Brentwood Town Football Club, nicknamed “The Blues,” is a non-league football club based in Brentwood, Essex.
Established in 1954, they currently compete in the Pitching In Isthmian League Premier Division, which is part of the seventh tier of English football. The team calls Brentwood Centre Arena their home ground.
The side reached the FA Cup quarter-finals in 1886, losing 3–1 to Blackburn Rovers. Operating under a different title in the 1950s and 1960s, it won the Delphian League three times, turned professional in 1965, and advanced to the FA Cup third round in 1969-70 while playing in the Southern League Premier Division, before folding and merging with Chelmsford City.
A new club began in 1954 as Manor Athletic, using King George’s Playing Fields, later Larkins Playing Fields, and from 1993 the Brentwood Centre. It reclaimed the Brentwood Town name in 2004, won the Essex Senior League in 2000-01, completed a league and cups treble under Steve Witherspoon and Amin Levitt in 2006-07, and earned promotion to the Isthmian League that season.
Adam Flanagan led a 2014-15 play-off victory that carried the side to the Isthmian Premier League. England striker Jimmy Greaves had played for the team in 1975, boosting attendances. Charter Standard accreditation followed in 2020; Rod Stringer took the team to the 2021-22 play-off final, and Keith Rowland, appointed in November 2023, secured promotion back to Step 3 for 2024-25 after losing the 2023-24 play-off on penalties.
Brentwood Town FC Limited is a registered company in England and Wales