Soundwell F.C.

Soundwell Football Club was an association football club who played in Soundwell, near Bristol. The club is now defunct, but competed in the Western League and the FA Cup in the 1940s and 1950s.

Soundwell
Full nameSoundwell Football Club
Founded1946, 2013 (reformed)
GroundKingswood Leisure Centre
Capacity200 (all standing)

In September 2012, people from one of the City of Bristol colleges made ideas of reforming the defunct Soundwell FC, plans were going into talks. In October 2013, the college had been granted funds, further talks will now go ahead and a decision should be made by the end of 2013.

Soundwell produced several young players who went on to become professionals, mostly with Bristol Rovers. Among their alumni are Geoff Bradford, who went on to play for England, as well as Bryan Bush, Len Hodges and Bobby Jones, who all played for Bristol Rovers,[1] and Arnie White, who played for Bristol City.[2]

League record

Soundwell spent six seasons in the Western League, between 1945 and 1951. Their finishing position for each season is given in the table below.[3]

SeasonDivisionPldWDLFAPtsPos
1945–46Western League266317671321513/14
1946–47Western League, Division 224173411144372/13
1947–48Western League, Division 1328717641032315/18
1948–49Western League, Division 13413516761003112/18
1949–50Western League, Division 1346622611161817/18
1950–51Western League, Division 2386329461661519/20

References
  1. "BRISTOL ROVERS : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  2. "BRISTOL CITY : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  3. "Soundwell". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.


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