St Philip's Marsh Adult School F.C.

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St Philip's Marsh Adult School F.C.
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Full nameSt Philip's Marsh Adult School Football Club
NicknameSaints
Founded1919
GroundGordon Road

St Philip's Marsh Adult School Football Club was an English association football club based in the St Philip's Marsh area of Bristol.

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History

The club was founded in 1919 and won Division Two of the Bristol and District Football League in its first season. In the 1920s, Arsenal great Eddie Hapgood started his footballing career with the club. [1]

The club was relegated from the Gloucestershire County League in 1994–95, thanks to a points deduction for not fulfilling a fixture on the scheduled date, [2] and it was forced into the Bristol Premier League.

In 1999, a five-a-side team representing the club reached the semi-final of the Sega Dreamcast Millennium Cup, a competition which started with over 4,000 entrants, but lost to Launching Fiends at Highbury Stadium; Robbie Earle was guest coach for the final stages. [3]

Colours

The club's colours were originally blue and white stripes, and by the 1990s all white. [4]

Ground

The club originally played at Sparke Evans Park, moving to a purpose-built ground at Victoria Terrace in 1921. The club moved again in 1963 when the local electricity board took over the ground for building. [5] The club moved to Norton Lane [6] before finishing at the John Harvey Sports Ground in Gordon Road. [7]

FA Cup results

St Philip's Marsh Adult School played in the FA Cup throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s. This table shows the progress that the team made through the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup each season that they entered it. A W in a cell indicates that they won that match, a WR that they won after a replay, and a L that they were defeated. [8] [9]

SeasonQualifying rounds
EPP1Q2Q3Q4Q
1932–33 WWWWL
1933–34 WRWL
1934–35 WWWRL
1935–36 WL
1936–37 WL
1937–38 L
1938–39 WL
World War II
1945–46 Did not participate
1946–47 WL
1947–48 L
1948–49 Did not participate
1949–50 L
1950–51 L

References

  1. ↑ "History of Eddie Hapgood". Just Arsenal. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "League joy for House". Bristol Evening Post: 38. 24 May 1995.
  3. ↑ "Saints' dream over in semis". Bristol Evening Post: 46. 13 December 1999.
  4. ↑ Wright, James (1993). Non-league Club Directory. Bungay: TW Publications. p. 580.
  5. ↑ "St Philip's 50 years on...". Bristol Evening Post: 38. 28 June 1969.
  6. ↑ Baker, Les (21 October 1991). "Arsonists hunted". Bristol Evening Post: 5.
  7. ↑ "Wanderers go clear at the top". Bristol Evening Post: 4. 12 October 1999.
  8. ↑ "The Emirates FA Cup: Past Results". The Football Association. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "St Philips Marsh Adult School". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 November 2019.


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