Bamber Bridge F.C.
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| Full name | Bamber Bridge Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Brig |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Ground | Irongate, Bamber Bridge |
| Capacity | 3,000 (554 seated) |
| Chairman | Frank Doyle |
| Manager | Neil Reynolds |
| League | Northern Premier League Division One North |
| 2015–16 | Northern Premier League Division One North, 12th |
Bamber Bridge Football Club is a football club based in Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire, England. The club are currently members of Division One North of the Northern Premier League and play at Irongate. They are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association. The club is now fully owned by a community organisation that represents supporters of the club.
A Bamber Bridge club played in the late 19th century, but the modern club was established in 1952. The new club joined the Preston & District League, progressing to the Senior Division. In 1974 they merged with Walton-le-Dale, continuing in the Preston & District League. They went on to win the league's Guildhall Cup in 1978-79, before completing a Premier Division and cup double in 1980–81. After winning the Lancashire FA Amateur Shield in 1981–82 and another Guildhall Cup win in 1984-85, they won back-to-back Premier Division titles in the next two seasons, before winning a league and cup double in 1989–90.
In 1990 Bamber Bridge moved up to Division Two of the North West Counties League. Their second season in the league saw them win the division, resulting in promotion to Division One; they also reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase, where they lost 2–0 to Wimborne Town. After finishing as runners-up in Division One in the following season (1992–93), a second successive promotion was achieved when the club moved up to Division One of the Northern Premier League.
In 1994–95, a second-place finish saw Bamber Bridge promoted to the Premier Division, with the club also winning the league's Challenge Cup in their first season in the league and victory in the final of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy. The following season they won the Premier Division, which would have usually resulted in promotion to the Football Conference. However, Irongate was not deemed up to standard for the fifth tier, and the club remained in the Northern Premier League,
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