Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C. was an English football club based in Bristol, and was the works football team of the Bristol Aeroplane Company. The team played in the Western Football League before and after World War II, but left in 1950. They also participated in the FA Cup.
Joining the Western League in time for the final season of football before World War II, Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C. had a successful season, finishing as runners-up to champions Trowbridge Town. After the war they fared less well, gradually dropping down the top division before finishing bottom and being relegated to Division Two in 1947âÂÂ48. Life in Division Two was equally tough, with the club finishing third bottom and second bottom in the final two seasons before leaving the league at the end of the 1949âÂÂ50 season.
The club fielded a reserve side in Division Two of the Western League for two seasons, the second season being particularly unsuccessful. When the first team was relegated, the reserves were dropped.
Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C.'s six seasons of Western League football are listed below.
Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C. entered the FA Cup for three consecutive seasons during the late 1940s, without scoring any goals. In their first Cup tie in 1947âÂÂ48 they were defeated in the preliminary round 2âÂÂ0 at Western League rivals Soundwell. They lost to local rivals again the following season, 1948âÂÂ49, this time 4âÂÂ0 at home to Hoffman Athletic in the Extra Preliminary Round. Their final attempt in 1949âÂÂ50 resulted in a 3âÂÂ0 Preliminary Round defeat at Troedyrhiw of the Welsh League.
Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C. won the Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Challenge Cup (South) in 1937âÂÂ38 and 1942âÂÂ43.