Chester-le-Street Town Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Moor Park.

History

The original Chester-le-Street Town joined the

North Eastern League The North Eastern League was an association football league for teams in the North East of England. The league was founded in 1906 and was initially successful, with teams defecting from the rival Northern Football Alliance to play. Although som ...

in 1920. The league gained a second division in 1926, and the club were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1926–27 season.North Eastern League 1906-1933
Non-League Matters They finished bottom of Division Two in 1929–30 and 1930–31, and again in 1932–33. After finishing bottom of Division Two for a fourth time in 1934–35, the club transferred to the

Wearside League The Wearside Football League is a non-league football competition based in northern England. It consists of three divisions which sits at steps 7 to 9 (or levels 11 to 13) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Northern League Di ...

.North Eastern League 1933-1964
Non-League Matters However, they spent only one season in the Wearside League, leaving after finishing bottom of the table. The modern club was founded in 1972 as Chester-le-Street Garden Farm, named after the pub in which it was founded.Info
Chester-le-Street Town F.C. They initially played in the Newcastle City Amateur League, before moving to the Washington League in 1974, and then joining the Wearside League in 1977. In 1978 the club adopted its current name. They won the Wearside League in 1980–81, and after finishing as runners-up in 1982–83, they moved up to Division Two of the Northern League. The club won Division Two at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. Chester-le-Street were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 1988–89 season, but returned to Division One after finishing third in Division Two in 1991–92. Another relegation in 1996–97 was followed by winning the Division Two title, making an immediate return to Division One. They were relegated again at the end of the 2009–10. After finishing third in Division Two in 2015–16 the club were promoted back to Division One. However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the following season after finishing second-from-bottom in Division One. In 2017–18 the club won the league's Ernest Armstrong Cup, beating Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 2–0 in the final."Cestrians end long wait for cup glory", ''

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Ground

The modern club initially played at Low Fell in nearby

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as they were unable to find anywhere to play in Chester-le-Street. Between 1973 and 1977 they played at the Riverside in Chester-le-Street, before moving to the

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Colliery Welfare ground and then to their current Moor Park ground in 1978. The ground includes a 200-seat stand and a 500-capacity covered terrace.

Honours

*Northern League **Division Two champions 1983–84, 1997–98 **Ernest Armstrong Cup winners 2017–18 *Wearside League **Champions 1980–81 *Monkwearmouth Cup **Winners 1980–81, 1981–82

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 competi ...

performance: Fourth qualifying round, 1986–87 *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, 1985–86, 1993–94 *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 footbal ...

performance: Fifth round, 1984–85

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