Bourne Town Football Club, nicknamed “The Wakes,” is a non-league football club based in Bourne, Lincolnshire.
Established in 1883, they currently compete in the Pitching In Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, which is part of the eighth tier of English football. The team calls JJ Mac Stadium their home ground.
The side began in the Peterborough League, winning titles in 1933–34, 1945–46 and 1946–47. A supporters’ competition after the war produced the nickname “The Wakes”. Admission to the United Counties League was followed by two seasons back at local level, then a move to the Central Alliance, where Sid Otterwell’s team won the 1959–60 championship and the Lincolnshire Senior “B” trophy the next year. Four seasons in the Midland League preceded a 48-year return to the United Counties League.
Between 1968 and 1972, manager Terry Bates and chairman Wilf Notley secured three United Counties League championships, the Knockout Cup, Lincolnshire Senior “A” Cup, and double successes in both the RAFA and Scarber cups. Player-manager Mark Mitchell regained the league crown in 1990–91, added the Benevolent Cup and finished runners-up in the Evans Halshaw Floodlit Cup.
Bequest from president Len Pick funded a rebuilt clubhouse, opened as the Len Pick Suite in 2006. In 2022–23 Bourne Town finished third in Division One and lost a promotion play-off semi-final to Hucknall Town on penalties after a 1–1 draw; the following season the Wakes won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division North once ground upgrades were completed.