Flackwell Heath Football Club
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Wilks Park, Heath End Rd, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe
HP10 9EA
lackwell Heath FC A Brief History
Flackwell Heath FC was founded in 1907 and the club joined the High Wycombe and District League for its inaugural season.
The Heathens proved to be a major force in local football, having won twelve Wycombe League championship titles and the High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup on a record twelve occasions.
In the 1950s Flackwell joined the Great Western Combination League and won this league twice before returning to the Wycombe League.
In the 1970s they continued their success and the clubhouse was built as the first stage of their rise into senior football. The clubhouse was opened in 1974.
In 1975 The Heathens won the Berks and Bucks Intermediate Cup and the Reading Senior Cup. In 1977 the club achieved Senior status and moved up into the Hellenic League Division One.
Promotion to the Premier Division was achieved at the first attempt.
After five seasons in this league, during which time floodlights were installed at Wilks Park, Flackwell were elected into the Athenian League. In 1984 they joined the expanding Isthmian League.
The clubs first season in this competition saw them playing in Division Two (North) and against some tough opposition they finished in a respectable eighth position. The following season Flackwell was switched to Division Two (South) where life turned out to be even tougher.
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