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Chasetown Football Club is an English football club based in the
Chasetown Chasetown is a village in the town of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. It is split between the civil parishes of Burntwood and Hammerwich. History Chasetown developed in the mid 19th century as a coal mining village. At first the village wa ...
area of
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, Staffordshire. The club plays in the and is nicknamed ''The Scholars'', having been formed by affiliates of nearby Chase Terrace High School in the
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area of Burntwood. Chasetown gained national recognition in November 2005 when the
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televised the club's
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first round home tie with
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, in which the team held their Football League opponents to a 1–1 draw. They went on to finish the 2005–06 season as
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champions and thereby gain promotion to the Southern League. In the 2007–08 F.A Cup they made the third round for the first time in their history after holding
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to a 1–1 draw and winning the replay 1–0. They lost the third round match 3–1 to eventual finalists Cardiff City. In doing so, they became the lowest ever ranked club to reach as far as the third round proper of the
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History

The club was formed in 1954 as Chase Terrace Old Scholars Youth Club and initially played in the Cannock Youth League. At the start of the 1958–59 season the club joined the Lichfield and District League, where the club spent three seasons, finishing as runners-up in the league and Challenge Cup. For the 1961–62 season the club stepped up to the Staffordshire County League before moving to the
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Division One and adopting the new name of Chasetown F.C. in 1972. In eleven seasons in this division Chasetown never finished outside the top four, winning the championship in 1977–78, but were prevented from gaining promotion because they were playing on a park pitch at Burntwood Recreation Centre. In 1983 the club moved to a new ground, The Scholars Ground, and gained entry to the Premier Division. Although the Scholars initially struggled to finish outside the lower reaches of the table, the team won their first trophy in 1989–90, defeating Oldbury United to win the League Cup, soon followed by winning the Walsall Senior Cup. Chasetown beat
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at the
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and retained the trophy in
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, beating Pelsall Villa 3–1. In the early 1990s, Chasetown won the West Midlands League Cup twice and finishing as runners-up in the twice. The Scholars were among the founder members of the newly formed
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in 1994 but failed to make an impression in the early seasons. In 2000–01 the club in a transitional period after the departure of long-serving manager Mervyn Rowe, and only escaped relegation due to the fact that no clubs were promoted from the lower division. Charlie Blakemore returned to the club in partnership with Michael Rowe, son of previous manager Mervyn, and the club's fortunes began to turn around, with two top-half finishes. In Blakemore's first full season in complete control of the first team, 2004–05, Chasetown won the Walsall Senior Cup for the third time and finished second to
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in the Midland Alliance. Chasetown were placed the national spotlight in November 2005 when the club reached the first round of the
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for the first time in their history. After defeating
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the team took on
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in a match broadcast live on television. A peak audience of 3.2 million people watched the game live. In front of 1,997 supporters, Chasetown took the lead through Nicky Harrison, only for veteran David Eyres to level the scores and send the game into a replay. Chasetown took 2,436 supporters to the replay but succumbed to a 0–4 defeat. As a result of this cup run the club was able to secure a shirt sponsorship deal with Richard Branson's Virgin Holidays for the 2006–07 season. Meanwhile, in the league, Chasetown rallied from 14th place at Christmas, 20 points behind leaders Malvern Town, to win the
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championship and gain promotion to the
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. In 2007–08, Chasetown beat
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2–0 to reach the second round proper of the
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for the first time in their history. This set up an away tie against Staffordshire rivals
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, which they drew 1–1 before winning the replay 1–0 to set up a Third Round match at home to
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side Cardiff City and making Chasetown the lowest ranked club ever to make the third round of the competition. While Chasetown lost the third round match to Cardiff City 3–1, they went ahead because of a Kevin McNaughton own goal, and held the lead until just before half-time. As a result of playing the F.A Cup tie in 2008, Cardiff City invited Chasetown to be the first official opponent at the Cardiff City Stadium, played on Friday 10 July, resulting in a 4–0 win for the Welsh side.http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/cardiff_city_4__0_chasetown_453337/index.shtml Cardiff's Stadium curtain opener On 1 May 2010, Chasetown won the
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play-offs, beating Glapwell 1–0 in front of a crowd of 1,265 to gain promotion to level 7 of the English football league system for the first time in their history. On 16 November 2010 Chasetown won a £10,000 Makeover Competition from the Northern Premier League, winning a £10,000 voucher from Travis Perkins builders' merchants to improve facilities at the Scholars Ground. On 14 December 2010 Chasetown beat
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2–1 in an FA Trophy replay, another cup upset as two divisions separated the sides and Kettering were at home. On 15 January 2011 Chasetown produced another upset by defeating Conference National side
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to reach the last sixteen of the competition. In the last sixteen they defeated
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of Conference South to gain a place in the quarter finals. In the 2012–13 season they finished 5th to secure the last play-off spot on goal difference and went on to beat Coalville Town in the semi-finals of the 8th tier play-offs to go to the final where they lost to Stamford. In the 2017–18 season they again secured a play-off spot and went on to play Bedworth United in the semi-finals where they lost 2-1. In the 2021–22 season, they finished 4th and drew third-placed
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in the semi finals of the playoffs. They won 1-0 with an 89th minute goal to reach the final where they played Belper Town but lost the game 1-0.


Crest

Chasetown's crest features a deer, in reference to nearby
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, and a
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Ground and supporters

The Scholars Ground has been Chasetown's home since 1983. The ten highest official attendances recorded at the ground for competitive fixtures are as follows:


Players

*Curtis Pond *Jordan Evans *Alex Melbourne *Mitch Clarke *Tom Unwin * Kris Taylor *Ryan Wynter *Mitch Botfield *Zack Foster *Oli Hayward *Jack Langston *Ben Lund *Jayden Campbell *Danny O'Callaghan *John Letford *Ryan Boothe *Aaron Ashford *Liam Kirton


Team management

*Mark Swann - Manager *Jamie Hawkins - Assistant Manager * Chris Slater - Coach *John Birt - Goalkeeping coach *Liam Brown - Head Sports Therapist * Kris Taylor - Player/Coach *Dave Harrison - Kit Manager


Honours and records

*
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Division One **Champions: 1978 *
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Premier Division Cup **Winners: 1990, 1991 * Walsall Senior Cup **Winners: 1991, 1993, 2005, 2014 *
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**Champions: 2005 **Runners-up: 2004 *Joe McGorian Cup (
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Winners vs League Cup Winners) **Winners: 2006 *
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**Runners-up & Playoff Winners: 2010


National cup record

*Best
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performance : Third Round Proper – 2007/08 *Best FA Trophy performance : Fourth round proper – 2010/2011 *Best FA Vase performance : Fifth Round Proper – 1999/2000


Team records

(1972–73 onwards) *Most league goals (season) : 94 (West Mids Div 1 ; 1975/76) *Most points scored : ** Two points for a win : 64 (West Mids Div 1, 40 Games, 1975/76) ** Three points for a win : 94 (Midland Alliance, 42 Games, 2005/06)


Individual records

*Most goals scored (career) : Tony Dixon – 197 goals (1987–94, 1995–98) *Most goals scored (season) : Mick Ward – 39 goals (1987–88) *Most goals scored (match) : Keith Birch – 11 versus Lichfield Laundry (21–1) *Highest transfer fee received : "undisclosed" amounts for Chris Slater and Kyle Perry (both
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) *Karl Edwards once scored in 10 consecutive league games – a club record *Danny Smith was Chasetown's youngest modern day goalscorer aged 17 years and 143 days *Chasetown became the first club from the eighth tier of the English football pyramid to reach the 3rd Round of the
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in the 2007–08 season followed by Marine vs
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in 2020.


References


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Chasetown FC Official Site

Chasetown FC News at nonleaguenews.co.uk

BBC: Motivation – Chasetown style. Hear the Chasetown manager’s "Churchillian" dressing room team talk.
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