Sudbury Town F.C.
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| Full name | Sudbury Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Yellows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolved | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Priory Stadium, Sudbury, Suffolk (Capacity ~4,000) |
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| League | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sudbury Town was a football club from Sudbury, Suffolk, England. It merged with Sudbury Wanderers in 1999 to form A.F.C. Sudbury.
Formed in 1885, Sudbury Town were founder members of the Suffolk FA in the same year.[1] Geoff Hurst's father, Charlie, was player-manager in 1950–51[2] before they joined the Eastern Counties League in 1955–56.[3] Sudbury Town won the League seven times between 1974 and 1990, before joining the Southern League Southern Division.[3] The highest that the club reached in the National League System was the Southern League Premier Division, where they spent 3 seasons, from 1994–95 to 1996–97, before being demoted back to the Eastern Counties League.[3] They reached the second round proper of the FA Cup in 1996–97 after beating Football League club Brighton & Hove Albion on penalties in the first round replay, but lost 3-1 to Brentford in a game played at Layer Road in Colchester.[3] The club also reached the FA Vase final in 1988–89, where they lost in the replay to Tamworth.[1] Additionally, Sudbury Town won the Suffolk Premier Cup 13 times.
On the 1 June 1999, financially-troubled Sudbury Town merged with neighbouring Sudbury Wanderers to form A.F.C. Sudbury.[1]
[edit] Honours & club records
Southern League Southern Division
- Runners-up - 1993–94
- Southern League Cup Winners - 1993–94
Eastern Counties Football League
- Champions - 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
- Runners-up - 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85
- Runners-up - 1988–89
- 3rd Round - 1995–96
- 2nd Round - 1996–97
Suffolk Premier Cup
- Champions - 13 times
- Runners-up - 9 times
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