Aylesbury Vale Dynamos F.C.
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| Full name | Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Dynamos | ||
| Founded | 1930s | ||
| Ground | The Greenfleets Stadium, Haywood Way, Aylesbury | ||
| Chairman | Mike Borrett | ||
| Manager | Paul Batchelor | ||
| League | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 11th of 19 | ||
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Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Football Club is a football club based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and play at Haywood Way.
History
[edit]The club was established in the 1930s as Negretti and Zambra, a works team for the Negretti and Zambra company in the King's Cross area of London.[1] When the company relocated to the Stocklake Industrial Estate in Aylesbury in 1949, facilities were set up for the sports teams and the club joined the Aylesbury & District League in 1954.[1]
The company later sold the sports facilities to the council, at which point the club was renamed Stocklake. After several successful years in the Aylesbury & District League, the club moved up to the Wycombe & District League, where they remained until being promoted to Division One of the Chiltonian League in 1988.[1] They finished as runners-up in 1989–90, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[2] Their first season in the Premier Division saw them take the runners-up position, a feat they repeated in 1996–97.[2] They also won the Wycombe Senior Cup in 1995.[1] In the summer of 2000 the league merged into the Hellenic League but Stocklake chose to join Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League instead.[3] In the same year the club merged with Belgrave F.C. and was renamed again, this time becoming Haywood United.[1][4]
The 2001–02 season saw them finish as runners-up in a renamed Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. After winning the Division One title in 2003–04, they were promoted to the Premier Division.[3] In 2005 another name change saw the club become Aylesbury Vale,[5] although this only lasted until 2009 when the dropped the 'Vale' part.[4] Their first season as Aylesbury saw them win the Premier Division title, earning promotion to Division One Central of the Southern League, as well as winning the League Cup.[1] A third-place finish in Division One Central in 2014–15 saw them qualify for the promotion play-offs, in which they lost 2–1 to Bedworth United in the semi-finals. In 2015–16 they won the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, beating Chesham United 1–0 in the final.[6]
Aylesbury finished second from bottom of Division One Central in 2018–19 and were relegated to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League; the club would have been relegated even if they had finished in a higher position due to their changing rooms being below regulation size.[7] During the close season the club merged with Bedgrove Dynamos and were renamed Aylesbury Vale Dynamos.
Ground
[edit]After moving to Aylesbury, the club played at the sports facilities on the Stocklake Industrial Estate until 1987, when they moved to their Haywood Way ground.[1] Floodlights were erected during the 2001–02 season.[1]
Honours
[edit]- Spartan South Midlands League
- Premier Division champions: 2009–10
- Division One champions 2003–04
- League Cup winners 2009–10
- Wycombe Senior Cup
- Winners: 1994–95
- Buckingham Charity Cup
- Winners 2005–06
- Aylesbury & District Thomas Field Shield
- Winners 1999–2000
- Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
- Winners 2015–16
Records
[edit]- Highest league position: 3rd in Southern League Division One Central, 2014–15[4]
- Best FA Cup performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2009–10[4]
- Best FA Trophy performance: First qualifying round, 2010–11, 2011–12[4]
- Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 2008–09[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Club History Aylesbury F.C.
- ^ a b Stockdale at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Haywood United at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d e Aylesbury at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Aylesbury Vale at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Aylesbury FC clinch first Senior Cup Berks & Bucks FA, 4 May 2016
- ^ FA changing room regulations: Aylesbury to be relegated over undersized area BBC Sport, 17 January 2019