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 1968–69 season. following relegation back to division one in 1972–73 they went on to become somewhat of a yo-yo club, as they were promoted in 1974–75, relegated in 1978–79, promoted in 1980–81, relegated in 1983–84, promoted in 1987–88 and relegated again in 1989–90. 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 2010–11.