The
History of Bustleholme F.C.
By current secretary Dave Martin
Created September 2000 and updated January 2006
Bustleholme Football Club was first formed in 1975 by a group of Parents who were looking to
form a team to give their lads a game of football.
Schools unfortunately did not take things to seriously and the parents were looking to get involved
on a more organized basis. Little did we know what we had started.
From those days we have grown from one Under 12 team to a compliment of 25 teams including 4 girls
teams. Three of the founder members of 1975 are still involved including myself. We recently celebrated our 25
year for which, I personally am very proud. If anyone could have told me in that first year
that we would still be
in existence now I would not have believed them. When I told no less a figure by the name of Ronnie Allen (he coached our
first team thanks to parent friend) that we were thinking of running 3 teams the following season he advised me not to. There
has not been a season when we haven gained an extra team & One of our proudest moments has been the inauguration of our
Mini Soccer Academy, which started 6 years ago. We now involve boys and girls from 6 years of age in correct soccer training
on a weekly basis throughout the year. Another landmark was the beginning of adult soccer in 1993. We now have 2 Saturday
adult teams
in the prestigious Banks's League, as well as a Sunday team in the local Sandwell League.
Five years ago
we started the girls set up and now have U10's, 12's, 146's and U16's who are all in the Central Warwickshire Girls League.
We re-started the Ladies Team in 2003 bringing back players from previous seasons together with the
girls going up from the U16,s team. We did extreamly well for our first season reaching 3rd place in the league by the
end of the season.
Over the years we have endeavoured to improve the soccer skills of many youngsters and our aim
has always been to give the kids a sense of being involved not only by training and playing but also giving them pride and
a sense of discipline while they are with us.
Any child male or female can begin with us at 6 years of age and still be playing for us as an adult.
2005 saw us celebrating our 30th year of existence, during which we held our BIGGEST EVER Football
Festival which was held over two consecutive weekends in June and attracted over 250 teams.
January 2006 Bustleholme F.C received the F.A. Charter Standard Award, but are still pursuing
our aim to achieve the highest level of the F.A STANDARD CHARTER.
