In 2003–04 the club were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division.][
Cheddar were Somerset County League Premier Division runners-up in 2011–12 and were promoted to Division One of the Western League.][
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Honours
*Somerset County League
**Division One champions 2003–04
**Premier/Division One Cup winners 1999–2000
**Division Two/Three Cup winners 1988–89
*Cheddar Valley League
**Champions 1910–11
*Cheddar Valley Knockout Cup
**Winners 1911–12
*Cheddar Valley Charity Cup
**Winners 1947–48, 1949–50
*Somerset Junior Cup
**Winners 1931–32
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: preliminary round, 2018-19[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: Second qualifying round, 2016–17[
]
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Somerset
Association football clubs established in 1892
1892 establishments in England
Weston-super-Mare and District Football League
Somerset County League
Western Football League
Cheddar, Somerset