Brantham Athletic F.C.

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Brantham Athletic
Full name Brantham Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) Brams
Founded 1887
Ground New Village, Brantham
(Capacity 1,200 (200 seated))
League Eastern Counties League
First Division
2007-08 Suffolk & Ipswich League
Senior Division, 1st

Brantham Athletic F.C. is a football club from Brantham, near Ipswich, England. They currently play in the First Division of the Eastern Counties League.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1887, the club joined the Eastern Counties League in 1978 and achieved their highest ever finish of 4th in 1982-83, the same season in which they reached the fifth round of the FA Vase, losing 1-0 at home to VS Rugby in front of a record crowd of 1,700. When the league gained a second tier in 1988, the club was placed in the Premier Division. However, they were relegated to the First Division in 1992-93 after finishing second from bottom. Two years later they were relegated to the Suffolk & Ipswich League after finishing 18th out of 19 clubs. At the end of that season Brantham Athletic folded completely. As a result Brantham merged with Stutton Football Club to become Brantham & Stutton United. A couple of years later the club reverted back to its old name incorporating Stutton F.C.

By 2004 Brantham had dropped into Division One of the Suffolk & Ipswich League. However, they were promoted to the Senior Division after finishing 2nd in 2004-05. They won the title in 2007-08, and were promoted back to the Eastern Counties League.

The club's Sunday league side play in the Ipswich Sunday League, and reached the FA Sunday Cup semi-final in 2008.[1]

[edit] Honours

  • Suffolk & Ipswich League
    • Champions 2007-08

[edit] Records

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brantham's Anfield ambition The FA, 25 February 2008

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