Disillusioned once again with the big name football clubs such as my local teams Watford and Luton (?!) I decided once more that I should maybe follow a small team, and you can hardly get much smaller than Berkhamsted!
All due respect to Berko though (Nicknamed "The Comrades", this is due to the first members of Berkhamsted Town FC being mainly old soldiers recently demobbed after the end of the First World War), in 2009 the club folded due to financial problems and things looked bleak for football in the town.
But I'm glad to say that they took the Town out of the club's name and were reformed as Berkhamsted FC later that very same year.
And they have gone from strength to strength ever since, winning the Spartan South Midland League Two and then this season the Spartan South Midland Division One title, impressively only losing one league game all season.
Next season ( 2011-2012) they will play in the Spartan South Midland Premier league as well as compete once again in the FA Vase (they reached the final of this competition in 2000-01) and FA Cup.
It's a friendly little club and it's easy to get to from Berkhamsted train station. Turn right out of the station and if you're going the right way then you'll find yourself walking past a fish and chip shop where the fish batter literally melts in your mouth. From there continue toward the canal bridge (this is the scenic route....as opposed to the not so short cut through a small housing estate).
Just before you get to the canal turn right along the canal path where you will come to Broadwater, the home of Berkhamsted FC.
Here are some photos taken at Berko FC on the day they were awarded the Division One trophy, they were playing St Albans City reserves.
Oh and by the way, Daphne does great Burgers and a lovely bit of Bovril!!
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