Shefford Town & Campton F.C.

Shefford Town & Campton
Full nameShefford Town & Campton Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bluemen
Founded2010 (2010)
GroundShefford Sports Club, Shefford, Bedfordshire
Capacity1,000
ChairmanGraham Earl
ManagerJim Starling
LeagueSpartan South Midlands League Division One
2024–25Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, 17th of 18 (relegated)

Shefford Town & Campton Football Club is an English football club based in the town of Shefford, Bedfordshire. The team plays its home matches at Shefford Sports Club on Hitchin Road in Shefford and at Campton Playing Fields, Rectory Road in Campton. The club is competing at the 9th tier of the English football league system in the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division. The club also has a reserve side competing in the Premier Division,an U23s team competing in Division 4 and a Development Team in Division 2 all in the Bedfordshire County Football League.

Originally formed in 1910 as Shefford Town, their first successful period came in the 1950s: starting in 194950, the team won two South Midlands League championships and three Beds Senior Cups within five seasons. Subsequently, the club finished as runners-up in the Parthenon League, and won the United Counties League title in 196061. Shefford would not match these achievements until the early 1980s, when the club was promoted from the South Midlands League's second tier in 198283 and won the league title a year later.

After relegation in 1990, Shefford Town folded in 1994. The town remained without a senior football team until 2009, when the club was reformed. In 2010 Shefford Town merged with near neighbours Campton.

The club has had success both on and off the pitch in recent years since its reformation, the club were crowned Bedfordshire County Premier Division Winners in 2011–12, 2017–18 and 2018–19. The Bedfordshire County League Britannia Cup was won in both 2011 & 2014 and the East Beds Charity Cup was won by the Reserve team in 2015. The club has also finished runners up in the Biggleswade knock-out cup in 2015, 2016 & 2017.

At the end of 2018–19 season Shefford announced its intentions to seek promotion into the Spartan South Midlands Football League, they duly wrapped up the Bedfordshire County League title and passed the relevant ground grading, so the club is all set to step back into the league it folded out of back in 1994.

After 3 seasons in Division One of SSML, the club won the play off at the end of the 2021/22 season and achieved promotion to Non League Step 5 and the Premier Division where they are competing at present.

The club is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association.