Winterbourne United F.C.
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| Full name | Winterbourne United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Bourne |
| Founded | 1911 (as Winterbourne Wasps) |
| Ground | Oaklands Park, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire (Groundshare) |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Robyn Maggs |
| League |
Western Football League Premier Division |
| 2014–15 |
Western Football League Premier Division, 18th |
Winterbourne United Football Club are a football club based in Winterbourne, near Bristol, England. They were established in 1911 and joined the Gloucestershire County League in 1992. They were promoted to the Hellenic Football League Division One West in 2001 and stayed in the league until the 2012–13 season, when they were promoted to the Western Football League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
Winterbourne United Football Club, formerly known as Winterbourne Wasps until the outbreak of the First World War, was formed in 1911, the first club secretary being Fred Tolley.
The Club entered the Bristol and Suburban League and enjoyed one of the most successful periods in their history. They finished as runners up in the league no less than four times during the 1930s and in the 1933–34 season reached the semi-finals of the G.F A Senior Amateur Cup, losing to Victoria Albion at the Douglas Ground, Kingswood. In the home quarter final against Dockland Settlement over 2000 paid to watch the game.
During the Second World War, the local Home Guard kept football going in the village until peacetime.
In 1950–51, the Club joined the Bristol & District League and were relegated in their first season. A period of rebuilding followed which took longer than anticipated as there were a limited number of players in the villages of Winterbourne, Watleys End and Frampton Cotterell. However the rebuilding both of the team and the changing rooms paid dividends and season 1967–68 saw the Club move into senior football as it won the Bristol & District League Division One Championship and the G.F.A Intermediate Cup, along with the Berkeley Hospital Senior Cup.
This success brought promotion to the Bristol Premier Combination and three years later, 1970–71, the Club won the Second Division Championship and the Cossham Hospital Premier Cup.
Winterbourne continued membership of the County of Avon Premier Combination until their most successful season, 1991–92, winning the Premier Combination Cup, and finished runners up to Hlghridge United in the Premier Division. As a result the Club gained promotion to the Gloucestershire County League for the first time. During that season strength of the club was evident as the Reserves team won the Bristol & District League First Division title and also carried off both the Premier and Senior Berkeley Hospital Cups.
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