Mangotsfield F.C.

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Mangotsfield
Full nameMangotsfield Football Club
Founded1888
Dissolved1898

Mangotsfield Football Club was an association football club founded in 1888 in the village of Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire in England. They were a founder member of the Bristol & District League (later renamed the Western League) in 1892, where they played for six years before being disbanded in 1898. [1]

Several attempts were made to reform the club, but none of these lasted for long, and the village remained without a regular football team until the foundation of Mangotsfield United, which was started by players left without a club when the last incarnation of Mangotsfield F.C. wound up its reserve team in 1951. [1]

Mangotsfield were perennial losers, only managing to finish above the bottom two of their division once, when they finished third of seven teams in Division Two of the Western League at the end of the 1896–97 season. [2]

League history

Mangotsfield's six seasons of league football are listed below. [2]

SeasonDivisionPositionWDLFA
Founder members of the Bristol & District League
1892–93 Bristol & District League8 of 932111944
1893–94 Bristol & District League, Division One10 of 1024121948
1894–95 Bristol & District League, Division One11 of 1252152268
League renamed to Western League
1895–96 Western League, Division One10 of 1133141754
1896–97 Western League, Division Two3 of 76332314
1897–98 Western League, Amateur Section9 of 9178529

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References

  1. 1 2 "History". Mangotsfield United Football Club. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Mangotsfield". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 21 September 2011.