Hemel Hempstead Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the National League South and play at Vauxhall Road.
History
The club was established in 1885 as Apsley End. They joined the West Herts League in 1891 and were renamed Apsley Football Club two years later. The club were league champions in 1894–95 and 1897–98, and in 1898 they were founder members of the Hertfordshire Senior County League. They went on to win the league in its second season, 1899–1900. The league was split into two divisions in 1901, with Apsley placed in the Western Division. They were divisional champions in 1902–03 and won the championship play-off against Northern Division champions St Albans Amateurs. The club had continued playing in the West Herts League and won the title for a third time in 1904–05. They were Division Two runners-up in 1923–24, after which league reorganisation saw them placed in Division Two A. They were Division Two A runners-up in 1926–27, but were demoted to Division Two West following further league reorganisation in 1928. In 1938–39 they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 2–1 at Bromley.
In 1955 the club was renamed Hemel Hempstead Town. They were Delphian League runners-up in 1961–62, and when the league was dissolved in 1963, they following most other Delphian League clubs into the new Division Two of the Athenian League. The association with Henry VIII is why the club is nicknamed the Tudors.
Ground
Apsley End initially played at Salmon Meadow in Apsley, which was named after 'The Salmon', a nearby pub that was also used as the changing rooms. After World War I the club moved to the Apsley Club & Institute, which featured a small stand. However, they were forced to leave at the end of the 1927–28 season due to an expansion of the adjacent mill. The ground currently has a capacity of 3,152, of which 300 is seated and 900 covered.
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Honours
- Southern League
- Premier Division champions 2013–14
- Isthmian League
- Division Two champions 1999–2000
- Division Three champions 1997–98
- Spartan League
- Division One champions 1933–34
- League Cup winners 1933–34
- Hertfordshire Senior County League
- Champions 1899–1900
- Western Division champions 1902–03, 1906–07
- West Herts League
- Champions 1894–95, 1897–98, 1904–05
- Herts Senior Cup
- Winners 1905–06, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1925–26, 2012–13, 2014–15,