ABOUT US
St Nicholas FC, proudly known as ‘The Saints’, is a 3 Star FA-Accredited, Community Football Club based at The Ridings in Chipping Sodbury — a friendly market town in South Gloucestershire.
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CLUB HISTORY
The community football club was founded in 1979 when Abbotswood Youth Club and Heron Boys merged to form one Club. The coming together meant the expansion of the footballing side of Abbotswood Youth Club which at this time changed its name to St Nicholas Youth Club in the 1979/80 season. The club originally had links to St Nicholas Church in Yate. St Nicholas moved to the home of the Ridings in 1995 which is managed by the Chipping Sodbury Towns Trust.
For over forty five years, St Nicholas FC has been recognised predominantly as a club for young people, and for running one of the largest and most successful summer tournaments, attracting over 3000 people and teams from Europe, Wales and the South West every year.
The club continues to grow year on year and is now home to 600+ members, 140+ volunteers who together enable 16 boy’s teams and 14 girl’s teams in four different leagues on a weekly basis.
THE SAINTS TIMELINE
The club currently uses two different training facilities spread across Yate and Chipping Sodbury between the months of September and April arch. At all other times and weather permitting, the club trains on the grass at the Ridings.
At present, the club trains between 5 – 9pm five nights per week, providing over 23 hours of training and over c.8,050 participation hours every week.
Including competitive matches, St Nicholas provides over half a million participation hours every year, which impacts positively on its local communities by increasing well-being, individual, community and social development.
As an FA Chartered Development club, our range of FA qualified coaches ensure that all coaching is centred on improving a players technical and tactical skills, physical ability, psychological and social development.
- 1974St Nicholas football club was founded.
- 1979It was officially named ‘St Nicholas Youth Football Club.
- 1992Work started on building a clubhouse
- 1993 Work was completed by the end of the year
- 2004Club celebrates its Silver Jubilee (25 years)
- 2009Club celebrates its Golden Anniversary (30 years)
- 2009Club house and showers upgraded
- 2020Club celebrates 40 years
- 2024Club celebrates 45 years
Find Us
The Ridings
Wickwar Road, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol BS37 6GA