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Ipswich Wanderers Football Club is a football club based in
Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
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Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include L ...
, England. They are currently members of the and play at Humber Doucy Lane in Rushmere.


History

The club was established as an under-14 boys team based in
Bramford Bramford is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is three miles west of Ipswich of which it forms part of the wider Ipswich Built-up area. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Brunfort" or "Branfort". The River Gipp ...
in 1980. In 1982 they joined the bottom division of the Ipswich Sunday League.History
Ipswich Wanderers F.C. 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 The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...
. The club was renamed Ipswich Wanderers in 1989. In 1997–98 they were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division. 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. 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 The Suffolk Senior Cup is the second level football cup competition organised by the Suffolk FA after the Suffolk Premier Cup. It is currently open to Suffolk–based clubs competing in Eastern Counties League Division One and the top divisions o ...
for the first time, beating local rivals Whitton United on penalties in the final at
Portman Road Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly internation ...
. They were promoted back to the Premier Division after finishing third in Division One in 2013–14. The 2017–18 season saw the club finish in the second-from-bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One North. At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to Division One South, winning nine and drawing one of the ten matches that were played before the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021–22 season the club won 23 consecutive league matches, going on to win the Division One title and earn promotion to the Premier Division. They also won the Suffolk Senior Cup, defeating Leiston reserves 1–0 in the final. The following season saw them win the Premier Division, earning promotion to the North Division of the
Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
.


Honours

*Eastern Counties League **Premier Division champions 2022–23 **Division One champions 1997–98, 2004–05 **Division One South champions 2021–22 *East Anglian Cup **Winners 1998–99 *Suffolk Senior Cup **Winners 2012–13, 2021–22


Records

*Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2015–16 *Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2006–07, 2015–16 *Record attendance: 550 vs Ipswich Town XI, Suffolk Premier Cup semi-final, 2006–07


See also

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Ipswich Wanderers F.C. players Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ra ...
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Ipswich Wanderers F.C. managers Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ra ...


References


External links


Official website
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