HISTORY OF BRENTWOOD
the retirement of Derrick Stittle. The floodlights meant a return to the FA Vase after a twoseason absence and entry into the FA Cup and FA Youth Cup for the first time ever.
2004 saw the club celebrating its 50th anniversary and there was also a change of club name, to Brentwood Town. There was some success in 2005/06 as Brentwood reached the final of the Essex Senior League Cup, losing 2-0 to Hornchurch in a closely fought battle, but 2006/07 season saw a remarkable upturn in the club’s fortune. In the most successful season in the club’s history Brentwood Town won the Essex Senior League treble of league title and both league cup competitions. The title was won by six points and Barkingside were beaten 4-0 in the final of the Gordon Brasted Trophy, while Romford were finally beaten in a penalty shoot out in the Essex Senior League Cup final. This success was matched off the field where a tremendous effort saw the facilities at the Brentwood Centre improved to enable the club to successfully apply for promotion to the Ryman Isthmian League.
The management team of Steve Witherspoon and Amin Levitt led the team to more success 2007/08. There were good runs in both the FA Cup and FA Trophy but, despite amassing an impressive 77 league points, they finished sixth in the Ryman Division One North and just missed out on a play-off place.
Owing to family commitments, Steve Witherspoon stood down at the end of the 2007/08 season, and new manager Carl Griffiths and assistant Scott Canham had to rebuild the squad after a number of that successful team moved on. Despite this, the team made a tremendous start to the Ryman League season, remaining unbeaten until mid-November, and eventually finished in third place, but were beaten by Waltham Abbey in the playoff semi-final.
The start of 2009/10 season saw another change of management with the experienced Les Whitton taking over. A season of consolidation ended with a mid-table position but in January 2011 Les stood down and Steve Witherspoon once more took over and he led the team on a remarkable run that only ended with an extra time defeat in the Ryman North play-off final at Wingate & Finchley. The next two seasons saw a mid-table finish and for the 2013/14 season, Les Whitton returned as 1st team manager until he stood down in November. Adam Flanagan and Danny Dafter were then appointed as joint managers and the team made good progress, picking up enough points to move them comfortably clear of the Ryman North relegation zone by the end of the season.
In 2014/15, with much of the same squad from the previous season, including ten players that had progressed through the youth setup, they exceeded all expectations by finishing fourth to reach the Ryman North play-offs. The season then had a perfect ending with a penalty shoot-out win over AFC Sudbury in the semifinal and an amazing second half performance resulting in a 5-0 win against Thurrock in the play-off final, meaning promotion to the Ryman Premier for the first time.
with Ryan in February 2020, with Adam Flanagan returning for a second spell as manager until October 2021 when Rod Stringer was appointed with the aim of taking the club up to the Isthmian Premier again. This was almost achieved in 2022 when the club reached the play-off final losing on penalties to Canvey Island after extra time.
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