Founded | 1892 |
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Country | England |
Divisions | 5 |
Number of teams | 61 |
Level on pyramid | Levels 14 to 18 |
Feeder to | Bristol Premier Combination |
Promotion to | Bristol Premier Combination Division 1 |
Current champions | Bedminster Down (2023–24) |
Website | Official Website – The FA.com |
The Bristol and District Football League is a football competition based in Bristol, England. The top division in this league, which is the Senior Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Bristol Premier Combination. The league has a total of five divisions and is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
The Bristol and Avon League feeds into the Bristol and District League. [1]
The Bristol and District League was originally formed in 1892 on the suggestion of Gloucester City player Percy Stout, although Gloucester did not join the league until the following season. [2] The league became known as the Western Football League in 1895, but the name Bristol and District League has been a familiar title in Bristol football in subsequent years.
Among the clubs that have left the Bristol and District League to compete at a higher level are:
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Division Three
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Season | Senior Division | Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | Division Five | Division Six |
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2003–04 | Fishponds Athletic | Talbot Knowle | Avonmouth Village | Chipping Sodbury Reserves | Soundwell Victoria | Longshore Reserves | Soundwell Victoria Reserves |
2004–05 | Patchway Town Reserves | Sea Mills Park Reserves | Hillfields Old Boys Reserves | Soundwell Victoria | Greyfriars Athletic Reserves | Frys 'B' | Eden Grove |
2005–06 | Talbot Knowle | Avonmouth Village | Lawrence Rovers | Greyfriars Athletic Reserves | Hallen 'B' | Eden Grove | Longwell Green Sports 'B' |
2006–07 | Avonmouth Village | Soundwell Victoria | Roman Glass St George 'A' | Old Sodbury | Brislington Cricketers | Shaftesbury Crusaders 'A' | Bradley Stoke Town |
2007–08 | Longwell Green Sports Reserves | Chipping Sodbury Town Reserves | Old Sodbury | Brislington Cricketers | Hanham Athletic 'A' | Impact Squad | Portville Warriors |
2008–09 | Lawrence Rovers [3] | Old Sodbury [4] | Seymour United Reserves [5] | Eden Grove [6] | Bradley Stoke Town [7] | Henbury 'B' [8] | Southmead Community Sports (Sat) [9] |
2009–10 | Made For Ever | Brislington Cricketers | Eden Grove | DRG Stapleton Reserves | St. George Rangers | Soundwell Victoria | Patchway North End |
2010–11 | Old Sodbury | Eden Grove | DRG Stapleton Reserves | Portville Warriors | Soundwell Victoria | Real Thornbury | Sea Mills Park Reserves |
2011–12 | Brislington Cricketers | Warmley Saints | Portville Warriors | Lebeq Reserves | Real Thornbury | Sea Mills Park Reserves | Broadlands |
2012–13 | Sea Mills Park | AEK Boco Reserves | Totterdown United Reserves | Real Thornbury | South Bristol Central | Old Sodbury Reserves | Rangeworthy Reserves |
2013–14 | AEK Boco Reserves | Hambrook | Real Thornbury | Stapleton | Highridge United Reserves | Staple Hill Orient | Stapleton Reserves |
2014–15 | Talbot Knowle United | Bradley Stoke Town | Stapleton | Hillfields Old Boys | Staple Hill Orient | Stoke Lane | Yate Athletic Reserves |
2015–16 | Chipping Sodbury Reserves | Stapleton | Hillfields Old Boys | Stoke Lane | Rangeworthy Reserves | Winterbourne United 'A' | |
2016–17 | Stapleton | Hillfields Old Boys | Yate Athletic | Lawrence Rovers | De Veys Reserves | Hillfields Old Boys Reserves | |
2017–18 | Iron Acton | AEK Boco 'A' | Bendix | University of Bristol | Hillfields Old Boys Reserves | Stokeside FC | |
2018–19 | Nicholas Wanderers | Fry Club 'A' | Highridge United Reserves | Hillfields Old Boys Reserves | Fry Club 'B' | Winterbourne Reserves | |
2019–20 | abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic | ||||||
2020–21 | abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic | ||||||
2021–22 | AEK Boco 'A' | Bristol Barcelona | Pucklechurch Sports Reserves | AFC Mangotsfield District Reserves | Hallen 'A' | Redfield Rovers | |
2022–23 | Thornbury Town Reserves | Pucklechurch Sports | AFC Mangotsfield Reserves | Hallen 'A' | Real St George | FC Rangers |
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