{{short description|English football club}} {{Use British English|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Flackwell Heath | image = Flackwell Heath logo.png | upright = 0.8 | alt = Club logo | fullname = Flackwell Heath Football Club | nickname = Heathens | founded = 1907 | ground = Wilks Park, [[Flackwell Heath]] | capacity = 2,000 (150 seated)<ref name=NLCD2017>Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p423 {{ISBN|978-1869833695}}</ref> | chairman = Terry Glynn | manager = Chris Ayres | league = {{English football updater|FlackweH}} | season = {{English football updater|FlackweH2}} | position = {{English football updater|FlackweH3}} | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = FFFF00 | body2 = FFFF00 | rightarm2 = FFFF00 | shorts2 = FFFF00 | socks2 = FFFF00 }}
'''Flackwell Heath Football Club''' is a [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Flackwell Heath]], near [[High Wycombe]] in Buckinghamshire, England. Affiliated to the [[Berks & Bucks Football Association]], they are currently members of the {{English football updater|FlackweH}} and play at Wilks Park.
==History== The club was established in 1907 and joined the High Wycombe and District League.<ref name=H>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/flackwellheath/a/history-8324.html History] Flackwell Heath F.C.</ref> They went on to win the league twelve times, as well as winning the High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup twelve times.<ref name=H/> In 1950 the club moved up to Division Two of the [[Great Western Combination]], which they won at the first attempt to earn promotion to Division One.<ref name=NLM1>[http://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regions_2/gwc39.html Great Western Combination history 1939–1964] Non-League Matters</ref> This was renamed the Premier Division in 1954, and the club were runners-up in 1956–57 before winning the league in 1957–58.<ref name=NLM1/> They were champions again in 1962–63.<ref name=NLM1/> However, the league folded at the end of the 1963–64 season,<ref name=NLM1/> resulting in the club returning to the High Wycombe and District League.<ref name=H/>
In 1974–75 Flackwell Heath won both the Reading Senior Cup and the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup.<ref name=H/> In 1976 they moved up to Division One of the [[Hellenic Football League|Hellenic League]] and were runners-up in their first season in the division, earning promotion to the Premier Division.<ref name=FCHD>{{fchd|id=FLACKWEH|name=Flackwell Heath}}</ref> 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]] instead.<ref name=FCHD/> At the end of the [[1984–85 Isthmian League|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 Football League|Spartan South Midlands League]], but [[East Ham United F.C.|East Ham United]] folding led to the club being restored to the Isthmian League and placed in Division One North.<ref name=H/>
The [[2006–07 Isthmian League|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 Hellenic Football League|2014–15]] and were set to be promoted to Division One Central of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]. However, after [[Clevedon Town F.C.|Clevedon Town]] were demoted, they were provisionally placed in Division One South & West and subsequently declined promotion due to increased travelling costs.<ref>[https://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/news/other-local-clubs/78068/Malcolm-says-Flackwell-Heath-are-ready.html Malcolm says Flackwell Heath are ready to put turbulent summer behind them] Windsor & Eton Express, 30 July 2015</ref> In 2015–16 the club won the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy, beating [[Newport Pagnell Town F.C.|Newport Pagnell Town]] 2–0 in the final.<ref>[http://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/news/other-local-clubs/83023/Flackwell-Heath-crowned-Berks--.html Flackwell Heath crowned Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy champions after win over Newport Pagnell Town] Windsor Express, 6 April 2016</ref> At the end of the [[2020–21 Hellenic Football League|2020–21 season]] they were transferred to the Premier Division of the [[Spartan South Midlands Football League|Spartan South Midlands League]]. After a single season in the Spartan South Midlands League, they were transferred to the Premier Division North of the [[Combined Counties Football League|Combined Counties League]]. In [[2023–24 Combined Counties Football League#Premier Division North|2023–24]] the club were Premier Division North champions, earning promotion to Division One Central of the Southern League.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/football/196098/flackwell-heath-crowned-champions-after-convincing-win-at-hilltop.html|title=Flackwell Heath crowned champions after convincing win at Hilltop|publisher=Maidenhead Advertiser|last=Darlington|first=Daniel|date=23 April 2024|accessdate=25 April 2024}}</ref>
==Ground== Prior to [[World War II]] the club played at the Recreation Ground, but moved to Wilks Park after the war.<ref name=PP>[http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/flackwell_heath.html Flackwell Heath] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122225148/http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/flackwell_heath.html |date=22 November 2019 }} Pyramid Passion</ref> A seated brick stand was built on one side of the pitch in 1984 when the club joined the Isthmian League.<ref name=PP/> The extended roof changing rooms provides cover on the other side of the pitch, with covered standing areas behind both goals.<ref name=PP/> Floodlights were installed during the club's first spell in the Hellenic League Premier Division in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name=H/> It currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated.<ref name=H/>
==Honours== *'''Isthmian League''' **Associate Members' Cup winners 2004–05 *'''Hellenic League''' **Premier Division champions 2014–15 *'''Combined Counties Football League''' *Premier Division North champions 2023–24 *'''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]] performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2025–26<ref name=FCHD/> *Best [[FA Trophy]] performance: Third qualifying round, 2024–25<ref name=FCHD/> *Best [[FA Vase]] performance: Quarter–finals, 2020–21<ref name=FCHD/> *Record attendance: 1,500 vs [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]], charity match, 1965<ref name=NLCD2017/> *Most appearances: Lee Elliot<ref name=NLCD2017/> *Most goals: Tony Wood<ref name=NLCD2017/>
==See also== *{{c|Flackwell Heath F.C. players}} *{{c|Flackwell Heath F.C. managers}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/flackwellheath/}}
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