Hengrove Athletic Football Club is a
football
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club based in the
Bristol
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suburb of
Hengrove
Hengrove is a suburb and council ward of Bristol, England, situated between Whitchurch, Knowle and Bishopsworth, running along both dual carriageways, Wells Road ( A37) and Airport Road ( A4174). The area of Knowle it adjoins is known as Kn ...
. Affiliated to the
Somerset County FA
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History
The Somerset Cou ...
, they are currently members of the and play at Norton Lane in
Whitchurch.
History
The club was established in 1948 by recently demobilised soldiers.
[History]
Hengrove Athletic F.C. The club's green shirts were created by a player's mother dyeing white shirts green, the only colouring available at the time.
[ The new club joined Division Three of the Bristol & Suburban League, and won the league's Alf Bosley Cup in 1958–59 and again in 1963–64.][
In 1974 Hengrove moved up to the ]Somerset County League
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in 1974–75.[ By the end of the 1970s they had reached the Premier Division,][Somerset County League 1979–1990]
Non-League Matters and in 1979–80 the club won both the League Cup and the Somerset Senior Cup.[ In 1989–90 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One. They returned to the Premier Division at the end of the 1995–96 season after a third-place finish in Division One.][ In 2005–06 the club won the Premier Division title and were promoted to Division One of the Western League.
Hengrove were Division One runners-up in ]2012–13
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, resulting in promotion to the Western League Premier Division. However, the club were relegated after a single season, having finished bottom of the division.[ In 2015–16 Hengrove won the league's Les Phillips Cup. The following season saw them finish as Division One runners-up, earning promotion back to the Premier Division.][ In 2018–19 the club finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated back to Division One.][
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Ground
The club moved to Norton Lane in 1964, with the ground officially opened on 7 June that year.[ A new stand was built and floodlights were erected during the 2007–08 season, with a second stand constructed in the 2012–13 season.][
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Honours
*Western League
**Les Phillips Cup winners 2015–16
*Somerset County League
**Premier Division champions 2005–06
**League Cup winners 1979–80
*Somerset Senior Cup
**Winners 1979–80, 1983–84
*Bristol & Suburban League
**Alf Bosley Cup winners 1958–59, 1963–64
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Preliminary round, 2012–13, 2017–18[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: Third round, 2015–16[
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Bristol
Association football clubs established in 1948
1948 establishments in England
Bristol and Suburban Association Football League
Somerset County League
Western Football League