Almondsbury Town A.F.C.

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Almondsbury Town
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Full name Almondsbury Town Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Almonds
Founded 1897
Ground Oaklands Park, Almondsbury
Chairman Bob Jenkins
Manager Paul Weeks
League Hellenic League Premier Division
2006-07 5th in Hellenic League Premier Division
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Almondsbury Town A.F.C. are a football club based in Almondsbury, near Bristol, England.

Almondsbury Town are currently members of the Hellenic League Premier Division. The chairman of the club is Bob Jenkins and the current manager is Paul Weeks who joined the club in December 2005 from Bitton. Almondsbury Town currently play their home matches at Oaklands Park, Almondsbury situated just off the M5 motorway. The club play in navy blue and sky blue shirts, with navy blue shorts and socks.

The reserve team currently play in the Bristol Suburban League Premier Division 1, and are managed by Simon and Lee Bloodworth. They won the Alf Bosley Cup in May 2006 beating Broad Plain House.

Under one of their previous names, Almondsbury Greenway, they had a sequence of excellent performances in the FA Vase in the late 1970s. In their first season in the competition, 1976-77, they reached the last 16, the next season they made the semi-finals, and in 1978-79 they went all the way to the final before being beaten by Essex side Billericay Town at Wembley Stadium.

[edit] League History

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Season Division Position Significant Events
As Almondsbury Greenway
Joined the Gloucestershire County League
1975-1976 Gloucestershire County League 2 Runners Up
1976-1977 Gloucestershire County League 1 Champions
1977-1978 Gloucestershire County League 1 Champions
1978-1979 Gloucestershire County League 1 Champions
1979-1980 Gloucestershire County League 1 Champions
1980-1981 Gloucestershire County League 1 Champions
1981-1982 Gloucestershire County League 2 Runners Up
Joined the Hellenic League Premier Division
1982-1983 Hellenic League Premier Division 2 Runners Up
1983-1984 Hellenic League Premier Division 1 Champions
1984-1985 Hellenic League Premier Division 10
1985-1986 Hellenic League Premier Division 17 Relegated
1986-1987 Hellenic League Division One 17
As Almondsbury Picksons
1987-1988 Hellenic League Division One 4
1988-1989 Hellenic League Division One 1 Champions
1989-1990 Hellenic League Premier Division 7
1990-1991 Hellenic League Premier Division 10
1991-1992 Hellenic League Premier Division 3
1992-1993 Hellenic League Premier Division 6
As Almondsbury Town
1993-1994 Hellenic League Premier Division 15
1994-1995 Hellenic League Premier Division 12
1995-1996 Hellenic League Premier Division 12
1996-1997 Hellenic League Premier Division 15
1997-1998 Hellenic League Premier Division 5
1998-1999 Hellenic League Premier Division 16
1999-2000 Hellenic League Premier Division 17
2000-2001 Hellenic League Premier Division 19
2001-2002 Hellenic League Premier Division 18
2002-2003 Hellenic League Premier Division 17
2003-2004 Hellenic League Premier Division 21
2004-2005 Hellenic League Premier Division 9
2005-2006 Hellenic League Premier Division 14
2006-2007 Hellenic League Premier Division 5

Source: Almondsbury Town at the Football Club History Database

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