Hallen

Hallen Association Football Club is a non league football club based in Hallen, near Bristol, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA, they are currently members of the Hellenic League Premier Division and play at the Hallen Centre. The club was established in Lawrence Weston in 1949 under the name Lawrence Weston Athletic. They joined the Bristol & District Football League, later moving up to the Avon Premier Combination, which became the Bristol Premier Combination. In 1979 the club relocated to Hallen in order to meet the league's ground grading requirement and were renamed Lawrence Weston Hallen. In 1982 Lawrence Weston Hallen gained promotion to the Gloucestershire County League. They were runners-up in 1987–88 and won the league the following season. In 1989–90 the club won the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy, and at the end of the season the club adopted their current name. After winning both the Gloucestershire County League and the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy in 1992–93, they were promoted to Division One of the Hellenic League. The club were Division One runners-up in 1996–97, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2000 Hallen transferred to the Western League, dropping down a level into its Division One. However, they were Division One champions in 2003–04 and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2009–10 the club won the league's Les Phillips Cup. They won the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy for a third time in 2013–14. At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Hellenic League. In 2021–22 they finished bottom of the Hellenic League Premier Division and were relegated to Division One of the Western League.