The History of Bustleholme F.C. By Founder Memeber Dave Martin

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 organised 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 37th 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 a 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. Bustleholme now play in the West Midlands Premier League.

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.