They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at the Wellesley Recreation Ground, whose grandstand is believed to be the world's oldest football stand still in regular use, having been opened on 11 June 1892.

In the 1947–48 season the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time,[6] but lost 4–1 at home to Shrewsbury Town in front of a crowd of 4,160.

Former Norwich City player Bill Punton took over as manager, and in a 21-year spell in charge (making him the club's longest serving manager), they won the League Cup again in 1974–75 and 1980–81, the Norfolk Senior Cup four times, as well as finishing as league runners-up twice and FA Vase semi-finalists in 1982–83, losing in extra-time to VS Rugby in front of a crowd of 4,552.

[8] The Wellesley Recreation Ground was opened on 6 August 1888, with the first event, cycle races on a cinder track, watched by a crowd of around 3,000.

[9] After fundraising started in 1891, a new grandstand was erected the following year and opened on 11 June 1892 for a joint athletics and cycling meeting watched by around 4,200 spectators.

[3] The record attendance of 8,944 was set on 21 November 1953 for an FA Cup first round match against Crystal Palace.