The club was established as an under-14 boys team based in
Bramford in 1980. In 1982 they joined the bottom division of the Ipswich Sunday League. 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. 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 for the first time, beating local rivals
Whitton United on penalties in the final at
Portman Road. 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. ==Honours==