Flackwell Heath Football Club is a

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club based in Flackwell Heath, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. Affiliated to the

Berks & Bucks Football Association The Berks & Bucks Football Association is the County Football Association for Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. It is responsible for the development of association football in the two historic counties. It organises cup competitions between affiliat ...

, they are currently members of the and play at Wilks Park.

History

The club was established in 1907 and joined the High Wycombe and District League.History
Flackwell Heath F.C. They went on to win the league twelve times, as well as winning the High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup twelve times. In 1950 the club moved up to Division Two of the

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, which they won at the first attempt to earn promotion to Division One.Great Western Combination history 1939–1964
Non-League Matters This was renamed the Premier Division in 1954, and the club were runners-up in 1956–57 before winning the league in 1957–58. They were champions again in 1962–63. However, the league folded at the end of the 1963–64 season, resulting in the club returning to the High Wycombe and District League. In 1974–75 Flackwell Heath won both the Reading Senior Cup and the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup. In 1976 they moved up to Division One of the Hellenic League and were runners-up in their first season in the division, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1982 they switched to the Athenian League, but it folded at the end of the 1983–84 season, with the club joining Division Two North of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

instead. At the end of the 1984–85 season they were transferred to Division Two South, where they remained until league restructuring saw them placed in Division Three in 1991. The division was renamed Division Two in 2002, and when it was abolished in 2006, the club were initially due to be transferred to the

Spartan South Midlands League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

, but East Ham United folding led to the club being restored to the Isthmian League and placed in Division One North. The 2006–07 season saw Flackwell Heath finish bottom of Division One North, resulting in relegation to the Premier Division of the Hellenic League. They won the league in 2014–15 and were set to be promoted to Division One Central of the Southern League. However, after Clevedon Town were demoted, they were provisionally placed in Division One South & West and subsequently declined promotion due to increased travelling costs. In 2015–16 the club won the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy, beating Newport Pagnell Town 2–0 in the final.Flackwell Heath crowned Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy champions after win over Newport Pagnell Town
Windsor Express, 6 April 2016 At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to the Premier Division of the

Ground

Prior to

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the club played at the Recreation Ground, but moved to Wilks Park after the war.Flackwell Heath
Pyramid Passion A seated brick stand was built on one side of the pitch in 1984 when the club joined the Isthmian League. The extended roof changing rooms provides cover on the other side of the pitch, with covered standing areas behind both goals. Floodlights were installed during the club's first spell in the Hellenic League Premier Division in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated.

Honours

*Isthmian League **Associate Members' Cup winners 2004–05 *Hellenic League **Premier Division champions 2014–15 *Great Western Combination **Premier Division champions 1957–58, 1962–63 **Division Two champions 1950–51 *Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy **Winners 2015–16 *Berks & Bucks intermediate Cup **Winners 1974–75 *Reading Senior Cup ** Winners: 1974–75 *High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup **Winners 2003–04

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2002–03, 2004–05 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

performance: Preliminary round, 2006–07 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: Quarter–finals, 2020–21 *Record attendance: 1,500 vs

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, charity match, 1965 *Most appearances: Lee Elliot *Most goals: Tony Wood

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