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Beccles Town Football Club is an English football club based in Beccles, Suffolk. They are nicknamed 'The Wherrymen', because Beccles was once a busy trading town on the River Waveney. The club is affiliated to the Suffolk County FA, with their First Team playing in the Anglian Combination Premier Division, their Reserves playing out of Anglian Combination Division 2, their A Team playing out of Lowestoft and District Division 1, their Development side playing out of Lowestoft and District Division 2, their U18s playing out of the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Youth League and their Ladies side playing out of the Norfolk Women & Girls' Football League. Their home games are played at College Meadow, Ken Markland Way, Common Lane, Beccles NR34 9RH.
They also have an established Youth setup, with players playing as young as 4 right the way up till 16 in various local divisions. Beccles also boast a Walking football set up for both Males and Females. Across all sections the club has well over 500 players, making them one of the biggest in Suffolk.
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The club were established in 1919 as Beccles F.C. They won the Suffolk Senior Cup in 1919–20 and 1921–22. They won the Suffolk Junior Cup in 1939, and the Suffolk Minor Cup in 1948 and 1949. They played in the FA Cup for seven seasons in the 1950s whilst members of the Norfolk & Suffolk League, reaching the third qualifying round three times. In 1952–53 they were Norfolk & Suffolk League champions. They joined the Anglian Combination when the Norfolk & Suffolk League merged with the East Anglian League in 1964. Beccles won the Anglian Combination Division Three in 1971–72, gaining promotion to Division Two. After finishing runners-up the following season the club reached Division One. The club finished runners-up in Division One in 1976–77 and again 1985–86. During this time, Beccles entered the FA Vase four times and reached the first round in 1979. Beccles were champions of Division One in 2001–02 and won the Suffolk Senior Cup for the third time in 2009, beating Crane Sports 1–0.
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