Binfield FC first played in 1892, during the reign of Queen Victoria, making it one of the oldest Association Football clubs in the world!

The team comprised young men from the local brickworks and those who worked on the land around Binfield. The club’s early years were spent in the Ascot and District League, where we enjoyed many successful seasons winning the Fielden Cup for the first time in 1924 and on eleven further occasions since. During the 2nd World War, we joined the Great Western Combination League, winning the championship in 1947 - the photograph below showing the 1947 team). During that period we also won the Berks and Bucks Junior Cup and the Maidenhead Norfolkian Cup and it was not unusual to see crowds in excess of 1,000 at our Forest Road ground.

In 1950 we joined the Reading and District League, where we remained for the next forty years. In 1972 Binfield won promotion to the Premier Division for the first time and although relegated two years later we returned in 1976 as 1st Division Champions. A huge crowd, reminiscent of the 1940’s, packed Forest Road to witness our promotion.

In 1980, the club made an important decision to move from Forest Road, where facilities were shared with the cricket club, to our current site in Hill Farm Lane. Turning that field into the football ground we see today was a massive task. Thanks to an enormous amount of physical work by the members of the club the area was levelled and drained within three years. The members then set about building the club house.

This progress off the field was matched on it when in 1987 and 1988 we won Division 2 and then Division 1 of the Reading and District League. In 1989, we joined the high-profile Charrington Chiltonian League, winning the Division 1 title at the first attempt – a feat we repeated in 1996 - and reaching the final of the League Cup. The following year we finished runners-up to Peppard, despite remaining unbeaten from November until the end of the campaign. The image to the right shows the 1989 team.

In 2001 we merged with Binfield’s junior club, Binfield Forest FC, and in doing so significantly increased the membership, with over 20 teams playing every weekend. The junior part of the club is now very important to Binfield with FA Charter status having been achieved and we are constantly striving to improve player coaching and club facilities. This season sees the start of a partnership scheme with Reading FC where some of our younger players have the opportunity to train with Reading FC. In 2003 we added an Allied Counties Youth team which is now providing a steady stream of talented young players for the First Team. Our Reserves, using many youth players, were promoted to Division 1 in 2004, winning two Cup Finals as well. This season, our reserves will play in the restructured Hellenic League Division 2 East.

Since 2005, progress has been swift, with the addition of floodlights and later a seated stand. We constantly strive to improve all elements of the facilities from changing rooms to pitch to benefit everyone from our Under 6s up to our First Team and Veterans. We won the FTL Hellenic League Division 1 East title in 2008-09 and gained promotion to the next level of English football. Binfield entered the FA Vase for the first time in season 2008-09 and enjoyed three rounds including one of the great games in our history. An evening replay against Fareham Town saw us fight back from 1-2 to win 3-2 with almost the last kick of the match. August 15th 2009 will long be remembered as Binfield’s first game in the legendary FA Cup – and last season we won twice to reach the 1st Qualifying round when we hosted Margate from the Ryman Premier Division. 400 Binfield fans in the ground couldn’t quite inspire the team to go further as we lost 3-0. Last season, in only our second season at this level, the team finished runners up in the Premier Division.