Horley Town F.C.

The Club was formed in 1895 at St Michael’s Church in Yorktown and were called St Michael’s Camberley and initially played friendlies. As

In 1922 the Club submitted an application to join the Surrey Senior League which was accepted and Camberley & Yorktown became founder members of the league. They celebrated this by moving into the present ground at Krooner Park. The 1930's saw unequalled success at Camberley & Yorktown as the side won the Surrey Senior League Championship three times in a row. Between 1930/31 and 1932/33 Camberley & Yorktown narrowly missed out on another piece of silverware when they lost 2-1 to Beddington Corner in the Surrey Senior League Charity Cup Final. The Club reached their 40th anniversary in 1935/36 and celebrated it by reaching the Surrey Senior Cup Final for the first time where they were beaten 3-1 by Wimbledon. Camberley & Yorktown followed up the following season with another appearance in the Surrey Senior League Charity Cup Final where they played Walton on Thames and lost 5-0. In the 1937/38 season they went one further, winning the Surrey Senior League Charity Cup with a 3-2 win over Hersham.

Upon resumption Camberley & Yorktown dropped the Yorktown part of the name and became known as Camberley FC. Krooner Park was not ready for use again by the time the League resumed so the Club started the season at the London Road Recreation Ground. Success was hard to obtain with only a victory in the Surrey Senior Charity Cup in 1952 against Chertsey and a further appearance in the same final three seasons later to show for their efforts in the fifties and sixties. In 1967 discussions took place between the two senior teams in the town, Camberley Wanderers and Camberley FC . The two clubs decided that it made sense to merge and on 2nd June 1967 became Camberley Town FC. The first success of the new Camberley Town came in the 1972/73 season when third place was achieved in the league and the League Charity Cup Final was reached. They lost 3-2 to Westfield in the final at Weybridge. In their bid to bring a higher grade of football to Camberley Town joined the Spartan League in 1973, the Athenian League in 1975 and then the Isthmian League in 1977. Promotion was achieved in 1979 along with victory in the final of the Surrey Senior Cup where Leatherhead were beaten 4-1 after extra time. Collapse followed and within three seasons Camberley found themselves back in the Athenian League. The expansion of the Isthmian League in 1985 gave Camberley a route back into the league Cup success followed. In 1986 the Club enjoyed their best run in the F.A. Vase reaching the quarter finals where they went out to eventual winners Halesowen Town. In the nineties cup success continued, winning the Aldershot Senior Cup two seasons running in 1996/97 and 1997/98. 1997/98 also saw Camberley reach the 4th Qualifying Round of the F.A. Cup equalling their best performance since the thirties and they missed out on promotion to Ryman Division 2 on the final day of the season after a run that saw them lose one and draw twice in a run of 26 matches. In 1998/99 Camberley went one better in the F.A. Cup, reaching the 1st Round Proper for the first time where they were knocked out by League Division 3 side Brentford.

The 1999/2000 season saw John Robson and Hugh Doyle appointed as the new management team but Camberley struggled to pick up points in the league and finished in the bottom five. John felt he had taken the side as far as he could with the available finances and has decided to move on. Under his guidance Camberley reached the final of the Aldershot Senior Cup where they lost on penalties after a 3-3 draw.

Recent season's have seen a number of managerial changes 2000/01 saw Trevor Norris hold the post. He held the post until October 2001 when Martin Pattison moved up from Assistant Manager to take over the team. Martin resigned a season later and was succeeded by Les Ryder who held the post until a few games into the 2003/04 season. Camberley's management team from early September consisted of the highly experienced Ken Ballard, who has been in non-league management for over 30 years with clubs including Staines Town and Kingstonian. Ken was assisted by a former Camberley player, Steve Atkins, and also Matt Palmer. Mixed results followed with a 9^th Place finish in 2003-2004 and 12^th in 2004-2005. Due to work commitments Steve Atkins announced his departure at the end of season function and Ken Ballard resigned in June 2005. Koo Dumbuya was appointed by the Chairman in July 2005 and he was assisted by Bob Barnes and Paul Barry. Paul Barry took full control of team affairs in Early March 2006.

With the disbanding of Ryman League Division  2 Camberley were placed in the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League for the start of the 2006/07 season, and had a good first campaign, finishing 7^th after being just below mid-table before Christmas. During the 2006/07 season, Ronnie Wilson took over from Ian Waldren as Chairman in order to try and take Camberley on to bigger and better things. Ronnie was instrumental in persuading former Welsh International and Chelsea, Barnsley and Aldershot Town player Darren Barnard to join the Club as Director of Football. While Darren has helped things improve on the pitch, Camberley finished 3^rd last season as well as reaching the last 16 of the Vase last season, Ronnie has led the way behind the scenes. For the start of the 2008/09 season, following extensive work on the playing surface, Krooner Park will be in the best condition it has ever been. Paul Barry, along with his assistants, Neil Woodyer and Keith Benjamin, have strengthened the squad over the summer and will be looking for a good season in 2008/09.