Buckingham Town F.C.

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Buckingham Town

| image = BTFCcrest.JPG

| fullname = Buckingham Town Football Club

| nickname = The Robins

| ground = {{nowrap|Ford Meadow, Buckingham (1883–2011)}}
Winslow Centre, Winslow (2011–12)
Manor Fields, Milton Keynes (2012–20)

| founded = 1883

| dissolved = 2020

}}

Buckingham Town Football Club, known as Milton Keynes Robins for the last year of their existence, was a football club based in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. They were established in 1883 and were one of the founding members of the Hellenic League in 1953. After lasting only four seasons they returned to local football, not re-emerging at a higher level until 1974. Having fallen into financial trouble by 2017 and having been evicted from their ground in 2011, they relocated permanently to Milton Keynes in 2019. The club was merged into Milton Keynes Irish a year later.

History

The club was established as Buckingham Town in 1883, playing their first match against Banbury United. They won the Aylesbury & District League in 1902–03 and 1936–37 and the North Bucks League in 1924–25, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1948–49 and 1949–50.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110401213150/http://www.bt-fc.co.uk/history/ History] Buckingham Town F.C. They were founder members of the Hellenic League in 1953, but left after only four seasons.{{fchd|id=BUCKINGT|name=Buckingham Town}} They won the Aylesbury & District League again in 1967–68.

Buckingham Town joined Division One of the South Midlands League in 1971,[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Addons/SML66.html South Midlands League 1966–1983] Non-League Matters where they played until joining Division Two of the United Counties League in 1974. Their first season in the league saw them finish second, earning promotion to Division One. After finishing as Division One runners-up in 1975–76, the club secured a second successive promotion, moving up to the Premier Division. They were Premier Division champions and Knockout Cup winners in 1983–84, and the following season they reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first (and to date only) time in their history, losing 2–0 at home to Orient.

In 1985–86 Buckingham Town won the Premier Division again and were promoted to the Midland Division of the Southern League. After being transferred to the Southern Division in 1988, they won the division in 1990–91, but were not promoted as their ground failed to meet the standards required. They were moved back to the Midland Division in 1994, but returned to the Southern Division in 1996. However, after finishing bottom of the division in 1996–97, they were relegated back to the Premier Division of the United Counties League. The 2006–07 season saw them finish bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One. The club announced that they were folding at the end of the 2017–18 season.[https://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-sad-news-as-buckingham-town-football-club-are-forced-to-fold-1-8485159 BREAKING: Sad news as Buckingham Town Football Club are forced to fold] Buckingham Today, 3 May 2018 However, the decision was later reversed.

The club was renamed Milton Keynes Robins in January 2019.[https://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/end-of-an-era-as-buckingham-town-football-club-change-their-name-to-milton-keynes-robins-1-8773423 End of an era as Buckingham Town Football Club change their name to Milton Keynes Robins] Buckingham Today, 17 January 2019 In May 2020 the club merged with Unite MK and Milton Keynes Irish Veterans merged to form Milton Keynes Irish.{{cite web|title=Club Merger!|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/miltonkeynesrobinsfc/news/club-merger-2539343.html|publisher=Milton Keynes Irish F.C.|date=30 May 2020|access-date=31 May 2020}}

=League record=

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center !Season !Division !Position !Notes
1953–54 \|Hellenic League \|7 \|
1954–55 \|Hellenic League \|15 \|
1955–56 \|Hellenic League \|14 \|
1956–57 \|Hellenic League Premier Division \|13 \|
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1974–75 \|United Counties League Division Two \|2 \|Runners–up
1975–76 \|United Counties League Division One \|2 \|Runners–up
1976–77 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|11 \|
1977–78 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|8 \|
1978–79 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|13 \|
1979–80 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|11 \|
1980–81 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|11 \|
1981–82 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|4 \|
1982–83 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|10 \|
1983–84 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|1 \|Champions
1984–85 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|3 \|
1985–86 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|1 \|Champions, promoted
1986–87 \|Southern League Midland Division \|13 \|
1987–88 \|Southern League Midland Division \|11 \|
1988–89 \|Southern League Southern Division \|16 \|
1989–90 \|Southern League Southern Division \|3 \|
1990–91 \|Southern League Southern Division \|1 \|Champions
1991–92 \|Southern League Southern Division \|5 \|
1992–93 \|Southern League Southern Division \|12 \|
1993–94 \|Southern League Southern Division \|12 \|
1994–95 \|Southern League Midland Division \|6 \|
1995–96 \|Southern League Midland Division \|9 \|
1996–97 \|Southern League Southern Division \|22 \|Relegated
1997–98 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|11 \|
1998–99 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|9 \|
1999–00 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|19 \|
2000–01 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|17 \|
2001–02 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|16 \|
2002–03 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|4 \|
2003–04 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|2 \|Runners–up
2004–05 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|13 \|
2005–06 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|14 \|
2006–07 \|United Counties League Premier Division \|21 \|Relegated
2007–08 \|United Counties League Division One \|8 \|
2008–09 \|United Counties League Division One \|8 \|
2009–10 \|United Counties League Division One \|13 \|

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!Season

!Division

!Position

!Notes

1953–54

|Hellenic League

1954–55

|Hellenic League

|15

1955–56

|Hellenic League