Bedfont Sports Football Club is a
football club based in
Bedfont
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,
Greater London
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, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Bedfont Recreation Ground.
History
The club was established in 2002 as a Saturday team for Bedfont Sunday, a
Sunday league team, and shortly afterwards absorbed the Bedfont Eagles youth club. In 2003 they joined Division One of the Hounslow and District League, going on to win it at the first attempt.
In 2004 Bedfont joined Division One of the
Middlesex County League
The Middlesex County Football League is a football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one division, although it ...
, and after finishing as runners-up in their first season, were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2006–07 and 2007–08 they won the league's Open Cup,
[ whilst the 2008–09 season saw them win the Middlesex Premier Cup and finish third in the Premier Division,][Honours]
Bedfont Sports F.C. after which they moved up to Division One of the Combined Counties League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and ...
. In 2011–12 they finished as runners-up in Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[
The 2017–18 season saw Bedfont finish as runners-up in the Premier Division, earning promotion to the South Central Division of the ]Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
.
Ground
The club play at the Bedfont Recreation Ground on Hatton Road in Bedfont. It has a capacity of 3,000, of which 200 is covered.[ In 2018, the Bedfont Recreation Ground hosted a number of games in the CONIFA World Cup.Why the CONIFA World Football Cup matters to Matabeleland]
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Honours
*Middlesex County League
**Open Cup winners 2006–07, 2007–08
*Hounslow and District League
**Division One champions 2003–04
*Middlesex Premier Cup
**Winners 2009–10
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2021–22[
*Best ]FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...
performance: Third round, 2016–17[
]
See also
* Bedfont Sports F.C. players
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in London
Association football clubs established in 2002
2002 establishments in England
Middlesex County Football League
Combined Counties Football League
Isthmian League
Sport in the London Borough of Hounslow