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HISToRy oF THE Club
        Chessington &



        Hook United




























         ormed as Chessington F.C. in 1921, the  club’s history, when they brought home sev-
      Fclub entered the Kingston & District  en trophies!
      League and within two years were the Divi-  espite the successes of the late 70s, the
      sion 4 Champions. Further honours proved  Dclub’s fortunes declined alarmingly in
      elusive through the divisions until 1961 win-  the early 80s. Relegation to the Surrey Pre-
      ning the Premier Division.            mier League was quickly followed by further
       By 1968, the club had moved to the Premier  demotion to the Surrey Combination, Bank-
      Division of the Middlesex League, which was  ruptcy was a real possibility. The introduc-
      their first taste of intermediate football.  tion of a new management team in 1986, led
      They ended that first season as Runners-up  by Chairman Graham Ellis, (of Hook Unit-
      and were consequently admitted to the Sur-  ed & Hook Youth) saw a rebirth of the club
      rey County Senior League – a major mile-  and return to former glory under the banner
      stone in the club’s history. Even more signifi-  ‘Chessington & Hook United FC’ & ex-skip-
      cantly, they became Division 1 Champions in  per Eric Wicks as Manager & Graham’s son
      the 1970-71 season. In 1972, the club joined  Paul assistant. By 1994, they were back in the
      the Home Counties League and continued to  Surrey Premier League, by just one point to
      play in the League until the formation of the  make a welcome return to Senior football in
      current Combined Counties League in 1978.  the Combined Counties League. Eric stands
       That season, the most successful in the  down due to work commitments, Paul takes
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