Bristol Manor Farm F.C.

Bristol Manor Farm Football Club is an English football club based in Bristol, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at The Creek. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.

Full nameBristol Manor Farm Football Club
Nickname(s)The Farm, Farmy Army, The Portwaymen
Founded1960
GroundThe Creek, Bristol
Capacity2,000 (200 seated)
ChairmanGeoff Sellek
ManagerLee Lashenko
LeagueSouthern League Division One South
2019–20Southern League Division One South (season abandoned)

History
Bristol Manor Farm's ground, The Creek, in 2015

Bristol Manor Farm Football Club was formed for the 1960/61 season.[1] After just one season, the club was disbanded but was reformed and began playing again in the 1962/63 season. Their current home The Creek used to be the site of the Port of Bristol Authority Sports & Social Club but when they moved to new premises 1965, Manor Farm took it over. The pitch at the Creek was once notorious for its sloping surface but work has been undertaken in recent years to eliminate the slope. With seating and floodlights added since 1980, the club now boasts excellent facilities alongside a spacious clubhouse.

Having a permanent base enabled the club to apply successfully to join the Somerset Senior League where they were to progress rapidly through the divisions before deciding to advance further to the Western League in 1977.

The club joined the First Division for the 1977/78 season and remained there until the 1982/83 season when they won the First Division championship and gained promotion to the Premier Division. They remained there until relegation under Pete McCall's management team in 2001/02 but regained their Premier status just two seasons later in 2003/04 under Shaun Bond and Nicky Johns. In 1983/84 they reached the final of the G.F.A. Challenge Trophy where they lost to then Hellenic League side Shortwood United. The trophy did make its way to the Creek in 1987/88 and has been won on a further three occasions by the club.


Main stand at The Creek. The 2011/12 season saw the club win its first double when they took both the GFA Challenge Trophy and the Toolstation League Les Phillips League Cup back to Sea Mills.

Lee Lashenko become the new manager at the start of the 2013/14 season and quickly made an impact in the FA Cup, overcoming Oldland Abootonians, Lymington Town and Corsham Town to reach the Second Qualifying Round, equaling their best ever performance in the competition. Unfortunately, they were unable to go one better and lost to Bridgwater Town 1-2 in a replay at Fairfax Park. The club continued to fight for top spot in the league and applied for promotion. The club finished second but were unsuccessful in their promotion bid when Larkhall Athletic were accepted into the Southern League. The second-placed finish was the best in the club's history. It also saw the team break the club records for the most goals scored in a season and the fewest goals conceded.

The 2015/16 season left the club with mixed feelings as on one hand they managed to get to the Quarter-Final of the FA Vase narrowly going out away to eventual winners Morpeth Town. On the other hand, whilst they finished 3rd in the Western League, again they just missed out on promotion to the Southern League by one place. They did, however, win the GFA County Challenge Trophy for the second time in succession and the fourth time overall with a record 9-2 win over Lydney Town.

In the 2016/17 season, Bristol Manor Farm were finally successful in gaining promotion to the Southern League, winning the Western League by quite a distance. They also had another successful run in the FA Vase where they went out in the Fifth Round Proper to Semi-Finalists Bromsgrove Sporting.

The Farm finished their first season in the eighth tier with a very respectable 9th-place finish, falling away towards the end after troubling the top six places all season.

Staff
  • First team manager:

Lee Lashenko

  • Club Secretary:

Rachael Caswell

  • Assistant manager: Iain Harvey
  • Physio: Stephen Carter
  • Coach(s): Chris Bailes, Terry Buffrey, Mike Mahoney

Club rivals

Bristol Manor Farm's main rivals are considered to be Yate Town and Mangotsfield United, both from the northern outskirts of Bristol. With all three clubs playing in the Southern League Division One since 2017, fixtures among the three have been seen by some fans as a contest to claim the title of Bristol's third club and tend to attract higher than usual attendances.[2][3]

Honours

Cup Honours

Seasons
Season Division Pos P W D L F A GD Pts FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase
1977–78 Western Football League Division 1 4th 36 20 5 11 67 38 +29 65 – – –
1978–79 Western Football League Division 1 3rd 36 20 5 11 59 47 +12 65 – – PR
1979–80 Western Football League Division 1 8th 42 20 9 13 70 58 +12 49 – – R1
1980–81 Western Football League Division 1 10th 36 14 8 14 53 57 –4 36 – – R1
1981–82 Western Football League Division 1 8th 36 15 9 12 58 50 +8 39 – – R1
1982–83 Western Football League Division 1 1st 36 26 7 3 85 31 +54 59 QR2 – R3
1983–84 Western Football League Premier Division 8th 38 14 11 13 54 42 +12 39 PR – R5
1984–85 Western Football League Premier Division 6th 42 21 7 14 70 55 +15 49 PR – R4
1985–86 Western Football League Premier Division 11th 42 16 9 17 71 72 –1 41 QR1 PR –
1986–87 Western Football League Premier Division 5th 42 19 10 13 58 46 +12 48 PR – R1
1987–88 Western Football League Premier Division 8th 42 17 14 11 66 52 +14 47 (-1) QR1 – R1
1988–89 Western Football League Premier Division 6th 40 20 7 13 72 49 +23 47 PR – PR
1989–90 Western Football League Premier Division 12th 40 13 12 15 49 59 –10 51 QR1 – R2
1990–91 Western Football League Premier Division 14th 40 12 9 19 52 66 –14 45 QR1 – PR
1991–92 Western Football League Premier Division 16th 40 10 10 20 42 66 –24 40 PR – R1
1992–93 Western Football League Premier Division 13th 38 10 13 15 49 59 –10 43 QR1 – R1
1993–94 Western Football League Premier Division 13th 34 11 3 20 51 77 –26 36 PR – PR
1994–95 Western Football League Premier Division 9th 34 14 6 14 51 48 +3 48 – – EPR
1995–96 Western Football League Premier Division 12th 34 11 6 17 55 69 –14 39 QR1 – QR2
1996–97 Western Football League Premier Division 14th 34 9 10 15 40 60 –20 37 QR1 – QR1
1997–98 Western Football League Premier Division 16th 38 8 10 20 37 73 –36 34 – – –
1998–99 Western Football League Premier Division 13th 38 15 4 19 61 57 +4 49 – – –
1999–00 Western Football League Premier Division 17th 36 8 9 19 48 78 –30 33 – – –
2000–01 Western Football League Premier Division 18th 38 8 8 22 37 66 –29 32 QR1 – QR2
2001–02 Western Football League Premier Division 19th 38 7 8 23 30 80 –50 29 QR1 – QR1
2002–03 Western Football League Division 1 11th 36 14 4 18 56 71 –15 46 PR – QR1
2003–04 Western Football League Division 1 3rd 36 20 14 2 74 38 +36 74 PR – QR1
2004–05 Western Football League Premier Division 7th 38 17 7 14 56 59 –3 58 EPR – QR2
2005–06 Western Football League Premier Division 3rd 38 24 4 10 86 43 +43 76 PR – R1
2006–07 Western Football League Premier Division 12th 42 14 12 16 50 51 –1 54 EPR – R2
2007–08 Western Football League Premier Division 16th 40 10 9 21 64 84 –20 39 EPR – QR1
2008–09 Western Football League Premier Division 5th 40 22 6 12 75 53 +22 72 EPR – QR1
2009–10 Western Football League Premier Division 7th 38 16 11 11 70 55 +15 59 QR1 – R4
2010–11 Western Football League Premier Division 7th 36 18 7 11 73 63 +10 61 QR2 – R2
2011–12 Western Football League Premier Division 8th 34 13 8 13 63 57 +6 47 EPR – QR2
2012–13 Western Football League Premier Division 18th 38 11 6 21 55 72 –17 39 EPR – QR2
2013–14 Western Football League Premier Division 2nd 40 26 8 6 104 32 +72 86 QR2 – R1
2014–15 Western Football League Premier Division 4th 36 18 9 9 67 40 +27 63 PR – R2
2015–16 Western Football League Premier Division 3rd 38 25 5 8 109 44 +65 80 QR1 – QF
2016–17 Western Football League Premier Division 1st 38 33 3 2 118 33 +85 102 EPR – R5
2017–18 Southern Football League West Division 9th 42 20 9 13 83 61 +22 69 PR QR1 –
2018–19 Southern Football League Division One South 15th 38 13 7 18 65 77 –12 46 QR3 QR1 –
2019–20 Southern Football League Division One South 15th 27 8 6 13 31 44 –13 30 QR3 PR –

Records
  • FA Cup[4]
    • Third Qualifying Round 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020-21
  • FA Trophy[4]
    • First Qualifying Round 2017–18, 2018–19
  • FA Vase[4]
    • Quarter Finals 2015-16
  • Biggest victory
    • 10–0 versus Devizes Town in the Les Phillips Cup. Saturday 19 November 2016.[8]
  • Biggest Defeat
    • 0-11 versus Bristol City in the annual Community Match at The Creek on Sunday 9 July 2017.[9]
  • Record Attendance
    • 1417 versus Bristol City in a pre-season friendly. Sunday 9 July 2017[9]

Notable past players

References
  1. "Club History". Bristol Manor Farm FC. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
  2. "Bristol Manor Farm 3 vs. 1 Mangotsfield United - 16 September 2017 - First Team - Mangotsfield United FC ™". www.mufc-online.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. "Bristol Manor Farm 1 vs. 1 Yate Town - 24 March 2018 - 1st Team - Yate Town Football Club". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. Bristol Manor Farm at the Football Club History Database
  5. Association, The Football. "The website for Gloucestershire FA". www.gloucestershirefa.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. Association, The Football. "Cups & Competitions". www.gloucestershirefa.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. "Les Phillips Cup Winners". Toolstation Western League. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  8. "Bristol Manor Farm : Les Phillips League Cup". Football Mitoo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. "Report: Bristol Manor Farm 0-11 Bristol City". Bristol City. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. "Marek Piszczek". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

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