West Didsbury & Chorlton A.F.C.
Association football club in Greater Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Didsbury & Chorlton Association Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a suburb of Manchester, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division, the ninth tier of English football, and play at The Recreation Ground, currently known as The Step Places Stadium for sponsorship reasons,[4] but mostly referred to as Brookburn Road. Nicknamed "West", the club was founded as Christ Church in 1908. In 1920, the club changed its name to West Didsbury, and after moving to their current stadium, Brookburn Road, in Chorlton in 1997 they changed their name to West Didsbury & Chorlton to reflect this.
Full name | West Didsbury & Chorlton Association Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | West | ||
Founded | 1908, as Christ Church A.F.C. | ||
Ground | The Recreation Ground, Brookburn Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester | ||
Capacity | 1,320 [1] | ||
Chairman | Steve Eckersley [2] | ||
Manager | Paul Marshall[3] | ||
League | North West Counties League Premier Division | ||
2023–24 | North West Counties League Premier Division, 16th of 24 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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West spent most of its history in the Lancashire and Cheshire League, then joined the Manchester League Division One in 2006. After gaining promotion to the Manchester League Premier Division and entering the FA Vase in 2011, the club was accepted into the North West Counties Football League Division One for the 2012–13 season, and gained promotion to the Premier Division after just one season.