LeamingtonFC.co.uk - Getting to know... Berkhamsted FC

With the teams now confirmed in the Southern Premier League Central, we’re taking a whistle stop tour of all of the clubs who we’ll be playing next season with our bite sized info packs! Next up is newly promoted Berkhamsted…

Name: Berkhamsted FC
Founded: 2009
Nickname: The Comrades
Stadium: Broadwater

The second newly promoted side we will cover in this mini series, champions of the Southern League Division One Central Berkhamsted represent the historic Hertfordshire market town of the same name. Founded in 2009 following the demise of Berkhamsted Town, the Comrades have been on a rise ever since.

Having started in the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two, the 2023/24 season will be Berko’s first in Step 3 - a level that the previous club failed to achieve in 90 years of existence.

33 year old manager Chris Devane, formerly of Biggleswade United and Crawley Green, resigned from the hot seat at Broadwater this weekend and has been replaced by Steve Heath, who previously spent ten seasons at AFC Dunstable. The Comrades also register a former Leamington player in their ranks in Ross Oulton who played 43 times for the Brakes in our 2015/16 Southern Premier League campaign.

Have we met before?

No! This will be the first meeting between the two clubs!

However… looking between the lines - Brakes have played Berkhamsted Town before in the 2007/08 season. Josh Blake scored a brace to ensure a home 2-0 win before goals from Jamie Towers and Oluwaseyi Morgan added onto a Martin Thompson hat trick handed Brakes a comfortable 5-0 win at Broadwater, and you can watch the entire highlights courtesy of BrakesVideos below!