Bristol and Suburban Association Football League

Bristol and Suburban
Association Football League

Founded	1894
Country	England
Divisions	6
Number of teams	75
Level on pyramid	Levels 12 to 17
Feeder to	Gloucestershire County League
Promotion to	Gloucestershire County League
Current champions	Avonmouth (2022–23)
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.

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.

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

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

• 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:

• Almondsbury
• Backwell United (now known as Ashton & Backwell United)
• Brislington
• Bristol Telephones
• Clevedon (now known as Clevedon Town)
• Hengrove Athletic
• Little Stoke
• Manor Farm (now known as Bristol Manor Farm)
• Tytherington Rocks
• Winterbourne United

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 2023–24

Premier Division Bristol Spartak Broad Plain House Easton Cowboys Filton Athletic Lawrence Weston Athletic Old Cothamians Redbridge Rockleaze Rangers Reserves St Aldhelms Southmead Athletic Stoke Gifford United Reserves Wessex Wanderers

Senior Division A.F.C. Mangotsfield Almondsbury Reserves Easton Cowboys Reserves Filton Athletic Reserves Fishponds Old Boys Hartcliffe Hengrove Athletic Reserves Mendip Broadwalk Reserves Parson Street Old Boys St Vallier Stockwood Wanderers Reserves The Jamaica Bell

Division One Avonmouth Reserves Bohemia Bristol Phoenix Broad Plain House Reserves Bromley Heath United Reserves Cadbury Heath Reserves Cosmos Little Stoke Reserves Old Cothamians Reserves Phoenix Next Gen Redbridge Reserves Rockleaze Rangers 'A'

Division Two A.F.C. Mangotsfield Reserves Hanham Abbotonians Reserves Imperial Reserves Lawrence Weston Athletic Reserves Long Ashton Victoria Mendip Broadwalk 'A' Old Georgians Rockleaze Rangers 'B' St Aldhelms Reserves Saltford Reserves Supreme Sports F.C. Union Bristol Wessex Wanderers Reserves

Division Three Bitton 'A' Bristol Phoenix Reserves Cutters Friday Reserves Fishponds Old Boys Reserves Little Stoke 'A' Old Georgians Reserves Parson Street Old Boys Reserves Port of Bristol Red Falcon Rockleaze Rangers 'C' St Aldhelms 'A' Socius United Stoke Gifford United 'A'

Division Four A.C. Moose A.J.A. Athletic Avonmouth 'A' Bedminster Down 'A' Bristol Phoenix 'A' Bristol Wanderers Bromley Heath United 'A' Easton Cowboys 'A' Hartcliffe Reserves Phoenix Next Gen Reserves Real St George 'A' Southmead Athletic Reserves Wessex Wanderers Colts

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	Lebeq 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	Lebeq 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
2016–17	St Aldhelms	Fishponds Old Boys	AFC Mangotsfield Reserves	Wessex Wanderers	North Bristol Trust	Cosmos	Oldbury Reserves
2017–18	St Aldhelms	Bromley Heath United	North Bristol United	Stoke Rangers	Bedminster Cricketers	Port of Bristol Reserves	Lawrence Weston Reserves
2018–19	Bromley Heath United	Stoke Gifford United	Stoke Rangers	Cosmos	AFC Mangotsfield 'A'	Bristol Phoenix	Park Knowle Reserves
2019–20	Abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic
2020–21	Teams divided into 11 small "Lockdown Leagues"
2021–22	Stoke Gifford United	Broad Plain House	Stoke Gifford United Reserves	St Vallier	Rockleaze Rangers 'C'	Stokeside	Supreme Sports
2022–23	Avonmouth	Redbridge	St Vallier	Broad Plain House Reserves	Hanham Abbotonians Reserves	Old Georgians Reserves

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.

External links

• Official website Archived 2016-03-22 at the Wayback Machine