Tomorrow's Opponents: Chadderton

It's another home match for Cheadle Town tomorrow night as they pick their footballing wits aginst Chadderton.

I've found it very hard to find any written history on Chadderton and their official website really isn't up-to-scratch to be honest, but I've managed to glean the following bits n' pieces from looking elsewhere.

Like Cheadle they were one of the founder members of the NWCFL back in the early 1980s. The 1988-89 season saw them promoted to Div 1 after finishing third, but their stay only lasted one season as they then finished bottom the following season. They were promoted again - despite finishing 11th in Div 2 - in 1991-92. Their stay in Div 1 was a little bit longer this time, lasting six seasons, the highlight of which being a 3rd place finish in 1992-93.

They got their feet entangled in the ground-grading red tape when at the end of the 1997-98 season they were demoted back to Div 2...despite finishing a respectable mid-table in Div 1! They have been in Div 2 ever since and have finished mid-table or in the bottom-half for the past five seasons.

As far as this season goes, they currently lie 9th and have a boatload of games-in-hand to play; decent results in all of them would put them right up there with the front-runners. They have only lost once this season (away to Padiham) out of nine games, so this isn't going to be easy for Cheadle Town. However, that elusive win just has to come sooner or later for us...surely??

For the love of God, come on Cheadle!