Ipswich Wanderers F.C.

Ipswich Wanderers Football Club is a football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and play at Humber Doucy Lane in Rushmere.

Ipswich Wanderers
Full nameIpswich Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Wanderers
Founded1980
GroundHumber Doucy Lane, Rushmere
ChairmanStephen Boyle
ManagerMark Goldfinch & James Buckle
LeagueEastern Counties League Division One North
2019–20Eastern Counties League Division One North (season abandoned)

History

The club was established as an under-14 boys team based in Bramford in 1980. In 1982 they joined the bottom division of the Ipswich Sunday League.[1] Sponsorship resulted in a name change during 1988 to Loadwell Ipswich. In the same year they became founder members of Division One of the Eastern Counties League.[2] The club was renamed Ipswich Wanderers in 1989.[2]

In 1997–98 Ipswich Wanderers were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[3] Their first season in the Premier Division was a struggle and they were saved from relegation only by the merger of Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers. However, they won the East Anglian Cup, defeating St Neots Town in the final. However, the club were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2002–03 season.

Ipswich Wanderers were Division One champions in 2004–05, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[3] They were relegated to Division One again after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2007–08. In 2012–13 the club won the Suffolk Senior Cup for the first time, beating local rivals Whitton United on penalties in the final at Portman Road. They were promoted back to the Premier Division after finishing third in Division One in 2013–14.

Honours
  • Eastern Counties League
    • Division One champions 1997–98, 2004–05
  • East Anglian Cup
    • Winners 1998–99
  • Suffolk Senior Cup
    • Winners 2012–13

Records
  • Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2015–16[3]
  • Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2006–07, 2015–16[3]
  • Record attendance: 550 vs Ipswich Town XI, Suffolk Premier Cup semi-final, 2006–07
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See also
  • Ipswich Wanderers F.C. players
  • Ipswich Wanderers F.C. managers

References
  1. History Ipswich Wanderers F.C.
  2. Loadwell Ipswich at the Football Club History Database
  3. Ipswich Wanderers at the Football Club History Database

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