Baldock Town Letchworth Football Club come from North Hertfordshire and currently has three senior sides.  Two of which, play in the Hertfordshire Senior County League and we have an ‘A’ team in the North & Mid Herts Football League.  We are the senior club to the very successful local youth setup Baldock Town Youth FC.  You can access the youth team website at www.baldocktyfc.co.uk.

Although the youth setup has been in place for a number of years now, the senior side only came to prominence at the start of the 2003/2004 season.  The new senior side, which was simply named Baldock FC, was formed from former products of the youth system and was put together by committee members of the youth regime. 

Although the club has gone on to bring in players from other surrounding areas, it has always been one of the main policies of the committee to bring in players from Baldock, who know what playing for the Club is all about.

In the Baldock’s debut season, they were managed by Percy Davies and Malcolm Ward, both of which were also running their own youth sides at the time, which was a testament to their commitment to bring football to the older lads, who may otherwise have given up playing.  After a tough start a very respectable fifth place finish was achieved, which was a good result after a big change in playing personnel over the course of the season, with many faces coming and going.

The 2004/2005 season saw Assistant Manager Malcolm Ward take over the management reigns from Percy Davies and he soon added some new acquisitions to further strengthen the squad.  The Club ended 2004 in superb fashion as they crushed Division One leaders Bedwell Rangers 5-2 to make up for a humiliating 5-0 defeat that they had suffered against them earlier in the season.  The dawn of the New Year saw The Reds unbeaten in ten matches and still making good progress in all the Cups.  However, a dip in form followed in January and February, as their unbeaten league run was ended by Wilbury Wanderers and they had soon been dumped out of the Herts Junior Cup, Greg Cup and Division One Cup in quick succession by Mill End Sports, Walsworth Anchor and Whitwell Village respectively.

By mid-February, Baldock had only won two in six matches and were struggling to maintain third place in the league with Magnum breathing down their necks.  After a defeat to Magnum in March, The Reds got revenge the following week in The Benevolent Shield, winning after extra-time 1-0.  If the Club were to finish third, they would have to remain unbeaten until the end of the season.  Despite losing in The Benevolent Shield Quarter-Finals to Walsworth Anchor again, The Reds won three of their last four, with the other being a draw.  A draw that meant Baldock had pipped Magnum to third place in Division One on goal difference and promotion to the Premier Division was achieved.

The 2005/2006 season saw the formation of a new Reserves side, as the development of the Senior setup continued.  Malcolm Ward continued his fine work in charge of the First-Team and made seven new signings for the new campaign.  After a good first half of the campaign that saw the 1^st Team sit proudly in second in the Premier Division at Christmas, everything turned sour with a few faces becoming unreliable and a lack of harmony in the First Team lead to Malcolm Ward's resignation in mid-February.  Paul Rusbridge and First Team midfielder Lee Rusbridge took over the reins on a caretaker basis until the end of the season.  It was a difficult time for the duo, as they tried to scrape a side together for the remaining games.  Their hard work was almost rewarded when they just missed out on a semi-final berth in the Benevolent Shield after their second place in Group B was not quite enough. 

As for the Reserves, Manager Barry Laurence, assisted by Steve King couldn't have endured a much better first season in charge, as they lead their troops to the Division One Cup and runners-up in Division One.  The Reserves were only denied a memorable League and Cup double by Magnum, who snatched the title in a play-off on the league's final afternoon.  The mixture of youth and experience made the Reserves first season a big success, with the likes of Lee Buck, Paul Martin and Steve King nurturing the exciting youngsters such as Ross Haskins, Cameron Brawley and James Smith – all of whom have since progressed to the 1^st Team. 

The 2006/2007 season saw the Club revert from Baldock FC back to the name of former Southern League club Baldock Town, which folded back in 2001.  The Reserves successful management duo of Barry Laurence and Steve King stepped up to the First Team with Sean Ennis and Chris Beedell forming the new management team for the Reserve side.  The 1^st Team took their place in the Premier Division of the newly-formed North & Mid Herts Football League, with the Reserves playing in the league’s Division One North.

At the close of 2006, Barry and Steve had lead the first team to second in the North & Mid Herts Premier Division and the Club were still challenging on all fronts after making the Quarter-Final of the Herts Junior Cup for the first time and also sealing semi-final berths in both the Greg Cup and Premier Division Cup (Benevolent Shield).

After a league defeat to Woolmer Green in early December, the 1^st Team went on an unbeaten run of 12 matches, which included Quarter-Final and Semi-Final victories in the Herts Junior Cup against Ware Lions and Greenbury United respectively – the latter being played in front of over 150 spectators at Knights Templar Sports Centre.  The Club had reached the final of a competition which began with over 120 clubs, so this was some achievement.  The unbeaten run also included a Semi-Final victory in the Premier Division Cup over London Colney ‘A’, which set up a final with St Ippolyts.  However, the Club were unable to make it three Semi-Final victories in three weeks as they surrendered a 2-0 lead in the Greg Cup against Fairlands and lost 4-2. 

The Herts Junior Cup Final at The County Ground in Letchworth on Good Friday in 2007, saw Baldock beaten 5-4 after extra time by West Herts League Kings Sports after leading 4-2 a minute into the second half thanks to goals from Mark Nunn (2), Cameron Brawley and Harry Holland.  The match was played in front of a bumper crowd of 576 and will go down as one of the greatest in Junior Cup history.

After the heartbreak of losing the Junior Cup Final, Barry and Steve’s side would go on to finish second in the Premier Division and also finish runners-up in the Premier Division Cup (Benevolent Shield) after going down 3-1 to St Ippolyts in the Final.

After sitting fourth in the table at the turn of the year, Sean and Chris’s Reserve side endured a tough second half of the season in their first campaign in management with their team of youngsters ending the season in 7^th place.

The Club’s chase for honours was however put into perspective when promising 1^st Team youngster Michael Masters lost a leg in a horrific accident on the London Underground shortly after being sent off in the Junior Cup Final in April 2007.

He has since made a fantastic recovery and the club organised a charity match in his honour in September of that year against an old Baldock Town XI (formerly of the Southern Football League pre-2001).  The match saw the ’new’ BTFC win 2-0 and the event raised in excess of £1,500.

The 2007/2008 season saw the club embark on its biggest challenge, as it made the move to the Herts Senior County League and a place on the non-league football ladder.

The 1^st team, now solely managed by Steve King, started the season in fine fashion winning a club record seven matches in a row to top the Division One table.  However, their interests in the cup competitions came to a swift end after defeats to North Mymms and Mill End Sports in the Aubrey and Herts Intermediate Cups respectively.

After a 1-0 defeat to St Peters in mid September ended their unbeaten start in the league, Town went 17 league matches without defeat with 14 wins and 3 draws including a 2-0 win over title rivals Wodson Park at Knights Templar Sports Centre to leave them on the brink of a first ever league title.  Wodson Park gave themselves a small glimmer of hope by inflicting Town’s second defeat of the season in April 2008, winning 2-1, but victories against Bedwell Rangers and Sarratt left Baldock needing a victory at home to Croxley Guild to win the championship.  The match was a very tense affair in difficult conditions, but a single goal from Harry Holland fifteen minutes from time gave Town the title.

The Reserve side, managed by Barry Laurence, also had a great season.  They were promoted as runners-up from Herts Senior County League Reserve Division Two and also won the Reserve Cup at the first attempt beating the holders Evergreen Reserves 3-0 in the final thanks to goals from Lewis Littlechild, Ross Haskins and Adam Shelley.

An ‘A’ team was also formed at the beginning of the 2007/08 season and they were competing in the North & Mid Herts League Division One North.  The ‘A’ team, nicknamed “The ‘A’ngels”, by Manager Sean Ennis, was formed mainly to integrate the youngsters from the youth setup into senior football.  After a difficult start for Sean Ennis’ side, they finished the season in mid-table, which was a fine achievement.

The 2008/2009 season saw the Club move from its home venue at Knights Templar Sports Centre to the County Ground on Baldock Road in Letchworth, home of the Hertfordshire FA.  This was thanks mainly to the efforts of club chairman Philip Mills and The Reds main sponsor Arena Security.  The efforts of both parties, particularly the financial backing from Arena over the past five years, had seen the Club continue to grow season after season.  As part of the move to Baldock Road, the Club revised its name to Baldock Town Letchworth FC.

Baldock's first season in the Premier Division of the Herts Senior County League started with a fine 3-0 win at Bovingdon, before they were quickly brought crashing down to earth with a 5-0 thrashing at Buntingford Town.  Town's unpredictable and patchy form brought them just nine wins from seventeen competitive games, but they had booked a place in the Quarter Final of the Aubrey Cup.

However, the arrival of Jack Gregson from rivals Hitchin Town Arean sparked a change in fortunes and just one defeat in their last 18 league games saw Baldock finish third and narrowly miss out on promotion.  Bovingdon were the only side to claim a league victory against Town in this period and they would also end the Club's run in the Aubrey Cup.  Included in this fine run was Town's record win, a 19-0 victory over hapless Bedmond Sports & Social.