Camberley Town F.C.

Camberley Town Football Club is a semi-professional football based in Camberley, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South and play at Krooner Park.

The club was established in 1895 after a discussion at St Michael’s church, and was originally named St Michael’s Football Club, although they became known as St Michael’s, Camberley.[2] The first match, a friendly, was played on 16 October against D Company from the Royal Military College in nearby Sandhurst; St Michael’s won 4–2.[2] In January 1896 they joined the Surrey County Football Association, entering and winning the Surrey Junior Cup in 1897–98; the club’s first competitive game was played on 16 October 1897, a Junior Cup first round match against Farncombe which St Michael’s won 5–2.[2] After winning the cup, the club joined the East & West Surrey League for the 1898–99 season.[2]

In January 1901 a public meeting was held, at which it was decided to establish a new club that would absorb both St Michael’s and Camberley Magpies. The name Camberley & Yorktown was adopted and the club took St Michael’s place in the East & West Surrey League.[2] However, they dropped into the Aldershot Combination in 1902, before switching to the Ascot & District League in 1903.[2] The club finished as runners-up in their first season and went on to win the league in 1904–05. They were runners-up again in 1905–06, before winning a hat-trick of successive titles in 1907–08, 1908–09 and 1909–10, remaining unbeaten throughout the third of the title-winning seasons.[2] The season also saw them win the Surrey Junior Cup for a second time, beating Sutton United 2–0 in the final.[2] In 1910 Camberley & Yorktown returned to the East & West Surrey League, which had been renamed the West Surrey League. In 1912–13 the club also entered the three-club Aldershot Senior Civilian League, which they won.[2] They went on to win the West Surrey League the following season.