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Bristol Academy Women's Football Club is a women's association football team from the city of Bristol, who compete in the FA WSL, the highest division of women's football in England. Formed in 1998 as Bristol Rovers W.F.C., they are now affiliated with the Bristol Academy of Sport, based at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, playing their home games at the purpose built Stoke Gifford Stadium. The club were runners-up in the FA Women's Cup in 2011, which gave them a place in the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. They were FA Women's Cup runners up again in 2013. ==History== The team was founded in 1998, following a merger between the Bristol Rovers girls' teams and Welsh side Cable-Tel L.F.C.. This merger came about as Bristol Rovers only had girls teams up to the under 16 age group level, so when girls reached the age of 16 they were forced to leave the club. The merger with Cable-Tel meant that Bristol Rovers had a senior squad, and more importantly it gave them a place in the South West Combination league, only two levels below the top flight of women's football in England. This new merged team took the name Bristol Rovers W.F.C. and played their home games at The Beeches, the training ground and administrative offices of Bristol Rovers, located in Brislington. The team, like their male counterparts at Bristol Rovers, were somewhat nomadic in their early days, having played home matches at The Beeches, Lodge Road (home of Yate Town), Cossham Street (Mangotsfield United), the Memorial Stadium (Bristol Rovers), Fry's Sports Ground in Keynsham, The Lawns (Cribbs F.C.), The Hand Stadium (Clevedon Town), Lakeview (Bishop Sutton),〔(Bristol Academy v Cardiff City, 9 November 2006 ) from bristolrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2006〕 and Oaklands Park (Almondsbury Town). They finally acquired their own purpose-built home ground, Stoke Gifford Stadium, on land owned by Filton College (now South Gloucestershire and Stroud College) in time for the inaugural FA WSL season in 2011. Since then, all of their home games have been played there, with the exception of UEFA Women's Champions League matches, which have been held at Ashton Gate. The name of the club was changed to Bristol Academy at the beginning of the 2005–06 season to reflect the added investment and commitment of the Bristol Academy of Sport. In summer 2009 the club had a funding crisis. Manager Gary Green was sacked, Corinne Yorston left for Arsenal, Stef Curtis for Chelsea and Gwennan Harries for Everton. Without their star players the team finished bottom of the table in 2009–10. The Club were one of eight founding teams in the FA WSL in April 2011, when they moved into a brand new stadium at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College's Stoke Gifford Campus. In 2013 the club signed a sponsorship agreement with Bristol City FC and changed their home kit from blue to red. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bristol Academy W.F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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