The Bristol and District Football League currently known as the uhlsport Bristol and District Football League is a football competition based in Bristol, England. The top division in this league, which is the Senior Division, is a feeder to the Bristol Premier Combination. The league has a total of five divisions and is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
The Bristol and Avon League feeds into the Bristol and District League.
History The Bristol and District League was originally formed in 1892 on the suggestion of Gloucester City player Percy Stout, although Gloucester did not join the league until the following season. The league became known as the Western Football League in 1895, but the name Bristol and District League has been a familiar title in Bristol football in subsequent years.
Among the clubs that have left the Bristol and District League to compete at a higher level are: Bitton Bristol St George (now known as Roman Glass St. George) Cadbury Heath Clevedon (now known as Clevedon Town) Keynsham Town Lawrence Weston Athletic (now known as Hallen) Longwell Green Sports Mangotsfield United Oldland (now known as Oldland Abbotonians) Winterbourne United Yate YMCA (now known as Yate Town)
Member clubs 2024–25
Senior Division AEK Boco 'A' AFC Mangotsfield District Bradley Stoke Town Reserves De Veys Hallen 'A' Hanham Athletic Reserves Iron Acton Reserves Longwell Green Sports Development Nicholas Wanderers Reserves Pucklechurch Sports Stockwood Wanderers Reserves Totterdown United Reserves Winterbourne United Reserves
Division One Chipping Sodbury Town Development DRG Frenchay Reserves Hambrook & Brimsham United Reserves Hanham Abbotonians Highridge United Reserves Lawrence Weston Longwell Green Sports 'B' Made For Ever Redfield Rovers Sea Mills Park Seymour United Shaftesbury Crusade Reserves Tormarton
Division Two Bedminster Down Reserves Bitton Reserves Bristol Boys FC Rangers Fry Club 'A' Greyfriars Athletic Reserves Iron Acton 'A' Olveston United Reserves Pucklechurch Sports Reserves Shirehampton 'A' Thornbury Town 'A'
Division Three Bradley Stoke Town 'A' Bristol Barcelona Reserves Bristol United De Veys Reserves FC United of Yate Hengrove 88 Made For Ever Reserves Nicholas Wanderers 'A' Oldland Abbotonians Colts Real St George Saltford 'A' Wick 'A'
Division Four AFC Mangotsfield District Reserves Bristol Boys Reserves FC United of Yate Reserves Greyfriars Athletic 'A' Hanham Athletic 'A' Lion Reserves Real St George Reserves Redfield Rovers Reserves Seymour United Reserves Shaftesbury Crusade 'A' Stockwood Green Reserves Tormarton Reserves
Recent Champions Season Senior Division Division One Division Two Division Three Division Four Division Five Division Six 2003–04 Fishponds Athletic Talbot Knowle Avonmouth Village Chipping Sodbury Reserves Soundwell Victoria Longshore Reserves Soundwell Victoria Reserves 2004–05 Patchway Town Reserves Sea Mills Park Reserves Hillfields Old Boys Reserves Soundwell Victoria Greyfriars Athletic Reserves Frys 'B' Eden Grove 2005–06 Talbot Knowle Avonmouth Village Lawrence Rovers Greyfriars Athletic Reserves Hallen 'B' Eden Grove Longwell Green Sports 'B' 2006–07 Avonmouth Village Soundwell Victoria Roman Glass St George 'A' Old Sodbury Brislington Cricketers Shaftesbury Crusaders 'A' Bradley Stoke Town 2007–08 Longwell Green Sports Reserves Chipping Sodbury Town Reserves Old Sodbury Brislington Cricketers Hanham Athletic 'A' Impact Squad Portville Warriors 2008–09 Lawrence RoversOld SodburySeymour United ReservesEden GroveBradley Stoke TownHenbury 'B'Southmead Community Sports (Sat) 2009–10 Made For Ever Brislington Cricketers Eden Grove DRG Stapleton Reserves St. George Rangers Soundwell Victoria Patchway North End 2010–11 Old Sodbury Eden Grove DRG Stapleton Reserves Portville Warriors Soundwell Victoria Real Thornbury Sea Mills Park Reserves 2011–12 Brislington Cricketers Warmley Saints Portville Warriors Lebeq Reserves Real Thornbury Sea Mills Park Reserves Broadlands 2012–13 Sea Mills Park AEK Boco Reserves Totterdown United Reserves Real Thornbury South Bristol Central Old Sodbury Reserves Rangeworthy Reserves 2013–14 AEK Boco Reserves Hambrook Real Thornbury Stapleton Highridge United Reserves Staple Hill Orient Stapleton Reserves 2014–15 Talbot Knowle United Bradley Stoke Town Stapleton Hillfields Old Boys Staple Hill Orient Stoke Lane Yate Athletic Reserves 2015–16 Chipping Sodbury Reserves Stapleton Hillfields Old Boys Stoke Lane Rangeworthy Reserves Winterbourne United 'A' 2016–17 Stapleton Hillfields Old Boys Yate Athletic Lawrence Rovers De Veys Reserves Hillfields Old Boys Reserves 2017–18 Iron Acton AEK Boco 'A' Bendix University of Bristol Hillfields Old Boys Reserves Stokeside FC 2018–19 Nicholas Wanderers Fry Club 'A' Highridge United Reserves Hillfields Old Boys Reserves Fry Club 'B' Winterbourne Reserves 2019–20 abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic 2020–21 abandoned due to Covid-19 pandemic 2021–22 AEK Boco 'A' Bristol Barcelona Pucklechurch Sports Reserves AFC Mangotsfield District Reserves Hallen 'A' Redfield Rovers 2022–23 Thornbury Town Reserves Pucklechurch Sports AFC Mangotsfield Reserves Hallen 'A' Real St George FC Rangers 2023–24 Bedminster Down Hanham Athletic Res Redfield Rovers FC Rangers Bristol Boys 2024–25 AFC Mangotsfield District First Shaftesbury Crusade Reserves FC Rangers FC United of Yate Real St George 2024–26 Made For Ever Bristol Boys Shirehampton A Bristol Boys Res Hanham Athletic A
References
External links Bristol & District League page on FA Full-Time