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Brislington FC - A History



       The season itself bought a 10  place finish for the 1  team & a 4  place finish for the
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       reserves.  The ladies again done well winning promo on from their league.
       The 2017/18  season seen a change in the commi ee  with Phil Rex  stepping down  as
       Chairman with club stalwart Steve Jenkins taking on the main role. The commi ee was
       completely overhauled with the following taking on roles within the club Lee Williams
       (Vice Chairman), Phil Vicary (Treasurer), Angela Hazell (Secretary).
       The next couple of season remained much the same. Lee Perks con nued in his role as first
       team manager and now had a se led management team of Rich Ford & Kevin Hazell. The
       Reserves had a few managers over a couple of years which ended with relega on in the
       2018/19 season.

       The 2019 / 20 season bought a new problem COVID hit us in March 2020 and all football
       was suspended eventually ending with the season being null & void. We also withdrew the
       Reserves from the Somerset County league due to player availability issues.
       The following season 2020/21 was again suspended a er the Christmas break and again
       ended with the being declared null & void. During the 2 disrupted seasons the club were
       able to build brand new changing rooms on the far side of the ground a welcome addi on
       to the ground.
       The 2021/ 22 season bought new challenges with the FA Restructuring the 1  team were
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       going to have to endure at least 9 trips down to Devon & Cornwall which would stretch the
       club finances & player commitment. The club did apply for lateral movement but this was
       rejected at a hearing with the FA.

       We also restarted the Reserves in the Bristol & District League under manager James Peart
       which seen a few former players return to the club.
       The season was a hard one on Lee & the 1  team with some heavy defeats and struggling
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       to field sides that were going to be compe  ve in the league.
       A er the last game of season away to Millbrook an emergency mee ng was held as the
       club knew with the current fuel costs meaning travel costs for the 2022/ 23 season were
       going to be hard to meet & the fact that the 1  team management were going step down
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       as it would be impossible to get a team which could compete in the Western League.
       The club made the hard decision to apply for voluntary relega on to Division 1. This was
       granted and secured the future of the club. The decision was made harder due to the fact
       that we had been members of the Premier Division for 20+ years.

       The 2022 / 23 season brought new hope and we managed to keep our management team
       and retain a lot of last season’s playing squad.
       The 2022 / 23 season was a great season for the club despite dropping down a league Lee
       Perks managed to a ract quality players and was rewarded with a league  tle win, semi
       final of the Les Phillips cup and a 28-match winning run. The clubs first league  tle for 29
       years. We were not allowed promo on due to FA Rules a er our voluntary relega on in
       the previous season
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