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Cambridge City
Full name	Cambridge City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Lilywhites
Founded	1908 (as Cambridge Town)
Ground	City Ground, Cambridge (Capacity 3,000 (1,000 seated))
Chairman	Kevin Satchell
Manager	Gary Roberts
League	Conference South
2006-07	Conference South, 14th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Cambridge City Football Club is an English football club currently playing in the Conference South.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 First-team squad[2] 3.1 Players out on loan 4 History 5 Reserve team 6 Trivia 7 References 8 External links

Founded in 1908, the club was known as Cambridge Town F.C. until the city of Cambridge was formally granted city status in 1951. Both they and their neighbours Abbey United F.C. then applied to change their name to Cambridge City F.C. Cambridge Town's application was approved because it arrived first and therefore Abbey United changed their name to Cambridge United F.C.

In the 1960s and early 1970s Cambridge City were a dominant force, commanding the highest attendances in non-league football. However, since Cambridge United F.C. got elected into the Football League, City have struggled to attract as many supporters to their games. By the early 1980s, the club were attracting fewer than 200 supporters to each game. Gates have improved steadily in recent years and City now average approximately 500 per game. After several years in the 1990s avoiding relegation, the club have recently managed to maintain higher standards; they had a good FA Cup run in 2004-05 and are consistently in the top half of their league. The team has suffered just two relegations in its 99 year history and is on a run of 22 consecutive seasons in the second tier of non-league football. Since United's relegation from the League in 2005, the two Cambridge clubs are now only one division apart.

For more details on this topic, see City Ground, Cambridge.

The City Ground (also known as "Milton Road"), has been Cambridge City's home ground since 1922. It is located in the Chesterton area of the city, approximately 1km north of the city centre. The ground was one of the largest outside the football league and was estimated to have a capacity in excess of 20,000, although the highest recorded attendance was 12,058 against Leytonstone on 11th Feb 1950. The capacity is currently 3,000.

The club has been in a legal dispute with their landlords over the ground, which was sold by a previous Board of Directors for less than its market value. The High Court ruled that the club had been fradulently misrepresented, and has allowed City to remain at the City Ground until at least 2010 and receive 50% of the development profits on the site.^[1]

No. Position Player -- GK Shane Herbert -- GK Martin Davies -- DF Lee Chaffey (captain) -- DF Glen Fuff -- DF Joe Bruce -- MF Stuart Wall -- MF Antonio Gonella -- MF Ben Bowditch -- MF Steve Wales -- MF Mark E'Beyer -- MF Josh Simpson -- MF Stuart Wall -- MF Craig Radcliffe -- MF Ashley Fuller -- FW Michael Gash -- FW Lee Roache -- FW Neil Midgley

No. Position Player -- MF Lewis Baillie - to Tiptree United F.C.

• 1908 - Formed as 'Cambridge Town'
• 1936 - Refused an invitation to join the Football League ( Ipswich Town, were also invited and joined) on account of the club's amateur principles
• 1945-50 - Won Spartan League three times in five seasons
• 1950-51 - Joined Athenian League
• 1958-59 - Joined Southern League South Eastern zone as a professional club
• 1962-63 - Southern League Champions
• 1968 - Relegated to Division One - club goes semi-pro
• 1969-70 - Southern League Division One runner-up; promoted to Premier Division
• 1970-71 - Southern League runner-up (on goal average)
• 1972-73 - Notable friendly result: Cambridge City 3 Borussia Dortmund 0
• 1976 - Relegated to Division One North
• 1979-80 - League re-organised to Southern & Midland Divisions (no Premier); placed in Midland Division
• 1982-83 - Switched to Southern Division
• 1985-86 - Southern League Southern Division Champions (on goal diff.); promoted to Premier Division
• 2004-05 - Joined Conference in newly-formed Southern Division
• 2005-06 - Cambridge City Supporters Trust takes over running of the club.
• 2006-07 - Success in a High Court case against the Club's landlords.^[3]

• Best league position: 1st in Southern League, 1962-63
• Best FA Cup performance: 2nd round, 2004-05
• Best FA Trophy performance: 5th round, 2004-05 & 2005-06

Source: Cambridge City at the Football Club History Database

Cambridge City Reserves F.C. joined the Eastern Counties Football League in 1959 and won the Division One title in 2004. They were replaced in the league in 2006 by the newly-formed feeder club Cambridge Regional College F.C..

• 1959-60 Joined Eastern Counties League
• 1961-62 Runners-up
• 1963-64 Joined Metropolitan League
• 1965-66 Rejoined Eastern Counties League
• 1966 Left Eastern Counties League
• 1973-74 Rejoined Eastern Counties League
• 1976 Left Eastern Counties League
• 1991-92 Rejoined Eastern Counties League, in Division One
• 1995 Left Eastern Counties League
• 1996-97 Rejoined Eastern Counties League
• 1998 Left Eastern Counties League
• 1999-00 Rejoined Eastern Counties League
• 2003-04 Eastern Counties League Division One Champions; Promoted to Premier Division

• Best league position: 2nd in Eastern Counties League, 1961-62

Source: Cambridge City Reserves at the Football Club History Database

The club feature prominently in Nick Hornby's book Fever Pitch, as Hornby attended many of their games during his time at Cambridge University.

• Official site
• Cambridge City Supporters Trust Website
• CCFC Fans Forum
• Unofficially City Fan Site
• Cambridge City on Myspace

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