Association football league in England
Football league
The Bristol and District Football League is a football competition based in Bristol , England. The top division in this league, which is the Senior Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Bristol Premier Combination . The league has a total of five divisions and is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA .
The Bristol and Avon League feeds into the Bristol and District League.[ 1]
History
The Bristol and District League was originally formed in 1892 on the suggestion of Gloucester City player Percy Stout , although Gloucester did not join the league until the following season.[ 2] The league became known as the Western Football League in 1895, but the name Bristol and District League has been a familiar title in Bristol football in subsequent years.
Among the clubs that have left the Bristol and District League to compete at a higher level are:
Member clubs 2024–25
Senior Division
Division One
Chipping Sodbury Town Development
DRG Frenchay Reserves
Hambrook & Brimsham United Reserves
Hanham Abbotonians
Highridge United Reserves
Lawrence Weston
Longwell Green Sports 'B'
Made For Ever
Redfield Rovers
Sea Mills Park
Seymour United
Shaftesbury Crusade Reserves
Tormarton
Division Two
Bedminster Down Reserves
Bitton Reserves
Bristol Boys
FC Rangers
Fry Club 'A'
Greyfriars Athletic Reserves
Iron Acton 'A'
Olveston United Reserves
Pucklechurch Sports Reserves
Shirehampton 'A'
Thornbury Town 'A'
Division Three
Bradley Stoke Town 'A'
Bristol Barcelona Reserves
Bristol United
De Veys Reserves
FC United of Yate
Hengrove 88
Made For Ever Reserves
Nicholas Wanderers 'A'
Oldland Abbotonians Colts
Real St George
Saltford 'A'
Wick 'A'
Division Four
AFC Mangotsfield District Reserves
Bristol Boys Reserves
FC United of Yate Reserves
Greyfriars Athletic 'A'
Hanham Athletic 'A'
Lion Reserves
Real St George Reserves
Redfield Rovers Reserves
Seymour United Reserves
Shaftesbury Crusade 'A'
Stockwood Green Reserves
Tormarton Reserves
Recent Champions
Season
Senior Division
Division One
Division Two
Division Three
Division Four
Division Five
Division Six
2003–04
Fishponds Athletic
Talbot Knowle
Avonmouth Village
Chipping Sodbury Reserves
Soundwell Victoria
Longshore Reserves
Soundwell Victoria Reserves
2004–05
Patchway Town Reserves
Sea Mills Park Reserves
Hillfields Old Boys Reserves
Soundwell Victoria
Greyfriars Athletic Reserves
Frys 'B'
Eden Grove
2005–06
Talbot Knowle
Avonmouth Village
Lawrence Rovers
Greyfriars Athletic Reserves
Hallen 'B'
Eden Grove
Longwell Green Sports 'B'
2006–07
Avonmouth Village
Soundwell Victoria
Roman Glass St George 'A'
Old Sodbury
Brislington Cricketers
Shaftesbury Crusaders 'A'
Bradley Stoke Town
2007–08
Longwell Green Sports Reserves
Chipping Sodbury Town Reserves
Old Sodbury
Brislington Cricketers
Hanham Athletic 'A'
Impact Squad
Portville Warriors
2008–09
Lawrence Rovers[ 3]
Old Sodbury[ 4]
Seymour United Reserves[ 5]
Eden Grove[ 6]
Bradley Stoke Town[ 7]
Henbury 'B'[ 8]
Southmead Community Sports (Sat)[ 9]
2009–10
Made For Ever
Brislington Cricketers
Eden Grove
DRG Stapleton Reserves
St. George Rangers
Soundwell Victoria
Patchway North End
2010–11
Old Sodbury
Eden Grove
DRG Stapleton Reserves
Portville Warriors
Soundwell Victoria
Real Thornbury
Sea Mills Park Reserves
2011–12
Brislington Cricketers
Warmley Saints
Portville Warriors
Lebeq Reserves
Real Thornbury
Sea Mills Park Reserves
Broadlands
2012–13
Sea Mills Park
AEK Boco Reserves
Totterdown United Reserves
Real Thornbury
South Bristol Central
Old Sodbury Reserves
Rangeworthy Reserves
2013–14
AEK Boco Reserves
Hambrook
Real Thornbury
Stapleton
Highridge United Reserves
Staple Hill Orient
Stapleton Reserves
2014–15
Talbot Knowle United
Bradley Stoke Town
Stapleton
Hillfields Old Boys
Staple Hill Orient
Stoke Lane
Yate Athletic Reserves
2015–16
Chipping Sodbury Reserves
Stapleton
Hillfields Old Boys
Stoke Lane
Rangeworthy Reserves
Winterbourne United 'A'
2016–17
Stapleton
Hillfields Old Boys
Yate Athletic
Lawrence Rovers
De Veys Reserves
Hillfields Old Boys Reserves
2017–18
Iron Acton
AEK Boco 'A'
Bendix
University of Bristol
Hillfields Old Boys Reserves
Stokeside FC
2018–19
Nicholas Wanderers
Fry Club 'A'
Highridge United Reserves
Hillfields Old Boys Reserves
Fry Club 'B'
Winterbourne Reserves
2019–20
abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic
2020–21
abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021–22
AEK Boco 'A'
Bristol Barcelona
Pucklechurch Sports Reserves
AFC Mangotsfield District Reserves
Hallen 'A'
Redfield Rovers
2022–23
Thornbury Town Reserves
Pucklechurch Sports
AFC Mangotsfield Reserves
Hallen 'A'
Real St George
FC Rangers
References
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