History
Known as the Zebras, they wear black and white as home colours and have in recent years played in the Northern Counties East League. Champions of the league in the 2000–01 season, they were denied promotion to the Northern Premier League because improvements to their ground were not completed before the deadline. They were runners-up the two following years but only the champions of the NCE League are promoted as a rule. However, after finishing third in the 2003–04 season they were promoted as a part of the National League System restructuring.
For the 2008–09 season, the club replaced manager Dave McLean with Steve Housham. Housham brought in former coach Dave Andrews and club legend Jimmy Snee to assist him in leading the team, but their young team struggled to 20th position in the league, and were only reprieved from relegation by the collapse of Gresley Rovers. In the summer of 2011 manager Steve Housham decided to leave Brigg for a full-time position with Gainsborough Trinity and after a lengthy interview process ex lincoln City manager Pete Daniel was appointed to the post with club captain Lee Roy Cochrane as his assistant.
On the national level Brigg Town have won the FA Vase twice, in 1996 and 2003, under longtime manager Ralph Clayton. In the 2001–02 FA Cup, they defeated eventual Football Conference champions Boston United before being beaten by Tranmere Rovers who ranked five levels above them on the football pyramid.
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