Cheshunt F.C.

Original club

The original Cheshunt Football Club was formed around 1880 and played in black and white stripes. The first recorded game was in 1888, winning 4–0 against Novocastrians. They won the first Herts Charity Cup in 1900–01 and went on to win it again in 1903–04 and 1905–06. They also reached the FA Amateur Cup semi-final in 1903–04, losing 2–0 to Ealing. After leaving the Football Association in 1907 to join the AFA, they then became founder members of the Southern Amateur League in the same year and competed in Section B until World War I, They joined the Athenian league in 1919–20, leaving and rejoining the Southern Amateur in 1920–21 where they won Section B, before rejoining the Athenian league in 1921–22. They won the Herts Senior Cup in 1923–24 beating Hoddesdon Town 3–0 in the final. After their best league position of fifth in 1926–27, Cheshunt's form collapsed and they finished bottom of the Athenian league for the next four seasons. Heavily in debt, they disbanded in 1931 after their landlords, Cheshunt Cricket Club, raised the rent on their Albury Ride ground.

Modern club

The modern club was established in July 1946 at a public meeting in the Co-op Hall in Waltham Cross. A group of local businessmen decided to form a new club for the town, and local junior team Crossbrook Sports were used as the basis for the new club, retaining their amber and black kit. They immediately applied and were accepted into the London League, playing in…

Listed by year in which they were appointed. Caretakers denoted by (C).

Isthmian League Division Two champions 2002–03 Athenian League Division One champions 1967–68, 1975–76 Challenge Cup winners 1974–75, 1975–76 Spartan League Champions 1962–63 Challenge Cup winners 1963–64, 1992–93 London League Premier Division champions 1949–50 Division One champions, 1947–48, 1948–49 Division One Cup winners 1946–47 Southern Amateur League Section B champions 1920–21 London Charity Cup Winners 1973–74 East Anglian Cup Winners 1974–75 Herts Charity Cup Winners 2005–06, 2007–08, 2016–17 Herts Charity Shield Winners 1946–47, 1965–66 Herts Senior Cup Winners 2021–22 Herts Senior Centenary Trophy Winners 1991–92