Ipswich Wanderers Football Club is a
football club based in
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...
,
Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at Humber Doucy Lane in
Rushmere.
History
The club was established as an under-14 boys team based in
Bramford
Bramford is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is three miles west of Ipswich of which it forms part of the wider Ipswich Built-up area. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Brunfort" or "Branfort". The River Gipp ...
in 1980. In 1982 they joined the bottom division of the Ipswich Sunday League.
[History]
Ipswich Wanderers F.C. Sponsorship resulted in a name change during 1988 to Loadwell Ipswich. In the same year they became founder members of Division One of the
Eastern Counties League
The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suff ...
.
[ The club was renamed Ipswich Wanderers in 1989.][ They were relegated to Division One again after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2007–08. In 2012–13 the club won the Suffolk Senior Cup for the first time, beating local rivals Whitton United on penalties in the final at ]Portman Road
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly internation ...
. They were promoted back to the Premier Division after finishing third in Division One in 2013–14. The 2017–18 season saw the club finish in the second-from-bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One North. At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to Division One South, winning nine and drawing one of the ten matches that were played before the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021–22 season the club won 23 consecutive league matches, going on to win the Division One title and earn promotion to the Premier Division. They also won the Suffolk Senior Cup, defeating Leiston reserves 1–0 in the final. The following season saw them win the Premier Division, earning promotion to the North Division of the Isthmian League.
Honours
*Eastern Counties League
**Premier Division champions 2022–23
**Division One champions 1997–98, 2004–05
**Division One South champions 2021–22
*East Anglian Cup
**Winners 1998–99
*Suffolk Senior Cup
**Winners 2012–13, 2021–22
Records
*Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2015–16[
*Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2006–07, 2015–16][
*Record attendance: 550 vs Ipswich Town XI, Suffolk Premier Cup semi-final, 2006–07
]
See also
* Ipswich Wanderers F.C. players
* Ipswich Wanderers F.C. managers
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Suffolk
Association football clubs established in 1980
1980 establishments in England
Sport in Ipswich
Eastern Counties Football League