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Photo of BSYFC U10 Blues team players, families and club officials seated at Wembley Stadium.

Tuesday 12th November 2019 SH (Editor)

BSFYC U10 Blues at the FA Community Shield

By Matteo Bianchi, team manager and head coach. Bradley Stoke Youth FC’s (BSYFC’s) Under-10 Blues team has just started the new season with training sessions and competitive matches as part of the Hanham Minor League Division B group. In August 2019, the team was lucky enough to be one of eight teams selected to participate in the pre-match on-pitch parade

Photo of Bradley Stoke Youth FC U12 Girls with representatives from LNJ Construction.

Tuesday 15th October 2019 SH (Editor)

Local building firm steps in to sponsor U12 girls

The U12 girls at Bradley Stoke Youth FC are now dressed for success thanks to sponsorship from local building firm LNJ Construction Services Ltd. Lewis Colling, director at LNJ, whose youngest step-daughter plays for the team, contacted manager/coach Lee Lawson when he heard the team were looking for a kit sponsor. A conversation about the team and how LNJ could

Photo of BSCS Primary Phase football team with town mayor Cllr Tom Aditya.

Wednesday 10th July 2019 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Youth FC Festival of Football 2019

On Saturday 8th June, Bradley Stoke Youth FC continued the success of their Schools’ Football Festival at the Jubilee Centre, which attracted 130 Year 1 children representing 13 different local primary schools. The Festival is the finale of the club’s School Link Program where BSYFC’s FA Qualified coaches go into the 13 schools and provide football coaching to all Year

Photo of the Bradley Stoke Ladies FC first team squad, with manager Martin Lee and assistant manager Ross Lee, relaxing after their final match of the 2018/19 season, against league winners Cheltenham Town.

Friday 7th June 2019 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Ladies end season on a high

By Martin Lee, manager of BSLFC. The 2018/19 football season is now finished for both teams of Bradley Stoke Ladies FC (BSLFC), who competed in Division 2 of the Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League. The first team had a great season, finishing in third place and missing out on second place by just one point in the very last match.

Thursday 20th December 2018 SH (Editor)

Sponsorship brings new training kit for BSYFC U8s

Players and coaches of the U8 ‘Whites’ team at Bradley Stoke Youth FC are striding out in style thanks to sponsorship from ISD Solutions. The Gloucester-based engineering company has provided the team with a smart new training kit for use during their weekly Thursday evening sessions on the AstroTurf at Bradley Stoke Community School. This is the second year in

Photo of the Bradley Stoke Ladies FC First Team (2018/19 season).

Tuesday 16th October 2018 SH (Editor)

BS Ladies FC off to a flying start in new season

By Martin Lee, manager, Bradley Stoke Ladies FC. When the Bradley Stoke Ladies team formed in May 2015, no one could have imagined the growth the club would go on to make over such a short period of time. Going into the new 2018-2019 season playing in the Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League Division 2, the club will now have

Photo of the BSYFC U9 Girls in their match kit sponsored by Drive Vauxhall Bristol North standing next to a Vauxhall Crossland X vehicle .

Friday 21st September 2018 SH (Editor)

Drive Vauxhall extends sponsorship of BSYFC girls’ teams

Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) has set up a new U9 girls’ team to play in the Bristol Girls’ League this coming season (2018-19) and local car dealership Drive Vauxhall Bristol North has stepped in to provide sponsored match kit for the team. The U9 girls were presented with their new kit at a photoshoot where they posed alongside a

Bradley Stoke Youth FC at Wembley for the 2018 FA Community Shield.

Tuesday 11th September 2018 SH (Editor)

Once-in-a-lifetime Wembley experience

By Marcus Fisher of BSYFC. Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) was again selected from all the FA Charter Standard Clubs in the UK and Ireland to walk around the Wembley pitch, and perform a Guard of Honour, moments before the kick-of of the Community Shield match between Manchester City and Chelsea. This is the fifth time in five years that

Photo of the Meadowbrook Primary School football team.

Friday 13th July 2018 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Youth FC Festival of Football 2018

On Saturday 9th June, Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) continued the success of their Schools’ Football Festival at the Jubilee Centre, which this year attracted 130 Year 1 children representing 13 different local primary schools. The festival is the finale to the club’s School Link Programme where BSYFC’s FA Qualified coaches go into the schools and coach all the Year

Photo of the BSYFC U16 Girls at their presentation evening.

Thursday 21st June 2018 SH (Editor)

Final presentation evening for first cohort of BSYFC Girls

By Martin Lee of Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) The management team of the BSYFC U16 Girls’ squad, Martin and Ross Lee, started girls’ football at the club back in May 2008 when Ross was just 14 years old. The U16 squad was formed in 2010 when the girls were just 7 and 8 years old and they have stayed