Bridon Ropes Football Club is a

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based in Charlton,

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Meridian Sports & Social Club.

History

The club was established in 1935 as a

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of the

British Ropes British Ropes was a company established on 6 June 1924 through the merger of eight companies. The companies were: Gateshead * Haggie Brothers, Gateshead * Tyne Wire Drawing Co (a subsidiary of the above) Liverpool: * R. S. Newall and Son London: ...

factory in Charlton. The club initially played in local leagues, before becoming members of the South London Amateur League. In 1970 the club joined Division Two of the

Greater London League The Greater London League was a football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the London League and the Aetolian League, after the two leagues had run a joint league cup the previous season due to both stru ...

, which was largely composed of reserve teams. However, the league was disbanded at the end of the 1970–71 season when it merged into the

Metropolitan–London League The Metropolitan–London League was a short-lived football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1971 by a merger of the Greater London League and the Metropolitan League (which had lost several clubs to the Southern League). ...

. In 1975 they joined the Intermediate Division of the

London Spartan League The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League. History The Spartan League was establish ...

. In 1990 the club was renamed Bridon Sports after the company was renamed Bridon Ropes.History
Bridon Ropes F.C. The division was renamed Division Two in 1991, and the following year the club changed name again, this time becoming Bridon Ropes. They went on to win the Division Two title and the Kent Junior Cup in 1992–93, earning promotion to Division One.
Non-League Matters In 1997 the Spartan League merged with the

South Midlands League The South Midlands League was a association football, football league covering Bedfordshire and some adjoining counties in England. It was founded in 1922 as the Bedfordshire County League and merged with the Spartan League in 1997 to form the ...

to form the

Spartan South Midlands League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

, with Bridon placed in Division One South. However, after one season they left the league to become founder members of the London Intermediate League. The club subsequently won the League Cup in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. In 2003 Bridon joined Division Two West of the

Kent County League The Kent County League is a football competition based in Kent, England. The league has seven senior divisions – a Premier Division, Division One East and West, Division Two East and West and Division Three East and West. It sits below the So ...

. After finishing as runners-up in 2005–06, they were promoted to Division One West. They went on to win the division in 2009–10 and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2011 they were founder members of the

Kent Invicta League The Kent Invicta Football League was a football league in England, formed in 2011 to commence operations for the 2011–12 season. It covered the traditional English county of Kent, some of which is now in Greater London. It merged with the South ...

. In 2013–14 the club won the London Senior Trophy, beating Corinthian-Casuals 2–1 in the final, after extra time.Corinthian-Casuals 1-2 Bridon Ropes - I fancied us to turn it round, says Daniel Frost
Kentish Football, 12 April 2014 In 2016 the Kent Invicta League became Division One of the

Southern Counties East League The Southern Counties East Football League is an English football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Until 2013, it was known as the Kent League. There was a previous Kent League, that existed from ...

when the two leagues merged.

Ground

Bridon Ropes play their home games at Meridian Sports & Social Club on Charlton Park Lane.

Honours

*Spartan League **Division Two champions 1991–92 *Kent County League **Division One West champions 2009–10 *London Intermediate League **League Cup winners 1999–2000, 2000–01 *London Senior Trophy **Winners 2013–14 *Kent Junior Cup **Winners 1992–93

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

performance: Extra-preliminary round, 2016–17 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: First round, 2015–16, 2016–17

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