Bristol Manor Farm F.C.

Bristol Manor Farm
Full name Bristol Manor Farm Football Club
Nickname(s) The Farm
Founded 1960
Ground The Creek, Bristol
Ground Capacity 2,000 (100 seated)
Chairman Geoff Sellek
Manager Lee Lashenko
League Western League Premier Division
2015–16 Western League Premier Division, 3rd

Bristol Manor Farm F.C. is an English football team based in Bristol. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at the Creek. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.

History

Bristol Manor Farm's ground, The Creek, in 2016

Bristol Manor Farm Football Club was formed in 1960.[1] The club joined the Western Football League Division One in 1977 and won the league in 1982–83, gaining promotion to the Premier Division. In the same year the club entered the FA Cup for the first time and reached the Second Qualifying Round. The following season they reached the Fifth Round of the FA Vase. Bristol Manor Farm stayed in the Premier Division until being relegated in 2001, but the club returned to the division after finishing third in 2003–04. The club equalled its FA Cup record in 2010–11, reaching the Second Qualifying Round.[2]

Staff

Reserve and youth teams

The reserve team has played in the Bristol & Suburban League since gaining promotion to the Premier Division 2 in the 2004–05 season. The youth team, which was formed in 2003, achieved promotion in their inaugural season to the Somerset Floodlight Youth League Premier Division and were beaten Somerset Cup finalists in 2005. The youth team won the Somerset Cup the following year, beating Mangotsfield United in the Final.

Having spent two seasons in the Gloucestershire County Youth League, the team moved back to the Somerset Floodlight Youth League for 2009–10 under new manager Richard Trott.

Honours

Cup Honours

Records

References

  1. "Club History". Bristol Manor Farm FC. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bristol Manor Farm at the Football Club History Database
  3. http://www.gloucestershirefa.com/
  4. http://www.gloucestershirefa.com/cups/2015-2016/challenge-trophy/results#final
  5. "Western Football League Cup - Les Phillips cup 1989-present" (PDF). Western Football League. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  6. "Bristol Manor Farm  : Les Phillips League Cup". Football Mitoo. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 51°28′53.52″N 2°39′02.48″W / 51.4815333°N 2.6506889°W / 51.4815333; -2.6506889

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