Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. Explained

Clubname:Chalfont St Peter
Fullname:Chalfont St Peter Association Football Club
Nickname:The Saints
Founded:1926
Ground:Mill Meadow, Chalfont St Peter
Capacity:4,500 (220 seated)[1]
Chairman:Denis Mair
Mgrtitle:Manager
Manager:Wayne Hiron
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Chalfont St Peter Association Football Club is a football club based in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Meadow.

History

The club was established in 1926 and initially played in local leagues.[2] In 1948 they joined Division Two of the Great Western Combination and were runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division One.[3] They were Division One runners-up in 1955–56, but left the league at the end of the 1957–58 season to join the Parthenon League, where Chalfont National also played.[3] [4] Two seasons later the club left to join the London League.

In 1962 Chalfont St Peter joined the Spartan League. When it merged with the Metropolitan–London League to form the London Spartan League in 1975, the club were placed in to Division Two.[5] After winning Division Two in 1975–76, the club switched to Division Two of the Athenian League, although at the end of the 1976–77 season the league was reduced to a single division. They won the League Cup in 1976–77 and 1982–83, and were Athenian League runners-up in 1983–84. However, the league folded at the end of the season and the club joined Division Two North of the Isthmian League. They were transferred to Division One South in 1986, and were champions of the division in 1987–88, earning promotion to Division One.

Chalfont St Peter remained in Division One until the end of the 1993–94 season, when they were relegated to Division Two. They were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1999–2000 after finishing bottom of Division Two. In 2002 Division Three became Division Two following league reorganisation. In 2006 the division was abolished and the club joined the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League. They were Premier Division runners-up and won the league's Challenge Trophy in 2007–08 with a 2–0 win against Brimsdown Rovers,[2] before finishing as runners-up again in 2009–10. They went on to win both the Challenge Trophy and Premier Division in 2010–11, earning promotion to Division One Central of the Southern League. At the end of the 2017–18 season the club were transferred to the South Central Division of the Isthmian League.

The club were relegated to the Premier Division North of the Combined Counties League at the end of the 2021–22 season after losing a relegation play-off to Boldmere St Michaels.[6] In 2023–24 they finished bottom of the Premier Division North and were relegated to Division One.

Ground

The club initially played at Gold Hill Common, before moving to Mill Meadow (also known as the Playing Fields) on Gravel Hill in 1949.[2] A stand was built in 1956, and a small amount of terracing built behind one goal,[7] which later had cover installed.[2] The ground currently has a capacity of 4,500, of which 220 is seated and 120 covered.

Club staff

PositionName
Manager Wayne Hiron
Assistant Manager Colin Landeg
First Team Coach Travis Blackbeard
Goalkeeper Coach Kennedy Newbert
Physio Bella Fulton
Source: Chalfont St Peter[8]

Honours

Records

Notes and References

  1. http://www.non-leagueclubdirectory.co.uk/index.php/clubs/chalfont-st-peter Chalfont St Peter
  2. https://www.chalfontstpeterafc.co.uk/the-club-menu/history.html History
  3. http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regions_2/gwc39.html Great Western Combination 1939–1964
  4. http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regions_2_SE/PL51.html Parthenon League 1951–1966
  5. http://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1Df2/Asp55.html Spartan League 1955–1983
  6. Web site: Saints v Boldmere St Michaels . Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. .
  7. http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/chalfont__st__peter.html Chalfont St. Peter FC
  8. https://www.chalfontstpeterafc.co.uk/first-team-menu/match-programmes.html?task=download&file=chal_match_report_pdf&id=297 Chalfont St Peter vs Rayners Lane
  9. http://www.chalfontstpeterafc.co.uk/index.php/the-club/club-honours Club Honours
  10. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p491
  11. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com%2Fclubs%2F930%2FJvtKTshERjaLb2OXVJNp_Westfield+Programme+2018-19+Cheshunt+%26+Chalfont+Online.pdf Meet our visitors