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Cammell Laird at home in front of some 500 for success in this League! 2013/14, Nogsy
supporters. left the Club in October that year, leaving his
ork was carried out during the close assistant Andrew Ellis to take charge.
Wseason to bring the ground up to lev- Andrew brought in ex CHUFC player Dar-
el five standard and they now possess a stand ren Woods to assist him but to no avail as
for 200 spectators and also erected a covered we were relegated to Division One finishing
area behind one goal. bottom of the Premier Division after flirting
Season 2006/07 had Chessington languish- with that position for the previous two years.
ing in the relegation zone but 15 matches Division One was probably a breath of fresh
unbeaten saw them finish a creditable 10th air & Darren & Andy took it on the chin &
position. 2007/08 season saw us use a huge
number of players who had us playing some
good attacking football, but the weather
caught us napping, & with only one match in
eight weeks, finally finished the season once
again mid-table.
2008/09 & saw the introduction of a new
manager after Paul Norris decided to step set out to earn promotion back to the Pre-
down after 10 years. Enter Glynn Stephens as mier Division but with 19 games to play, it
manager. Glynn had been reserve team man- seemed a bridge too far until a run of just
ager at Ashford Town (Middx) after a glitter- two defeats & two draws & a dramatic final
ing playing career amongst some of the top game of the season when, 1-3 down at HT v
Ryman teams, but he took to it admirably & Alton Town & Worcester Park beating Ban-
took the team to its second highest finish of stead, it all seemed in vain until a strange
6th, since we entered this competition. twist of fortune as the lads scored four 2nd
Four years later & sadly, Glynn found the go- half goals & Banstead won at Worcester Park
ing tough & halfway through the 20011/12 to send the mammoth crowd of over 350 de-
season, parted company with the Club. In for lirious, that means we finish third in the table
Glynn came once again……...Paul (Nogsy) above Worcester Park & back in the Premier
Norris!! Division, unfortunately, we couldn’t sustain
Nogsy changed the team around in an ef- our Premier Division status, once again,
fort to save the Club from relegation, but our pitch lets us down leaving us to play 16
all in vain as we finished third from bot- games in 34 days, a bridge too far as we end
tom, only Banstead Athletic & Mole Valley up 2nd bottom to be relegated to Div One.
SCR were below us, but our fate was in the Fifth in the following season meant we’d be
hands of a relegated Whyteleafe team who once again playing Division One in 2017/18.
were bottom of Ryman South but decided In the 2019/20 season Glen Nichols was ap-
not to come down to CCL but enter the Kent pointed as manager following the departure
League leaving us free to continue our quest of Darren Woods.