Wormley Rovers FC vs. Aylesbury Vale Dynamos

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Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC is an amalgamation of Aylesbury FC and Bedgrove Dynamos FC, two local clubs with a rich history in local football.

BEDGROVE DYNAMOS

Alf Buckland, a resident of Aylesbury, formed Bedgrove Dynamos in 1968. It was created to fill a void in activities for boys within the Bedgrove area on the south side of Aylesbury. In 1980, Dave Bayliss became involved when he brought his Cub side to the Bedgrove Park. The teams amalgamated and Dave went on to be the chairman for 21 years, stepping down in the year 2000. Within two years and barely a full strip between them, they managed not only to win the Under 12’s Aylesbury & District League (ADL), but went on to win the 13’s & 14’s league in consecutive years and, by which time, they now had four teams at various age groups.

Over the years the club has grown and has won many tournaments and trophies, especially at county level. We can boost that we are the only boys club to have a club pennant on display in Barcelona’s trophy room.
At the start of the season 2001/02 the club was the largest junior club in the Aylesbury area, running teams from under 8’s through to under 18’s. At the end of the season 2001/02 the club managed to win the coveted Berks and Bucks Cup at under 14’s, the Mayor’s Cup at under 12’s, represented in two other cup finals, won 3 league titles, gained 6 promotions in total and all teams finished in the top 6 to the fairplay awards for their respective leagues. In 2016 Mike Borrett was voted in as Chairman.

In 2019 two became one when the sides amalgamated with the intention of allowing the youth of the town to progress through junior football to youth and then adult football and play at the highest possible level.

AYLESBURY FC / AYLESBURY VALE DYNAMOS FC

The club moved to Haywood Way, their current stadium, in 1987.

After gaining senior status and promotion to the Chiltern League in 1988, Stocklake enjoyed many successes including Division One runners up in 1991, Premier Division and League Cup runners up the following season and Wycombe Senior Cup success in 1995. Cup success was also followed on in the following season, this time the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup being added to the trophy cabinet. Stocklake became Belgrave.

By 1990, under the guidance of Danny Martone, Belgrave had grown to five youth teams providing football for over ninety boys from the Quarrendon and Haydon Hill areas of Aylesbury. 1996 saw the forming of two senior teams under the Belgrave FC name and by the turn of the millennium teams were represented at all levels from Under 8’s through to seniors.

At the start of the 2000/2001 season, the senior Belgrave FC team was renamed Haywood United following an amalgamation with Stocklake FC with Danny Martone voted in as chairman of the new club. Haywood United joined the Spartan South Midlands League and won promotion into Division One after two seasons.

The club also entered the FA Cup and Vase for the first time and won the Buckingham Charity Cup in 2006.

Season 2006/2007 began with Haywood United becoming Aylesbury Vale FC and saw Keith Walker and Steve Glenister take over as joint managers and steadily build a squad. This was recognised in the 2008/2009 season, under the management of Mark Eaton, with a good cup run in the FA Cup and FA Vase, winning three rounds in the FA Cup losing to Level 4 side Gosport after a replay, and losing out in the 4th round of the FA Vase to Leiston Town. May 2009 saw a major new development in a new semi professional side vote for a name change. Aylesbury Football Club was formed under the leadership of Chairman Roger Dance and assisted by Vice Chairman Danny Martone.

Former Chairman Bill Harrison was made President of the club. Great success on the field of play was to follow, with the team having a fantastic run in the F.A. Cup. We were the last ‘level five’ team in the country to remain in the competition and were rewarded with a visit to Haywood Way for the F.A. Cup trophy. We were finally knocked out of the competition by Wealdstone in a close game. A brave and superb display was witnessed by a bumper crowd of 800 plus.

Steve Bateman took over in 2013/14, steered the club to safety in his first 6 months in charge. Then in 2014/15 with Bateman at the helm FC has their most successful season to date. Playing at the highest level in the club’s history, the team finished third in the League, having been pushing for promotion all season and narrowly lost out in the semi final to Bedworth United having already beaten them twice in the league.

Davis Haule took over from Dann Gordon in December 2016, appointed brother Brian as his assistant and recruited former coaches Fraser McLachlan, Aaron Wiffin and added Ryan Collings to his back room staff for the 2017/18 season.

In 2018/19 Scott Reynolds was appointed manager and when he resigned midway through the season it was left to Paul Bonham to take control but because of ground grading issues the Southern League made the decision to relegate the club and  after ten seasons in the Southern League.

In May 2019 Aylesbury FC and Bedgrove Dynamos merged to create Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC. Mike Borrett agreed to take the Chairman role with Steve MacDonald (Vice-Chairman) James Moore (Treasurer) and Iain Willcocks (Secretary).

Phil Granville  and Ben Gill were appointed midway through the 2019/20 season  and  kicked off the 2020/21 season again  in the Spartan Premier Division.

In November 2022 Jordan King and James Green came in to steady the ship and moved the team from 18^th and struggling to a respectable 13^th position. They stepped down at the end of the season. At the beginning of the 23/24 season, the club appointed Paul Batchelor as Manager and welcomed his backroom staff of Ryan Davis and Tom Bamford. After a difficult season for the club with constant flooding and playing many matches away from home, Paul Batchelor steered the club to a very respectable 11^th place.

In October 2025 we parted ways with Paul and his team and brought back fans favourite, Jordan King to manage the team. He is supported by his team of Phil Granville, Damian Eatwell and Antonio Mendes.