football
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club based in
Brentwood, Essex
Brentwood is a town in the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the East of England. It is in the London commuter belt, situated 20 miles (30 km) east-north-east of Charing Cross and close by the M25 motorway. In 2017, the popula ...
,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at the Brentwood Centre Arena.
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
several times, reaching the quarter-finals in 1885–86, where they were beaten 3–1 by eventual winners
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...
. They were also briefly members of Division One of the
South Essex League
The South Essex League was a football league that was held in Essex and East London.
History
The league was formed for the 1892–93 season. Only four clubs in the league managed to fulfill all their fixtures, with Barking Excelsior winning th ...
for the 1896–97 season, but left after finishing bottom of the division. The club were later replaced as the town's main club by amateur club Brentwood & Warley.Club History Brentwood Town F.C. Brentwod & Warley joined Division One A of the South Essex League in 1921 and were runners-up in their first season in the league. They finished bottom of Division One in 1926–27, but were runners-up the following season, after which they joined Division One East of the
Spartan League
The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League.
History
The Spartan League was establish ...
.Spartan League 1907–1934 Non-League Matters
League reorganisation at the end of the 1928–29 season saw Brentwood & Warley placed in the Premier Division, where they remained until leaving the league at the end of the 1933–34 season. They rejoined the league in 1948, and were runners-up in 1948–49. In 1951 they were founder members of the
Delphian League
The Delphian League was an English amateur football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.
The league was formed in 1951 with 14 clubs and was effectively a level below the Corinthian League.Athenian League
The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this nam ...
in 1963 after the Delphian League was disbanded.
In 1965 the club turned professional and became Brentwood Town. Playing at the Hive on Ongar Road, the renamed club left the amateur Athenian League to join the
Metropolitan League
The Metropolitan League was a football league in the south-east of England between 1949 and 1971.Southern League in 1967. In 1968–69 they won Division One, and were promoted to the Premier Division. In the same season the club also reached the second round of the
FA Cup
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, where they lost 10–1 at
Southend United
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. The following season the club reached the third round of the cup; they beat
Football League
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club
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1–0 in the first round, before defeating
Hendon
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2–0 in the second round. The third round saw them drawn at home against
Northampton Town
Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...
, with a record crowd of over 4,000 seeing the club lose 1–0. In the league the club briefly topped the table in September, and eventually finished ninth. However, at the end of the season the club directors decided to merge the club with
Chelmsford City
Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium.
History Chelmsford
Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members of ...
After Brentwood Town were dissolved, Manor Athletic changed their name to Brentwood Athletic. Manor Athletic had been established in 1954,About BTFC Brentwood Town Football Club and joined the
Essex Olympian League
The Essex Olympian Football League is a football competition based in England, founded in the 1966-67 in English football, 1966–67 season. It has a total of six senior divisions and one under 21 division. The Premier Division sits at step 7 ( ...
in 1967, winning the League Cup in their first season. In 1974 the club was renamed again, becoming simply Brentwood, and joined the
Essex Senior League
The Essex Senior Football League is an English men's football league. It contains clubs from the Essex FA, Hertfordshire FA, London FA, Middlesex FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. It is a feeder league to Division One North of the Isthm ...
. They went on to win the League Cup in 1975–76, 1978–79, 1990–91
In 2000–01 the club won their first Essex Senior League title, although they finished third from bottom of the league the following season. In 2004 the club adopted its current name. After winning the Essex Senior League for the second time in 2006–07, and also winning the League Cup, the club was promoted to Division One North of the Isthmian League. In 2008–09 they finished third and qualified for the promotion play-offs, but lost 4–1 at home to
Waltham Abbey
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. In
2010–11
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the club finished fifth and qualified for the play-offs again. After defeating
Needham Market
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History
It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. ...
3–1 in the semi-finals, they lost 3–2 to Wingate & Finchley in the final. They qualified for the play-offs again after a fourth-place finish in 2014–15, and after beating AFC Sudbury on penalties in the semi-final, they defeated
Thurrock
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5–0 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division. However, the following season saw them finish in the relegation zone, resulting in relegation back to Division One North.
Ground
Manor Athletic played at King George's Playing Fields until moving to Larkin's Playing Field in 1957.Brentwood Town Pyramid Passion In 1992 they were required to leave the ground in order to maintain senior status, and groundshared at East Thurrock United's Rookery Hill. The following year they moved to the Brentwood Centre, with the opening match played on 9 October 1993. Initially the only spectator facilities was a covered area adjacent to the clubhouse; seats were later installed in one half of the stand.Jon Weaver (2005) ''The Football Grounds of Rural Essex'', p11 Floodlights were installed in 1999. A new record attendance was set in August 2004 when a crowd of 472 watched a friendly match against a
West Ham United
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XI.
Coaching staff
List of managers
Honours
*Essex Senior League
**Champions 2000–01, 2006–07
**League Cup winners 1975–76, 1978–79, 1990–91, 2006–07
*Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy
**Winners 2006–07
*Harry Fisher Memorial Trophy
**Winners 1995–96
*Essex Olympian League
**League Cup Winners 1967–68
Records
*Best
FA Cup
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performance: Third round, 1969–70
*Best
FA Trophy
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performance: First round, 1969–70
*Best
FA Vase
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performance: First round, 2004–05, 2006–07
*Record attendance
**Original club: 4,000 vs
Northampton Town
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Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...
, FA Cup third round, 12 January 1970
**Modern club: 897 vs Stowmarket Town,
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
Division One North play-off semi-final, 26 April 2022