HISTORY OF H.U.F.C.
Football has probably been played in Haddenham for well over 100 years but the earliest records the club has of organised football is playing in a local league in 1910. At that time the club was known as Haddenham Rovers.
Haddenham United was formed in 1950 by the amalgamation of Haddenham Rovers and Haddenham Minors.
Matches at this time were played down the Lower Road, on what is now the Sunday Market site, or on the field on the opposite side of the road. Matches were also played in Churchway, on a field which is now covered by the Stockwell Furlong estate. When Tom Roberts left the Playing Field to the village, Haddenham United then took up home there, and the playing field has been the club's home ever since.
As to changing facilities at the time, the opposition would change in the Community Hall, now the Village Hall, and most of the Haddenham team would come ready dressed from home or change on the field. Later on a wooden shed was built at the top of the field which doubled as a changing room and a storeroom.
In the early 1970's, after much fund raising by the locals, the Pavilion was built. This meant separate changing rooms for the teams and showers for everyone, a great leap forward in the club's history.
In 1992 an extension was added to the Pavilion to form the Haddenham Sports and Social Club bar, and this is how the clubhouse is today.
Since 1950, the club has played in a number of various leagues. Most of this time was spent playing in the Aylesbury and District League, with the Risborough League, the Wycombe Senior League, the Chiltonian League and the Oxford Senior League being the other leagues the club has played in, with the Oxford Senior League being the league the club currently plays in today.
Haddenham's history is scattered with many successful sides, with the 1951/52 season being a very successful season for the club, and this early success has helped shaped the club's success ever since, with Haddenham always turning out teams that have been highly regarded in the area.
Arguably Haddenham's best ever side was the team of the 1970's, which won trophy after trophy and got the club on the verge of senior amateur football, but ground restrictions prevented the club from going into the standard it was so worthy of.
There have been a number of individuals over the years that have helped make Haddenham the club it is. President Norman Mead was captain and goalkeeper for the Haddenham Reserve team in 1950, and he has been ever present at the club ever since, holding the position of Chairman for many years after his playing days, and he is still on the committee today.
Other ex-players such as Simon Witney and Denis Taylor have also provided great service and loyalty towards the club, with members of the large Marshall family also supporting the club loyally in various different ways over the years.
As for Haddenham playing legends, Frank Hopkins is often labelled Haddenham's greatest ever player after his spell at the club in the 1960's, and other legends include Bill Rose, Chunky Butler, Roy Tipping, Doug Whitely, Ken Plastow, David Ellis and Steve Ellis to name but a few, with modern day legends Rodney Browne, Alan Lewis, Anthony Cobb and other current players all set to join the list in years to come.