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Bristol and Suburban
Association Football League
Founded1894
CountryEngland
Divisions7
Number of clubs98
Level on pyramidLevels 12 to 18
Feeder toGloucestershire County League
Promotion toGloucestershire County League
Current championsSouthmead Community Sport Athletic
(2011–12)
WebsiteOfficial Website – bristolsuburbanleague.co.uk

The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League is a football competition in England. The league has a total of seven 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.

In the 2011–12 season, Southmead Community Sport Athletic won the title. For the 2012–13 season, 13 clubs are competing in the Premier Division One. The league's other divisions are Premier Division Two and Divisions One to Six.

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.

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 is now known as 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 are now back where they started in the Bristol & Suburban League.

Champions

Season Premier Division One Premier Division Two Division One Division Two Division Three Division Four Division Five
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 Members

Premier Division One

Ashton United | Avonmouth | Bristol Telephones | Cadbury Heath Reserves | Easton Cowboys Suburbia | Fishponds Old Boys | Lawrence Weston | Little Stoke | Old Georgians | St. Aldhelms | Severn Beach | Stoke Gifford United | Winford PH

Premier Division Two

Almondsbury UWE Reserves | Brislington 'A' | Bristol Athletic | Glenside Five Old Boys | Mangotsfield Sports | Ridings High | Rockleaze Rangers Reserves | Southmead Community Sport Athletic Reserves | Totterdown Port of Bristol | Tytherington Rocks Reserves | Wessex Wanderers | Whitchurch

Division One

Ashton & Backwell United Colts | AFC Mangotsfield | Avonmouth Reserves | CAB Olympic | Cleeve Colts | Downend Foresters | Filton Athletic | Golden Hill Sports | Lebeq United | Parson Street Old Boys | Ridings High Reserves | Tyndalls Park Rangers

Division Two

Almondsbury UWE 'A' | Broad Plain House Reserves | Corinthian Sports | Fishponds Old Boys Reserves | Lawrence Weston Reserves | Little Stoke Reserves | Old Cothamians | Oldbury | St. Adhelm's Reserves | Stoke Gifford United Reserves | Stoke Rangers | Wanderers

Division Three

Ashton United Reserves | AFC Hartcliffe | Bristol Telephones Reserves | Emersons Green | Filton Athletic Reserves | Fry’s Club Old Boys | Glenside Five Old Boys Reserves | Hanham Athletic Reserves | Hydez | Keynsham Town 'A' | Old Cothamians Reserves | St. Annes Town | Whitchurch Reserves

Division Four

AEK Boco Colts | AFC Keynsham | Broadwalk | Coupland Insulation | Downend Foreters Reserves | Fishponds Old Boys 'A' | Long Ashton Reserves | Old Georgians Reserves | Rockleaze Rangers 'A' | Severn Beach Reserves | Winford Public House Reserves

Division Five

Brandon Sports | Cadbury Heath ‘A’ | Lawrence Weston 'A' | Oldbury Reserves | Park Knowle | Parson Street Old Boys Reserves | Ridings High ‘A’ | Rockleaze Rangers ‘B’ | Rolls Royce | Severnside | Stoke Gifford United 'A' | Totterdown Port of Bristol Reserves | Wessex Wanderers Reserves

Division Six

AFC Mangotsfield Reserves | Avonmouth 'A' | Bristol Bilbao | Bristol Spartak | Fry's Club Old Boys Reserves | Golden Hill Sports Reserves | Imperial Reserves | Lockleaze & Horfield | North Bristol Catalans | Sartan United | Staple Hill | Whitchurch Sports | Sartan United

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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