Wormley Rovers FC vs. Buckingham FC

Welcome to our opponents

Buckingham Football Club is a football club based in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. Formed by a merger of Buckingham Athletic and Buckingham United in 2023, they are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One and play at Stratford Fields.

The club was first formed in 1933 as Buckingham Juniors, but it was three years before a ground was found, allowing the club to enter the Brackley and District League. When they got their ground, it was originally called Timm’s Meadow, before later becoming Stratford Fields.

In 1939 the club adopted Buckingham Athletic FC as its name. It then took the club 27 years to win its first trophy when in 1960–61 they won their first trophy, the North Bucks League Shield.

In 1965 they applied and was accepted to the Hellenic League where they played in Division 1 finishing a creditable mid-table position in their first season but also won the Berks & Bucks FA Junior Cup. Their success continued and in 68/69 was promoted to the Premier Division after finishing Division runners-up.

The late 60’s brought about some good success for the whole club with the Youth, Reserve and First teams all picking up trophies with the First winning the Buckinghamshire Senior Cup for the first team.

After a steady decline in fortunes in 78/79 the club returned to the North Bucks League and it wasn’t until the mid-80’s that further success was achieved.

This was the start of a successful period for the club and after winning the North Bucks Premier League title they moved to the South Midlands Division 1 in 1985 winning the league at their first attempt, losing only 3 games throughout the season.

However, success came too quickly, and the ground facilities were not ready for promotion to the Premier Division so they had to remain in Division 1.

The following season they were once again knocking on the door of the Premier League as they finished runners-up but a last minute hold up on planning permission once again stalled promotion. However, promotion was achieved the following year when they did the league and cup double and with correct ground grading in place the club was promoted to the Premier League for the first time.

Throughout the 90’s all the teams in the club consistently won trophies although the highest the first team achieved in the Premier League was in 97 when they finished 5th.

The late 90’s the club struggled financially, and they made a very difficult decision to drop out of the top flight and they were placed back in Division 2. A level of stability was brought about the club and in 2003 they were promoted back to Division 1.

Once again ground grading held the club back as in 2004 they finished runners-up in Division 1 and promotion back to the Premier league was denied.

Since 05/06 a huge amount of work has taken place to upgrade the clubhouse and football facilities but unfortunately success on the field has been sparse.

In 2023 Buckingham Athletic started talks with Buckingham United to bring the two clubs together with the sole purpose of having one senior football team in the town.

Buckingham United FC were formed in 2011 with the sole aim of providing local grassroots football. This began as a single Sunday side playing in Deanshanger due to a lack of local facilities. After the first season the club moved to Tingewick but it was not until 2016 when the club finally moved into Buckingham to the new Lace Hill Sports and Community Centre. The club joined the North Bucks and District League before joining the South Midlands League Division Two in 2019. Here the club grew quickly providing grassroots football across various levels and abilities which peaked with eight teams by 2021, this included Saturday First and Reserves, Sunday League A & B sides, Veterans, Ladies along with an Under 21s and Under 18s.

The club reached many cup finals across the teams including winning the North Bucks and District League Division One shield in 2018. In the final season under Buckingham United the ladies side really gave the club a wonderful finally winning the Northants Premier Division Title and League Cup double.

As a result of many meetings between the clubs, both Buckingham Athletic FC & Buckingham Athletic FC formally agreed to pass the motion to combine both clubs, creating Buckingham Football Club, which now has one of the largest offerings of adult football in the region with a structured youth pathway with our strategic partners

This is not an end to Buckingham Athletic or Buckingham United, this is very much a continuation in the story of these clubs and football within the town. The history of which won’t be forgotten.

The ultimate aim of combining the clubs is to provide the town with a sustainable non-league football club by sharing resources, passionate volunteers, and great sporting facilities. A club with the aim of pushing up the pyramid while also providing structured football for the community, maintaining the fun and enjoyment of the game that everyone loves.