Bishop Sutton v Bristol Telephones

Good afternoon everyone,

Today, we offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Bristol Telephones Football Club & our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!

The last two games have seen us return to form after a shaky spell with a very dramatic penalty shootout win against Wincanton Town in the Somerset Premier Cup and a great 2-1 win at Portishead last Saturday. Our Les Phillips Cup tie against Ilfracombe, postponed a couple of weeks ago, has now been put back to January 7th when hopefully the weather will be a little kinder. Also, please note that the Boxing Day game here against Wells City kicks off at the earlier time of 2pm. Finally, as this is our last match before Christmas, we would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and as always, thank you so much for your support. Enjoy the game!

Bishop Sutton Club History

The club was re-formed in 1977 with just an U15 team playing in the Weston-superMare Sunday League and then progressing in successive seasons to the Bristol and Avon League U16s and the second and first divisions before being admitted into the Somerset Senior League for the 1981-82 season.

The next ten years were spent climbing through the four divisions before being voted into the Western League for season 1991-92. The First Division was won in 1997-98 and then followed seventeen successive seasons in the Premier Division, the highlight being winning the Premier title in 2012-13.

Unfortunately our ground grading did not permit progression to the Southern League and all the team management and players then left the club. Relegation from the Premier followed at the end of season 2014-15 and we have experienced mixed fortunes in the First Division since then.

For the season 2020-21 Jon Toy came in as manager but unfortunately we were only able to play 10 games before the season was curtailed due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Having retained a lot of last season’s squad and added a couple of new players, we finished in mid table in season 2021/22.

A big thank you....

... to all our sponsors....

Non-League Footballers Mental Health Championed by Bath Mind and the Toolstation Western League

TheToolstationWesternLeagueareworkingwithBathMindtopilotamentalhealthpartnershipsupportingthefootballfamilyandplayersinparticular.

ThesixWesternLeaguesideslocatedinBathandNorthEastSomersethavebeenofferedspecially created posters, promoting mental health support services designed to help younger people,whichcanbelocatedintotheirhomeandawaychangingrooms.

Research conducted by the Toolstation Western League earlier this season highlighted that arounda quarterofplayershadconsideredseekinghelp witha mentalhealthissue. Thesubject of mental health was first tackled by the Western League in March 2020, when they launchedtheirThinkofaFancampaign.

Chairman of the Western League, John Pool, explained: “Think of a Fan was our way of remembering that for many fans, football is more than just a game. It’s an important release, a chance to meet friends, get out of the house and have some fun.

Many people are still working through the loneliness and anxiety caused by lockdown, but we must not forget that our players are no different. They are as important to us as any members of our football family and this important partnership with Bath Mind is our way of supporting them.”

As well as changing room posters, Bath Mind have provided leaflets for fans, as well as programme adverts, highlighting the variety of support services they provide. If successful, this initialpilotwillbeextendedbytheWesternLeaguetocoverall40ClubsacrosstheSouthWest ofEngland,fromCornwalltoWiltshire.

Hannah Roper, Director of Business Development at Bath Mind, said: “We at Bath Mind are thrilled to be working in partnership with The Toolstation Western League, to support and promote positive mental health for the football community.

Throughout the pandemic Bath Mind has been fighting an epidemic of mental illhealth. We have increased our services to meet the growing needs of our community, and help reduce pressure on NHS services.

Through this pilot we hope to encourage everyone to talk about their mental health, seek help at an early stage and reduce the stigma associated with mental ill-health. As a local, independent charity, Bath Mind relies heavily on local fundraising to keep our services going, therefore we are grateful to The Toolstation Western League and their fans for their fundraising efforts.”

LINEUPS

Bristol Telephones

Finn ANDERSON

Javier

Luke

Kyle

Archie

Jack

Jack

Finn

Jamie

Jason

Sam

Assistants

Ian DIAMOND

Josh TOBIN

BRISTOL TELEPHONES

Formed in 1948, Bristol Telephones were originally known as Bristol Post Office Telephones Football Club, as they were then part of the Post Office.

Playing at Bristol Civil Service Club, they had to leave that pitch when BT was privatised under Maggie Thatcher.

They then played at various grounds, until the overall social club purchased their current ground in 1984. Various improvements were undertaken but in 1994 the clubhouse, which was mostly wooden construction, was destroyed by fire.

For the next season, Bristol Telephones, as we were now called, were able to borrow changing facilities from Cutters Friday, whose ground borders our own, until the current clubhouse was constructed. In recent years this has seen substantial improvements such that it is now considered one of the best clubs in the area.

Telephones started life in the Bristol and Suburban League, being an ever present club in the ‘Premier’ Divisions since it’s formation, and our Reserves play in the Senior Division of that league.

Telephones were promoted to the Gloucestershire County League in season 2013/14 and became champions in 2016/17, allowing them to be promoted to the Toolstation Western League.

This is our sixth season in the Toolstation Western League having finished just three places from the bottom last season. We have a young and dynamic Management team and this season we are targeting a minimum of a mid table finish.

On the playing side, Phones were Gloucestershire County League Champions in 2016/17, Suburban Premier League Champions three times, the Premier Div 2 winners twice, and Bosley Cup Winners four times.

We also won the Gloucester Junior Cup in 1975, and were Finalists in the Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Cup in 2012.

Focus on....

BRISTOL TELEPHONES

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE

FIXTURES & RESULTS

Date Opponents

Ven. Res. Scorers

Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res H L 0-3 -

Sat20Aug BurnhamUnitedRes A W6-0 Rowland(3),Hynes,Tanner,Hallett

Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res H W 6-0 Tanner (2), Brilliant, Hynes, Maddern, Rowland

Sat17Sep Congresbury A L0-8 -

Sat 24 Sep Draycott H W 3-1 Derrick, Jeng, Marks

Sat1Oct RadstockTownRes(Cup) A L1-7 Rawlings

Sat 8 Oct Nailsea United Res H L 1-2 o.g.,

Tue11Oct PortisheadTown(Cup) A L1-2 Brilliant

Sat15Oct WinscombeRes A W5-2 Rowland(3),Maddern,Brilliant

Tue 18 Oct Clevedon United Res H D 1-1 Tanner

Sat12Nov WorleRangers A W1-0 Rawlings

Sat19Nov StGeorgeE-I-G A L1-6 o.g.,

Sat 3 Dec Winscombe Res H W 7-2 Rawlings (3), Rowland (2), Maddern (2)

Sat 24 Dec Congresbury H

Sat31Dec Draycott A

Sat7Jan TunleyAthletic A

Sat 14 Jan Fry Club H

Sat21Jan SomertonTownRes A

Sat 28 Jan St George E-I-G H

Sat4Feb RadstockTownRes A

Sat 11 Feb Worle Rangers H

Sat 18 Feb Burnham United Res H

Sat25Feb NailseaUnitedRes A

Sat 11 Mar Tunley Athletic H

Sat18Mar Yatton&CleeveUtdRes A

Sat1Apr ClevedonUtdRes A

Sat 8 Apr Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H

Pos. Team

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE TABLE

P W D L F A GD Pts

1st Congresbury 12 11 1 0 62 2 60 34

2nd RadstockTownRes 8 7 0 1 28 12 16 21

3rd Bishop Sutton Res 12 6 1 5 31 29 2 19

4th ClevedonUnitedRes 9 4 4 1 19 10 9 16

5th StGeorgeE-I-G 11 5 1 5 27 27 0 16

6th FryClubRes 12 4 3 5 28 20 8 15

7th SomertonTownRes 9 4 2 3 18 20 -2 14

8th WorleRangers 8 4 1 3 16 14 2 13

9th Draycott 9 4 0 5 22 21 1 12

10th NailseaUnitedRes 10 3 2 5 11 18 -7 11

11th Yatton&CleeveUnited 10 3 2 5 20 40 -20 11

12th WinscombeRes 10 2 1 7 15 39 -24 7

13th BurnhamUnited 9 0 2 7 12 36 -24 2

14th TunleyAthletic 7 0 2 5 8 29 -21 -1* *-adjustmentmade

Wed

Thu

Thu

Mon

Thu

Thu

Thu 5 Jan Hengrove Athletic H

Thu12Jan Hallen A

Wed

Tue

A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...

Away game guide for the Toolstation Western League Division One

AEK Boco GreenbankRoad,Hanham,BristolBS153RZ 12.2 miles

Almondsbury TheField,GloucesterRd,Almondsbury.BS324AA 21.3 miles

Bishop’s Lydeard DarbyWay,Bishop’sLydeard,Taunton.TA43BA 41.8 miles

Brislington IronmouldLane,Brislington,BristolBS45RS 10.8 miles

Bristol Tel. BTRAGround,StockwoodLane,BristolBS148SJ 7.8 miles

Cheddar Bowden'sPark,DraycottRoad,CheddarBS273RL 12.2 miles

FC Bristol OaklandsPark,Almondsbury,BristolBS324AA 21.3 miles

Gillingham Town WoodwaterLane,Gillingham,DorsetSP84WL 32.5 miles

Hallen MoorhouseLane,Hallen,BristolBS107RU 17.4 miles

Hengrove Athletic AVBStadium,NortonLane,WhitchurchBS140BT 7.3 miles

Longwell Green ShellardsRoad,LongwellGreen,BristolBS309AD 11.2 miles

Nailsea & Tick. FrythWay,Nailsea,BristolBS482AS 14.3 miles

Odd Down CombeHayLane,OddDown,Bath,BA28PA 11.6 miles

Oldland Abbots CastleRoad,OldlandCommon,BristolBS309SZ 11.7 miles

Portishead Town BristolRoad,Portishead,BristolBS206QG 15.7 miles

Radstock Town SouthfieldRec.,Southfields,RadstockBA33NZ 10.3 miles

Shirehampton TheCreek,ThePortway,SeaMills,BristolBS92JS 14.2 miles

Tytherington R. HardwickePF,Tytherington,SouthGloucsGL128UJ 23.5 miles

Warminster TownWeymouthStreet,Warminster,WiltshireBA129NS 25.6 miles

Wells City RowdensRoad,Wells,SomersetBA51TU 11.4 miles

Wincanton Town SportsGround,MoorLane,WincantonBA99EJ 28.6 miles

Player Appearances & Goals Season 2022/23 (max 24 games)

Player Games Goals

Ethan BALLANTINE 10 3

Reeko BEST 5 0

Harry BILLITERRI 4 0

Jacob BIRD 7 2

Jack BURGESS 1 0

Chris BLAMMON 3 0

Oaklan BUCK 7 4

Jordan CHANDLER 6 1

Josh CLARK 6 2

Josh COMERFORD 15 0

Aysa CORRICK 4 1

Mason DAGGAR 20 1

Billy DOWNES 5 0

Sam DOWNES 1 0

Tom FRANCIS 10 0

Jacob GARDNER 16 0

Mike GRIST 12 2

Luke HALL-COUSINS 23 0

Bradley HARDIDGE 8 0

Josh HARDING 2 0

Sam HAYES 1 0

Joe HEAD 2 0

Player Games Goals

Alex HILL 1 0

Sam HILL 14 0

Keith KEARNEY 5 0

Alfie MADDERN 1 0

Harry NEIL 8 0

Dominic OAKES 20 0

Luke PALMER 12 1

Alessandro PELLICCIA 2 0

Chris PILE 2 0

Lee PITMAN 1 0 Jacob READER 5 0

Aron ROBBINS 2 2 George ROOKE 3 0

Jack ROWLAND 1 0

Paddy ROYAL 18 1 Scott SAUNDERS 11 1

Dan SPILL 4 0

Billy VAUGHAN 6 0

Cody VILE 19 1

Raphael WAUGH 8 0

Jordan WHITTAKER 9 1 Craig WILSON 21 18

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

2022

Sat30Jul GillinghamTown A W5-0 53 Bird(2),Daggar,Vile,Wilson

Tue 2 Aug Tytherington R H W 4-2 61 Buck (2), Royal, Wilson

Sat 6 Aug Hengrove Athletic H D 1-1 81 Whittaker

Sat13Aug Brislington A L0-1 120 -

Tue 16 Aug Hallen H L 1-4 51 Buck

Sat 27 Aug Shirehampton H W 3-2 78 Grist (2), Buck

Mon 29 Aug Oldland Abbots H L 0-1 103 -

Sat3Sep BristolTelephones A D1-1 - Wilson

Tue 6 Sep Warminster TownH L 0-1 60 -

Sat 17 Sep Cheddar H D 0-0 52 -

Sat24Sep FCBristol A L2-4 - Wilson(2)

Tue 27 Sep Wincanton Town H W 3-148 Wilson, Palmer, og

Sat1Oct AEKBoco A W3-2- Wilson(2),Saunders

Tue 4 Oct Ashton & B (SPC) H D 0-0 - (4-3 on penalties)

Sat8Oct OldlandAbbots A L2-3 - Wilson(2)

Fri 14 Oct Almondsbury H W 2-188 Wilson, Ballantine

Sat 22 Oct Longwell Green H W 4-042 Wilson, Ballantine, Chandler, Clark

Sat29Oct LongwellGreen A W4-1104 Wilson(2),Ballantine,Clark

Tue 1 Nov Bishop’s Lydeard H W 2-025 Wilson, Robbins

Sat5Nov Nailsea&Tick’nam A L1-7 53 Robbins

Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H D 0-0 48 -

Sat 19 Nov Brislington H L 0-3 86 -

Wed 30 Nov Wincanton (SPC) H D 2-2 - Wilson, Corrick (W 4-2 pens)

Sat 3 Dec Portishead Town A W 2-1- Wilson (2)

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

2022

Sat 10 Dec Bristol Tel. H

Sat17Dec WarminsterTown A

Mon 26 Dec Wells City H (Please note 2pm kickoff)

2023

Mon2Jan RadstockTown A

Sat 7 Jan Ilfracombe (LPC) H

Sat14Jan OddDown(Bath) A

Wed18Jan Shirehampton A

Sat 21 Jan AEK Boco H

Sat28Jan WincantonTown A

Sat4Feb Bishop’sLydeard A

Sat11Feb Hallen A

Sat 18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H

Sat25Feb HengroveAthletic A

Sat 4 Mar Portishead Town H

Sat11Mar Cheddar A

Sat25Mar TytheringtonR A

Sat 1 Apr FC Bristol H

Fri7Apr WellsCity A

Mon 10 Apr Radstock Town H

Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick H

Sat22Apr Almondsbury A

Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup