Brantham Athletic F.C.
Brantham Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Brantham, Suffolk. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at Brantham Leisure Centre.HistoryFounded in 1887, the club were founder members of the Suffolk & Ipswich League in 1896. However, despite finishing as runners-up in the first season, they left the league at its end. The club returned to Division Two of the league in 1898 and won the division at the first attempt. However, they withdrew midway through the following season. The club adopted the name Brantham Crown for some time and returned to Division One of the IDL in 1905. In 1906 they reverted to their original name, and the following year left the IDL again to join Division Two of the South East Anglian League. They returned to Division One of the IDL for the 1908–09 season, but left again in 1910 to join the Harwich and District League. After playing in it for a single season they joined the Essex & Suffolk Border League, before switching back to Division Two of the IDL in 1912, also playing in Division Two of the East Anglian League, winning both in 1913–14.After World War I the club played in the Ipswich & District League from 1919 until 1925, the year in which they reached the final of the Suffolk Senior Cup, losing 1–0 to Kirkley. That year they also switched back to the Essex & Suffolk Border League. The club won the Senior Cup in 1927 with a 3–0 win over Lowestoft Town. After finishing bottom of the ESBL in 1931–32 they returned to the Ipswich & District League. After World War II they rejoined the ESBL, although they also played in the Ipswich & District League between 1947 and 1950. They won the Senior Cup for a second time in 1959–60, defeating Christchurch Athletic 3–2. In 1972–73 they won the ESBL and retained the title the following season. In 1975–76 they won the league again, also winning the League Cup and the Senior Cup. A league and League Cup double was repeated the following season.