Bungay Town Football Club is a football club based in Bungay, Suffolk, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Maltings Meadow Sports Ground.
The club was founded following a public meeting on 9 July 1925 following a poor season for both Bungay United and Bungay Harriers in the South Norfolk League. The new club entered both the Lowestoft & District League and the North Suffolk League, and after doing well in both, moved up to the East Anglian League in 1926. In 1933 they switched to the Norwich & District League, before joining the Norfolk & Suffolk League in 1935.
After World War II they won the league in three successive seasons between 1946âÂÂ47 and 1948âÂÂ49 and again in 1951âÂÂ52, after which they applied to join the Eastern Counties League but were unsuccessful. They also won the League Cup in three successive seasons from 1947âÂÂ48 to 1949âÂÂ50 and again in 1955âÂÂ56, as well as the Suffolk Senior Cup, which they won in 1950 and 1961. They also entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1950âÂÂ51, continuing to do so until 1963. During their period of success, crowds reached four figures.
In 1963 the club entered the Eastern Counties League. However, they finished bottom in their first season and withdrew at its end to become founder members of the Anglian Combination, which had been formed by a merger of the Norfolk & Suffolk League and the East Anglian League. They were placed in Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division at the end of the 1968âÂÂ69 season. Following relegation back to Division One in 1972âÂÂ73 they went on to become somewhat of a yo-yo club, as they were promoted in 1974âÂÂ75, relegated in 1978âÂÂ79, promoted in 1980âÂÂ81, relegated in 1983âÂÂ84, promoted in 1987âÂÂ88 and relegated again in 1989âÂÂ90. In 1992 they were relegated to Division Two, before returning to Division One in 1998. They were demoted back to Division Two in 2002, before returning to Division One in 2008. They were relegated back to Division Two after finishing bottom of the table in 2010âÂÂ11. In 2013âÂÂ14 the club won the Cyril Ballyn League Cup. They retained the trophy the following season, also winning the Division Two title to earn promotion back to Division One.
In 2023âÂÂ24 they were Division One runners-up, securing promotion to the Premier Division.
The club entered the FA Vase between 1974 and 1983 but have not done so since.
The club initially played at the Recreation Ground. A grandstand was built in 1934, but it was destroyed by a bomb during World War II and was not rebuilt. The ground was in a flood plain, resulting in the pitch being described as "frequently reduced to a quagmire". Matches were sometimes moved to Outney Common or Honeypot Meadow on Bardolph Lane (now a police station). In 1953 they moved to their current ground at Maltings Meadow, a move which had first been suggested in 1947. The new ground was opened with a match against Lowestoft club Eastern Coachworks on 27 August 1953 attended by 300.
Although Bungay is in Suffolk, both the club's main grounds have been across the border in Norfolk, and the only times they have played home matches in Suffolk were the temporary arrangements at Outney Common and Honeypot Meadow.