Western League Division One Longwell Green Sports
19th March 2024 7.30pm
matchday programme of Bishop Sutton F.C.
“THE LAKE VIEW” Toolstation
Tuesday
Official
Good evening everyone,
Welcome back to Lakeview for tonight’s Toolstation Western League Division One fixture with Longwell Green Sports. 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.
Tonight kicks off the final eight games of the season as we still await our first win. Several neutrals have commented recently on how much of a better side we look these days although that improvement isn’t reflected in the points column sadly. Let’s hope that changes tonight!
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.
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
B I S H O P S U T T O N
TONIGHT’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
LINEUPS
Longwell Green Sports
Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts & Black Socks
Luke BOND
Alfie PARTRIDGE
Jon MORGAN
Sam BAINBRIDGE
Alex GRIMSHAW
Chris ALWAY
Lewis COLEMAN
Kieron CAMPBELL
Zac FELTHAM
Liam OSWIN
Matt BROWN
Sonny PASCOE
Nathan HALL
Joe HARRY
Jack SPARK
Ewan McMILLAN
L O N G W E L L G R E E N
LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS
Founded in June 1966 following the great upsurge of interest in football following England’sWorldCupsuccessofBobbyMooreandtheEnglandTeam
LongwellGreenSportswereoriginallyformedfromtheworkforceofthe areasmain employer, Longwell Green Coachworks, the team was run for many years by Harold Harding,awellknowcharacterinandaroundLongwellGreen.
The first pitch was laidout on the same site of today’s pitch andwas, in 1966, open farmland. InitsearlyyearsLongwellGreenplayedinwhatwastheSaturdayRegional LeagueandbytheearlyseventiesprogressedtotheDistrictLeague.
By1980ourcurrentGeneralManager,JohnGibbsjoinedtheclubalongwithseveral other players from Kingswood including our Reserves Team Manager, Jeff Fishlock. In1982theclubbecameDistrictLeagueDivision4Championslosingonly3gamesall season.
In1983theclubgainedpromotiontoDistrictDivision2,thefollowingseasontheReserveTeamwasformed.Thefirstteamwonpromotion5timesin9seasonsincluding Division1runnersupandSeniorDistrictandBristolCombinationPremierDivision1 runnersupinsuccessiveseasons,reachingBristolPremierDivisionin1997. Thefollowing season the club finished third, 2 points behind Bitton & Frampton and lifted thePremierCupbeatingHighridge3-2.
OurReserves,by1993,hadreachedDistrictDivision2followingseveralpromotions with many goals being scored by our current 3rd Team Manager, Andy Britton. In 2002 the first team reached the GFASeniorAmateur Cup final played at County HQ, losingtoNicholasWanderers.
Attheendofseason2003/2004the1st TeamgainedpromotiontotokheGloucestershire County League and following runners up to Highridge last season, were along with Portishead and Bradford-on-Avon promoted to the Western “Toolstation” League,webelievewemaywellhavecreatedalittlecountyhistorybybeingtheonly club on record that have achieved promotion after only one season in the County League. The club have always had an ambition to play at the highest level and this was rewarded when Matt Hale rejoined the club he first played for as a 15 year old beforebecomingaprofessionalfootballerwithBristolCity,hehasalsoplayedforYeovilandWeymouth.
Focus on....
LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS
Matt returned in late 2003, to assist John Gibbs as 1st team player/coach, the team finishedrunnersuptoSeaMillsandwerepromotedtotheCountyLeague. Duringthe summerMattHalewasappointedClubCoachand1st TeamManager.
The club has over many years produced several young players who have gone onto play for Conference and Western League clubs or have remained with the club, a number are now in our First Team squad. In addition to the 1st Team we run a Reserves, 3rd & 4th Team, also an U18’s who will play in the Gloucestershire County YouthLeague.
Atthebeginningof2003theclubchangeditsnamefromLongwellGreenSportsFCto LongwellGreenSports,joiningforceswiththeLongwellGreenJuniorsandforminga Senior & Junior Netball team to form a broader community sports club. Longwell Greenhasalwayshadacommitmenttodevelopingyoungplayersandbenefitfroma tremendousspiritamongstitsteamsandclubmembers.
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A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
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COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023
14 Sep AEK Boco H W 3-1 F. Maddern (2), Diaw
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
7 Mar Longwell Green H L 1-3 Osborne
WESTERN
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21 Mar Hengrove Ath. A
28 Mar Brislington H
17 Apr Almondsbury A
24 Apr AEK Boco A Wed 1 May Almondsbury H
WCFY LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION TABLE POS. TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1st Longwell Green Sp. 11 8 0 3 35 15 20 24 2nd Brislington 6 6 0 0 19 3 16 18 3rd Hengrove Athletic 5 4 0 1 13 9 4 12 4th AEK Boco 7 3 1 3 18 14 4 10 5th Bishop Sutton 9 3 0 6 16 23 -7 9 6th Bristol Telephones 8 2 0 6 9 30 -21 6 7th Oldland Abbots. 8 1 2 5 6 15 -9 5 8th Almondsbury 4 0 1 3 6 13 -7 1
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With the under-18’s...
With the reserves....
SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE
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 Sat 23 Mar St George E-I-G H Mon 1 Apr Tunley Athletic A Sat 6 Apr Winscombe H Tue 9 Apr Fry Club Res H Tue 16 Apr Peasedown Alb. H Sat 20 Apr Yatton & Cleeve A Tue 23 Apr Worle Rangers H Sat 11 May Winscombe A
DIVISION 3 FIXTURES & RESULTS
LEAGUE TABLE Pos. Team P Pts 1st Sporting Weston 17 49 2nd St George 20 43 3rd Fry Club 19 37 4th Nailsea Utd Res. 17 36 5th Winscombe 16 34 6th Yatton & Cleeve 16 31 7th Peasedown Alb. 16 27 8th Highridge Utd. 16 24 9th Bishop Sutton 17 22 10th Draycott 18 22 11th Worle Rangers 18 17 12th Somerton Town 22 15 13th Burnham Utd 19 3* 14th Tunley Athletic 17 0
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers
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 -
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Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers
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 0-4 -
19 Mar Longwell Green H
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Fri 29 Mar Cheddar
Ath. A
6 Apr Odd Down A
13 Apr Wells City H
20 Apr Cadbury Heath H
27 Apr Bitton H
Mon 1 Apr Hengrove
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