CHESS FC

Photograph of football players wearing blue and yellow shirts

Five-a-side football matches

Our team was formed in the autumn of 2008 and contains both service users and staff members. Originally called "CHESS Masters", a certain natural modesty (and an unaccountable delay in becoming masters of the game) has resulted in a rename to simply "CHESS FC".

The team is now into its fourth season in the Dovedale Sports Centre Five-a-Side League, which looks like being the longest season yet. They may not have been as successful in their previous matches as they might have hoped but the team has been very successful in bringing people together and helping them to enjoy themselves.

How are we going to do this season? That could depend on how much support we get. Why not come and cheer the team along? Matches are played at the Dovedale Sports Centre in Vicarage Road on Sunday evenings. Two matches are played against the same opponents. Each match lasts 15 minutes and there is a gap between the two to allow the teams a breather.

This season's fixtures are as follows:

DateAgainstTimeResult
6 June 2010BNR19.30Lost
20.00Lost
13 June 2010Inter Pies19.30Won
21.35Won
20 June 2010OC's19.15Lost
19.45Lost
4 July 2010FC Banteronia19.30Won
20.00Won
18 July 2010Thomsons20.30
21.00
25 July 2010New Writtle Street United18.15
18.45
1 August 2010Los Limones19.15
19.45
8 August 2010Beer Guts No Glory19.30
20.00
15 August 2010The Rain Mysterios20.30
21.00
29 August 2010DK Dons18.30
19.00
5 September 2010Pin Pals18.15
18.45
12 September 2010Cameron Athletic20.15
20.45
19 September 2010RATC United21.15
21.45
26 September 2010Charlie FC18.15
18.45
3 October 2010Queen's Park Rovers21.30
22.00

The games that were to be played on 27 June were deferred to 3 October because they clashed with some lesser tournament or other taking place in South Africa.