Albion Sports Association Football Club is a

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located in Bradford,

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. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the

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and play at the

Horsfall Stadium Horsfall Stadium is a sports stadium just off Halifax Road in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, south-west of the city centre. It is the home of Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. It was originally built as a running track in 1931, and was upgra ...

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. The club's kit consists of yellow and royal blue shirts with royal blue shorts and socks.Albion Sports
Northern Counties East League

History

The club was founded in 1974 by Harjit Singh Panesar and Baljit Singh, and joined Division Four of the Bradford Amateur Sunday League, which they won in their first season.About Albion Sports
Albion Sports A.F.C. They won the Premier Division in 1995–96 and in 1999–2000, a season in which they also won the Bradford Sunday Senior Cup and the British Asian Championship, as well as reaching the final of the

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, where they lost 1–0 to

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-based Prestige Brighams. They won the Premier Division again in 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05 and 2005–06, as well as reaching the final of the FA Sunday Cup again in 2005, losing 3–2 to Gossoms End of

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. In 2007 the club switched to Saturday football, joining the

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, before switching to the

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the following year. They finished second in Division One in 2008–09, earning promotion to the Premier Division. After finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2009–10 and 2010–11, the club were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. After missing out on promotion by one point in their first season in the division, in

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the club won Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division.Albion Sports clinch title in style
Telegraph & Argus, 28 April 2013

Season-by-season record

Ground

After joining the Northern Counties East League in 2011 the club started groundsharing at the

.Bradford return thrills Albion Sports but they want own home
Bradford Argus, 12 May 2023 In 2013 they relocated to the

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ground of

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, where they played until returning to the Horsfall Stadium in 2023.

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Division One champions

*Bradford Amateur Sunday League: **Premier Division champions 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06Honours
Albion Sports A.F.C. **Division Four champions 1974–75 *British Asian Championship ** Winners: 1999–2000, 2004–05 *Bradford Sunday Senior Cup **Winners: 1986–87, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05 *Bradford District Sunday Cup **Winners 1994–95, 1998–99

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2023–24 *Best

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performance: Second round, 2023–24

References

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