Club Sponsors:    DTM Legal LLP

Secretary:           Ritz Ritzema  r.ritzema@btinternet.com

Chairman:           Steve Smith

Welfare Officer:  Allan Whittaker

Ground:              Garrison Ground, Eaton Road, Chester, CH4 7ER

Directions/ Approach: 

West along southerly by pass A55 take A483 towards Wrexham, 

quarter of a mile, left at roundabout, after 100 m left to Eccleston, 

turn in Eccleston towards Chester. After 1 mile ground on left 

before West Cheshire College campus.

Public Transport: 

No 14 bus from Chester Town Hall Bus Station to West Cheshire College.

1st Affiliation: Cheshire County F.A.

First Team Colours: Amber Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Alternative Colours: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks. 

League Council Representative: Ritz Ritzema

Ground Inspection Report

Web Site:- www.chesternomads.co.uk

History: 

In the summer of 1902, a group of teenagers organised a 

few friendly football games for the coming winter. 

By October 1904, the first occasion for which written records exist, 

the club seems to have had an established fixture list, 

but neither a name nor a ground! Hence the name, 

NOMADS (decided upon during a train journey home after a 

match in Manchester), seemed entirely appropriate.

The club was placed on a proper financial footing in 1906, 

and rules were drawn up.  At first the club played in white cricket shirts,

 but soon took on the racing colours of the Duke of Westminster:

 Gold and Black; colours which have remained with 

Nomads for over ninety years - although now the gold has been 

modified to amber. In 1913 the club moved to Boughton Hall,

 renting pitches from the Cricket Club, an arrangementwhich 

still continues, although we think that the right to graze sheep 

on the field is no longer part of the tenancy agreement! 

Since that time the Nomads have gone from strength to strength, 

achieving success in local, county and national competitions, 

and through the generosity of members in providing loans,

 being able to purchase our own ground in 1988. 

Chester Nomads Association Football Club is among the 

oldest amateur soccer clubs in Chester,

 and is probably one of the biggest in England.  

Every Saturday there are seven teams playing all over 

Cheshire, North Wales and Merseyside. 

The tradition of friendly football is maintained by four of the 

seven teams, while the First Eleven play in the West Cheshire League, 

and the 2nd and 3rd teams play in the Chester & District League.

The quality of the club is emphasised by the large number of 

ex-professionals who have played for the Nomads and continue 

to join. They also play as far afield as Yorkshire, South Wales 

and London. 

There is also now a thriving Junior section, which should further 

enhance the future of a great club.