Brigg Town F.C.
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Brigg Town Football Club are the oldest association football team in Lincolnshire, England, dating to 1864.
Known as the Zebras,they wear black and white as home colors and have in recent years played in the Northern Counties East League. Champions of the league in the 2000/2001 season, they were denied promotion to the Unibond Northern Premier League because improvements to their ground were not completed before the deadline. They were runners-up the two following years but only the champions of the NCE League are promoted as a rule.However, after finishing third in the 2003/2004 season they are being promoted as a part of the National League System restructuring.
On the national level Brigg Town have won the FA Vase twice, in 1996 and 2003, under longtime manager Ralph Clayton. In the 2001/2002 FA Cup, they defeated eventual Nationwide Conference champions Boston United F.C. before being beaten by Tranmere Rovers F.C. who ranked five levels above them on the football pyramid.
History
- 1976-77 - Joined Midland League
- 1977-78 - Midland League Champions
- 1982-83 - Founder members of Northern Counties East League. Relegated to Division Two South
- 1984-85 - Joined Division One Central on re-organisation. Northern Counties East Division One Central runner-up
- 1986 - Promoted to Premier Division
- 1995-96 - F.A. Vase Winners
- 1999-00 - Northern Counties East League runner-up
- 2000-01 - Northern Counties East League Champions
- 2001-02 - Northern Counties East League runner-up
- 2002-03 - F.A. Vase Winners (2nd time); Northern Counties East League runner-up
- 2004-05 - Joined Northern Premier League Division One
- Best league position: 1st in Northern Counties East League, Premier division (then level 8), 2000-01
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st round, 2000-01
- Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1971-72 and 1972-73
- Best FA Vase performance: winners, 1995-96 and 2002-03
Source: Football Club History Database (http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/)
External link
- Official site (http://www.briggtownfc.co.uk/)