Bungay Town F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Bungay Town


fullname = Bungay Town Football Club
nickname = Black Dogs
founded = 1925
ground = Maltings Meadow Sports Ground, Bungay
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chairman =
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league = Anglian Combination Second Division
season = 2006-07
position = Second Division, 8th

Bungay Town F.C. is a football club from Bungay, England. They currently play in the First Division of the Anglian Combination and are based at the Maltings Meadow Sports Ground.

History

The club was founded in 1925 by a merger of various local clubs, and originally played at the Recreation Ground. They joined the Norfolk & Suffolk League in 1935, and following World War II they won the league three years in succession between 1946 and 1949 and again in 1952. They also won the league cup three years in a row from 1948 to 1950 and again in 1956, as well as the Suffolk Senior Cup, which they picked up in 1950 and 1961. They also began entering the FA Cup in 1950, which they continued to do until 1963. During their period of success, crowds reached four figures. [ [http://www.bungaytownfc.org.uk/history.htm History of Bungay Town Football Club] Bungay Town FC] However, the ground was in a flood plain, resulting in the pitch being described as "frequently reduced to a quagmire". [ [http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/bungay_town.html Bungay Town FC] Pyramid Passion] They moved to their current ground in 1953.

In 1963 the club entered the Eastern Counties League. However, they finished bottom in their first season, and withdrew at its end to become founder members of the Anglian Combination, which had been formed by a merger of the Norfolk & Suffolk League and the East Anglian League.

The club entered the FA Vase between 1974 and 1983, but have not done so since.

Honours

*Norfolk & Suffolk League
**Champions 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52
**League cup winners 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1955-56
*Suffolk Senior Cup
**Winners 1949-50, 1960-61
*Anglian Combination
**Division One champions 1974-75, 1980-81, 1987-88

Records

*Attendance: 2,498 vs Wycombe Wanderers in January 1950

References

External links

* [http://www.bungaytownfc.org.uk/ Official website]
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