Cheltenham Association Football League
Founded1900
CountryEngland
Divisions3
Number of teams39
Level on pyramidLevels 14 to 16
Feeder toGloucestershire Northern Senior League
Promotion toGloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two
Current championsWhaddon Unite
(2022–23)
Websitecheltenhamleague.co.uk

The Cheltenham Association Football League is a football competition based in England and has a total of three divisions. Its top division, Premier Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League.

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 3 divisions, comprising 39 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 2023–24

Source:[2]

Champions

Division One

Source[3][4]

Divisions Two to Six (recent champions)

Season Division Two Division Three Division Four Division Five Division Six
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
2019–20 Not Completed – COVID-19 Not Completed – COVID-19 Not Completed – COVID-19
2020–21 Not Completed – COVID-19 Not Completed – COVID-19 Not Completed – COVID-19
2021–22 Whaddon United (Div-One North) Kempsey Corinthians Montpellier
Season Division One Division Two Division Three
2022–23 AFC Kempsey Montpellier Montpellier Reserves

Source[5][6]

List of recent play-off winners

Season Division Two Division Three Division Four
2017–18 FC Barometrics Reserves AFC Renegades Malvern Vale Academy
2018–19 Bredon Reserves Leckhampton Rovers Malvern Cave

References

  1. ^ "Cheltenham Association League". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Cheltenham Association League website". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Cheltenham Association League- Division 1 Winners". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Cheltenham Association League – TheFA.com". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Cheltenham Association League". Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Cheltenham Association League – TheFA.com". Retrieved 30 May 2011.

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