Maidenhead United FC was founded in 1870, making it one of the top ten oldest active English football clubs. 

In recent years, the club has taken pride in being “community-focused” and has grown significantly on many fronts, whether that be the club’s Juniors section, the Men’s and Women’s teams, or the community programme. 

Both the Men’s and Women’s Maidenhead United FC teams are playing at the best level in their history, in the Vanarama National League and the FA Women’s National League Southwest League respectively. 

Moreover, the formation of the Maidenhead United FC Juniors section in 2019 has proved to be a great success. It has experienced massive growth and is now one of the largest grassroots clubs in the region, with over 650 players in the under 7 to under 18 age groups. 

The club also runs a huge community programme. The Maidenhead in the Community and Maidenhead United FC Community Trust teams provide a multitude of footballing, education and mental health programmes, and now have over 2,500 participants (children or adults) each week. This demonstrates the club’s ambition to truly engage with the local community and promote “sports participation”, “health and wellbeing”, as well as “social cohesion and inclusion.”

With the club competing at the highest level in its history, the future is looking bright, and steps are certainly being made to develop the club so it can progress even further. For example, in 2022 Maidenhead United had agreed with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council to take on land at Braywick Park, with plans to make this the club’s new stadium. They had agreed a fee in the region of £450,000 however the council, in July 2023, blocked the release of the land with concerns regarding the loss of open public space. 

 The decision was reviewed by cabinet members after a petition created by a fan of the club reached over 2,000 signatures. The historic stadium at York Road is believed to be the oldest football ground in the world that is continuously used and there was even a counter-petition created, asking the council to uphold its decision from July to block the release. 

Although the councillors eventually decided to uphold the original July 2023 decision to not release the land, it did prove to be an extremely tough decision. Furthermore, the club’s attempt to develop a new stadium displays its ambition for the future to expand and progress as far as possible.