Bamber Bridge F.C.

Bamber Bridge Football Club are an English football team based in Bamber Bridge , near Preston, Lancashire. They play at the Irongate ground.

The club joined the North West Counties League in 1990, and won successive promotions in 1992 and 1993 to enter the Unibond Northern Premier League. They were promoted to the Premier Division in 1995 and won the league championship at the first attempt, although they were ineligible for promotion to the Conference. Bamber Bridge were unable to repeat that success, and slipped back down to the First Division, although they have been promoted back to the Premier following the 2004 Conference expansion.

External links

• Official site

History

• 1990-91 - Joined North West Counties League Division Two
• 1991-92 - North West Counties League Division Two Champions; promoted to Division One. F.A. Vase semi-finalists
• 1992-93 - North West Counties League runner-up (on goal difference)
• 1993-94 - Joined Northern Premier League Division One
• 1994-95 - Northern Premier League Division One runner-up; promoted to Premier Division
• 1995-96 - Northern Premier League Champions
• 2001-02 - Relegated to Division One after play-offs (SF Bamber Bridge 3 Radcliffe Borough 2; F Ashton United 2 Bamber Bridge 1)
• 2003-04 - Promoted to Premier Division

• Best league position: 1st in Northern Premier League (then level 6), 1995-96
• Best FA Cup performance: 2nd round 1998-
• Best F.A. Trophy performance: 2nd round, 1994-95, 1996-97 and 1998-99,
• Best F.A. Vase performance: semi-final, 1991-92

Source: Football Club History Database