Biggleswade
Full nameBiggleswade Football Club
Nickname(s)FC
Founded2016
GroundThe Eyrie, Cardington
Capacity3,000 (300 seated)[1]
ChairmanJeremy Reynolds
ManagerDave Northfield and Mark Inskip
LeagueSouthern League Division One Central
2022–23Southern League Division One Central, 2nd of 19
WebsiteClub website

Biggleswade Football Club is a football club based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England. The club are currently members of the Southern League Division One Central and groundshare at Bedford Town's Eyrie ground in Cardington

History

The club was established in 2016, based on Biggleswade Town's under-18 side.[2] They applied to join the Spartan South Midlands League for the 2016–17 season and were placed in Division One.[2] They won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2018–19 the club won the Premier Division and Premier Division Cup double, and were promoted to Division One Central of the Southern League. They were runners-up in Division One Central in 2022–23, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; however, the club were beaten 4–1 by Ware in the semi-finals.

Ground

The club played at Biggleswade Town's Langford Road ground until the curtailment of the 2020–21 season. In February 2021 they announced that they would groundshare with Bedford Town for the 2021–22 season.

Honours

  • Spartan South Midlands League
    • Premier Division champions 2018-19
    • Division One champions: 2016–17
    • Premier Division Cup winners 2018–19
  • North Beds Charity Cup
    • Winners 2018–19

Records

References

  1. ↑ Bedford Town Non-League Club Directory
  2. 1 2 Biggleswade’s third senior club signs up for SSML Biggleswade Today, 17 June 2016
  3. 1 2 3 Biggleswade at the Football Club History Database

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