Chingford F.C.

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Chingford | image = | caption = | fullname = Chingford Football Club | nickname = | founded = 1952 | dissolved = 1987 | ground = Newgate Street, Chingford | chairman = | manager = | season = {{plainlist| *Final season *1986–87}} | position = <br />London Spartan League, 10th of 15 }}

'''Chingford Football Club''' was a football club based in Chingford, England.

==History== Founded in 1947, '''Chingford Town''' joined the Southern League in 1948. The club folded in November 1950, following withdrawal from the Southern League in the 1950–51 season.<ref>{{cite book |last=Edwards|first=Leigh |date= 1993|title=The Official Centenary History of the Southern League |publisher=Paper Plane Publishing |isbn=1871872081}}</ref> In 1952, '''Parkhill''' were formed in Chingford, entering the London League changing their name to '''Chingford''' in 1955. In 1964, Chingford became founder members of the Greater London League, before becoming founder members of the Metropolitan–London League. In 1975, the club joined the London Spartan League as founder members, playing in the league system for 12 years, before their final season in 1987–88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fchd.info/CHINGFOR.HTM|title=Chingford|website=Football Club History Database|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

==Ground== The club played at Newgate Street in Chingford. Chingford briefly used the facilities of Tottenham Hotspur in 1963, whilst awaiting Newgate Street to be ready by September 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecoldend.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-history-of-football-in-chingford.html|title=The history of football in Chingford – Chingford FC v Margate Reserves 1963|website=The Cold End|date=11 April 2020|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

==Records== *Best FA Vase performance: First round, 1974–75, 1977–78

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==External links== *{{fchd|id=CHINGFOR|name=Chingford}}

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