Staple Hill F.C.

Staple Hill F.C. was an English football club based in Staple Hill, Bristol. The club joined the Bristol & District League in 1893–94, that league's second season, before it was renamed the Western League in 1895. Joint runners-up in Division One in 1895–96, Staple Hill were placed in Division Two of the league after a new professional section was formed in 1897. They won this division twice, in 1898–99 and 1906–07, and were runners-up on two other occasions, but were never promoted.[1]

Staple Hill
Full nameStaple Hill Football Club
Foundedprior to 1893
Dissolved2004
1908–09Western League Division Two, 5/12

They were regular entrants in the FA Cup, and reached the First Round Proper in 1905–06 when they travelled to Manchester United's Bank Street ground, where they lost 7–2 in front of 7,560 spectators.[2]

After finishing as champions the previous season, Staple Hill finished bottom of the Western League Division Two in 1907–08, and dropped out of the league at the end of the following season.[1] The club continued competing in local football until it was disbanded in 2004.[3] A new club, Staple Hill Orient, currently competes in the Bristol and District Football League.

League history

Staple Hill's 16 seasons of Western League football are listed below.[1]

SeasonDivisionPositionWDLFAPts
Bristol & District League
1893–94Bristol & District League, Division One7 of 10558233315
1894–95Bristol & District League, Division One4 of 121147563826
League renamed to Western League
1895–96Western League, Division One2= of 111334381929
1896–97Western League, Division One8 of 95011183910
1897–98Western League, Division One Amateur2 of 91114381523
1898–99Western League, Division Two1 of 81112551523
1899–1900Western League, Division Two2 of 544022312
1900–01Western League, Division Two3 of 7613341713
1901–02Western League, Division Two4 of 9934302421
1902–03Western League, Division Two5 of 8536272013
1903–04Western League, Division Two2 of 101314531927
1904–05Western League, Division Two4 of 9736272317
1905–06Western League, Division Two6 of 10819323817
1906–07Western League, Division Two1 of 101224442826
1907–08Western League, Division Two9 of 9301318406
1908–09Western League, Division Two5 of 12949416022

Reserves

For three seasons, Staple Hill entered a reserve team in Division Two of the Western League:

SeasonDivisionPositionWDLFAPts
Bristol & District League
1894–95Bristol & District League, Division Two10 of 11411532799
League renamed to Western League
1895–96Western League, Division Two7 of 10729345816
1896–97Western League, Division Two7 of 711108343
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References
  1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
  2. "Manchester United vs Staple Hill – 13 Jan 1906". aboutmanutd.com. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  3. "Staple Hill football club reunited". Downend Voice. 23 June 2015.
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