Bugbrooke St Michaels F.C.

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Bugbrooke St Michaels
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Full nameBugbrooke St Michaels Football Club
Nickname(s)The Badgers
Founded1929
GroundBirds Close, Bugbrooke
Capacity2,500 (120 seated) [1]
ChairmanKevin Gardner
ManagerDale Walton
League United Counties League Premier Division South
2022–23 United Counties League Premier Division South, 10th of 18

Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club is an English football club based in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. They are members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and play at Birds Close.

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History

The ground in 2019 Bugbrooke St Michaels FC.jpg
The ground in 2019

The club was established in 1929 and named after the village church. [2] They joined the Central Northamptonshire Combination in 1952, [1] and won the league without losing a match in 1968–69. [3] They retained the title the following season and were champions again in 1971–72. [4] [5] They were relegated to Division One at the end of the 1974–75, but returned to the Premier Division in 1976, going on to be champions again in 1976–77 and 1985–86. [6] [7]

After finishing third in 1986–87, [8] they moved up to Division One of the United Counties League. [9] They won the Northamptonshire Junior Cup in 1989–90. [10] After becoming Division One champions in 1998–99, the club were promoted to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2001–02 season after finishing second-from-bottom in the Premier Division. [9] The club won the Northamptonshire Junior Cup again in 2011–12. [10] In 2021 they were promoted to the Premier Division South based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Ground

The club play Birds Close, located on the southern edge of the village next to the rugby club.

Honours

Records

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References

  1. 1 2 3 UCL Team Information Buckingham Town F.C.
  2. Match Preview: Bugbrooke St. Michaels (H) Oadby Town F.C.
  3. 1968–1969 Northamptonshire Combination
  4. 1969–1970 Northamptonshire Combination
  5. 1971–1972 Northamptonshire Combination
  6. 1976–1977 Northamptonshire Combination
  7. 1985–1986 Northamptonshire Combination
  8. 1986–1987 Northamptonshire Combination
  9. 1 2 3 4 Bugbrooke St Michaels at the Football Club History Database
  10. 1 2 3 4 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p797 ISBN   978-1-869833-77-0

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