“THE LAKE VIEW” Toolstation Western League Division One Hallen A.F.C. Tuesday 16th August 2022 7.30pm Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton FC
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 - Andy Billitteri Coach - Aaron Banfield 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
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Goodeveningeveryone, Tonight, we offer a very warm welcome to players, officials & supporters of our visitors Hallen Football Club aswell as our match officials too. We hope that they all enjoy their briefstayinthevillageandhaveasafejourneyhometoo!
Bishop Sutton Club History
The club was re-formed in 1977 with just an U15 team playing in the Weston-superMareSundayLeagueandthenprogressinginsuccessiveseasonstotheBristolandAvon LeagueU16sandthesecondandfirstdivisionsbeforebeingadmittedintotheSomerset SeniorLeagueforthe1981-82season. The next ten years were spent climbing through the four divisions before being voted intotheWesternLeagueforseason1991 92.TheFirstDivisionwaswonin1997 98and thenfollowedseventeensuccessiveseasonsinthePremierDivision, thehighlightbeing winningthePremiertitlein2012-13. Unfortunately our ground grading did not permit progression to the Southern League andalltheteammanagementandplayersthenlefttheclub.RelegationfromthePremier followed at the end of season 2014 15 and we have experienced mixed fortunes in the FirstDivisionsincethen. Fortheseason2020 21JonToycameinasmanagerbutunfortunatelywewereonlyable toplay10gamesbeforetheseasonwascurtailedduetotheCOVID19pandemic.Having retained a lot of last season’s squad and added a couple of new players, we finished in midtableinseason2021/22.
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors.... ... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
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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.
The six Western League sides located in Bath and North East Somerset have been offered specially created posters, promoting mental health support services designed to help younger people, which can be located into their home and away changing rooms.
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 initial pilot will be extended by the Western League to cover all 40 Clubs across the South West of England, from Cornwall to Wiltshire.
The Toolstation Western League are working with Bath Mind to pilot a mental health partnership supporting the football family and players in particular.
Throughout the pandemic Bath Mind has been fighting an epidemic of mental ill-health. 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.”
Non-League Footballers Mental Health Championed by Bath Mind and the Toolstation Western League
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.”
Research conducted by the Toolstation Western League earlier this season highlighted that around a quarter of players had considered seeking help with a mental health issue. The subject of mental health was first tackled by the Western League in March 2020, when they launched their Think of a Fan campaign.
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of Football AndyHAWKINS Coach BarryDYMIANCZUK Physio AaronBIDDLE Assistants MartinPEARSE OliverHARRISON
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Further progress was made when new manager Gary Damone led the team to the Division One title in Season 2003-4, and fourth place in the Premier Division at the first attempt. The club also reached the final of the GFA Trophy and were denied a place in the first round of the F.A. Cup when losing to Nationwide Conference side Canvey Island in the fourth and final qualifying round. This success saw Southern League side Taunton Town tempt Gary Damone to try his hand at a higher level, which in turn saw Hallen have a dip in form, as players were also tempted away. It is however well known that a high percentage of players are happy to return to Hallen, and for the season 2009 10 the club welcomed back Gary Damone as manager and many former players too.
Much of the credit for the progress of this club can be accredited to the late Frank Fairman and his family. His son Francis, and grandson Lee continue the link with the club. In fact Lee played a major part in our fight for survival during the summer of 2015, when the club was in danger of losing its home. So it was no surprise when long serving Chairman Barrie Phillips nominated Lee to take over the chair from himself, at the next AGM.
The club was formed by members of a new community living at Lawrence Weston on the outskirts of Bristol, which had been developed shortly after World War Two. The club was named Lawrence Weston Athletic and played in the Bristol & District League, and it has moved forward steadily since moving to the village of Hallen in 1979, to conform with League Ground grading.
Focus HALLENon....AFC
The club became known as Lawrence Weston Hallen when it moved to Moorhouse Lane, joining the Gloucestershire County League in 1982, and under that title were runners up 1987 88, and Champions 1988 89, after which the club dropped Lawrence Weston from its title to become known as simply Hallen. The club completed the double in 1992 93, when winning the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy and the League title. Promotion was achieved, joining the Hellenic League Division One, and after further improvements to the facilities (particularly the erection of floodlights and a 200 seater stand), a runner up position in 1996 97 led to another step up, to the Hellenic League Premier Division.
The club had always considered the Western League as its goal, as this League was more familiar with Bristolians than the Hellenic League. Their wish to transfer over was granted at the second time of asking but it was insisted that the club join the First Division for season 2000 01. The club finished fourth in its first season in the Western League and reached the last sixteen of the F.A.Vase losing to Brigg Town 6 5 in extra time.
Manager Jamie Hillman announced that he would be leaving, and previous manager Paul Owen agreed to return for the 2014 15 season. By November the League form was yet again cause for concern and Paul decided it would be best to bring in a new face, rather than wait to the end of the season. Steve Winter a former Walsall and Torquay player was appointed with a view, of him settling in, prior to the coming season. He was to resign in December 2015, and long serving player Tom Collett took on the role as player manager assisted by Rayan Wilson for the 2016 17 Followingseason.
another poor run of results, Tom Collett made way for ex player Ben Willshire to return as the new manager. Ben guided the club away from relegation, but when fortunes did not change in the next campaign, it was decided his assistant Rob Sage should take over the helm prior to Christmas 2017, with Ben remaining as a player. The resignation of Rob Sage forced the club to seek another manager in February
The club finished in a disappointing twelfth position in 2009-10, but a crop of long term injuries did not help. The club however were to lift the Western League (Les Phillips) Cup for the first time. The club had experienced a bad start to the 2010 11 season, which saw the departure of manager Gary Damone who chose to take charge of his own town club Wellington. Club stalwart Paul Owen was given the task of steering the team to safety. With just one win prior to taking over in November, he and his assistant John Tierney changed fortunes around and we were safe from relegation with six games left.
Focus HALLENon....AFC
Paul Owen's first full season as manager saw the club challenging for the title, but a dip in form saw the club slip to fourth. Off the field, the club had ensured promotion would not be denied, had the club won the title by obtaining the ground grading for Southern League football.
Season 2012 13 saw no repeat of a challenge for promotion, but the season was kept alive by reaching the final of the Les Phillips League Cup for a second time. In the final Willand Rovers won 1 0 before a crowd of 400 at Cribbs Friends Life FC. As Paul Owen had already decided to step down at the end of the campaign, it was unfortunate that he could not see his side lift the cup. By mid May the club announced that Hengrove Athletic manager Jamie Hillman was to take over as manager, He had been at the helm for eight years at Hengrove, and had just guided them to the Premier Division as runners up in April. The 2013 14 season under Jamie and his assistant Grantley Dicks, was a mixture of highs and lows. The highs being success in lifting the GFA Trophy for a third time and reaching the fifth round of the FA Vase losing away to West Auckland Town. In contrast we finished the League campaign without a win in fifteen games.
Former manager Gary Damone returned as interim manager, whilst the club decided on a replacement from a record number of applicants. The successful candidate being former player Ray Johnston, who had guided Odd Down to the title in 2016. Ray recruited another former Hallen player Tony Davis as his assistant for the 2018 19 season, unfortunately Tony had to step down during the course of the season. It was a season which saw a more settled side, finishing in twelfth place the best for several years. Further progress was made during the 2019 20 season, with Ray being assisted by Dean Horseman, before it was brought to an abrupt end due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Ray’s departure early in the season 2020 21, saw Dean takeover as Manager in what turned out to be another pandemic disrupted season.
A poor run of results at the start of 2021 22 resulted in Dean and his new Assistant Tony Beecham departing the club. Stuart Jones and his trusty Director of Football Andy Hawkins took over, but unfortunately they could not magic a way out of the situation the team had been left in and we were relegated to step 6, which saw us back in The Western League, due to The FA’s lateral movement.
Focus HALLENon....AFC
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With the reserves.... UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE FIXTURES Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res H L 0 3 Sat20Aug BurnhamUnitedRes A Sat 27 Aug Tunley Athletic H Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res H Sat10Sep ClevedonUnitedRes A Sat17Sep Congresbury A Sat 24 Sep Draycott H Sat1Oct FryClub A Sat 8 Oct Nailsea United Res H Sat15Oct WinscombeRes A Sat 22 Oct Clevedon United Res H Sat 5 Nov Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H Sat12Nov WorleRangers A Sat19Nov StGeorgeE I G A Sat 3 Dec Winscombe Res H Sat 24 Dec Congresbury H Sat31Dec Draycott A Sat7Jan Tunley 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 Sat8Apr Yatton&CleeveUtdRes A
With the reserves.... UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE TABLE Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Congresbury 1 1 0 0 9 1 8 3 2nd RadstockTownRes 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 3rd Yatton&CleeveUtdRes 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3 4th FryClubRes 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 5th WorleRangers 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 6th BurnhamUnitedRes - - - - - - -7th ClevedonUnitedRes 8th SomertonTownRes 9th WinscombeRes 10th NailseaUnitedRes 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0 11th Draycott 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 12th StGeorgeE-I-G 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 13th Bishop Sutton Res 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 14th TunleyAthletic 1 0 0 1 1 9 -8 0
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Mon19Sep LongwellGreenSports A Thu6Oct HengroveAthletic A Thu20Oct PortisheadTown A Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco H Thu 3 Nov Longwell Green Sports H Tue15Nov Bishop’sLydeard(Cup) A Thu 24 Nov Hallen H Thu 8 Dec Chipping Sodbury Town H Thu15Dec Hallen A Thu 5 Jan Hengrove Athletic H Thu 12 Jan Portishead Town H Tue17Jan ChippingSodburyTown A Tue24Jan AEKBoco A With the under-18’s...
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,Bristol BS153RZ 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 Start Sub App Goals Assists Jacob BIRD 3 3 2 1 Oaklan BUCK 2 1 3 2 1 Jordan CHANDLER Mason DAGGAR 4 4 1 Billy DOWNES 2 2 4 Sam DOWNES 1 1 Jacob GARDNER 4 4 Luke HALL-COUSINS 4 - 4 -Bradley HARDIDGE 3 3 2 Keith KEARNEY 4 - 4 -Dominic OAKES 4 4 Luke PALMER 1 1 Paddy ROYAL 4 - 4 1Dan SPILL 1 1 Billy VAUGHAN - 3 3 -Cody VILE 4 4 1 Raphael WAUGH 2 2 Jordan WHITTAKER 2 2 4 1 Craig WILSON 3 3 2
Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 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 Sat20Aug OddDown(Bath) A Sat 27 Aug Shirehampton H Mon 29 Aug Oldland Abbots H Sat3Sep BristolTelephones A Tue 6 Sep Warminster TownH Sat 10 Sep Longwell Green H Wed14Sep Bishop’sLydeard A Sat 17 Sep Cheddar H Sat24Sep FCBristol A Tue 27 Sep Wincanton Town H Sat1Oct AEKBoco A Sat8Oct OldlandAbbots A Sat 15 Oct Almondsbury H Sat29Oct LongwellGreen A Sat5Nov Nailsea&Tick’namA Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H Sat 19 Nov Brislington H Sat26Nov Shirehampton A
Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers Sat3Dec PortisheadTown A Sat 10 Dec Bristol Tel. H Sat17Dec WarminsterTown A Mon 26 Dec Wells City H 2023 Mon2Jan RadstockTown A Sat 7 Jan Odd Down (Bath) H Sat 21 Jan AEK Boco H Sat28Jan WincantonTown A Sat 4 Feb Bishop’s Lydeard H Sat11Feb Hallen A 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
