Bristol and Suburban Association Football League

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Bristol and Suburban
Association Football League
Bristol Suburban League.png
Founded1894
CountryEngland
Divisions6
Number of teams66
Level on pyramid Levels 12 to 17
Feeder to Gloucestershire County League
Promotion toGloucestershire County League
Current championsFilton Athletic
(2023–24)
Website Official website

The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League is a football competition in England. The league has six divisions, the highest of which 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.

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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 14 September 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 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

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 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, folded altogether.

Member clubs 2024–25

Champions

 Season Premier
Division One
Premier
Division Two
Division OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision FourDivision FiveDivision Six
2004–05Teyfant AthleticFishponds Old BoysBristol Builders SuppliesTyndalls Park RangersC.T.K. SouthsideHartcliffe Old Boys ReservesPotterswood Reserves
2005–06St AldhelmsStoke GiffordOld GeorgiansC.T.K. SouthsideSouthmead AthleticPotterswood ReservesAvonmouth Rangers
2006–07AvonmouthWinford P.H.T.C. SportsSouthmead AthleticAshton Old BoysAvonmouth RangersT.C. Sports Reserves
2007–08St AldhelmsSouth Glos (Hambrook)Southmead AthleticWessex WanderersBristol AthleticT.C. Sports ReservesHanham Athletic Colts
2008–09St Aldhelms [3] Southmead AthleticBristol AthleticImperial Saints Mangotsfield United ALockleaze ReservesCartwheel Sports
2009–10St. AldhelmsBristol AthleticImperial SaintsCartwheel Sports Lebeq United Wanderers Mangotsfield United 'B'
2010–11 Bristol Telephones Little StokeSouthmead Community
Sport Athletic Reserves
Golden Hill SportsLawrence Weston ReservesPoker County UKWhitchurch Reserves
2011–12Southmead Community Sport AthleticStoke Gifford UnitedRidings Rangers Reserves Lebeq United Poker County UKSt. Annes TownDownend Foresters Reserves
2012–13 Bristol Telephones Ridings HighAFC MangotsfieldStoke RangersAFC HartcliffeDownend Foresters Reserves Cadbury Heath 'A'Bristol Bilbao
2013–14Little StokeDownend ForestersStoke RangersOld CothamiansBristol BilbaoPark KnowleNorth Bristol UnitedSartan United Reserves
2014–15Stoke Gifford UnitedSt AldhemsBristol BilbaoRockleaze Rangers 'A'North Bristol UnitedLawrence Weston 'A'Winford PH Reserves
2015–16 Lebeq United Bristol BilbaoRockleaze Rangers 'A'Bromley Heath UnitedBristol SpartakNorth Bristol TrustKingswood
2016–17St AldhelmsFishponds Old BoysAFC Mangotsfield ReservesWessex WanderersNorth Bristol TrustCosmosOldbury Reserves
2017–18St AldhelmsBromley Heath UnitedNorth Bristol UnitedStoke RangersBedminster CricketersPort of Bristol ReservesLawrence Weston Reserves
2018–19Bromley Heath UnitedStoke Gifford UnitedStoke RangersCosmosAFC Mangotsfield 'A'Bristol PhoenixPark Knowle Reserves
2019–20Abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic
2020–21Teams divided into 11 small "Lockdown Leagues"
2021–22Stoke Gifford UnitedBroad Plain HouseStoke Gifford United ReservesSt VallierRockleaze Rangers 'C'StokesideSupreme Sports
2022–23AvonmouthRedbridgeSt VallierBroad Plain House ReservesHanham Abbotonians ReservesOld Georgians Reserves
2023–24Filton AthleticSt VallierBroad Plain House ReservesWessex Wanderers ReservesRed FalconSouthmead Athletic Reserves

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References

  1. "Bristol and Suburban Association Football League – League History". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  2. "Bristol and Suburban Association Football League – League Trophies". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  3. "Results Service – Miscellaneous Final Tables". The Non-League Paper . 31 May 2009. p. 36.