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Chawton Athletic Football Club is a club based in Alton, Hampshire. The club are currently members of the Aldershot & District Sunday Football League and play their home games at the Jubilee Playing Fields.

History
Chawton Athletic Football Club formed in 2008 and originally competed in the Farnham & District Sunday Football League. They finished bottom of the league but have improved on that every season since.

In the spring of 2010, the Yellows, as they are affectionately known, finished second from bottom in the league but reached their first ever cup final, finishing runners up in the Runwick Cup. They did very well to get that far, winning the quarter-final with only 10 men and then faced a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final against the favourites to obtain the prize, Hartley Whitney.

After the demise of the Farnham League at the end of the 2009/10 season, the Chawton board decided to step down. But, rather than seeing the Club disappear back to oblivion, two players, Marc Taylor and Carl Waterfield, took over the running of the club and entered them into the Aldershot & District Sunday Football League. They played their first season in Division 6, breaking many Club records and winning more games then in their entire Farnham League tenure, finishing a respectable 9th.

At the start of 2011/12, the League reshuffled the divisions and Chawton found themselves in Division 7. They also moved to the Jubilee Playing Fields which is closer to their spiritual home and obtained new sponsorship from Elstead Lighting, who allowed them to stabilise the Club financially and to purchase two new kits. Their season was even more fruitful than the last. They reached the League Cup final, losing out to a last minute goal from a dubiously awarded penalty, but set a cup record scoring after only 7 seconds, the fastest goal in any cup in Aldershot Football League history. If it wasn't for point deductions they would of finished joint 7th in the league but had to settle for 9th again.

The future looks good for the Yellows as they’ve just secured a secondary sponsor, The Wheatsheaf public house in Alton, who is to sponsor the clubs training apparel. With pre-season looming, the Yellows are full of confidence for the coming 2012/13 season. There’s been a management reshuffle and spirits have never been more focused or higher.

Team staff

 * Manager: Martin Booth
 * Assistant Manager: Neil Bennett

Admin staff

 * Secretary: Marc Taylor
 * Treasurer: Carl Waterfield

Previous players

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jake Channon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Charlton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Patrick Cross
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Doyle
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Dudley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jordan Dunbar
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Edwards
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Furey
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Gillett


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Hannah
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Hewett
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Hodkin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Horner
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Ingram
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Ingram
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Ireson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Ireson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kieran Lenachan


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Merritt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Minto
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Nicholson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Palmer
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Parkins
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Partner
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Petrie
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Pink
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Pullman


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Russell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Skilton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Stevens
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Swailes
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karl Teague
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Teague
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carl Waterfield
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliott Watkins
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ollie Williams

Previous Seasons

 * Farnham Sunday League, Division 1:
 * 12th 2008-09


 * Farnham Sunday League, Division 1:
 * 12th 2009-10


 * Aldershot & District Sunday Football League, Division 6:
 * 9th 2010-11


 * Aldershot & District Sunday Football League, Division 7:
 * 9th 2011-12

Cup honours

 * Runwick Cup:
 * Runners up 2009-10


 * Division Seven Cup:
 * Runners up 2011-12

Records

 * Best league position: 9th, Aldershot & District Sunday Football League, 2011-12
 * Best Divisional Cup performance: Runners Up, 2011–12
 * Best Eric Holbrook Cup performance: Third round, 2012-13 (still in the competition)
 * Best Hampshire Cup performance: Second round, 2011-12
 * Record Goalscorer – Ben Hodkin, 49 (2010-12)
 * Record Appearances – Marc Taylor (2009-)
 * Biggest win – 13–2 vs. Aldershot Park Elite, Division Seven Cup Quarter Final, 2011-12
 * Biggest defeat – 10–0 vs. Royal Oak, Farnham Sunday League, 2008-09

Club Links

 * Club website
 * Blogsite
 * Facebook Fan Page

Other Links

 * Aldershot & District Football League