Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club is an English football club based in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. They are members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and play at Birds Close.
Full name | Bugbrooke St Michaels Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Badgers | ||
Founded | 1929 | ||
Ground | Birds Close, Bugbrooke | ||
Capacity | 2,500 (120 seated)[1] | ||
Chairman | Kevin Gardner | ||
Manager | Dale Walton | ||
League | United Counties League Premier Division South | ||
2022–23 | United Counties League Premier Division South, 10th of 18 | ||
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The club was established in 1929 and named after the village church.[2] They joined the Central Northamptonshire Combination in 1952,[1] and won the league without losing a match in 1968–69.[3] They retained the title the following season and were champions again in 1971–72.[4][5] They were relegated to Division One at the end of the 1974–75, but returned to the Premier Division in 1976, going on to be champions again in 1976–77 and 1985–86.[6][7]
After finishing third in 1986–87,[8] they moved up to Division One of the United Counties League.[9] They won the Northamptonshire Junior Cup in 1989–90.[10] After becoming Division One champions in 1998–99, the club were promoted to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the 2001–02 season after finishing second-from-bottom in the Premier Division.[9] The club won the Northamptonshire Junior Cup again in 2011–12.[10] In 2021 they were promoted to the Premier Division South based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.
The club play Birds Close, located on the southern edge of the village next to the rugby club.
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