Buckingham Town F.C.

Buckingham Town
Full name Buckingham Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Robins
Founded 1883
Ground Manor Fields, Milton Keynes
Ground Capacity 2,500 (600 seated)
Chairman Vince Hyde
Manager Gary Ollard
League United Counties League Division One
2015–16 United Counties League Division One, 17th

Buckingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Manor Fields in Milton Keynes.

History

The club were established in 1883, playing their first match was against Banury United.[1] They won the Aylesbury & District League in 1902–03 and 1936–37 and the North Bucks League in 1924–25, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1948–49 and 1949–50.[1] They were founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953, but left after only four seasons.[2] They won the Aylesbury & District League again in 1967–68.[1]

Buckingham joined Division One of the South Midlands League in 1971,[3] where they played until joining Division Two of the United Counties League in 1974. Their first season in the league saw them finish second, earning promotion to Division One. After finishing as Division One runners-up in 1975–76, the club secured a second successive promotion, moving up to the Premier Division.[2] They were Premier Division champions and Knockout Cup winners in 1983–84, and the following season they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first (and to date only) time in their history, losing 2–0 at home to Orient.

In 1985–86 Buckingham won the Premier Division again and were promoted to the Midland Division of the Southern League. After being transferred to the Southern Division in 1988, they won the division in 1990–91, but were not promoted as their ground failed to meet the standards required. They were moved back to the Midland Division in 1994, but returned to the Southern Division in 1996. However, after finishing bottom of the division in 1996–97, they were relegated back to the Premier Division of the United Counties League. The 2006–07 season saw them finish bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One.

Ground

The club played at Ford Meadow from 1883 until being evicted at the end of the 2010–11 season.[4][5] They then played at the Winslow Centre in Winslow for the 2011–12 season, before moving to Manor Fields in Milton Keynes.[5]

Honours

Records

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 History Buckingham Town F.C.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Buckingham Town at the Football Club History Database
  3. ↑ South Midlands League 1966-1983 Non-League Matters
  4. ↑ Arsonists reignite discussion over future of ground Buckingham Today, 6 February 2015
  5. 1 2 Good and bad news for Buckingham United Counties League
  6. 1 2 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p797 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

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Coordinates: 51°59′45″N 0°42′43″W / 51.995742°N 0.71205944°W / 51.995742; -0.71205944

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