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FC Bristol - A History

Established in 2022, this season sees a new Era begin for Fc
Bristol but the same heart and founda on con nues to run
through it. FC Bristol has taken over from a strong and
successful Lebeq United team, with the aim to propel the club
forward with a new and youthful direc on. Last season the
team finished mid table and were a li le inconsistent, but
throughout they stayed posi ve. We look forward to building
on that and con nue to make strides on and off the pitch with
this inner city club.
Formed in 1982, Lebeqs Tavern Courage entered the Bristol &
District Sunday League in the lower divisions, which is now the
Bristol Premier Sunday League. A er several years of rapid success they reached the
Premier Division in 1990, with Manager Owen Smith and George Philipou (Secretary).
The pair strengthened the club, with Smith bringing his vast knowledge and personnel
from Semi-Professional football on a Saturday and Philipou adding a good club structure
behind the scenes to aid their success. Owen and George proved decisive as ever since.
Lebeqs Tavern Courage (Sunday) has won every compe on they have entered, with the
Trophy cabinet being full to the brim!! Only one trophy has eluded the team and that’s the
FA Sunday Cup. Lebeqs came very close in 2007 when they were beaten finalists at the
world famous Anfield Stadium in Liverpool.
Lebeq United, the team was widely known throughout the Bristol football scene as a
Sunday side. The club decided a new venture was needed and Saturday football offered
the club that opportunity. Lebeq United FC entered the Bristol and Suburban Associa on
Football League division three, for the start of the 2009/10 season under the management
of Clifford Goulbourne and George Philipou (secretary). The campaign began well and it
was not long before Lebeq’s talented squad asserted themselves with promo on finishing
as runners-up in the first season. The following season the club once again progressed and
were promoted to division one.
In 2013/14 Derry Nathasingh came in and immediately imposed himself on the team and
brought some much needed stability. He secured many new quality players to be able to
compete at the higher end of the league. Success followed and Lebeq United got
promoted to the premier division one for 2014/15 season. A er a disappoin ng campaign,
a fresh new strategy was now in need and Derry became the second casualty for Lebeq’s
massive ambi ons and the club introduced a new joint management team for the
beginning of the 2015/16 campaign, that was Rayan Wilson and Benjamin Mcleod.
A hard and difficult season followed but all the hard work was eventually rewarded when
the club li ed the Suburban Premier Division 1 League Title and came very close to
becoming double winners that season when they were beaten finalists in the Hillard
Bosely cup. Rayan had a brief spell away from the club and returned in the late 2017/18
season and narrowly missed out on promo on. He set his own target of changing this
disappointment, and trying to make it a reality for the up and coming 2018/19 season.
With some outstanding performances and only losing 3 games in a chase for the tle the
team and management achieved their goal by winning the Marcliff Gloucestershire County
Football League and ge ng promoted for the first me in the clubs history into the
Toolsta on Western League Division 1.
Our first season in the Western League was hampered by the Global Pandemic, but a er
our first taste of the great standard of football at this level we have hopefully learned a lot
in our short stay and can hopefully compete and give a few teams a problem to maintain
our quest of moving up through the leagues.