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| Full name | Longwell Green Sports Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Green | ||
| Founded | 1966 | ||
| Ground | Longwell Green Community Stadium, Longwell Green | ||
| Capacity | 1,000[1] | ||
| Chairman | John Gibbs | ||
| Manager | Chris Alway | ||
| League | Western League Division One | ||
| 2024–25 | Western League Division One, 6th of 22 | ||
Longwell Green Sports Football Club is afootball club based in theSouth Gloucestershire suburb ofLongwell Green, inEngland. Affiliated to theGloucestershire County FA, they are currently members of theWestern League Division One and play at the Longwell Green Community Stadium.
The club was established in 1966 by staff ofLongwell Green Coachworks following England's World Cup win.[2] They became members of theBristol & District League and reached Division One by the 1980s. After finishing third in Division One in 1990–91, the club were promoted to the Senior Division. They went on to win the Senior Division the following season and subsequently moved up to Division One of theAvon Premier Combination.
Longwell Green's first season in Division One of the Avon Premier Combination saw them finish as runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division; in 1994 the league became theBristol Premier Combination. The club were Premier Division runners-up in 2003–04 and were promoted to theGloucestershire County League. They finished second in the league in their first season, only missing out on winning the title ongoal difference.[3] However, the club were promoted again, this time to Division One of theWestern League.[3]
In2008–09 Longwell Green were Western League Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[3] They finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in2017–18 and were relegated back to Division One.
The club have played at the Longwell Green Community Stadium since their establishment, with the pitch first marked out in 1966 on what was then open farmland.[2]
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