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Chelmsley Town Football Club is a football club representing the town of Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at Pack Meadow in nearby Coleshill.
The club was established in 1927 by members of the Christ Church Bible Class under the name Christchurch Football Club. They joined the Handsworth League and later became members of the Mercian League. The club won the Mercian League Premier Division title in 1964–65 and 1966–67, before being renamed Chelmsley Town in 1968. After winning the Premier Division again in 1972, they joined Division Two of the Midland Combination. They won the league's Presidents Cup in 1977–78 and the Invitation Cup the following season. Division Two was renamed Division One in 1983 and the club were Division One champions in 1987–88, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
Chelmsley remained in the Premier Division until being demoted at the end of the 1995–96 season due to a lack of floodlights. They were relegated again in 1999–2000 after finishing bottom of Division One, and went on to finish bottom of Division Two in 2002–03 and 2003–04. In 2011–12 the club won the league's Challenge Vase and finished third in Division Two, resulting in promotion to Division One. In 2014 the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League, with Chelmsley placed in Division Two. In 2015–16 they were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to Division One.