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Bristol and Suburban
Association Football League
Founded1894
CountryEngland
Divisions8
Number of teams89
Level on pyramidLevels 12 to 18
Feeder toGloucestershire County League
Promotion toGloucestershire County League
Current championsSt Aldhelms
(2017–18)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League is a football competition in England. The league has a total of 8 divisions, the highest of which, the Premier Division One, sits at level 12 of the English football league system. The league is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It is one of three feeders to the Gloucestershire County League.

History

The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League was formed in 1894 under the name North Bristol and District Association Football League. The inaugural meeting of the League was held on September 14, 1894 at the Phoenix Coffee Palace, which was situated in Ashley Road, Montpelier, Bristol. This meeting was attended by representatives of the following Clubs who were responsible for setting up the working arrangements and funding of the new League.

  • Beaufort Albion
  • Bethesda
  • Croft End
  • Phoenix Rangers
  • Rose Green
  • Wanderers
  • Westbourne

These seven Clubs can be considered as the founder members of the League and games commenced at the outset of the 1894–95 season. It was not until 1906 that the League's current name first appeared.[1]

The following trophies are presented by the League

  • Alfred Bosley Memorial Cup – first Competed for in 1952–53 by clubs from selected Divisions but currently restricted to Clubs playing in the top three Divisions of the League.
  • Norman Goulding Memorial Cup – competed for each season since 1984–85 by senior teams of the Clubs playing in Division two and below.
  • Tom Pitts Memorial Cup – presented annually since 1984 to the Club Secretary who has administered the affairs of his/her Club with outstanding efficiency.[2]

Among the clubs that have left the Bristol and Suburban Association Football League and now compete at a higher level are:

Greenway Sports and Almondsbury have both played in the Bristol & Suburban League. Greenway Sports won the Bristol Premier Combination on a number of occasions in the early 1970s. The clubs amalgamated as Almondsbury Greenway in 1974 and reached the final of the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium in 1979, where Almondsbury Greenway were beaten by Billericay Town. The club changed its name to Almondsbury Town and in the 2010/11 season played in Southern Football League Division One South & West where they finished eighth. However, following the loss of their Oaklands Park home venue the club dropped to the Bristol & Suburban League, and after one season back in the league, sadly folded altogether.

Champions

 Season  Premier
Division One 		Premier
Division Two 		Division One Division Two Division Three Division Four Division Five Division Six
2004–05 Teyfant Athletic Fishponds Old Boys Bristol Builders Supplies Tyndalls Park Rangers C.T.K. Southside Hartcliffe Old Boys Reserves Potterswood Reserves
2005–06 St Aldhelms Stoke Gifford Old Georgians C.T.K. Southside Southmead Athletic Potterswood Reserves Avonmouth Rangers
2006–07 Avonmouth Winford P.H. T.C. Sports Southmead Athletic Ashton Old Boys Avonmouth Rangers T.C. Sports Reserves
2007–08 St Aldhelms South Glos (Hambrook) Southmead Athletic Wessex Wanderers Bristol Athletic T.C. Sports Reserves Hanham Athletic Colts
2008–09 St Aldhelms[3] Southmead Athletic Bristol Athletic Imperial Saints Mangotsfield United A Lockleaze Reserves Cartwheel Sports
2009–10 St. Aldhelms Bristol Athletic Imperial Saints Cartwheel Sports Lebeg United Wanderers Mangotsfield United 'B'
2010–11 Bristol Telephones Little Stoke Southmead Community
Sport Athletic Reserves 		Golden Hill Sports Lawrence Weston Reserves Poker County UK Whitchurch Reserves
2011–12 Southmead Community Sport Athletic Stoke Gifford United Ridings Rangers Reserves Lebeg United Poker County UK St. Annes Town Downend Foresters Reserves
2012–13 Bristol Telephones Ridings High AFC Mangotsfield Stoke Rangers AFC Hartcliffe Downend Foresters Reserves Cadbury Heath 'A' Bristol Bilbao
2013–14 Little Stoke Downend Foresters Stoke Rangers Old Cothamians Bristol Bilbao Park Knowle North Bristol United Sartan United Reserves
2014–15 Stoke Gifford United St Aldhems Bristol Bilbao Rockleaze Rangers 'A' North Bristol United Lawrence Weston 'A' Winford PH Reserves
2015–16 Lebeq United Bristol Bilbao Rockleaze Rangers 'A' Bromley Heath United Bristol Spartak North Bristol Trust Kingswood

2015–16 members

Premier
Division One 		Premier
Division Two 		Division One Division Two Division Three Division Four Division Five
AFC Mangotsfield AFC Hartcliffe AFC Brislington Reserves AEK Boco Colts Avon Plate AFC Brislington A AFC Mangotdfield B
Ashton United Almondsbury UWE Reserves Ashton Backwell Colts AFC Mangotsfield Reserves Bristol Spartak AFC Filwood Bedminster Cricketers
Avonmouth Brislington A Avonmouth Reserves Almondsbury UWE A Bromley Heath United Reserves AFC Mangotsfield A Cosmos Reserves
Downend Bristol Bilbao Bristol Telephones Reserves Ashton United Reserves Corinthian Sports Avonmouth A Kingswood
Easton Cowboys Suburbia Cadbury Heath Reserves Broad Plain House Reserves Bromley Heath United Filton Athletic Reserves Brandon Sports Lockleaze Community Reserves
Filton Athletic Glenside 5 Old Boys Fry's Club Old Boys Fishponds Old Boys Reserves Glenside 5 Old Boys Reserves Cosmos North Bristol Trust Reserves
Fishponds Old Boys Old Cothamians Kellaway Rangers Hydez Futebol Clube Hanham Athletic Suburbia Fry's Club Old Boys Reserves Oldbury FC Reserves
Lawrence Weston Old Georgians Lawrence Weston Reserves Keynsham Town A Lawrence Weston A Imperial Reserves Parson Street Old Boys Reserves
Lebeq United Ridings High Parson Street Old Boys Long Ashton Reserves Lockleaze Community Kellaway Rangers Reserves RR Athletic
Little Stoke Rockleaze Rangers Reserves Ridings High Reserves North Bristol United Old Georgians Reserves Long Ashton A St Aldhelms A
Mangotsfield Sports Sartan United Rockleaze Rangers A Old Cothamians Reserves Rockleaze Rangers B North Bristol Trust TC Sports
St Aldhelms St Aldhelms Reserves Oldbury FC Sartan United Reserves Stoke Gifford United A Wessex Wanderers Reserves
Stoke Gifford United Stoke Gifford United Reserves Park Knowle Stockwood Wanderers Reserves
Wanderers Wessex Wanderers

References

  1. ^ "Bristol and Suburban Association Football League – League History". Retrieved 2011-03-14.
  2. ^ "Bristol and Suburban Association Football League – League Trophies". Retrieved 2011-03-14.
  3. ^ "Results Service – Miscellaneous Final Tables". The Non-League Paper. 31 May 2009. p. 36.
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