Berkhamsted Football Club is a football club from

Berkhamsted Berkhamsted ( ) is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, north-west of London. The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new tow ...

, Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 2009 after

Berkhamsted Town Berkhamsted Town F.C. was a football club from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The club was founded in 1919, played in a black & white strip, and was nicknamed the Lilywhites or Berko. The team began the 2008–09 season playing in the Spartan S ...

folded, they are currently members of the and play at Broadwater.

History

The club was founded in 2009 after

folded, taking the name of a club that had played in the

Herts County League The Hertfordshire Senior County League is a football competition based in Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1898, there are currently two divisions at senior level and two divisions at reserve and development level. Sitting at step 7 of the Na ...

in the early 20th century. They joined Division Two of the Spartan South Midlands League, winning it in their first season and earning promotion to Division One. The following season they won Division One with 107 points and were promoted to the Premier Division. Their points total was the highest in the

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and saw the Herts FA award the club the Stanley Rous Memorial Trophy. The 2012–13 season saw Berkhamsted win the St Mary's Cup, beating Tring Athletic 3–1 in the final. In 2014–15 they won the Premier Division Cup, beating

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5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. The club won the Hertfordshire Charity Shield in 2016–17 with a 3–2 win over Tring Athletic in the final. In 2017–18 the club were runners-up in the Premier Division, earning promotion to Division One East of the Southern League. They were top of the league after 28 games in 2019–20 when the competition was abandoned due to the

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. Berkhamsted were Division One Central runners-up in 2021–22, but lost to

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in the play-off semi-finals. However, the following season saw them win the division, earning promotion. In 2023–24 they finished in the relegation zone and were relegated.

Ground

The club play at Broadwater, located between the

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and the

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. The ground has a seated stand on one side of the pitch, with an uncovered terrace adjacent to it. There is also covered terracing behind both goals.Peter Miles (1997) ''The Non-League Football Grounds of Hertfordshire'', p18

Honours

*Southern Football League **Division One Central champions 2022–23 *Spartan South Midlands League **Premier Division runners-up 2017–18 **Division One champions 2010–11 **Division Two champions 2009–10 **Premier Division Cup winners 2014–15 *St Mary's Cup **Winners 2013–14 *Hertfordshire Charity Shield **Winners 2016–17 *

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**Winners 2022–23

Records

*Best

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performance: Third qualifying round, 2022–23, 2023–24 *Best

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performance: Fifth round, 2015–16 *Record attendance: 534 vs

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, 1 April 2023 *Biggest win: 12–1 vs

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, FA Cup extra preliminary round, 5 August 2017 *Heaviest defeat: 7–1 vs

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, Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 2011–12; 6–0 vs

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, St Mary's Cup, 2011–12History
Berkhamsted Town F.C. *Most goals in a season: Matt Bateman, 44 in 2018–1910 man Berko win again
Berkhamsted F.C.

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