“THE LAKE VIEW”
7.30pm
Somerset Premier Cup Quarter Final Frome Town
FC
Tuesday 31st January 2023
Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton
Bishop Sutton Football Club
Club Officials
Chairman - George Williams
Treasurer - Jason Hunt
Secretary - Hannah Downes
First Team
Manager - Jon Toy
First Team Head Coach - Dean Horseman
Coaches - Dan Spill & Andy Clark
Reserve Team
Manager - Barrie Witts
Secretary - Nick Gwyther
Under 18
Manager - Nick Gwyther
Assistant - Darren Gould
Club Welfare Officer - Barrie Witts
Secretary - Faye Brady
Catering Manager - Aaron O’Connor
Commercial Manager - Angela O’Connor
Website & Programme - Martin McConachie
Volunteers - Merv Williams, Aaron Alford & Ray Winsley
Lakeview, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol BS39 5XN
Good evening everyone,
Tonight, we offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Frome Town Football Club & our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!
Fingers crossed that tonight’s Somerset Premier Cup quarter final game goes ahead as it seems ages since we last played. And what a tough game to return with, a Southern League Division One side in Frome. Our visitors currently sit just inside the top ten and will provide a stern test for the lads this evening. Just a reminder that the tie will have to be settled tonight with the game going to penalty kicks if the scores are level after 90 minutes.
And speaking of reminders, please go to the inside back two pages where you will find the very latest fixtures, many of which have recently been rearranged by the League.
Enjoy the game and as always, thank you for your support!
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....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
Tuesday 31st January 2023
Somerset Premier Cup Quarter Final
Bishop Sutton v Frome Town
Les Phillips Cup
Buckland Athletic v Mousehole
Saltash United v Torpoint Athletic
Shepton Mallet v Wells City
Premier Division
Ashton & Backwell United v Bridgwater United
Welton Rovers v Street
First Division
Almondsbury v Oldland Abbotonians
Gillingham Town v Odd Down (Bath)
Portishead Town v Hallen
Tytherington Rocks v Warminster Town
TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE TOP SCORERS
Premier Division
Curtis Damerell (Torpoint Athletic) - 21
Jacob Brown (Bridgwater United) - 18
Rubin Wilson (Helston Athletic) - 16
Harry Stevens (Ilfracombe Town) - 16
Harry Foster (Street) - 16
Hayden Turner (Mousehole) - 15
Ryan Bush (Buckland Athletic) - 14
Adam Carter (Saltash United) - 14
Jake Quick (Wellington) - 13
Division One
Luke Bryan (Odd Down) - 24
Sacha Tong (FC Bristol) - 22
Adam Wright (Wells City) - 22
Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 21
Jack Thorne (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 21
Craig Wilson (Bishop Sutton) - 18
Joe Berry (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 17
Luke Osgood (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 17
Asa White (Brislington) - 16
Jack Jones (Hengrove Athletic) - 14
TONIGHT’S Bishop Sutton
Blue&WhiteShirts,BlueShorts&BlueSocks
Ethan BALLANTINE
Jordan CHANDLER
Josh CLARK
Josh COMERFORD
Mason DAGGAR
Sam DOWNES
Jacob GARDNER
Luke HALL-COUSINS
Brad HARDIDGE
Sam HILL
Keith KEARNEY
Harry NEIL
Luke PALMER
Jacob READER
Paddy ROYAL
Dan SPILL
Cody VILE
Craig WILSON
Manager Jon TOY
Head Coach Dean HORSEMAN
Coach Dan SPILL
Referee
Craig SCRIVEN
LINEUPS
Frome Town
RedShirts,RedShorts,RedSocks
Kyle PHILLIPS
Callum EVANS
Ben WITHEY
Sam TEALE (c)
Mike BAKER
Jamie ADAMS
Jon DAVIES
George RIGG
Luke HOPPER
Owen HUMPHRIES
Matt SMITH
Jack WITCOMBE
Seth LOCKE
Warren MAIDMENT
Ben STARR
Laurent DAVIS-WILSON
Alex MONKS
James OLLIS
Alex HALLETT
Conrad ESSILFIE-CONDUAH
Tyler ASHMEAD
Jago THOMPSON-ROBERTS
Tyson POLLARD
Manager
Danny GREAVES
Assistant Neil SIMONS
Coach Simon MONKS
GK Coach Alan BULL
Physio Sara HILLMAN
Assistants
Kevin RODD
Stephen KAY
FROME TOWN
Frome Town, known at the Robins, were formed in 1904 & played in the Wiltshire Premier League. Early success came in the form of three Somerset Senior League Championships in between 1906 and 1911, whilst in between the Wiltshire League Championship was won in 1909-10.
The Club reached the Fifth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup in 1911-12 under the old format of the competition, which was today's equivalent of the Third Round proper losing 4-1 at Southport Central, in front of a crowd of 3,366.
Frome entered the Western League in 1919 and immediately became Division 2 Champions while the Somerset FA Senior Cup was won in successive seasons 1932-22 & 1933-34 & for a third time in 1950-51.
Frome have always played at Badgers Hill and the ground held its biggest gate in 1954 when 8,000 spectators saw Leyton Orient win 3-0 in the FA Cup First Round Proper. In the same season promotion was gained to Division One of the Western League & were beaten finalists in the inaugural Western League Cup. Promotion was gained back into the Western League after a spell in the Wiltshire League again in 1962-63 where the club remained until 2009. Success was gained in the Somerset Premier Cup in 1966-67 with victory over Yeovil Town in the final and the cup was shared by the same two teams in 1968-69.
Frome's greatest triumph came in 1978-79 when the club won the Western League. The Championship was secured by losing only once in the last 32 matches. The League Cup followed in 1979-80. Another vintage year followed in 1982-83 with victories in both the Somerset FA Premier Cup and the Western League Cup, plus runners-up in the league. Following those heady days, Frome flirted all too often with relegation from the Premier Division, and were relegated in 1995-96 and the Club spent several years in the lower reaches of the First Division. The Club was re-structured off the field in 1999-00 but despite the ground being upgraded unfortunately success on the field did not follow with a restructure of the league saving the Club from relegation into County football.
Frome improved rapidly and after finishing third continued upwards as they won promotion back to the Western League Premier Division after a six year absence the following year & also reached the final of the league cup.
With Frome struggling to win at home during the 2003/04 season the Club turned to the help of a local "White Witch", Titania Hardie. This move brought huge media interest from all over the World. It worked immediately and they went on a magnificent run that saw them go on to finish 3rd in the league.
Focus on....
FROME TOWN
The 2004-05 season saw the Club celebrate their centenary & events on the field saw the Robins reach the Quarter-Finals of the FA Vase before eventually losing 3-0 at Jarrow Roofing.
A seventh, third and fourth placed finish saw the club continually improving and then runners-up spot in 2008-09 secured promotion into the Southern League for the first time in the Clubs history. The Somerset Premier Cup was also secured with a 3-1 win over local rivals Paulton Rovers.
After a poor start to life in the Southern League and a quick change of manager Frome went on an incredible unbeaten run and finished the season in sixth place and just three points from a play-off place. 12 months later and Frome beat Sholing 1-0 in the play-off final to secure promotion to the Southern Premier Division.
The summer of 2011 also saw the Club receive the prestigious FA Charter Standard Community Club status and, in 2012, after a great first season in the Southern Premier Division the Club were awarded the title of Community Club of the year for Somerset and then also picked up the regional award that took them into the national final.
Over the last few seasons the Robins have retained their league status while also finishing as runners-up in the Southern League Cup and the Somerset Premier Cup.
2016/17 was our most successful league season to date with the Club finishing in a respectable 8th place in the Southern League Premier division with our highest points total.
After a difficult season Frome were relegated back to Division 1 of the Southern League at the end of the 2018/19 season. With wholesale squad changes the 2019/20 season was much more successful before unfortunately being cut short along with the rest of football. In 2021/22 Frome finished runners up in the division, ultimately losing out in the play-offs.
Focus
on....
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With the reserves....
UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res H L 0-3Sat20Aug BurnhamUnitedRes A W6-0 Rowland(3),Hynes,Tanner,Hallett Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res H W 6-0 Tanner (2), Brilliant, Hynes, F. Maddern, Rowland Sat17Sep Congresbury A L0-8Sat 24 Sep Draycott H W 3-1 Derrick, Jeng, Marks Sat1Oct RadstockTownRes(Cup) A L1-7 Rawlings Tue4Oct FryClubRes A L0-4Sat 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),F.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), F. Maddern (2) Sat31Dec Draycott A D3-3 Hall-Cousins,Head,Rowland Sat7Jan TunleyAthletic A W5-3 F.Maddern(2),A.Maddern,Rawlings,og Sat 28 Jan St George E-I-G H D 3-3 Rawlings, F. Maddern, A. Maddern 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 Sat 25 Mar Congresbury H Sat1Apr ClevedonUtdRes A Sat 8 Apr Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H Mon10Apr SomertonTownRes A Sat 22 Apr Fry Club Res H
With the reserves....
Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Congresbury 14 12 2 0 68 5 63 38 2nd RadstockTownRes 10 9 0 1 36 13 23 27 3rd Bishop Sutton Res 15 7 3 5 42 38 4 24 4th ClevedonUnitedRes 12 6 5 1 35 14 21 23 5th FryClubRes 13 5 3 5 30 20 10 18 6th StGeorgeE-I-G 12 5 2 5 30 30 0 17 7th Yatton&CleeveUnited 12 5 2 5 25 43 -18 17 8th SomertonTownRes 11 4 2 5 20 25 -5 14 9th Draycott 11 4 1 6 26 26 0 13 10th Worle Res 10 4 1 5 17 23 -6 13 11th NailseaUnitedRes 11 3 2 6 12 20 -8 11 12th BurnhamUnited 11 2 2 7 19 38 -19 8 13th WinscombeRes 12 2 1 9 16 47 -31 7 14th TunleyAthletic 10 0 2 8 12 46 -34 -1*
UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE
*-adjustmentmade
With the under-18’s...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Wed 21 Sep Longwell Green Sports H W 5-1 Maddern (3), Lewis, Diaw Thu6Oct HengroveAthletic A L0-1Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco H L 1-4 Vickers Mon31Oct LongwellGreenSports A D3-3 Simmons(2),Maddern Thu8Dec Bishop’sLydeard(Cup) A L0-1Wed1Feb AEKBoco A Thu 9 Feb Portishead Town H Wed15Feb ChippingSodburyTown A Thu23Feb PortisheadTown A Thu 2 Mar Hallen H Thu 9 Mar Hengrove Athletic H Thu 16 Mar Chipping Sodbury H Thu23Mar Hallen A WESTERN
FLOODLIGHT YOUTH
NORTH DIVISION TABLE Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Hallen 6 5 0 1 20 6 14 15 2nd PortisheadTown 6 4 2 0 18 4 14 14 3rd AEKBoco 5 4 1 0 12 1 11 13 4th LongwellGreenSports 9 2 2 5 12 23 -11 8 5th HengroveAthletic 7 2 0 5 9 17 -8 6 6th Bishop Sutton 4 1 1 2 9 9 0 4 7th ChippingSodbury 5 0 0 5 2 22 -20 0
COUNTIES
LEAGUE
A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
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
Away
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
Fixtures & Results 2022/2023
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 120Tue 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 103Sat3Sep BristolTelephones A D1-1 - Wilson Tue 6 Sep Warminster TownH L 0-1 60Sat 17 Sep Cheddar H D 0-0 52Sat24Sep 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 - (Won 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 48Sat 19 Nov Brislington H L 0-3 86Wed 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)
Fixtures & Results 2022/2023
Date Opponents Ven.
2023
Mon2Jan RadstockTown A L0-3 121 -
Tue 31 Jan Frome T. (SPC) H
Sat4Feb Bishop’sLydeard A
Tue7Feb IlfracombeT(LPC) A
Sat11Feb Hallen A
Wed15Feb WarminsterT A
Sat 18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H
Wed22Feb Shirehampton A
Sat25Feb HengroveAthletic A
Tue28Feb OddDown A
Sat 4 Mar Portishead Town H
Sat11Mar Cheddar A
Tue 14 Mar Wells City H
Tue 21 Mar AEK Boco H
Sat25Mar TytheringtonR A
Tue 28 Mar Bristol Tel. H
Sat 1 Apr FC Bristol H
Fri7Apr WellsCity A
Mon 10 Apr Radstock Town H
Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick H
Sat22Apr Almondsbury A
Res. Att.
Scorers
Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup
