Albion Sports A.F.C.
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| Full name | Albion Sports Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Lions | ||
| Founded | 1974 | ||
| Ground | Throstle Nest, Farsley | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 (1,750 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Harjit Singh Panesar | ||
| Manager | Kulwinder Singh Sandhu | ||
| League | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | ||
| 2015–16 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 11th | ||
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Albion Sports Association Football Club is a football club located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League and play at Farsley Celtic's Throstle Nest. The club's kit consists of yellow and royal blue shirts with royal blue shorts and socks.[1]
History
The club was founded in 1974 by Harjit Singh Panesar and Baljit Singh, and joined Division Four of the Bradford Amateur Sunday League, which they won in their first season.[2] They won the Premier Division in 1995–96 and in 1999–2000, a season in which they also won the Bradford Sunday Senior Cup and the British Asian Championship, as well as reaching the final of the FA Sunday Cup, where they lost 1–0 to Hull-based Prestige Brighams.[2] They won the Premier Division again in 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05 and 2005–06,[3] as well as reaching the final of the FA Sunday Cup again in 2005, losing 3–2 to Gossoms End of London.[2]
In 2007 the club switched to Saturday football, joining the Bradford League, before switching to the West Riding County Amateur League the following year.[2] After finishing second in Division One in 2009–10,[3] they were runners-up in the Premier Division in 2010–11, earning promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League.[2]
After missing out on promotion by one point in their first season in the division, in 2012–13 the club won Division One and were promoted to the Premier Division.[4]
Honours
- Northern Counties East League
- Division One champions 2012–13
- Bradford Amateur Sunday League:
- British Asian Championship
- Bradford Sunday Senior Cup
- Winners: 1986–87, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05[3]
- Bradford District Sunday Cup
- Winners 1994–95, 1998–99
Records
- Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2013–14[5]
- Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15[5]
See also
- Albion Sports A.F.C. players
