Abingdon United Football Club is a football club based in Abingdon-on-Thames, England. The club are currently members of the and play at The Northcourt.
The club was founded in 1946 by ex-servicemen as a rival to the already existing Abingdon Town at the Anchor pub on the bank of the River Thames. The new club joined Division One of the North Berks League, and won the league's Charity Shield in their first season, beating Wallingford Town 3âÂÂ2 after extra time in the final. Despite finishing ninth out of twelve clubs in Division One in 1947âÂÂ48, they were relegated to Division Two.
Abingdon went on to win Division Two in 1952âÂÂ53, and were promoted back to Division One. In 1958 they moved up to the Hellenic League, where for the next 19 seasons the club remained in the bottom division of the Hellenic League, winning the Division One Cup in 1965âÂÂ66. After finishing third in 1976âÂÂ77 they were promoted to the Premier Division. They stayed in the premier division until the 1980âÂÂ81 season, in which they finished bottom and were relegated back to Division One. However, after a single season in Division One, they made an immediate return, finishing as runners-up. The club then remained in the Hellenic premier Division for another 24 seasons.
In 1982âÂÂ83 season Abingdon entered the FA Vase for the first time; four seasons later they played in the FA Cup for the first time, losing to Stourbridge after two replays in the first qualifying round. The 1996âÂÂ97 season saw the club win three trophies; the Hellenic League's Floodlit Cup, the Hellenic â Hungerford Cup and the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy. They retained the Berks & Bucks Senior Trophy the following season, and won the Hellenic â Hungerford Cup again in 2001âÂÂ02. In 2005âÂÂ06 the club finished third in the Premier Division, and were promoted to Division One South & West of the Southern League. The club remained in the Southern League Division One South & West until the end of the 2012âÂÂ13 season, when they resigned from the league and rejoined the Hellenic League Premier Division.
At the end of the 2015âÂÂ16 season Abingdon were relegated to Division One East. However, after finishing as runners-up in Division One East the following season, they were promoted back to the Premier Division. The club were relegated back to Division One of the Hellenic League in the 2018âÂÂ19 season. In 2024âÂÂ25 they finished fourth in the division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Clanfield on penalties in the semi-finals, the club defeated Wantage Town 2âÂÂ0 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division North of the Combined Counties League.
Abingdon United play their home games at the Northcourt Stadium in Northcourt Road, Abingdon. It has a capacity of 2,000, of which 158 is seated and 258 covered. A new sixty-year lease was signed with landlords Vale of White Horse District Council on 25 February 2026, extending Abingdon United's tenancy of the Northcourt Road ground until 2086. The original lease on the ground had been signed in 1973.