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ristol Manor Farm Football Club was
formed for the 1960/61 season before The modern era of Bristol Manor Farm truly
Bdisbanding and reforming for the start began at the start of the 2013/14 with the
of the 1962/63 campaign. appointment of our current, long-serving
and most successful Manager, Lee
Our ground ‘The Creek’ used to be the site Lashenko. Fresh from winning the Premier
of the Port of Bristol Authority Sports & League title with Bishop Sutton, Lashenko
Social Club. In 1965 when the authority quickly made an impact with Manor Farm.
moved to new premises, Manor Farm took The team made a good push for the league
it over, making it our permanent home. title but finished as runners-up to Larkhall
Athletic – breaking club records for league
The club joined the Somerset Senior position, goals scored and fewest goals
League and over time made good progress conceded along the way.
through the divisions. In 1977 the club
made the step-up to the Western League Our FA Cup run saw us put 9 goals past
and five years later were promoted to the Oldland Abbotonians and 7 past Lymington
Premier Division as Division One Town, bringing us national media attention.
Champions in 1982/83. The 1 Round Qualifying tie against
st
Corsham Town ended in a 4‐4 draw with
The club would remain at this level for the Manor Farm winning the hard fought replay
next three decades but ambitious seeds 1-0. We then also held Bridgwater Town to
were sown for the club’s future in 1998 a 4-4 draw in the next round before
when Geoffrey Sellek, a founding player narrowly going out 2-1 in the replay.
during those early 60’s ‘homeless’ years,
took over the helm of the club as Again, in 2014‐2015, Bristol Manor Farm
Chairman. just missed out on promotion by 3 points.
We did win the GFA County Challenge
In a life of total dedication to the football Trophy however with a 2‐0 win over local
club and its social club activities, Geoff neighbours Shirehampton.
began the long, arduous task of steering
the club towards promotion to the 2015/2016 saw an epic run in the FA Vase
Southern League and beyond. that took us to within sniffing distance of
Wembley. A notable 3-2 comeback win in
Bristol Manor Farm’s decent FA Cup the 5 Round at Sunderland RCA, meant
th
pedigree is rooted in an exciting run during another long return trip to the north-east
the 2010/11 competition which saw us win for a Quarter Final showdown with Morpeth
a penalty shoot-out against Almondsbury Town. On a heavy pitch we heroically went
Town and hold Basingstoke Town to a draw down fighting 2-0 with Morpeth going on to
before being pipped by a single goal in the beat Hereford FC 4-1 in the showpiece
replay. Wembley final.
We finished third in the League – narrowly
2011/12 was the most successful season in missing out on promotion once again but
the history of the club to that date. We won the GFA County Challenge Trophy for
won the GFA Challenge Trophy after the second season in succession with a
beating Shortwood United 5-0 in a thrilling record 9-2 win over Lydney Town.
final and this was followed three days later On a happy night at Ashton Gate our
with another cup triumph when we beat former Exeter City and Truro City striker
Willand Rovers in extra time to lift the Les Dean Stamp also won the Bristol Post
Phillips Cup. 'Footballer of the Year' award for his