“THE LAKE VIEW”
Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton F.C.
Toolstation Western League Division One Cadbury Heath
Saturday 20th April 2024
3.00pm
Good afternoon everyone,
Welcome back to Lakeview for today’s Toolstation Western League Division One fixture with Cadbury Heath. We offer a very warm welcome to all their supporters & officials along with the three match officials too, hoping they all have a safe journey home too.
Today is the penultimate game of what has been, to say the least, a difficult season for everyone at Lakeview. It is yet to be confirmed as to what will happen once the season finishes as regards the division or League that we will play in but hopefully a decision will be made sooner rather than later.
Your support for the club, both on and off the field, is always very welcome so please come to as many games as possible as we look to finish the final part of the season in a better place. 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 followed by seventh place last season. Jon left in the summer and was replaced by Catalin Andrei and Steve Taylor.
Chris Blammon took over in the autumn of 2023 as first team manager.
Toolstation Western League Premier Division Pos. Team P W D L F A Pts 1st Helston Athletic 31 23 4 4 99 27 73 2nd Falmouth Town 32 23 4 5 79 23 73 3rd Clevedon Town 32 21 5 6 70 26 68 4th Barnstaple Town 30 19 9 3 82 36 66 5th Bridgwater United 31 20 3 8 86 46 63 6th Buckland Athletic 32 17 7 8 84 49 58 7th Shepton Mallet 32 17 6 9 61 43 57 8th Brixham 31 13 9 9 65 34 48 9th Torpoint Athletic 31 13 5 13 49 52 44 10th Nailsea & Tickenham 31 12 3 16 58 59 39 11th Street 31 9 7 15 52 64 34 12th Ilfracombe Town 30 8 8 14 43 58 32 13th St Blazey 29 9 5 15 45 61 32 14th Saltash United 30 7 5 18 42 63 26 15th Wellington 31 6 8 17 38 78 26 16th Oldland Abbotonians 30 5 2 23 34 89 17 17th Welton Rovers 30 3 7 20 30 84 13* 18th Millbrook 27 2 1 24 12 137 7
Toolstation Western League Division One Pos. Team P W D L F A Pts 1st Portishead Town 38 28 6 4 109 27 90 2nd Radstock Town 40 26 7 7 94 44 85 3rd Wincanton Town 40 26 4 10 99 72 82 4th Cribbs Reserves 38 25 5 8 95 55 80 5th Wells City 39 26 2 11 91 53 80 6th Bitton 38 23 8 7 86 46 77 7th Brislington 38 23 5 10 118 48 74 8th Bradford Town 40 18 10 12 83 61 64 9th AEK Boco 39 18 7 14 66 50 61 10th Longwell Green Sp. 41 18 5 18 85 85 59 11th Bristol Telephones 40 18 5 17 67 83 59 12th Hallen 38 16 8 14 67 63 56 13th Middlezoy Rovers 40 18 2 20 76 81 56 14th Cadbury Heath 39 15 4 20 71 66 49 15th Odd Down 40 13 6 21 66 106 45 16th Shirehampton 39 12 7 20 70 75 43 17th Keynsham Town 39 11 4 24 83 110 37 18th Warminster Town 39 10 7 22 60 92 37 19th Hengrove Athletic 38 10 6 22 54 84 36 20th Gillingham Town 39 10 4 25 57 99 34 21st Cheddar 36 7 1 28 52 94 22 22nd Bishop Sutton 40 0 3 37 17 172 3
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
TODAY’S
Bishop Sutton
Blue & White Shirts, Blue Shorts & Blue Socks
Owen ALLISON
Chris BLAMMON
Cole CAMPBELL
Jack CREANEY
Terry FRANCIS
Brady GOULD
Dan HAINES
Sam HUGHES
Tyler LANE
Regan LASHENKO
Blake LONGDEN
Finley MADDERN
Aaron MARCH
Harry MESSENGER
Thomas MOLLOY
Sam NYE
Oakley RAWLINGS
Ashley ROBINSON
Luke SEVIOUR
George STEVENS
William NORTON-SMITH
Billy TAYLOR
Joe WHITTAKER
B
S H O P S U T T O N
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LINEUPS
Cadbury Heath FC
Red Shirts, Red Shorts & Red Socks
Dominic ANDERSON
Ali BOYER
Will BOYER
Joe CHANDLER
Zac CHEETHAM
Theo COX
Brandon DACK
Harry GOLDSPINK
Mason HAWKINS
Josh HAYNES
Lewis HEDGES
Louis HOLDEN
Matt HUXLEY
Matthew ISAACS
Miles SCOTT
Joe SMITH
Callum WHOOLEY
Dan WINSTONE
Tom WITHERS
C A D B U R Y H E A T H
CADBURY HEATH
The Club was first established in 1894 by Cadbury Heath Adult School (later to be known as Cadbury Heath Primary School) when Cadbury Heath was just a little narrow, one-street village, way outside the boundaries of Bristol.
Our first pitch was situated at Mill Lane, changing in the Social Club and heating up water for tin baths. With a break for the War years, and the transferring to what is now Coronation Park, we progressed from the Bristol & District League to Division Two of the Bristol Premier Combination, and then to Division One in 1961, after winning the GFA Junior Cup in 1950. In the 60’s the team (only a first team then) built their own baths at the Social Club.
This period of success coincided with the renting of our present ground – Springfield – for £10 per annum from a local farmer and President Jim Warner. This was then an open pasture land with cows, a rope had to be put around the playing area. It had no Electricity Water or Drainage. The tea bar was a garden shed. The offer to purchase for £250 was short-sighted declined, as the field was later sold as part of major development land and only intense lobbying led by the then Chairman, Mike Packer persuaded the Council to allocate Springfield as part of Public Open Space leased to the Football Club for dual use. This has meant that we have not been entirely masters of our own destiny.
Even so, Gloucestershire County League Championship in 1971-72, 1972-73, 73 74 and runners up 74/75 at the same time winning the GFA Senior Amateur Cup in 1972/73 73/74 and 1974-75, under Ralph Miller’s Management. The success pushed the club into joining the Midland Combination after being turned down by the Western League due to the dressing rooms being situated too far from the pitch (what is now the Social Club bottle store). A stand was built for the requirement of the Midland Combination (with tea bar).
After finishing fifth and reaching the quarter finals of the FA Vase with a crowd of 2,000 at Springfield, and more listening live on local Radio Bristol for the tie against Billericay Town from Essex, the Manager left after a disagreement with the committee, and took most of the players, to Cinderford Town. This shook the club to the core, we were relegated and had to drop two divisions to the Avon Premier Combination (we were founder members) there was no `Pyramid System’ in force.
A slow recovery took place, half time rooms being built, then a terrapin to provide on-pitch dressing rooms, taking advantage of newly laid drains for the new houses, a water supply, and electricity for training floodlights.
Elected back into the Gloucestershire County League in 1984 a reserve team was started in 1988 ran by John Clarke formed from CHYMCA the first team finished as runners-up in the County League in 1990. The managers in this period were Bob Williams, Dave Pitman, Les Allan, John Harris, Andy Stone, Keith Cottrell, Brian Knighton, Mike Ratcliffe, and Chris Stone. We celebrated our Centenary by winning the League Championship for the fifth time in 1994, under the consistent management of Brian Knighton, and we continued to dominate the league again.
Focus on....
CADBURY HEATH
Continued improvement on and off the field saw new dressing rooms built on the ground in 1997, a youth academy started under Malcolm Knowlson and a new terrapin replaced the one for the youth section formed from an amalgamation with local youth football club, Grimsbury Rangers. After winning the Gloucestershire County League for a record sixth time, under the management of Andy Black, an application to join the Western League was again turned down due to the lack of a fence. Andy then left the club to join Bitton & Steve Plenty was appointed Manager along with Lee Knighton.
After a public open meeting and a long battle with the Council, the fence was finally erected at a cost of £15,000 funded by Cadbury Heath Football Club. Steve and Lee’s first season in charge got runners up spot, of which consequently secured our election to the Toolstation Western League at long last!
After two seasons in charge, Steve Plenty stood down due to family commitments and Lee Knighton took over the hot seat for a season and then the reigns were handed over to his assistant, Glenn Smart, who consolidated our position for four seasons. Lee Knighton took over as First Team Manager for his second spell and appointed Andy Weeks as his assistant in season 2005/6, also that year Steve Plenty became Chairman when Dave Smart stood down.
After five years of planning tribulations Floodlights were successfully installed at the end of season 2008/2009 this being Phase one of Heaths redevelopment plan, being largely due to the efforts of Chairman Steve Plenty. The Heath and The Social Club went their separate ways in season 2011/12. Andy Black joined the club for his third spell in season 2010/11 appointing Glenn Smart as his assistant culminating in the first division championship and promotion to the Premier Div. in season 2011/12. Then followed two good seasons in the premier division with the last two seasons being a period of trying to rebuild the side after most of the original players either retiring or moving on to higher level football.
Phase two, is in the planning stage which is for a new dressing room facility incorporating a new clubhouse & new 100 seat stand with a covered area for a further 100. During season 2015-2016 Roger Coke joined the club as coach. Season 2016-2017 started with a new first team coach Phillip Bater Ex Bristol Rovers and the introduction of a U18 side who will be playing in the Bristol & Glos U18 league. Mid season Rob Mallett joined the coaching staff to assist Andy Black. First team won the GFA Challenge Trophy beating Fairfield Town 4-3 0n penalties.
At the end of the season Andy Black resigned as manager and became director of football. Season 2017-2018, Rob Mallett was appointed first team manager; he was then succeeded by Andy Black returning. For the 2019/20 season, Andy was assisted by his brother John but during the season, Mitchell Hodge took over but the season was declared null and void after COVID-19 arrived on the shores. Season 2020-21 also ended early due to a second & third wave of the virus and regular lockdowns forced the season to be curtailed again. For the 2021-22 season, a three strong managerial team of David Doe, Matt Huxley and George Boon secured a Premier Division berth once again but the side dropped into the First Division at the end of the 2022/23 season.
Focus on....
A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Thu 14 Sep AEK Boco H W 3-1 F. Maddern (2), Diaw Thu 21 Sep Bristol Tel. H L 2-4 F. Maddern, Comerford Thu 12 Oct Hengrove Ath. H L 3-5 F. Maddern (2), Kemble Mon 16 Oct Oldland Abbots. A L 0-2Wed 29 Nov Brislington A L 0-32024 Thu 25 Jan Oldland Abbots. H W 2-0 F. Maddern, Gwyther Thu 1 Feb Bristol Tel. A W 4-1 Kemble (2), F. Maddern, Diaw Mon 12 Feb Longwell Green A L 1-4 Gwyther Thu 7 Mar Longwell Green H L 1-3 Osborne Thu 21 Mar Hengrove Ath. A L 0-3Mon 15 Apr Brislington H L 0-2Wed 17 Apr Almondsbury A L 0-2Wed 24 Apr AEK Boco A Thu 2 May Almondsbury H
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS
With the under-18’s...
TABLE POS. TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1st Brislington 9 9 0 0 32 5 27 27 2nd Longwell Green Sp. 13 9 0 4 37 18 19 27 3rd Hengrove Athletic 8 7 0 1 26 11 15 21 4th AEK Boco 10 4 1 5 24 26 -2 13 5th Bristol Telephones 11 3 1 7 16 37 -21 10 6th Bishop Sutton 12 3 0 9 16 30 -14 9 7th Almondsbury 8 2 2 4 15 21 -6 8 8th Oldland Abbotonians 11 1 2 8 8 26 -18 5
WCFY LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION
With the reserves....
SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE
DIVISION 3 FIXTURES & RESULTS
Date Opponents Ven. Res. 2023 Sat 19 Aug Draycott H D 2-2 Sat 26 Aug Highridge Utd A L 1-2 Sat 2 Sep Worle (Cup) A L 0-1 Sat 9 Sep Worle Rangers A W 6-5 Sat 16 Sep Chew Magna A L 4-6 Sat 23 Sep Tunley Athletic H W 3-0 Sat 7 Oct Nailsea United H L 1-3 Sat 14 Oct Burnham Utd H L 2-3 Sat 28 Oct Sporting Weston A L 0-9 Sat 11 Nov Peasedown Alb A L 1-7 Sat 18 Nov Draycott A W 3-1 Sat 25 Nov Yatton & Cleeve H L 2-3 Sat 16 Dec Fry Club Res A L 1-3 Sat 23 Dec Somerton Res H W 4-3 2024 Sat 13 Jan Nailsea United A W 2-1 Sat 20 Jan Sporting Weston H L 0-1 Sat 27 Jan St George E-I-G A L 2-4 Sat 2 Mar Somerton Res A W 2-1 Sat 16 Mar Burnham Utd A W 2-0 Wed 20 Mar Highridge Utd. H W 2-1 Mon 1 Apr Tunley Athletic A W 2-1 Sat 6 Apr Winscombe H D 3-3 Tue 9 Apr Fry Club Res H L 0-1 Tue 16 Apr Peasedown Alb. H L 0-4 Sat 20 Apr Yatton & Cleeve A Tue 23 Apr Worle Rangers H Sat 4 May St George E-I-G H Sat 11 May Winscombe A
Pos. Team P Pts 1st Sporting Weston 21 56 2nd St George 22 46 3rd Nailsea Utd Res. 21 43 4th Fry Club Res. 22 43 5th Yatton & Cleeve 20 40 6th Peasedown Alb. 20 39 7th Winscombe 21 39 8th Highridge 20 30 9th Bishop Sutton 22 29 10th Draycott 22 28 11th Worle Rangers 23 21 12th Somerton Town 24 18 13th Burnham Utd 23 6* 14th Tunley Athletic 21 0
LEAGUE TABLE
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Sat 29 Jul Bradford Town H L 0-5Tue 1 Aug Middlezoy R A L 0-1Sat 5 Aug Wincanton T H L 1-4 F Maddern Wed 9 Aug Cribbs Reserves A L 2-7 Lane, Hughes Sat 12 Aug Shirehampton H D 2-2 Lane, Nye Tue 15 Aug AEK Boco H L 0-2Sat 19 Aug Warminster T A L 0-5Tue 22 Aug Hallen H L 0-2Sat 26 Aug Wadebridge (FAV)H L 1-3 Longden Tue 29 Aug Brislington A L 1-5 Hughes Sat 2 Sep Keynsham T H L 2-5 Hughes, Campbell Sat 9 Sep Bristol Tel. A L 0-2Wed 13 Sep Shirehampton A L 1-2 Hughes Sat 16 Sep Portishead T H L 0-4Tue 26 Sep Hengrove Ath. A L 2-5 Pile (2) Sat 30 Sep Radstock Town H L 1-5 Robinson Sat 7 Oct Cadbury Heath A L 0-10Tue 10 Oct Gillingham T H L 1-5 J. Capon Sat 14 Oct Portishead T A L 0-6Tue 17 Oct Longwell Green A D 2-2 Carter, o.g. Sat 21 Oct Warminster T H L 0-5Sat 28 Oct Wells City A L 0-3Sat 18 Nov Cribbs H L 0-3Sat 25 Nov Bitton A L 0-8Sat 2 Dec Bradford Town A L 0-8 -
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Sat 16 Dec Hallen A L 1-4 Lane Tue 26 Dec Cheddar A L 0-72024 Tue 9 Jan Brislington (SPC) A L 0-4Wed 13 Jan Middlezoy R H L 0-3Tue 16 Jan AEK Boco A L 0-1Sat 27 Jan Brislington H L 0-7Sat 3 Feb Bristol Tel. H L 0-5Sat 10 Feb Keynsham T A L 0-7Sat 17 Feb Odd Down H L 0-2Tue 20 Feb Hengrove Ath. H L 1-2 Rawlings Sat 9 Mar Radstock T A L 0-4Sat 16 Mar Wincanton T A L 0-4Tue 19 Mar Longwell Green H L 2-6 Francis, Lane Sat 23 Mar Gillingham T A D 0-0Mon 1 Apr Hengrove Ath. A L 0-3Sat 6 Apr Odd Down A L 0-3 Thu 11 Apr Cheddar H L 0-5Sat 13 Apr Wells City H L 0-8Sat 20 Apr Cadbury Heath H Sat 27 Apr Bitton H
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
