BRING THE DUCKS HOME? - WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FOOTBALL IN AYLESBURY?

This July marks sixteen years since Aylesbury United lost their Buckingham Road ground that they had called home. The Ducks have now played outside of their home town for nearly two decades and there are currently no signs of them returning. 

Plans were submitted to develop the Buckingham Road site, which is still standing but derelict and boarded up, into housing earlier this year with objections raised by local residents and the environmental agency delaying things.

There were hopes of buying the ground back in 2019 but the club's bid wasn't accepted and it was unfortunately sold to developers. 

Since 2006 they have ground shared at Chesham United, Leighton Town, Thame United and have now been back at Chesham United since 2017. 

Football in the Buckinghamshire town has changed over the last two decades with the introductions of Aylesbury FC (now Aylesbury Vale Dynamos) in 2009 and the advent of the 'EL QUACKICO' derby. 

The Dynamos were formed in the 1930s in the Kings Cross area of London as a work's team called Negretti & Zambra. The company moved to the Town in 1949 changing it's name to Stocklake when N&Z sold the social club to the local council. In 2000 Belgrave FC and Stocklake amalgamated and the club was renamed Haywood United. In 2005 they were renamed Aylesbury Vale with the Vale part dropped in 2009. In 2019 the club merged with Bedgrove Dynamos who were ran many successful youth teams to become Aylesbury Vale Dynamos. 

In 2010 FC replaced United in the Southern League with The Ducks relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League but they played at the same Step Four level from 2013 to 2019 following United's return and then Vale's demotion. 

There has been some National Cup success for the town in 2019 when Aylesbury Flooring won the FA Sunday Cup with a win over Birstall Stamford at Peterborough United's London Road ground. The squad included numerous players who have played for both FC and United over the years. 

AYLESBURY UNITED AND AYLESBURY VALE DYNAMOS 

LEAGUE RECORD SINCE 2006 

BOLD DENOTES STEP FOUR 

DENOTES STEP FIVE

* DENOTES CURTAILED SEASONS

SEASON	UNITED	FC
06/07	6th	9th
07/08	8th	13th
08/09	10th	15th
09/10	22nd (R)	1st (P)
10/11	6th	8th
11/12	4th	20th
12/13	2nd (P)	12th
13/14	12th	16th
14/15	13th	3rd
15/16	19th	8th
16/17	13th	19th
17/18	13th	21st
18/19	15th	19th (R)
19/20	5th *	18th *
20/21	4th *	11th *
21/22	14th	14th

THE HISTORY OF THE EL QUACKICO

SEASON	TEAM	GOALS	TEAM	GOALS	CROWD	COMP
13/14	AYLESBURY UNITED	1	AYLESBURY FC	3	476	LEAGUE
	AYLESBURY FC	3	AYLESBURY UNITED	1	549	LEAGUE
14/15	AYLESBURY UNITED	2	AYLESBURY FC	3	269	FA CUP
	AYLESBURY UNITED	3	AYLESBURY FC	4	302	LEAGUE
	AYLESBURY	0	AYLESBURY UNITED	0	526	LEAGUE
15/16	AYLESBURY UNITED	0	AYLESBURY FC	1	347	LEAGUE
	AYLESBURY FC	2	AYLESBURY UNITED	2	238	LEAGUE
16/17	AYLESBURY FC	0	AYLESBURY UNITED	1	291	LEAGUE
	AYLESBURY UNITED	3	AYLESBURY FC	0	256	LEAGUE
17/18	AYLESBURY FC	0	AYLESBURY UNITED	1	356	LEAGUE
	AYLESBURY UNITED	1	AYLESBURY FC	2	148	LEAGUE
18/19	AYLESBURY FC	3	AYLESBURY UNITED	1	371	LEAGUE
	AYLESBURY UNITED	2	AYLESBURY FC	0	232	LEAGUE
19/20	AYLESBURY UNITED	4	AYLESBURY FC	1	138	BER & BUC

OVERALL RECORD OF THE EL QUACKICO

TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
FC/DYNAMOS	14	7	2	5	22	22
UNITED	14	5	2	7	22	22

So for the 2022/23 season Aylesbury United will play in the Southern League Division One (Central) with Aylesbury Vale Dynamos playing one step below them in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division.

Ben Williams is the man in charge of The Ducks having been permanently appointed in January 2018 after a spell as Assistant Manager and Caretaker Manager. During his playing career he played for Haywood United. 

AYLESBURY UNITED FANS WATCH THE 2019 DERBY AT CHESHAM UNITED

Dynamos appointed joint manager's Michael East and Liam Dwyer in June. East makes the step up from managing the club's reserve side in the Suburban League last season and has also been Assistant Manager at Tring Athletic. Dwyer was coach at Kings Langley in the Southern League Premier Central last season. 

It's far from perfect playing at Chesham United but Aylesbury United will play on with their loyal group of fans still hopeful of a return to their home town sooner rather than later.