Chichester City F.C.

Chichester City
Full name	Chichester City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Lillywhites
Founded	2000
Ground	Oaklands Park, Chichester
Capacity	2,000[1]
Chairman	Ashley Clack
Manager	Miles Rutherford
League	Southern Combination Premier Division
2017–18	Southern Combination Premier Division, 6th of 20
Home colours	Away colours

Chichester City Football Club is a football club based in Chichester, West Sussex, England. Affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association, they are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at Oaklands Park.

History

The club was established in 2000 as a merger of Chichester City and Portfield, and was originally named Chichester City United.^[2] Both clubs were in Division One of the Sussex County League, with the new club taking their place in the division, with the new club losing their first league match 5–1 at home to Saltdean United.^[3] They were Division One champions in 2003–04. The following season saw them finish sixteenth,^[2] although they won the Brighton Charity Cup, beating Horsham on penalties in the final.^[3] They retained it in 2005–06, defeating Ringmer 2–1 in the final.^[3]

In 2006–07 Chichester won the Sussex RUR Cup with a 2–1 win over Whitehawk in the final.^[3] In 2009 the club was renamed Chichester City.^[4]

Ground

The club originally played at Portfield's Church Road, with the agreement that Chichester District Council would sell the ground for housing and use the funds to redevelop Chichester City's Oaklands Park ground.^[5] They moved to Oaklands Park in 2008 after a 100-seat stand was installed; the final match at Church Road was a 5–4 win against Three Bridges on 19 April.^[3] A new clubhouse and changing rooms were completed in 2010, with hardstanding installed on all four sides of the pitch.^[5]

Honours

Southern Combination
- Champions 2003–04
Sussex RUR Cup
- Winners 2006–07
Brighton Charity Cup
- Winners 2004–05, 2005–06

Records

Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2001–02^[2]
Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2017–18^[4]

References

↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p775 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
1 2 3 Chichester City United at the Football Club History Database
1 2 3 4 5 Season by season history (since 2000) Chichester City F.C.
1 2 Chichester City at the Football Club History Database
1 2 History 1 Chichester City F.C.

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 50°50′33.040″N 0°46′31.480″W / 50.84251111°N 0.77541111°W / 50.84251111; -0.77541111

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[NLCD-1] Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p775 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

[FCHD1-2] 1 2 3 Chichester City United at the Football Club History Database

[H2-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Season by season history (since 2000) Chichester City F.C.

[FCHD2-4] 1 2 Chichester City at the Football Club History Database

[H-5] 1 2 History 1 Chichester City F.C.

2017–18 Southern Combination League
Premier Division	AFC Uckfield Town Arundel Broadbridge Heath Chichester City Crawley Down Gatwick Eastbourne Town Eastbourne United Association East Preston Hassocks Horsham YMCA Lancing Langney Wanderers Lingfield Little Common Loxwood Newhaven Pagham Peacehaven & Telscombe Saltdean United Shoreham
Division One	AFC Varndeanians Alfold Bexhill United Billingshurt Hailsham Town Littlehampton Town Midhurst & Easebourne Mile Oak Oakwood St Francis Rangers Seaford Town Selsey Sidlesham Southwick Steyning Town Storrington Wick Worthing United
Division Two	Angmering Seniors Bosham Brighton Electricity Copthorne Cowfold Ferring Jarvis Brook Littlehampton United Montpelier Villa Roffey Rottingdean Village Rustington Upper Beeding Westfield Worthing Town
Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19