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to form the Spartan South Midlands League. Placed in the Premier Division South, the club finished second from bottom in 1997–98 and were placed in the Senior Division for the 1998–99 season. The division was renamed Division One prior to the start of the 2001–02 season, in which they finished bottom
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The club initially played at Barn Meadow, and soon began using the adjacent Eagle pub as a base. In 1920 they moved to Spratleys Meadow, which was leased from the club's first president, Squire Tyrwhitt Drake, for an initial Β£10 per year. The lease was bought by George Brazil in 1953, with Brazil
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for the 1961–62 season. However, after just one season in the London League they returned to the Hellenic League and were placed in Division One. They won Division One in 1962–63, earning promotion to the Premier Division, where they were league champions the following season. After finishing as
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Despite finishing second-from-bottom of Division Two in 2003–04, Amersham were promoted to Division One as the division was short of clubs and they were one of the few in Division Two to have floodlights, a requirement to meet the ground grading criteria. They remained in Division One until a
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New dressing rooms were opened in 1930s and a new stand built in 1935. During World War II the council used the changing rooms as an emergency mortuary. A clubhouse was added in 1968, with a wooden classroom building purchased from a private school. Floodlights were installed in 1977 and the
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saw them finish twelfth, and although they were initially thought to have been promoted back to Division One due to clubs finishing above them having failed ground grading rules, this was later reversed and the club remained in Division Two. However, after a sixth-place finish in
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and was renamed the London Spartan League. Amersham were placed in Division Two. After finishing as runners-up in 1979–80 they were promoted to the renamed Premier Division. In 1997 the Spartan League merged with the
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to replace it. The allotments were later converted into youth team pitches for the club. During the 2006–07 season new changing rooms were built and the slope on the pitch was levelled, with Amersham playing at
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In 1972 Amersham switched to the Spartan League, finishing bottom of the table in the following three seasons. In 1975 the league was expanded to two divisions following a merger with the
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runners-up in 1964–65 and 1965–66 the club went into decline, and were relegated to Division One B at the end of the 1970–71 season, in which they finished bottom of the Premier Division.
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The club was formed in the Crown Hotel at a meeting on 13 October 1890. The meeting was chaired by E. B. Cooper, headmaster of
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saw the stand blown into the nearby allotments and it was not until 1997 that a new stand was opened by ex-England manager
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Amersham did not rejoin the Spartan League for the 1945–46 season. The club later became members of Division Two of the
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Amersham finished fourth in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. However, they were beaten 4–0 by
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the club were league champions again in 1919–20 and 1920–21. In 1923 they joined Division Two of the
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also becoming club president; the lease was later transferred to the Brazil Trust and runs to 2097.
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saw the club win the division with 111 points, earning promotion to the Premier Divisiom North.
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in the semi-finals. At the end of the season the club were transferred to Division One of the
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at Barn Meadow. In 1902–03 they won the Wycombe and District Combination League. After
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Amersham Town celebrate promotion – despite finishing 12th!
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Premier Division North and play at Spratleys Meadow.
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Amersham
Combined Counties League
2023–24
Combined Counties League
Club website
Home colours
football
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
Combined Counties League
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
W. G. Grace
Wycombe Marsh
World War I
Spartan League
World War II
Great Western Combination
Hellenic League
London League
Metropolitan–London League
South Midlands League
2014–15
following season
2016–17
2022–23
Rugby Borough
Combined Counties League
following season
Great Storm of 1987

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