Chadderton Football Club is a football club in based in Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Andrew Street.
The club was established in 1946 as Burnley Lane Estate Juniors and initially played in the Middleton Youth League. The following year the club moved to Mill Brow, started an adult team and were renamed Millbrow Football Club. After moving again the club was renamed North Chadderton Amateurs. At the time, the club played in the Oldham Amateur League, winning its Challenge Cup in 1954âÂÂ55. They moved up to the Manchester Amateur League, winning the North division in 1955âÂÂ56 and adopting their current name in 1957.
At the end of the 1958âÂÂ59 season Chadderton were promoted to Division One. They were Division One champions in 1962âÂÂ63, and also started playing in Division Two of the Manchester League. They were runners-up in Division Two in both 1962âÂÂ63 and 1963âÂÂ64, before winning the division in 1964âÂÂ65. However, they were not promoted. The division was renamed Division One in 1966 and Chadderton were champions again in 1966âÂÂ67, after which they were promoted to the Premier Division.
In 1980 Chadderton moved up to the Lancashire Combination. When the league merged with the Cheshire County League in 1982 to form the North West Counties League, Chadderton were founder members of Division Two. A third-place finish in 1988âÂÂ89 saw them promoted to Division One. However, they finished bottom of Division One the following season and were relegated back to Division Two. Despite only finishing eleventh in 1991âÂÂ92, the club were promoted to Division One again. They played in Division One until being demoted at the end of the 1997âÂÂ98 season due to failing ground grading requirements. Division Two was renamed Division One in 2008.
A sixth-place finish in 2014âÂÂ15 season saw Chadderton qualify for the promotion play-offs. However, they lost 2âÂÂ1 to AFC Darwen in the semi-finals. In 2018 the club were placed in Division One North when the league gained another division. In 2022âÂÂ23 they were runners-up in Division One North, qualifying for the play-offs. In the semi-finals they beat Euxton Villa on penalties after a 1âÂÂ1 draw, before going on to defeat FC St Helens on penalties in the final (after another 1âÂÂ1 draw), earning promotion to the Premier Division.
The club initially played at Parkway when they were known as Burnley Lane Estate Juniors, before moving to Mill Brow the following year. In Mill Brow they played on a pitch next to the canal in Mills Hill. The nearby Rose of Lancaster pub was used as a changing room. They later moved to a ground on the Broadway road.