Cheltenham Association Football League
The Cheltenham Association Football League is a football competition based in England and has a total of four divisions. Its top division, Division One sits at level 14 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. There is also a feeder link to the Cheltenham League with the champion club from the Cirencester and District League being able to progress to Division One of the Cheltenham League.
The Cheltenham League is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
Background
The Cheltenham Association Football League is based in and around Cheltenham, providing league football for teams in a 50-mile radius of the town. From its humble beginnings in 1900, the league now boasts 4 divisions, comprising 53 teams and is a feeder league for the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League.Among the clubs that have left the Cheltenham League and now compete at a higher level are:
- Bishop's Cleeve
- Cheltenham Town
- Cirencester Town
- Cheltenham Saracens
- Evesham United
- Gloucester City
Member clubs 2019–20
- Division One
- Division Two
- Division Three
- Division Four
Champions
Division One
SourceDivisions Two to Six (recent champions)
Season | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | Division Five | Division Six |
2000–01 | Dynamos | Newton Heath | Phoenix United | Warden Hill United Reserves | |
2001–02 | Smiths Athletic Reserves | Bishop's Cleeve 'A' | Warden Hill United Reserves | Northway Reserves | |
2002–03 | Newton Heath | Warden Hill Reserves | Northway Reserves | Naunton Park | |
2003–04 | Rowanfield United | St Marks Reserves | Charlton Rovers | Tewkesbury YMCA Reserves | |
2004–05 | Bishop's Cleeve 'A' | Gala Wilton Reserves | Tewkesbury YMCA Reserves | Tewkesbury Dynamos | |
2005–06 | Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves | High Tech Rangers | AC Olympia | Tewkesbury Town | |
2006–07 | Finlay Rovers | Whaddon United | Tewkesbury Town | Churchdown Panthers | |
2007–08 | Whaddon United | Winchcombe Town Reserves | Tewkesbury Rovers | FC Barometrics Reserves | |
2008–09 | Whaddon United Reserves | Broadway United | Churchdown Panthers | Cheltenham & Gloucester | Cheltenham Saracens 'C' |
2009–10 | Real Whaddon | Gloucester Elmleaze | Cheltenham & Gloucester | Cheltenham Saracens 'B' | FC Lakeside |
2010–11 | Falcons | Smiths Athletic Reserves | RSG | FC Lakeside | Cheltonians |
2011–12 | Bibury | Hanley Swan | FC Lakeside | Welland | Newlands Athletic |
2012–13 | Gala Wilton Reserves | FC Lakeside | Priors | Pittville United | Hatherley |
2013–14 | Churchdown Panthers | Cheltenham Patriots | Shurdington Rovers Reserves | Northway | FC Lakeside Reserves |
2014–15 | Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves | Welland | Northway | FC Lakeside Reserves | Malvern Vale |
2015–16 | Welland | Shurdington Rovers | Bredon Reserves | Apperley Reserves | |
2016–17 | Andoversford | FC Barometrics Thirds | Cheltenham Civil Service Fourths | St Pauls United | |
2017–18 | Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves | St Pauls United | Prestbury Rovers Reserves | - | |
2018–19 | AFC Renegades | Malvern Vale | FC Lakeside Reserves |
Source
List of recent play-off winners
Season | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four |
2017–18 | FC Barometrics Reserves | AFC Renegades | Malvern Vale Academy |
2018–19 | Bredon Reserves | Leckhampton Rovers | Malvern Cave |