Brightlingsea Regent F.C.

Brightlingsea United was founded in 1928 by a merger of Brightlingsea Athletic (originally established as Wesley Guild in 1908, before being reformed in 1921) and Brightlingsea Town (established as Brightlingsea Juniors in 1919). The new club played in Division One of the Essex & Suffolk Border League, and in 1929 moved to the North Road ground. They were runners-up in Division One (Junior) in 1929–30, and in 1931 they were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1946–47 they won Division One, However, they returned to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1992–93. The club resigned from the league shortly before the start of the 2002–03 season after the manager and most of the players left, complaining about a lack of proper changing facilities. ==Ground==

During the early days of the club, Brightlingsea played at Bell Green in Bellfield Close, before moving to the Recreation Ground in Regent Road in the 1920s. The club moved to North Road in 1929, having bought the site from Reg Girling for £400. A stand with bench seating and dressing rooms were built, and the local press funded the new press box, which was initially also used as a dressing room for the referee and linesmen. with a 150-capacity covered terrace added in 2017. ==Honours==

• Isthmian League • Division One North champions 2016–17 • Eastern Counties League • Division One Knock-out Cup winners 2012–13 • Essex Senior League • Champions 1988–89, 1989–90 • Essex & Suffolk Border League • Premier Division champions 2010–11 • Division One champions 1946–47, 1960–61 • Division Two champions 2005–06 • League Cup winners 1971–72 • Division One Knock-Out Cup winners 1960–61 (joint) • A.V. Lee Service Memorial Cup winners 2010–11 • Tolleshunt D’Arcy Memorial Cup • Winners 2017–18, 2018–19 ==Records==

• Best FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 2018–19, 2022–23 • Best FA Trophy performance: Third qualifying round, 2018–19 (replay), 2023–24 • Best FA Vase performance: Fifth round, 2013–14 • Record attendance: 1,200 vs Colchester United, friendly, 1988 ==See also==