The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League is a football competition in England. The league has six divisions. 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.
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.
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 2025–26
Premier Division Almondsbury Reserves Avonmouth Reserves Easton Cowboys Henbury & Rockleaze Reserves Old Cothamians Phoenix Next Gen Southmead CS Athletic St Aldhelms Stoke Gifford SGS United Reserves The Jamaica Bell Warmley Redbridge Wessex Wanderers
Senior Division AFC Bohemia Brislington Reserves Broad Plain House Reserves Bromley Heath United Reserves Cosmos Filton Athletic Reserves Fishponds Old Boys Hartcliffe F.C. Lawrence Weston Athletic Mendip Broadwalk Reserves Wessex Wanderers Reserves
Division One AC Moose AFC Westerleigh Cutters Friday Reserves FC Union Bristol Henbury & Rockleaze 'A' Imperial Reserves Little Stoke 1st Mendip Broadwalk 'A' Old Cothamians Reserves Red Falcon Southmead CS Athletic Reserves Wessex Wanderers Reserves
Division Two AC Moose Reserves Bedminster Down Reserves Bristol Wanderers Hartcliffe FC Reserves Henbury & Rockleaze 'B' Little Stoke Reserves Old Georgians Parson Street Old Boys Port of Bristol Saltford Reserves Socius United Stoke Gifford SGS United 'A'
Division Three AJA Athletic Almondsbury 'A' Avonmouth 'A' Bristol Phoenix Bromley Heath United 'A' Cosmos UK Reserves Easton Cowboys 'A' Hanham Abbotonians Reserves Phoenix NextGen Reserves St Aldhelms Reserves Wessex Wanderers Colts
Division Four Bristol Athletic Bristol Phoenix Reserves Bristol Wanderers Reserves Eighty-One United Made Forever Development Park Knowle Parson Street O.B Res Portishead Town Colts Shaftesbury Crusade 'A' St Vallier
Champions Season PremierDivision OnePremierDivision TwoDivision OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision FourDivision FiveDivision Six2004–05Teyfant AthleticFishponds Old BoysBristol Builders SuppliesTyndalls Park RangersC.T.K. SouthsideHartcliffe Old Boys ReservesPotterswood Reserves2005–06St AldhelmsStoke GiffordOld GeorgiansC.T.K. SouthsideSouthmead AthleticPotterswood ReservesAvonmouth Rangers2006–07AvonmouthWinford P.H.T.C. SportsSouthmead AthleticAshton Old BoysAvonmouth RangersT.C. Sports Reserves2007–08St AldhelmsSouth Glos (Hambrook)Southmead AthleticWessex WanderersBristol AthleticT.C. Sports ReservesHanham Athletic Colts2008–09St AldhelmsSouthmead AthleticBristol AthleticImperial SaintsMangotsfield United ALockleaze ReservesCartwheel Sports2009–10St. AldhelmsBristol AthleticImperial SaintsCartwheel SportsLebeq UnitedWanderersMangotsfield United 'B'2010–11Bristol TelephonesLittle StokeSouthmead Community Sport Athletic ReservesGolden Hill SportsLawrence Weston ReservesPoker County UKWhitchurch Reserves2011–12Southmead Community Sport AthleticStoke Gifford United Ridings Rangers Reserves Lebeq UnitedPoker County UKSt. Annes Town Downend Foresters Reserves2012–13Bristol TelephonesRidings HighAFC Mangotsfield Stoke Rangers AFC HartcliffeDownend Foresters ReservesCadbury Heath 'A'Bristol Bilbao2013–14Little StokeDownend ForestersStoke RangersOld CothamiansBristol BilbaoPark KnowleNorth Bristol UnitedSartan United Reserves2014–15Stoke Gifford UnitedSt AldhemsBristol BilbaoRockleaze Rangers 'A'North Bristol UnitedLawrence Weston 'A'Winford PH Reserves2015–16Lebeq UnitedBristol BilbaoRockleaze Rangers 'A'Bromley Heath UnitedBristol SpartakNorth Bristol TrustKingswood2016–17St AldhelmsFishponds Old BoysAFC Mangotsfield ReservesWessex WanderersNorth Bristol TrustCosmosOldbury Reserves2017–18St AldhelmsBromley Heath UnitedNorth Bristol UnitedStoke RangersBedminster CricketersPort of Bristol ReservesLawrence Weston Reserves2018–19Bromley Heath UnitedStoke Gifford UnitedStoke RangersCosmosAFC Mangotsfield 'A'Bristol PhoenixPark Knowle Reserves2019–20Abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic2020–21Teams divided into 11 small "Lockdown Leagues"2021–22Stoke Gifford UnitedBroad Plain HouseStoke Gifford United ReservesSt VallierRockleaze Rangers 'C'StokesideSupreme Sports2022–23AvonmouthRedbridgeSt VallierBroad Plain House ReservesHanham Abbotonians ReservesOld Georgians Reserves2023–24Filton AthleticSt VallierBroad Plain House ReservesWessex Wanderers ReservesRed FalconSouthmead Athletic Reserves2024–25Broad Plain HouseAvonmouth ReservesCosmos U.KRed FalconAC MooseHartcliffe FC Reserves
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