Gloucestershire County Football League

The League has a maximum size of 18 member clubs, who have to be affiliated to the Gloucestershire Football Association.

The club's ground or headquarters have to be located within the County of Gloucestershire or in those parts of the City of Bristol that were within the 1908 city boundaries.

The league is part of the National League system and clubs may apply for promotion to or from the League.

The Joint Liaison Committee, at the end of each season, confirms promotion and relegation of clubs between the leagues and is responsible for the boundary adjustments between the leagues where appropriate. The Committee is drawn from the Western Football League, Gloucestershire County League, Somerset County League, South West Peninsula League and the Wiltshire League.{{cite web | url=http://countyleague.co.uk/about/about.html | title=Surridge Gloucestershire County Football League – About | access-date=29 May 2011 | archive-date=12 April 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412095817/http://countyleague.co.uk/about/about.html | url-status=dead }}

The league was originally formed in 1968. Its first chairman was F.Dowling, who was ably assisted by the Hon. Secretary, L.V. James. Les James has the Leagues' Cup Competition named after him in recognition of his service to football and the league within Gloucestershire. Chairman, Mr F. Dowling, presented the championship trophy to Stonehouse, who were the first winners of the County League.{{cite web | url=http://countyleague.co.uk/about/about.html | title=Surridge Gloucestershire County Football League – About | access-date=29 May 2011 | archive-date=12 April 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412095817/http://countyleague.co.uk/about/about.html | url-status=dead }}

Among the clubs that left the Gloucestershire County League and which now compete, or have competed, at a higher level are:

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• Almondsbury
• Bishop's Cleeve
• Brimscombe & Thrupp
• Bitton
• Bristol St George (now known as Roman Glass St. George)
• Bristol Telephones
• Cadbury Heath
• Cinderford Town
• Cirencester Town
• Fairford Town
• Cribbs Friends Life (now known as Cribbs)
• Forest Green Rovers
• Lawrence Weston Hallen (now known as Hallen)
• Longlevens
• Longwell Green Sports
• Lydney Town
• Newent Town
• Oldland (now known as Oldland Abbotonians)
• Slimbridge
• Shortwood United
• Thornbury Town
• Tuffley Rovers
• Tytherington Rocks
• Winterbourne United
• Yate Town

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Former members of the County League that have dropped back into local football include:

• Harrow Hill joined the County League in 1982/83 and gained promotion to the Hellenic Football League in 1995/96 but have now returned to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League.{{cite web | url=https://www.fchd.info/HARROWH.HTM | title=Football Club History Database – Harrow Hill | access-date=29 May 2011}}

• Almondsbury
• Broadwell Amateurs
• Bromley Heath United
• Chalford
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Filton Athletic
• Frampton United
• Gala Wilton
• Hanham Athletic
• Henbury & Rockleaze
• Quedgeley Wanderers
• Ruardean Hill Rangers
• Sharpness
• Stoke Gifford SGS United
• Totterdown United
• Wick

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• 1968–69 – Stonehouse Town
• 1969–70 – Bristol St George
• 1970–71 – Cadbury Heath
• 1971–72 – Cadbury Heath
• 1972–73 – Cadbury Heath
• 1973–74 – Cadbury Heath
• 1974–75 – Matson Athletic
• 1975–76 – Matson Athletic
• 1976–77 – Almondsbury Greenway
• 1977–78 – Almondsbury Greenway
• 1978–79 – Almondsbury Greenway
• 1979–80 – Almondsbury Greenway
• 1980–81 – Almondsbury Greenway
• 1981–82 – Shortwood United
• 1982–83 – Old Georgians
• 1983–84 – Sharpness
• 1984–85 – Old Georgians
• 1985–86 – Patchway
• 1986–87 – Old Georgians
• 1987–88 – Old Georgians
• 1988–89 – Lawrence Weston Hallen
• 1989–90 – Ellwood
• 1990–91 – Tuffley Rovers
• 1991–92 – Patchway Town
• 1992–93 – Hallen
• 1993–94 – Cadbury Heath
• 1994–95 – Henbury Old Boys
• 1995–96 – DRG
• 1996–97 – Old Georgians
• 1997–98 – Cadbury Heath
• 1998–99 – Cadbury Heath
• 1999–00 – Highridge United
• 2000–01 – Winterbourne United
• 2001–02 – Roman Glass St. George
• 2002–03 – Patchway Town
• 2003–04 – Almondsbury
• 2004–05 – Highridge United
• 2005–06 – Lydney Town
• 2006–07 – Roman Glass St. George
• 2007–08 – Hardwicke
• 2008–09 – Slimbridge
• 2009–10 – Thornbury Town
• 2010–11 – Brimscombe & Thrupp
• 2011–12 – Cribbs Friends Life
• 2012–13 – Longlevens
• 2013–14 – Longlevens
• 2014–15 – Cheltenham Civil Service
• 2015–16 – AEK Boco
• 2016–17 – Bristol Telephones
• 2017–18 – Thornbury Town
• 2018–19 – Lebeq United
• 2019–20 – Not completed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 2020–21 – Not completed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 2021–22 – Wick
• 2022–23 – Cribbs Reserves
• 2023–24 – Avonmouth

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• [http://www.countyleague.co.uk/ Gloucestershire County League]
• [http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=5545575 FA Full-time]

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