[1] The new club played in Division One of the Essex & Suffolk Border League, and in 1929 moved to the North Road ground.

The club resigned from the league shortly before the start of the 2002–03 season after the manager and most of the players left, complaining about a lack of proper changing facilities.

Lee Service Memorial Cup,[2] and were promoted to Division One of the Eastern Counties League.

They also won the First Division Knock-Out Cup, beating Great Yarmouth Town 1–0 in the final.

[4] During the early days of the club, Brightlingsea played at Bell Green in Bellfield Close, before moving to the Recreation Ground in Regent Road in the 1920s.

[6] A lean-to cover was subsequently built next to the clubhouse and benches were installed to meet ground grading requirements.