Club History

The Club was formed in 1880 making it the 11th oldest club in Essex and moved into the Romford & District League in 1890 - competing in this league until 1914, After the 1st World War, the Mid-Essex League was entered and they remained in that competition until 1947. That year they joined the Southern Essex Combination remaining there until 1966 when they became founder members of the Essex Olympian league.
Five years later, Billericay Town became founder-members of the Essex Senior League and the clubs six-year stay in that competition saw them win the Championship three times and were runners-up twice (and third the other season). The League Cup was won four times and they were Finalists once, In addition they won the League Challenge Cup the only time that it was competed for. Progressing to the Athenian League in 1977 Billericay won the Championship and the league Cup in the First season They became Champions again in 1978/79 and after two seasons were elected into the Isthmian League.
Whilst members of the Essex Senior League the club won the F.A Vase in 1976 when Stamford were beaten 1-1 after extra-time at Wembley Stadium.
The following season, 1976/77, saw the club go to Wembley again and - after a 1-1 draw there - played at Nottingham Forest F.C in the replay and emerged victorious with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield, the oldest club in the world.
Billericay Town became the first (and so far the only) club to win the F.A Vase for a third time in 1979 when they defeated Almondsbury Greenway 4-1 This match was notable for a hat-trick by Doug Young - the first hat-trick at Wembley Stadium, in a competitive match, since Geoff Hurst's in the 1966 World Cup Final.
The Club then competed in the F.A Trophy until 1989/90 when the F A Vase was again entered and the Quarter-Final was reached, losing 0-1 to the eventual Finalists, Bridlington After their success in the Athenian League, Billericay's league successes continued in the Isthmian League when in their first season they easily won the Division 2 title with a winning margin of 17 points, and scoring 100 goals in their 36 league matches. The following season, in Division 1, they finished as runners-up to Bishops Stortford - the first time in the history of the Isthmian League that a club had won promotion in two successive seasons on entry into the League.
Billericay then had five seasons in the Premier Division until being relegated in 1986. They then spent two years in Division One before again being relegated - this time into Division Two North.
Following reorganization of the League, Billericay finished in third place in the newly formed Division Two and so gained promotion to the revamped Division One. That season, 1991/92, the club finished the season with an unbeaten run of 15 matches including winning the Essex Thames-Side Trophy Promotion back to the Premier Division was obtained in 1998 after just missing out on promotion in 1997 and 12th position was obtained in the first season back.
Full Membership of the Football Association was achieved in 1993 after making annual applications to the Association since 1986 - Associate Membership was obtained in 1981 Billericay Town also became the first Non-League club to win the Rothmans Merit Award in 1978 for 'having made a worth-while contribution to the wide spectrum of the game in 1977/78' - the only club previously to have won this award was LIVERPOOL, The previous season, when EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!.

Club Honours

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