The club was formed in 2009 and appointed experienced manager Micky Vipond who had been successful with Leverstock Green, Tring Athletic and Hemel Hempstead Town (where he had a long playing career). The club won the Molten Spartan South Midlands League Division 2 title in its first season, losing only once each at home and away. Winning division 2 by 9 points led to promotion to division 1. The team were again champions in 2010-11, this time by 15 points and were unbeaten at home in the league. This earned a second successive promotion and movement up to the Premier division, where the club stayed for 6 years. The total of 107 points was the highest in the season for any club in the non-league pyramid, prompting the Herts. FA to award the club the prestigious Sir Stanley Rous Memorial Trophy. It is named after a former local referee and administrator who rose all the way from West Herts. football to the top job at FIFA. The team won promotion to the Southern League under Steve Bateman by finishing as Premier division runners up in 2018. We were leading the division when it was abandoned due to a pandemic in 2020. Being deprived of conventional promotion, the joint management team of Steve Bateman and Lee Bircham chose to move up two divisions by taking over the hot seat at Hemel Hempstead Town and took a few players with them. The club finished as runners-up last season but went out at home to North Leigh in the play-off semi-final after extra time. The division one central title has been clinched this season, so promotion to step 3 is expected in the summer.

The club made its FA Cup debut in 2011 with an away win over Crawley Green, followed by a trip to Clarence Park, but the game with St Albans City was goalless, then exiting at Broadwater in the replay. In 2012 they played 5 FA Cup matches but went out to Metropolitan Police in the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup, having knocked out Hoddesdon Town (after a replay), Hadley and Uxbridge. This season Berko went on a run knocking out Ware, Witham Town and Concord Rangers at home before going down in the 3rd qualifying round 2-0 at Banbury United, who like Concord are two divisions higher up the pyramid than the Comrades. That was the current club’s furthest progress in the competition, a feat the old Town club performed on four occasions.

The 2018 debut in the FA Trophy brought a 5-1 win over South Park but defeat at Chipstead. 2019 produced a 5-0 win at home to Herne Bay but defeat at step 3 side Hornchurch 3-1. In 2020-1 season we knocked out Chertsey Town but went out to Marlow in what proved to be our final game before the season was abandoned due to the pandemic. 2021 brought wins at Barton Rovers and Northwood but defeat at Cheshunt, who reached the last 16 of the Trophy.

In 2016 Berkhamsted reached the last 16 of the FA Vase, going out 2-1 at home to the eventual winners Morpeth Town. We got there with six wins, earning the club the Houghton Regis Trophy.

The club has twice reached the quarter final of the Southern League Cup, the first time was in 2019, going out 1-0 after a long midweek trip to Lowestoft Town. The second was in 2022 when an injury time goal meant another 1-0 defeat, this time at home to Swindon Supermarine.

Berko have reached many local cup finals. This season they landed the Herts Senior Cup for the first time by beating Hitchin Town in the final on penalties. The 2019 Herts Charity Cup final with Hemel Hempstead was not played due to the virus, with the sides being declared joint winners. The previous season Berko won the St Marys Cup with a 1-0 win over Oxhey Jets but lost the Herts Charity Shield final 1-0 to Colney Heath. The previous year they lost the St Marys Cup final to Leverstock Green. In 2016 they beat Tring Athletic 3-2 in the Herts. Charity Shield final. They won their first cup in 2013 by also beating Tring Athletic at home in the St Marys Cup final. In 2015 they landed the Premier Division Cup, beating Colney Heath after a penalty shoot-out in the final.

The club nickname is the Comrades, after Berkhamsted Comrades which was the name of the football club formed in the town by servicemen returning from the First World War 100 years ago. It later changed its name to Berkhamsted Town, but that club folded for financial reasons in early 2009.

The club also runs a midweek side for under 18s in the Southern Counties Floodlit Youth League. On Sundays the under 18s and under 16s compete in the Eastern Junior Alliance.

Records to date include:

Highest step 4 finish: 1st in 2023
Biggest Southern League win 7-0 away to Wantage Town in 2019-20.
Biggest home league win 10-0 v Kent Athletic in SSMFL Division 2 in 2009-10
Biggest away league win 11-0 away to Hatfield Town in the SSMFL Premier division in 2013-14
Biggest cup win 12-1 at Stotfold in the FA Cup in 2017/18.
Heaviest league defeat 1-7 at Hanwell Town in the SSMFL Premier division in 2011-12
Heaviest cup defeat 0-6 at Hemel Hempstead Town in the St Marys Cup 2011-12
Best club attendances: Home: 534 v Kidlington to clinch the division as champions in 2023
Best away attendance: 1,254 at Bedford Town in 2022.
Record Broadwater crowd 1,732 for the 2001 FA Vase semi-final win over Bedlington Terriers.
Most goals in a season - 44 Matt Bateman 2018/19.
Player progressing to the Football League: Connor Calcutt-Stevenage