Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the National League South and play at Vauxhall Road.

[2] They joined the West Herts League in 1891 and were renamed Apsley Football Club two years later.

The club had continued playing in the West Herts League and won the title for a third time in 1904–05.

[4] Following World War II the club were placed in the Western Division for the 1945–46 season and finished bottom of the table.

[6] They were subsequently placed in Division One West and the club's name was changed to Hemel Hempstead.

However, a fourth-place finish in 2005–06 meant the club qualified for the promotion play-offs; after beating Swindon Supermarine 3–0 in the semi-finals, they won the final against Brackley Town 3–2 to earn an immediate return to the Premier Division.

[8] In 2006–07 Hemel Hempstead finished fifth in the Southern League Premier Division, qualifying for the play-offs, in which they lost 3–1 to Team Bath.

[8] The club finished fourth in 2012–13; in the play-offs they won 2–0 against Chesham United in the semi-finals, before losing 5–4 on penalties to Gosport Borough in the final.

The following season saw the club win the Southern League Premier Division title, earning promotion to the Conference South.

In that same year, the town was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII to become a bailiwick with the right to hold a Thursday market and a fair on Corpus Christi Day.

[11] The club's record attendance was set in January 1962 when 3,500 saw the team lose 3–1 to Tooting & Mitcham United in the FA Amateur Cup.

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