| Countries | England |
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| Founded | 1894 |
| Divisions | 7 |
| Number of teams | 96 |
| Levels on pyramid | Levels 12 to 18 |
| Feeder to | Gloucestershire County League |
| Promotion to | Gloucestershire County League |
| Current champions | Bristol Telephones (2010-11) |
| Website | Official Website - bristolsuburbanleague.co.uk |
The Bristol and Suburban Association Football League is a football competition in England. The league has a total of seven divisions, the highest of which, the Premier Division One, 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.
In the 2010-11 season, Bristol Telephones won the title. For the 2010-11 season, 15 clubs are competing in the Premier Division One. The league's other divisions are Premier Division Two and Divisions One to Five.
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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 September 14th 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.
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These seven Clubs can be considered as 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. [1]
The following trophies are presented by the League
Among the clubs that have have left the Bristol and Suburban Association Football League and now compete at a higher level are:
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Greenway Sports and Almondsbury have 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 is now known as 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 are now back where they started in the Bristol & Suburban League.
| Season | Premier Division One | Premier Division Two | Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | Division Five |
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| 2004-05 | Teyfant Athletic | Fishponds Old Boys | Bristol Builders Supplies | Tyndalls Park Rangers | C.T.K. Southside | Hartcliffe Old Boys Reserves | Potterswood Reserves |
| 2005-06 | St Aldhelms | Stoke Gifford | Old Georgians | C.T.K. Southside | Southmead Athletic | Potterswood Reserves | Avonmouth Rangers |
| 2006-07 | Avonmouth | Winford P.H. | T.C. Sports | Southmead Athletic | Ashton Old Boys | Avonmouth Rangers | T.C. Sports Reserves |
| 2007-08 | St Aldhelms | South Glos (Hambrook) | Southmead Athletic | Wessex Wanderers | Bristol Athletic | T.C. Sports Reserves | Hanham Athletic Colts |
| 2008-09 | St Aldhelms[3] | Southmead Athletic | Bristol Athletic | Imperial Saints | Mangotsfield United A | Lockleaze Reserves | Cartwheel Sports |
| 2009-10 | St. Aldhelms | Bristol Athletic | Imperial Saints | Cartwheel Sports | Lebeg United | Wanderers | Mangotsfield United 'B' |
| 2010-11 | Bristol Telephones | Little Stoke | Southmead Community Sport Athletic Reserves |
Golden Hill Sports | Lawrence Weston Reserves | Poker County UK | Whitchurch Reserves |
Almondsbury Town | Ashton United | Avonmouth | Bristol Telephones | Broad Plain House | Cadbury Heath Reserves | Fishponds Old Boys | Lawrence Weston | Little Stoke | Old Georgians | St. Aldhelms | Southmead Community Sport Athletic | Winford Public House
Almondsbury UWE Reserves | Avonmouth Reserves | Bristol Athletic | Easton Cowboys Suburbia | Glenside Old Boys | Ridings High | St. Aldhelms Reserves | Severn Beach | Shield Sports | Southmead Community Sport Athletic Reserves | Stoke Gifford United | Tytherington Rocks Reserves | Whitchurch
Ashton & Backwell United Colts | Brislington 'A' | Broad Plain House Reserves | Filton Athletic | Fishponds Old Boys Reserves | Golden Hill Sports | Ingleside | Old Cothamians | Ridings High Reserves | Rockleaze Rangers Reserves | Thrissell Nomads | Totterdown Port of Bristol | Tyndalls Park Rangers | Wessex Wanderers
AFC Mangotsfield | Almondsbury UWE 'A' | Bristol Telephones Reserves | CAB Olympic SC | Cleeve Colts | Corinthian Sports | Downend Foresters | Hengrove Athletic 'A' | Lawrence Weston Reserves | Lebeg United | Little Stoke Reserves | Oldbury | Parson Street Old Boys | Stoke Gifford United Reserves
Ashton United Reserves | Emersons Green | Filton Athletic Reserves | Fishponds Old Boys 'A' | Fry’s Club Old Boys | Hanham Athletic Colts | Hydez | Keynsham Town Reserves | Old Cothamians Reserves | Old Georgians Reserves | Poker County | Stoke Rangers | Wanderers
AEK Boco Colts | AFC Keynsham | Brandon Sports | Bristol Sports United | Coupland Insulation | Glenside Old Boys Reserves | Long Ashton Reserves | Rhubarb Athletic | Rockleaze Rangers 'A' | Severn Beach Reserves | St. Annes Town | Wessex Wanderers Reserves | Winford Public House Reserves
Broad Walk | Cadbury Heath ‘A’ | Downend Foreters Reserves | Golden Hill Sports Reserves | Knowle Rangers | Lawrence Weston 'A' | Oldbury Reserves | Parson Street Old Boys Reserves | Ridings High ‘A’ | Rockleaze Rangers ‘B’ | Rolls Royce | Severnside | Southern Athletic | Stoke Gifford United 'A' | Totterdown Port of Bristol Reserves
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