Biddestone F.C.

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Biddestone
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Full nameBiddestone Football Club
Founded1976
Ground The Sports Ground,
Yatton Road, Biddestone
ChairmanAndrew Short, Martin Jennings
2006–07 Western League
Division One, 13th

Biddestone F.C. was a football club based in Biddestone, near Corsham, Wiltshire, England. Biddestone Football Club has been in existence since the 1920s and the modern day team was established in 1976 as a social team, which competed in the Chippenham & District Sunday League.

They played in the Wiltshire Junior League until 1990, when they entered the Wiltshire Football League. Progressing through the county league, the club eventually won promotion to the Western League in 2004 where they remained until the 2006–07 season, after which the club withdrew from the league. The club also withdrew their reserve side from the Wiltshire League, and are currently only competing in youth and junior football. [1]

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References

  1. "Official website announcement". Archived from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2006.