Bardon Hill Football Club is a

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club based in Bardon, near

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. They play at Bardon Close.

History

The club was established in the 1890s as St Peters Church.History
Bardon Hill F.C. They were later named Bardon Hill Granite and then Bardon Hill Sports. After playing in local leagues around

, the club moved up to the Leicester & District League and the North Leicestershire League. In 1994 they joined Division One of the

Leicestershire Senior League The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a association football, football competition based in Leicestershire, England. History The league was formed in 1896, had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and ...

. After finishing as Division One runners-up in 2005–06 the club were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2008 Bardon Hill Sports were founder members of the

East Midlands Counties League The East Midlands Counties Football League was an English football league that operated from 2008 to 2021, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. The league had one division, which stood at t ...

. They were renamed Bardon Hill in 2010. The club won both the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup and the East Midlands Counties League in 2014–15, earning promotion to the Premier Division of the

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. However, their first season in the Midland League ended in relegation to the Premier Division of the Leicestershire Senior League. Despite finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2017–18, Bardon Hill withdrew from the league at the end of the season due to a lack of personnel to run the club.Due To Lack Of Volunteers…A Step 7 Side Has Resigned From League
The Bootiful Game, 5 July 2018 The club continued to run its youth section, and relaunched its men's team for the 2024–25 season.

Ground

The club moved to Bardon Close in 1990 as their previous ground behind the church was required for the expansion of a quarry.

Honours

*East Midlands Counties League **Champions 2014–15 *Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup **Winners 2014–15

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2009–10 *Best

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performance: Second round, 2011–12

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