Brentwood Town F.C.
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Brentwood Town Football Club are an English football club based in Brentwood, Essex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Division One North, and play at the Brentwood Centre Arena.HistoryThe original Brentwood Town were reformed in 1965, replacing the amateur club Brentwood & Warley who had played in the Athenian League and were disbanded at the end of the 1964–65 season. The new club played at the Hive on Ongar Road and joined the Metropolitan League. After two third-place finishes and a League Cup win in 1966–67, the club moved up to Division One of the Southern League in 1967. In 1968–69 they won Division One, and were promoted to the Premier Division. In the same season the club also reached the second round of the FA Cup, where they lost 10–1 at Southend United.The following season the club reached the third round of the cup. They beat Football League club Reading 1–0 in the first round, before defeating Hendon 2–0 in the second round. The third round saw them drawn at home against Northampton Town, with a record crowd of over 4,000 seeing the club lose 1–0. In the league the club briefly topped the table in September, and eventually finished ninth. However, at the end of the season the club directors decided to merge the club with Chelmsford City. The club's ground was sold for housing.
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