Club Focus - Brentwood Town FC

[Fat Tom Daley]

Football in the town of Brentwood has a long and colourful history going back to the 19th century when the original Brentwood FC reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup in 1886, where they were beaten 3-1 by the eventual winners Blackburn Rovers.

In the 1940s 50s and 60s the town had a successful amateur club, Brentwood & Warley, who were three times winners of the Delphian League. In 1965 they turned “professional”, becoming Brentwood Town and rapidly rose to the heights of non-league football. Brentwood Town became a force in the Southern League Premier Division and produced some heroic performances in the FA Cup, reaching the third round proper in 1969-70. However, at the end of that season the club effectively folded and amalgamated with another Southern League club, Chelmsford City.

Our current club was founded in 1954 under the name of Manor Athletic. Following the demise of Brentwood Town in 1970, Manor found themselves the most senior club in the district and adopted the town name, changing from Manor Athletic to Brentwood Athletic, and then becoming Brentwood FC in 1972. The latest name change came in 2004 when the name Brentwood Town was once more adopted.