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Almondsbury Football Club is a football club based in
Almondsbury Almondsbury () is a large village near junction 16 of the M5 motorway, in South Gloucestershire, England, and a civil parish which also includes the villages of Hortham, Gaunt's Earthcott, Over, Easter Compton, Compton Greenfield, Hallen and ...
, near
Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
, England. Affiliated to the
Gloucestershire County FA The Gloucestershire County Football Association, also simply known as the ''Gloucestershire FA'' or ''GFA'', is the governing body of football in the county of Gloucestershire. It was formed in 1886. History The Gloucestershire County Footb ...
, they are currently members of the and play at the Field.


History

The club was established in 1969 as Patchway North End, and were originally based in
Patchway Patchway is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated north-north west of central Bristol. The town has become an overflow settlement for Bristol and is contiguous with Bristol's urban area, along with the nearby towns of Filton and Bra ...
, before becoming Patchway Old Boys in 1971.FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
Petersfield Town F.C. In 1989 they relocated to nearby Almondsbury and were renamed Almondsbury Football Club. They were members of the Bristol & Suburban League until winning the league in 2000–01, earning promotion to the
Gloucestershire County League The Gloucestershire County Football League is a football league in England, founded in 1968. The league is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System and is a feeder to Divisio ...
. In 2003–04 Almondsbury won the Gloucestershire County League title and were promoted to the Division One of the Western League. After partnering with the
University of the West of England The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a public research university, located in and around Bristol, England. The institution was know as the Bristol Polytechnic in 1970; it received university status in 1992 and ...
, the club were renamed Almondsbury UWE in 2009. They finished bottom of Division One in 2016–17, but were not relegated. In the summer of 2017 the club dropped "UWE" from their name. At the end of the 2017–18 season, they were transferred to Division One West of the Hellenic League. The club were transferred back to Division One of the Western League at the end of the following season.


Honours

*Gloucestershire County League **Champions 2003–04 *Bristol Suburban League **Premier Division champions 2000–01


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: First qualifying round,
2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
, 2015–16 *Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2018–19


See also

* Almondsbury F.C. players * Almondsbury F.C. managers


References


External links


Official website
{{Authority control Football clubs in England Football clubs in Gloucestershire Football clubs in Bristol Association football clubs established in 1969 1969 establishments in England Bristol and Suburban Association Football League Gloucestershire County Football League Western Football League Hellenic Football League