Bristol and Suburban Association Football League

The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League is a football competition in England. The league has six divisions, the highest of which sits at level 12 of the English football league system. The league is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It is one of three feeders to the Gloucestershire County League.

History

The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League was formed in 1894 under the name North Bristol and District Association Football League. The inaugural meeting of the League was held on 14 September 1894, at the Phoenix Coffee Palace, which was situated in Ashley Road, Montpelier, Bristol. This meeting was attended by representatives of the following clubs who were responsible for setting up the working arrangements and funding of the new League.

Beaufort Albion
Bethesda
Croft End
Phoenix Rangers
Rose Green
Wanderers
Westbourne

These seven clubs can be considered the founder members of the League and games commenced at the outset of the 1894–95 season. It was not until 1906 that the League's current name first appeared.
The following trophies are presented by the League

Alfred Bosley Memorial Cup – first competed for in 1952–53 by clubs from selected Divisions but currently restricted to Clubs playing in the top three Divisions of the League.
Norman Goulding Memorial Cup – competed for each season since 1984–85 by senior teams of the Clubs playing in Division two and below.
Tom Pitts Memorial Cup – presented annually since 1984 to the Club Secretary who has administered the affairs of his/her club with outstanding efficiency.

Among the clubs that have left the Bristol and Suburban Association Football League and now compete at a higher level are:

Greenway Sports and Almondsbury both played in the Bristol & Suburban League. Greenway Sports won the Bristol Premier Combination on a number of occasions in the early 1970s. The clubs amalgamated as Almondsbury Greenway in 1974 and reached the final of the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium in 1979, where Almondsbury Greenway were beaten by Billericay Town. The club changed its name to Almondsbury Town and in the 2010/11 season played in Southern Football League Division One South & West where they finished eighth. However, following the loss of their Oaklands Park home venue, the club dropped to the Bristol & Suburban League, and after one season back in the league, folded altogether.

Member clubs 2025–26

Premier Division

Almondsbury Reserves
Avonmouth Reserves
Easton Cowboys
Henbury & Rockleaze Reserves
Old Cothamians
Phoenix Next Gen
Southmead CS Athletic
St Aldhelms
Stoke Gifford SGS United Reserves
The Jamaica Bell
Warmley Redbridge
Wessex Wanderers

Senior Division

AFC Bohemia
Brislington Reserves
Broad Plain House Reserves
Bromley Heath United Reserves
Cosmos
Filton Athletic Reserves
Fishponds Old Boys
Hartcliffe F.C.
Lawrence Weston Athletic
Mendip Broadwalk Reserves
Wessex Wanderers Reserves

Division One

AC Moose
AFC Westerleigh
Cutters Friday Reserves
FC Union Bristol
Henbury & Rockleaze 'A'
Imperial Reserves
Little Stoke 1st
Mendip Broadwalk 'A'
Old Cothamians Reserves
Red Falcon
Southmead CS Athletic Reserves
Wessex Wanderers Reserves

Division Two

AC Moose Reserves
Bedminster Down Reserves
Bristol Wanderers
Hartcliffe FC Reserves
Henbury & Rockleaze 'B'
Little Stoke Reserves
Old Georgians
Parson Street Old Boys
Port of Bristol
Saltford Reserves
Socius United
Stoke Gifford SGS United 'A'

Division Three

AJA Athletic
Almondsbury 'A'
~~Avonmouth 'A'~~
Bristol Phoenix
Bromley Heath United 'A'
Cosmos UK Reserves
Easton Cowboys 'A'
Hanham Abbotonians Reserves
Phoenix NextGen Reserves
St Aldhelms Reserves
Wessex Wanderers Colts

Division Four

Bristol Athletic
Bristol Phoenix Reserves
Bristol Wanderers Reserves
Eighty-One United
Made Forever Development
Park Knowle
Parson Street O.B Res
Portishead Town Colts
Shaftesbury Crusade 'A'
St Vallier