Founded in 1952 by Charlie Green BEM, Ted Hall, Gordon Carter, Don Sharp and a number of other hardy gentlemen formed a football Club called AWRE Football Club at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston. AWRE at that time was in process of being built and consisted mainly of a collection of outbuildings, temporary huts and a lot of plans. This was very much the case for any sporting activity, but suprisingly because of its airfield history, the surfaces for sport were very good. Footballers changed in any free Chivers Huts (Contractors), carrying their tins baths complete with cold water into the 'hut of the day'then would go out and mow the grass, mark the pitch and put up the nets. This became known as the tin bath era. The team was nicknamed the atom men. Egged on by William Penney, a bustling centre forward of the old school in his day, Aldermaston somehow survived until the main buildings were built. For despite the cold water, not unknown in those days, which probably made the later users dirtier that they were originally, drafty huts, football continued at Aldermaston thanks to Charlie Green and his stalwarts "never say die" spirit. Somethingthat was very prevalent throughout the whole Establishment in those days and has been handed down to the present incumbents of the present day Club. For without it there would certainly be no football at Aldermaston today. For Aldermaston have certainly had its ups and downs.

In the late 60's early 70's AWRE Football Club was requested to change its name hence the present name AFC Aldermaston. This was the first of local Clubs to adopt the title AFC before their name. Now we have a glut of them sometime causing confusion to us now when the latter title is not used by the present day AFC's. For having used our corrupted version for so long, Association Football Club Aldermaston became known quite wrongly as Aldermaston Football Club or AFC. This confusion still reins.

AFC Aldermaston became very successful in the late 60's and 70's and had to make changes from the Reading area Leagues into Hampshire being only about a couple of hundred yards inside the Berkshire border. Another big step was to join the Hellenic League after a successful period in the Hampshire based Leagues. Finishing fifth in the first season was thought to be reward enough, but winning the majority of the Sportsmanship Awards seemed to place the winning of the League into second place. So our fortunes fluctuated again causing the Club to re-think its policies, returning to less Senior football gaining promotion, demoted but finally ending up in the Hampshire League.

The Club was very proud of the Hamsphire League status and still intends to be ambitious as our circumstances will allow. We are again onthe 'up'. Still playing within the confines of the AWRE Recreational Society (now AWE) AFC has had the benefit of some splendid surfaces over the years, earlier they were prepared by Eddie Seaward, now moved in all his grandeur to become Head Groundsman at The All England Wimbledon Tennis Club. He has become something of a TV personality appearing regularly during the Wimbledon Tournament. The surfaces are still excellent. Being a "works" side, players now move employment more frequently and those that remain are subject to a birthday once a year and our problems are similar to so many works sides of late. So many of these excellent Clubs no longer exist. BUT WE WILL SURVIVE.

In the 2004-05 season the Hampshire League was revamped and most of the teams gained entry to the Sydenhams Wessex League. Ourselves were put into the second Division, and so we look forward to many good seasons at this level of football. In the 2006-07 season the Sydenhams Wessex League introduced a new structure, a Premier Division, Division 1 and Division 2.

So much is scheduled to change in the area and schemes for recreation are abundant. But we do not intend to get left behind for we want to help where possible and we do not intend to make our Club a 'closed shop', for we are still conscious that we are doing a fringe community service within our rules and with changes necessarily brought about to the Recreational Society and the workplace it will always be our intention to maintain that status. Helping our young players in the area helps all, but helping is not enough on its own for it has to be done along the right lines. So if only in a small way we can restore some discipline both on and off the playing field to our younger element we will have achieved some of our aims and hopefully, if it rubs off football should have recovered some of its lost prestige.