AXA Football Club History

Founded in London in 1958 as ‘Sun Life Assurance’. The Bristol team was established in 1976 when Sun Life first relocated to Bristol. Initially they ran two teams in the Bristol and Avon League, playing at Dundridge Farm. However, when the Cribbs Causeway (now AXA Sports & Social ground) ground was opened in 1978, the 1st team were promoted straight to the Avon Premier Combination League where they stayed for 20 years until they eventually won promotion to the Gloucestershire County League by winning the re-named Bristol Premier Combination in the 1999/2000 season.

In the 1998/1999 season the 1st team finished runners up to Roman Glass St George in both the Combination & Premier Combination League Cup. In 1997/1998 the 1st team also finished runners up, after a replay, to Ridings High in the GFA Senior Amateur Cup.

The club adopted the name of AXA Sun Life FC at the end of the nineties following the merger of the companies, and became AXA FC in 2002.

Today the Club runs four Saturday sides (until 2004/2005 season there were five Saturday sides), spread across the County League and Bristol & District League, with 1 Sunday side in the Regional League Premier Division (who won the Gilbert Pullin Sunday Cup in 2003/2004 season)  1 Vets side who play in the Casuals League. And a U18s side that plays in the Bristol U18s Combination League 

The club is well known for the tremendous facilities at the Cribbs Causeway club run by Rob Hetherington. The players within the Club are still predominantly all past or present Sun Life/AXA employees, with only a few exceptions