Brimscombe & Thrupp

Brimscombe Football Club was established in 1886. They were founding members of the Mid-Gloucestershire League in 1894 and played their first ever game on the 29th September but switched to the Stroud & District League in 1902 and were the inaugural Champions. They were yet to win another title until 1906/07 finishing 2nd in 1903/04, 1904/05 and 1905/06 but won the League again in the 1907/08 season. It was a while before Brimscombe were to see another title but won their fourth in 1912/13.

World War 1 was a paramount moment in History and Brimscombe FC took their place in the North Gloucestershire League after the Great War was over. They finished as runners-up in the 1919/20 season. Brimscombe were founding members of yet another League, the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League in 1922, and were the first club to win the title. Thing’s didn’t quite go to plan when they finished second from bottom in the 1929/30 season but improved the season after resulting in yet another League title. Football took a hiatus during the Second World War for Brimscombe but came back as runners-up in 1946/47 but were Champions yet again in 47/48. The club switched Leagues in 1968 joining the Gloucestershire County League but finished bottom in their first season. The side dropped out of the League shortly after the 1972-73 season after finishing bottom yet again.

Shortly after dropping out of the Gloucestershire County League, Brimscombe FC merged with another local side Thrupp to form Brimscombe & Thrupp FC. The newly formed side joined the County League again but dropped out once again in 1988-89 after finishing bottom. The club returned to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League and finished as Division 1 runners-up in the 2008/09 season and moved back up to the County League. They had better luck this time and won the Division in the 2010/11 season where they were promoted to the Hellenic League Division 1 West. It took 2 seasons for the club to earn promotion to the Premier Division of the Hellenic. In the season of 2013/14 they won both the Floodlit Cup and the Supplementary Cup. Their most recent part of Silverware came in 2018 when the Lilywhites beat Bitton 3-1 to win the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy. The club has remained in the Hellenic league since 2010, now playing in Division One.