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Grays Athletic

Grays Athletic FC

Grays Athletic

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Founded

1890

Years standing

136

Home ground

Chadfields, Tilbury

Capacity

4,000350 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

  • FA Trophy
  • Winners 2004–05, 2005–06
  • Football Conference
  • Conference South champions 2004–05
  • Isthmian League
  • Division Two South champions 1984–85
  • Division One North champions 2012–13
  • League Cup winners: 1991–92
  • London League
  • Premier Division champions 1921–22, 1926–27, 1929–30
  • Premier Division (Amateur) champions 1914–15
  • Challenge Cup winners 1936–37
  • Corinthian League
  • Champions 1945–46
  • League Cup winners 1945–46
  • South Essex League
  • Division Two B champions 1908–09
  • Essex Senior Cup

Nickname: The Gravelmen, The Ath, The Blues

Make The Case

Grays Athletic work as a second team because they come with their own geography: England, Chadfields, Tilbury, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.

  • Loaded cabinet

    7 distinct honours on record, including FA Trophy. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

  • Cathedral football

    Chadfields, Tilbury holds around 4,000,350. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.

  • You get a nickname

    Known as The Gravelmen, The Ath, The Blues. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

  • Easy weekend

    London City Airport (LCY) is about 14km from the ground, and Purfleet Rifle Range railway station is 2km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Chadfields, Tilbury. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

London City Airport (LCY)

14 km / 9 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Purfleet Rifle Range railway station

1.9 km / 1 miles out

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Chadfields, Tilbury

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Chadfields, Tilbury

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.

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