Brantham Athletic Football Club was founded in 1887, the club joined the Eastern Counties League in 1978/79 and achieved their highest ever finish of 4th in 1982/83, the same season in which they reached the fifth round of the FA Vase competition, losing 1-0 at home to VS Rugby in front of a record crowd of 1,700. When the Eastern Counties League gained a second tier in 1988/89, the club was placed in the Premier Division. However, they were relegated to Division One in 1992/93 after finishing second from bottom.

Two years later in the 1995/96 season they were relegated to the Suffolk & Ipswich League after finishing 18th out of 19 clubs. At the end of that season Brantham Athletic folded completely. As a result Brantham merged with Stutton Football Club to become Brantham & Stutton United. A couple of years later the club reverted back to its old name incorporating Stutton F.C.

By 2004 Brantham had dropped into Division One of the Suffolk & Ipswich League. However, they were promoted to the Senior Division after finishing 2nd in 2004-05. They won the title in 2007-08, and were promoted back to the Eastern Counties League.

Brantham Athletic also have a Sunday team who play in the Ipswich Sunday League. The team had a great cup run in 2007/08 reaching the semi-final of the FA Sunday Cup, just missing out on a place in the final (Played at Anfield) losing 1-2 against Coundon Conservative.