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Chippenham Town Football Club has been in continual existence since 1873 and has had a particularly vibrant recent history.
After building a firm foundation for the modern game during the 1980’s with many capital projects, the present structure was formed in 1996 with the coming together of several successful business men. An historic cup run saw the club appear in the last F.A.Vase game at the old Wembley Stadium in May 2000 and although the Bluebirds failed to lift the trophy in front of over 20,000 supporters, this acted as a spring board for both on and off field growth.
There were back on back promotions from the Western League into the Southern League and then up into the Southern League Premier Division. Progress faltered slightly in 2003/2004 when the Bluebirds failed to gain promotion to the new Conference South following re-organisation of Grass Roots football and a general change in leadership at the club both on and off the pitch meant that for a while consolidation was the name of the game, not progress.
The following season, however, saw things settle down and the team were at the top of the Premier almost all year. Gate reflected this success with an average attendance of 634 and a spectacular local derby game against Bath City that attracted over 1,600 local people. The final Play-off at Harnish Park saw almost 2,000 people watch our team just miss promotion by the odd goal.
Season 2005/2006 saw a change of managers and almost a new team, but despite this we had an unprecedented season reaching the First Round Proper of the F.A Cup for the first time since 1951 last November. Although we lost the replay, and a chance to entertain Huddersfield at home in the Second Round with TV rights guaranteed, we still attracted a capacity crowd of over 2,800 - most of which were home supporters.
Once again we were in the top five in the league all year and only denied promotion to the Conference South by a last minute goal in the final of the Play-offs.
Although we hit a few hurdles in the 2006/2007 season, there still cannot be a better time to join in and support our popular local club.
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