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Visitors Hengrove Athletic F.C.

2012-2013, achieving promotion to the Premier Division for the first time.
They then lifted the Les Phillips League Cup in 2015-2016 before winning
promotion to the Premier Division again in 2016/17. The following season,
the club finished ninth in the table, their highest position ever, and also the
highest placed Bristol team at this level, before being relegated in season
2018/19.

Manager Jamie Hillman returned to the club in the summer of 2019 but with
both seasons remaining unfinished, has yet to complete a full campaign.
Jamie has added to the management team in the shape of Jon Berry, Ian
Jones and Mike Stone with Pete Stenner in the physio role.
This season, the club have launched a new under-18’s team that play in the
Bristol U18 Football Combination, In addition, Hengrove also host local side
Bristol Spartak as well as several St Aldhelm’s junior teams.
In July 2016, the attendance record for the ground was smashed when
1,693 saw the Grove host Bristol City in the annual BCFC Community Trust
match. The club have also built up an impressive reputation as a great host
for local youth cup finals and League Cup finals in recent years. Hengrove
will celebrate their 75th anniversary in 2023 and has recently embarked on
a project called “Hengrove 75” to mark the event.

Senior Club Honours

Alf Bosley Cup Winners (Bristol & Suburban League) - 1958/59 and
1963/64
Somerset Junior Cup Winners - 1964/65
Somerset League Cup Winners - 1979/80
Somerset Senior Cup Winners - 1979/80
Promoted to Somerset County Premier Div – 1995/96
Somerset Senior Cup Runners-Up – 2003/04 and 2004/05
Somerset County Premier Division Winners – 2005/06
Toolstation Western League Div One Runners -Up – 2012/13 and 2016/17
Les Phillips League Cup Winners – 2015/16