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HiSTOry OF THE Club

Chessington &

Hook United

ormed as Chessington F.C. in 1921, the current Combined Counties League in 1978.
Fclub entered the Kingston & District That season, the most successful in the club’s
League and within two years were the Divi- history, when they brought home seven tro-
sion 4 Champions. Further honours proved phies!
elusive through the divisions until 1961 win- Despite the successes of the late 70’s, the club’s
ning the Premier Division. fortunes declined alarmingly in the early 80’s.
By 1968, the club had moved to the Premier Relegation to the Surrey Premier League was
Division of the Middlesex League, which was quickly followed by further demotion to the
their first taste of intermediate football. Surrey Combination, Bankruptcy was a real
They ended that first season as Runners-up possibility. The introduction of a new man-
and were consequently admitted to the Sur- agement team in 1986, led by Chairman Gra-
rey County Senior League – a major mile- ham Ellis, (of HookUnited & Hook Youth)
stone in the club’s history. Even more signifi- saw a rebirth of the club and return to former
cantly, they became Division 1 Champions in glory under the banner ‘Chessington & Hook
the 1970-71 season. In 1972, the club joined United FC’ & ex-skipper Eric Wicks as Man-
the Home Counties League and continued to ager & Graham’s son Paul assistant. By 1994,
play in the League until the formation of the they were back in the Surrey Premier League,