Bishop Sutton v Longwell Green Sports

“THE LAKE VIEW”

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

Sutton, Bristol

Goodafternooneveryone,

Today, we offer a very warm welcome to players, officials & supporters of our visitors LongwellGreenSportsFootballClubaswellasourmatchofficialstoo.Wehopethattheyall enjoytheirbriefstayinthevillageandhaveasafejourneyhometoo!

Thisistheseconddateoftheseasonforthisgameastheoriginalfixturewaspostponedas a mark of respect to Her Majesty the Queen. And unbelievably we don’t have to wait too longforthereturnfixtureaswevisitShellardsRoadnextSaturday!

Thanks to everyone that turned out last Friday evening for the Almondsbury fixture. Our secondbestcrowdoftheseason,88,sawusstretchour unbeatenhomeruntofourgames witha2-1winthankstoEllisBallantineandyetanotherfromCraigWilson.

Thanksforyoursupportandenjoythegame.

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

(Midweek results not included)

(Midweek results not included)

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

The Toolstation Western League are working with Bath Mind to pilot a mental health partnership supporting the football family and players in particular.

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.

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.

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 initial pilot will be extended by the Western League to cover all 40 Clubs across the South West of England, from Cornwall to Wiltshire.

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 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.”

Bishop Sutton

Blue&WhiteShirts,BlueShorts&Socks

Dominic OAKES

Ethan BALLANTINE Jordan CHANDLER Josh COMERFORD Aysa CORRICK Mason DAGGAR

DOWNES Jacob GARDNER Mike GRIST

HALL-COUSINS Brad HARDIDGE

HILL

KEARNEY Harry NEIL Luke PALMER George ROOKE Paddy ROYAL

SAUNDERS

SPILL

VILE

WAUGH

WILSON

Manager

Coach

TOY

HORSEMAN

SPILL

Referee

COLLIER

Longwell Green Sports

LAW

LONGHURST

BAMFORD

GRIMSHAW

ALWAY

MITCHELL

MASON

BROWN

FELTHAM

BATER

CHEETHAM

NOBLE Jack BABER Kieron CAMPBELL

ALWAY

Assistants

ANDREW

Focus on....

LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS

Founded in June 1966 following the great upsurge of interest in football following England’sWorldCupsuccessofBobbyMooreandtheEnglandTeam

Longwell Green Sports were originally formed from theworkforce of the areasmain employer,LongwellGreenCoachworks,theteamwasrunformanyyearsbyHaroldHarding, awellknowcharacterinandaroundLongwellGreen.

Thefirstpitchwaslaidoutonthesamesiteoftoday’spitchandwas,in1966,openfarmland. InitsearlyyearsLongwellGreenplayedinwhatwastheSaturdayRegionalLeague andbytheearlyseventiesprogressedtotheDistrictLeague.

By1980ourcurrentGeneralManager,JohnGibbsjoinedtheclubalongwithseveralother playersfromKingswoodincludingourReservesTeamManager,JeffFishlock. In1982the clubbecameDistrictLeagueDivision4Championslosingonly3gamesallseason.

In1983theclubgainedpromotiontoDistrictDivision2,thefollowingseasontheReserve Teamwasformed.Thefirstteamwonpromotion5timesin9seasonsincludingDivision1 runners upandSeniorDistrictandBristolCombinationPremierDivision1runnersupin successive seasons, reaching Bristol Premier Division in 1997. The following season the clubfinishedthird,2pointsbehindBitton&FramptonandliftedthePremierCupbeating Highridge3 2.

OurReserves, by1993, hadreachedDistrictDivision2followingseveralpromotionswith manygoalsbeingscoredbyourcurrent3rd TeamManager,AndyBritton.

In2002thefirstteamreachedtheGFASeniorAmateurCupfinalplayedatCountyHQ,losingtoNicholasWanderers.

Attheendofseason2003/2004the1st TeamgainedpromotiontotokheGloucestershire CountyLeagueandfollowingrunnersuptoHighridgelastseason,werealongwithPortisheadandBradford on AvonpromotedtotheWestern“Toolstation”League,webelievewe may well have created a little county history by being the only club on record that have achievedpromotionafteronlyoneseasonintheCountyLeague.

Theclubhavealwayshadanambitiontoplayatthe highestleveland thiswasrewarded when Matt Hale rejoined the club he first played for as a 15 year old before becoming a professionalfootballerwithBristolCity,hehasalsoplayedforYeovilandWeymouth.

Focus on....

LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS

Mattreturnedinlate2003,toassistJohnGibbsas1st teamplayer/coach,theteamfinished runners up to Sea Mills and were promoted to the County League. During the summer MattHalewasappointedClubCoachand1st TeamManager.

The club has over many years produced several youngplayers who have gone on to play for Conference and Western League clubs or have remained with the club, a number are nowinourFirstTeamsquad.

Inadditiontothe1st TeamwerunaReserves,3rd &4th Team,alsoanU18’swhowillplayin theGloucestershireCountyYouthLeague.

At the beginning of 2003 the club changed its name from Longwell Green Sports FC to LongwellGreenSports,joiningforceswiththeLongwellGreenJuniorsandformingaSenior & Junior Netball team to form a broader community sports club. Longwell Green has always had a commitment to developing young players and benefit from a tremendous spiritamongstitsteamsandclubmembers.

AtPresentweareinToolstationDivision1.OurPresentManagerisChrisAlway,assisted by Alex Grimshaw.Although new to management they have assembled a good squad of players andwearehopingtohaveaverygoodseason.

the reserves....

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

Sat 5 Nov Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H

Sat12Nov WorleRangers A

Sat19Nov StGeorgeE-I-G A

Sat 26 Nov Tunley Athletic H

Sat 3 Dec Winscombe Res H

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

Sat18Mar Yatton&CleeveUtdRes A

Sat1Apr ClevedonUtdRes A

With the reserves....

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE TABLE

Pos. Team

1st Congresbury

2nd BishopSuttonRes

3rd RadstockTownRes

4th WorleRangers

P W D L F A GD Pts

0 0 49 1 48 21

4 1 4 22 21 1 13

4 0 1 18 8 10 12

3 1 0 12 6 6 10

5th Yatton&CleeveUtdRes 6 3 0 3 13 26 13 9

6th FryClubRes 6 2 2 2 12 10 2 8

7th ClevedonUnitedRes 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 7

8th NailseaUnitedRes

9th Draycott

10th StGeorgeE-I-G

11th SomertonTownRes

WinscombeRes

2 1 3 7 10 3 7

2 0 4 12 16 4 6

2 0 4 12 18 -6 6

1 0 2 4 13 9 3

1 0 4 7 20 -13 3

TunleyAthletic

0 1 3 5 18 -13 1

0 1 2 5 15 10 1 14th BurnhamUnited

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 W5 1Maddern(3),Lewis,Diaw

Thu6Oct HengroveAthletic A L0 1

Thu20Oct PortisheadTown A A A

Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco H

Mon31Oct LongwellGreenSports 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

Wed18Jan ChippingSodburyTown A

Tue24Jan AEKBoco A

COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION TABLE

Pos. Team

AEK Boco

Hallen

Hengrove Athletic

Portishead Town

Bishop Sutton

Longwell Green Sports

Chipping Sodbury Town

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

Fixtures & Results

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 Ballantine, Wilson

Sat 22 Oct Longwell Green H

Sat29Oct LongwellGreen A

Tue 1 Nov Bishop’s Lydeard H

Sat5Nov Nailsea&Tick’nam A

Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H

Tue 15 Nov Ilfracombe (LPC)

Sat 19 Nov Brislington H

Fixtures & Results

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

Sat26Nov Shirehampton A

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

Sat14Jan OddDown(Bath) A

Sat 21 Jan AEK Boco H

Sat28Jan WincantonTown A

Sat4Feb Bishop’sLydeard A

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

TBA Wincanton (SPC) H

Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup