1. Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The club was founded in 1887, and has played its home games at Whaddon Road Stadium since 1932.
2. The club's nickname is "The Robins", which is a reference to the club's red and white striped home kit, resembling the breast of a robin.
3. Fellow Gloucestershire club Forest Green Rovers are their main rivals. Other rivals include Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Swindon Town and Oxford United.
4. Cheltenham have had success in recent years they were promoted as Champions of League Two in 2020-21. They were also promoted as play-off winners to League One in 2002 and 2006.
5. Cheltenham won promotion to the Football League for the first time in 1998-99 by winning the Conference title under manager Steve Cotterill.
2. The club's nickname is "The Robins", which is a reference to the club's red and white striped home kit, resembling the breast of a robin.
3. Fellow Gloucestershire club Forest Green Rovers are their main rivals. Other rivals include Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Swindon Town and Oxford United.
4. Cheltenham have had success in recent years they were promoted as Champions of League Two in 2020-21. They were also promoted as play-off winners to League One in 2002 and 2006.
5. Cheltenham won promotion to the Football League for the first time in 1998-99 by winning the Conference title under manager Steve Cotterill.
Home of Cheltenham Town FC
Opened 1927
Capacity 7,066
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Fantastic for kids to be up close & personal with the professionals and to be fair it is probably the right size for the level of football played there. Away supporters seem to enjoy the quintessential atmosphere of a typical West Country club and they often sing to ask if they are in a Library. They’re not. The Robins have a well informed regular support of approx. 2.5k who are quiet students of the game. The food & drink tends to very pricey for what is served whilst the queues are painfully slow. Whether that is for the Gents or a sausage roll. Hopefully a multi-billionaire will come in to Cheltenham and revitalise the club and the stadium.
2 months ago
Don't look at the bouncers, sorry stewards, the wrong way. That's slightly unfair, because the meet and greet staff outside, before the match are alright, I might go so far as to say decent human beings.
Don't expect a drink inside, in fact don't expect a drink after leaving the town centre, unless you visit the newsagents/off license, on the corner, before they sell out... In which case you obviously didn't go into town.
Hope and pray that your team don't score, or, if they do, don't celebrate, because suddenly hundreds of meatheads, who tell everyone in earshot that they don't even like football, suddenly appear from the far corner to restore obeisance...
I used to think that Pride Park was what fascism looked like, in action, and still do, but I've now witnessed a worse example.
If you're heading for the home end, in the interest of fairness, it's the polar opposite, and a good day out...
a year ago
History (from Wikipedia)
The stadium, on the site of what was the Berkeley Hunt kennels, was built by the Cheltenham Original Brewery in 1927 and has been the home of Cheltenham Town since 1932, although it did not host senior football for 67 years. Cheltenham marked their 70th anniversary at the stadium by winning promotion to the Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football, for the first time.
The record attendance is 8,326, at a game versus Reading, FA Cup 1st Round, 17 November 1956. Whaddon Road was the smallest League One stadium in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 season.
Stands[edit]
The ground is made up of 4 stands:
The record attendance is 8,326, at a game versus Reading, FA Cup 1st Round, 17 November 1956. Whaddon Road was the smallest League One stadium in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 season.
Stands[edit]
The ground is made up of 4 stands:
- Hazlewoods Stand (Whaddon Road) - capacity 1,100. An all-seated stand behind one of the goals, initially named the Carlsberg Stand, it was opened in 2005 and is designated for away fans. For the 2009-10 season it was given to home supporters, but after one season it was returned to away fans.
- Colin Farmer Stand (Wymans Road) - capacity 2,034. An all-seated stand that runs down one side of the pitch. The stand was opened in November 2001 and is home to the vocal "1887 Red Army" supporters, who are situated in block 7, as well as the Family Section in Block 1. For big games, two sections of the stand are given to away supporters. It was renamed the Colin Farmer Stand at the beginning of the 2016-17 season, in memory of Colin Farmer, a club legend.
- Speedy Skips Stand (Prestbury Road End) - capacity about 2,100. Given a roof in 2000-01, this is now a covered terrace and is the home standing end.
- Autovillage Stand (Main Stand) - capacity about 1,800. Built in 1963, it is a mixture of terracing (Tunnel and Paddock enclosures) at the front and seating at the back. The Main Stand runs down one side of the pitch, but is unusual in that it does not stretch the full length of the touchline and does not reach either corner flag. It contains the players dressing rooms, and hospitality, directors' and press boxes.
Things to do in Cheltenham.