Bradford Town Football Club is a football club based in

Bradford-on-Avon Bradford-on-Avon (sometimes Bradford on Avon or Bradford upon Avon) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset, which had a population of 9,402 at the 2011 census. The town's canal, historic buildings, s ...

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. They are currently members of the and play at Trowbridge Road.

History

The club was established in 1992 by Les and Pat Stevens,History
Bradford Town F.C. and joined the Division Two of the

Wiltshire League The Wiltshire Football League is a football league in England, formed by amalgamation in 1976. All clubs are affiliated to a County Football Association. The area covered by the competition is the county of Wiltshire and 15 miles beyond the co ...

.Wiltshire League 1992–2004
Non-League Matters They were Division Two champions in 1993–94, earning promotion to Division One, which became the Premier Division in 1998. In 2004–05 Bradford were runners-up in the Premier Division and were promoted to Division One of the Western League. After five consecutive top-five finishes between 2008–09 and

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, the club were Division One champions in 2013–14, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In

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the club won the Western League's Les Phillips Cup, beating

Bridgwater Town Bridgwater United Football Club is a football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the and play at Fairfax Park. History Bridgwater Association Football Club were es ...

1–0 in the final. At the end of the season they were transferred to the Premier Division of the Hellenic League. In

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the club finished second-from-bottom of the division and were relegated to Division One of the Western League.

Ground

The club initially played at the

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on a roped-off pitch. After moving up to the top division of the Wiltshire League, the club moved to

Trowbridge Town Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They are currently champions of the and play at The Daykin Estates Ground, Woodmarsh, on the southern edge of the town. History A Trowbridge Town team ...

's Frome Road ground, where they remained until moving back to Bradford on Avon in 1996 to move into the Bradford on Avon Sports and Social Club. Floodlights were installed during the 2008–09 season and inaugurated by

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. A 100-seat stand was erected the following season. The club's record attendance of 621 was set in 2015 for an FA Vase fourth round match against Melksham Town.

Honours

*Western League **Division One champions 2012–13 **Les Phillips Cup winners 2020–21 *Wiltshire League **Division Two champions 1993–94

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2015–16 *Best

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performance: Fifth round, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20 *Record attendance: 621 vs Melksham Town, FA Vase fourth round, 2015

References

External links

Official website
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