Welcome to….Waltham Abbey

The club was founded in 1944 with a mix of players from Waltham Abbey Youth Club and former juniors from Tottenham Hotspur under the leadership of the trainer and manager Wally Hickman.

In their early years they reached the final of the Hertfordshire Junior Cup in three years out of four but lost on each occasion – including a loss to Redbourn Rovers 5-4 after they had been leading 4–1.

Waltham Abbey United emerged in the late 1960s and a new clubhouse was built.

In 1974 the club amalgamated with the successful Beechfield Sports and joined the Metropolitan League, which later became the London Spartan League.

In 1976 the club won the Essex Junior Cup beating Maldon St Mary's 1-0 at Grays Athletic`s ground with a goal from Alfie Hall.

Later that summer the club dropped the Beechfield Sports tag on the advice of the FA and two years later the club reached the final of the Essex Intermediate Cup (losing 2-1 to Dagenham reserves at Epping Town) and won the league's Division One title, and having gained senior status, were promoted.

In their first season they won the title without losing a game and were again promoted, this time to the Premier Division where they remained until season 2000/01.

In 1990/91 the club were inaugural finalists in the Roy Bailey Memorial Trophy - a competition for local teams including Cheshunt, Ware, and Hertford Town.

It was won for the first time in 1994/95 when they beat Hoddesdon Town and in both 1996/97 and 2005 (in the final held over from the previous season) they beat St Margaretsbury.

In 1998/99 they won the London Senior Cup with a fine 3–2 win over Bedfont at Dulwich Hamlet’s ground, Dean Green securing a hat-trick.

They also secured the Spartan South Midlands Challenge Trophy, beating Holmer Green 3-0 over two legs.

Recent seasons have seen a lot of changes on and off the pitch with floodlights being installed in 1990 and the ground levelled.

A great amount of work has been done around the clubhouse and a 200-seater stand built.

A number of seats were purchased from Manchester City`s old Maine Road ground and these were installed during the summer of 2005 as the club strived to improve facilities on and off the field and move up the non-League Pyramid.

Season 2001/02 was spent in the Essex & Herts Border Combination to allow them to move across the pyramid.

They were elected to the Essex Senior League for season 2002/03 and a year later, in addition to winning both the League Cup and the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy, they finished in their highest position of second.

In May 2009, the Abbott's capped off a successful 2008/09 season by beating Concord Rangers 5–4 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw, to win the Isthmian League Division One North play-offs.

They played in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the first time in their history in 2009/10. However, despite winning the last two games of their season, they finished 21st and were relegated for the first time in the club's history.

After seven seasons in North Division a league re-structure saw the club moved into the newly formed Isthmian League South Central League in 2018/19 and they finished ninth – the two subsequent campaigns being abandoned of course, due to the pandemic.

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