Chesham United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. Nicknamed "the Generals", they are currently members of the and play at the Meadow. They are sponsored by the Channel 4 programme Taskmaster.

History

The club was established in 1917 by a merger of Chesham Town and Chesham Generals. The new club joined the Spartan League in 1919, which the Generals had been members of prior to World War I. They won back-to-back league titles in 1921–22 and 1922–23, and were champions again in 1924–25.

When the league resumed after the war, Chesham were placed in the Western Division of the Spartan League for the 1945–46 season. The league was reduced to a single division for the 1946–47 season, after which the club switched to the Corinthian League. They were runners-up in 1960–61 and 1961–62, but the league disbanded in 1963 and together with the majority of clubs in the league, Chesham were founder member of the new Division One of the Athenian League.

In 2022 comedian Alex Horne was appointed a director of the club, whose ground had previously appeared as a location in his television series Taskmaster. In the 2022–23 season Taskmaster became the club's shirt sponsor. In the series 20 episode "Thompson", contestants were tasked with creating miniature representations of Chesham's mascot.

Reserve team

Chesham United reserves played in the Great Western Suburban League in the 1919–20 season, before joining the new Division Two of the Spartan League, a year after the first team had joined the league. They were Division Two champions in 1921–22, the same year as the first team won Division One.

Players

Non-playing staff

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Honours

  • Isthmian League
  • Premier Division champions 1992–93
  • Division One champions 1990–91, 1996–97
  • Division Two North champions 1986–87
  • Southern Football League
  • Premier Division South champions 2023–24
  • Spartan League
  • Champions 1921–22, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1932–33
  • Division Two champions 1921–22
  • Athenian League
  • Memorial Cup winners 1963–64, 1968–69
  • Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  • Winners: 1921–22, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2017–18

Records

  • Best FA Cup performance: Third round, 1979–80
  • Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Runners-up, 1967–68
  • Best FA Trophy performance: Fourth round, 1998–99
  • Record attendance: 5,000 vs Cambridge United, FA Cup third round, 5 December 1979
  • Most appearances: Martin Baguley