Bristol Manor Farm F.C.

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Bristol Manor Farm
Bristol Manor FC logo.png
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 Football League
Premier Division
2014–15 Western Football League
Premier Division, 4th

Bristol Manor Farm F.C. is an English football team based in Bristol. They play in the Toolstation Western Football League Premier Division. They play their home games at The Creek. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.

History

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

  • First team manager: Lee Lashenko
  • Assistant manager: Steve Durrant
  • Physio: John Cooper

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

Records

  • FA Cup[2]
    • Second Qualifying Round 1982–83, 2010–11, 2013–14
  • Biggest victory
    • 9–0 versus Weston St Johns in the Les Phillips Cup. Tuesday 29 January 2008.[5]

References

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  3. http://www.gloucestershirefa.com/
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External links

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