Following the end of the Second World War, the club re-formed during the 1946 season and it was at this time that Mr.F.Bromley of the Old Rectory, Springfield provided the club with their present pitch, Pollards Meadow, which pre-war had been used by Trinity Road Old Boys. Changing accommodation was provided by the Tulip Public House and the club commenced competitive, league football during the 1947-48 season at its new home.

Entry was made in the Mid Essex league with two senior sides and a minors team and the scene was set for the Club's ten glorious years of success with barely a season passing without the collection of some trophy or another. The minors team, incidentally, lasted for about five years before being discontinued and produced a number of players who were to serve Springfield well at senior level.

In 1947/48 teams did the League and Cup double in Mid Essex Divisions 2 and 3(A) and the following year Springfield were Division 1 Champions (which was the top division since the Premier Section had not yet been formed) whilst the Reserves were losing Cup finalists in Division 2.

A famous triple was achieved in 1951/52, 52/53 and 53/54 when each season the Premier Division Cup was lifted at Chelmsford City Stadium with other trophies and near misses also being recorded, including the Burnham Charity Shield which was to become almost Springfield property during the next few seasons. It took an alteration to the rules, introducing a smaller radius from Burnham to eventually prise the trophy away but this was few years later. 

Youth Policy Introduced

The next major step forward, came in the 1960 season when that stalwart of the Club, Alf Benfield, currently Club President, persuaded the Committee to re-form a youth team. Although failing to win their league or cup (although they were losing finalists) this side even in their first season was full of talent drawn in the main from the large population that had in the previous years been drawn to Springfield by the tremendous amount of residential development.

In the years that followed the policy of introducing "home grown" players to the senior sides was further developed and, spread over a number of seasons, extra junior sides were added until eventually teams for under 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 161/2 years old were in existence with the experience of Ossie Wilsher (ex-Chelmsford City) proving of immense value in their development and transition to senior level. During this period the Club produced its first Football League player, Steve Dyer, who played for Southend United. The youth policy has over the years resulted in many of the youth players having trials and training with such clubs as Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Arsenal and Ipswich Town to name but a few, not to mention the players that have progressed with non-league clubs such as Braintree Town, Witham Town, Heybridge swifts and Chelmsford City.

It would need a lot of space to list all of the competitions the Club achieved success in at junior level but it would be no exaggeration to say that it has undoubtedly been one of the most successful Clubs in the Chelmsford area.

During the mid seventies, the Club struggled somewhat with the two senior sides continuing in the Premier Division and Division 2 of the Mid Essex League but with the continued emergence of new crops of young players from the junior sides, a firm base for future advancement was being made. 

Return To Success

The season of 1979/80 at last saw the long hoped for revival of the Club become a reality and the years of hard work and patience pay off. For the first time in over twenty years, before a good crowd at local rivals, Boreham, the Premier Division title was won on the last Saturday of the season with all but two members of the team having previously played for the Club's junior sides.

With this success behind them and with facilities being much improved at Pollards (not least by the provision of a small clubhouse and bar which is commemorated by a plaque presented by the players recording their gratitude to Colin Arnold and Tony Webb for the great part they played in its construction), Springfield felt confident to enter the eighties with an application to the Essex Olympian League which was to prove successful. Both first and second teams are now in this competition although its name has now changed to the Essex Intermediate League and although since they entered there have been extra teams introduced resulting in three divisions for both senior and reserve teams, both sides continue to search for success.

The first team in particular enjoyed great success in finishing seventh in their first season, fourth the following year and runners-up in both 1982/83 and 1983/84. Furthermore, the first season resulted in winning the League's Sportsmanship Award whilst in 1981/82 the Bill Spurgeon Cup was won, in addition to being losing finalists in the league Cup and in 1983/84 joint winners of the Olympian league Senior Division Challenge Cup. Two very long runs were also enjoyed in the Essex Intermediate Cup. More recently, in 1995, our Senior XI won promotion as runners-up to local rivals Great Baddow whilst our Reserve XI were promoted to Division One of the Reserve Section.

The clubs Senior Section now has five teams, two of which play in the Essex Intermediate League, whilst the third team, the bridge for our youngsters to progress to men's football, play in the Mid-Essex League, where promotion and cup success was enjoyed for four consecutive seasons. In season 1997/98, the club introduced a senior Sunday X1 for the first time and to date this team has more than held it's own in both league and cup competitions. The thought behind the introduction of this team is to enable those younger players who wish to continue playing on sundays but perhaps may work on Saturdays, to continue to represent Springfield Football Club. We now have seventeen competitive junior sides who play in the Chelmsford Youth League and reception groups are organised for youngsters too young to play competitive football but wish to take part in some form of organised coaching. Recently, changes to the youngest age groups with both Under 8's, Under 9's and Under 10's competing in the new 'Mini-Soccer' competitions. This is a new scheme promoted by the Football Association to try to encourage greater skills by only having six players in each team. The club is proud of its training schemes for the very young players and sees this aspect of the club as an important aspect of community life.