Cheltenham Association Football League
The Cheltenham Association Football League is a football competition based in England and has a total of four divisions. Its top division, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League.
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Founded | 1900 |
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Country | England |
Divisions | 4 |
Number of teams | 53 |
Level on pyramid | Levels 14 to 16 |
Feeder to | Gloucestershire Northern Senior League |
Promotion to | Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two |
Current champions | Andoversford (2018–19) |
Website | cheltenhamleague.co.uk |
The Cheltenham League is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
Background
The Cheltenham Association Football League is based in and around Cheltenham, providing league football for teams in a 50-mile radius of the town. From its humble beginnings in 1900, the league now boasts 4 divisions, comprising 53 teams and is a feeder league for the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League.[1]
Among the clubs that have left the Cheltenham League and now compete at a higher level are:
The Herd are another side that progressed from the Cheltenham League to the Hellenic Football League and in more recent years were known as Cirencester United, but the club has now disbanded.
Member clubs 2021–22
- Division One North
- AFC Cheltenham
- Bishop's Cleeve Reserves
- Bredon Reserves
- Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves
- Cheltenham United
- Hanley Swan
- Prestbury Rovers
- Tewkesbury Athletic
- Tewkesbury Town Reserves
- Worcester City Royals
- Division One South
- 303 Squadron
- Brockworth Albion Reserves
- Charlton Rovers Reserves
- FC Lakeside Reserves
- Fintan First
- Kings AFC
- Leckhampton Rovers First
- Shurdington Rovers
- Southside Star First
- Whaddon Utd
- Division Two
- Andoversford Reserves
- Charlton Rovers Third
- Cheltenham Civil Service Third
- Falcons Reserves
- Fintan Reserves
- Generation Next
- Gloucester Athletic
- Kempsey Corinthians
- Athletico FC
- Pittville United
- Welland Reserves
- Division Three
- AFC Kempsey
- Bishops Cleeve Development
- Fintan Third
- Gloucester Athletic Reserves
- Leckhampton Rovers Reserves
- Montpellier
- Newton
- Pittville United Reserves
- Relics FC
- St Johns Adults Reserves
- Tewkesbury Athletic Reserves
- Whaddon United Reserves
- Winchcombe Town Reserves
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Champions
Division One
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Divisions Two to Six (recent champions)
Season | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | Division Five | Division Six |
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2000–01 | Dynamos | Newton Heath | Phoenix United | Warden Hill United Reserves | |
2001–02 | Smiths Athletic Reserves | Bishop's Cleeve 'A' | Warden Hill United Reserves | Northway Reserves | |
2002–03 | Newton Heath | Warden Hill Reserves | Northway Reserves | Naunton Park | |
2003–04 | Rowanfield United | St Marks Reserves | Charlton Rovers | Tewkesbury YMCA Reserves | |
2004–05 | Bishop's Cleeve 'A' | Gala Wilton Reserves | Tewkesbury YMCA Reserves | Tewkesbury Dynamos | |
2005–06 | Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves | High Tech Rangers | AC Olympia | Tewkesbury Town | |
2006–07 | Finlay Rovers | Whaddon United | Tewkesbury Town | Churchdown Panthers | |
2007–08 | Whaddon United | Winchcombe Town Reserves | Tewkesbury Rovers | FC Barometrics Reserves | |
2008–09 | Whaddon United Reserves | Broadway United | Churchdown Panthers | Cheltenham & Gloucester | Cheltenham Saracens 'C' |
2009–10 | Real Whaddon | Gloucester Elmleaze | Cheltenham & Gloucester | Cheltenham Saracens 'B' | FC Lakeside |
2010–11 | Falcons | Smiths Athletic Reserves | RSG | FC Lakeside | Cheltonians |
2011–12 | Bibury | Hanley Swan | FC Lakeside | Welland | Newlands Athletic |
2012–13 | Gala Wilton Reserves | FC Lakeside | Priors | Pittville United | Hatherley |
2013–14 | Churchdown Panthers | Cheltenham Patriots | Shurdington Rovers Reserves | Northway | FC Lakeside Reserves |
2014–15 | Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves | Welland | Northway | FC Lakeside Reserves | Malvern Vale |
2015–16 | Welland | Shurdington Rovers | Bredon Reserves | Apperley Reserves | |
2016–17 | Andoversford | FC Barometrics Thirds | Cheltenham Civil Service Fourths | St Pauls United | |
2017–18 | Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves | St Pauls United | Prestbury Rovers Reserves | ||
2018–19 | AFC Renegades | Malvern Vale | FC Lakeside Reserves |
List of recent play-off winners
Season | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four |
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2017–18 | FC Barometrics Reserves | AFC Renegades | Malvern Vale Academy |
2018–19 | Bredon Reserves | Leckhampton Rovers | Malvern Cave |
References
- "Cheltenham Association League". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- "Cheltenham Association League - TheFA.com". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- "Cheltenham Association League- Division 1 Winners". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- "Cheltenham Association League - TheFA.com". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- "Cheltenham Association League". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- "Cheltenham Association League - TheFA.com". Retrieved 30 May 2011.