“THE LAKE VIEW” Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton F.C.
Toolstation Western League Division One Odd Down A.F.C. Saturday 17th February 2024
3.00pm
Good afternoon everyone, Welcome back to Lakeview for today’s Toolstation Western League Division One fixture with Odd Down AFC. 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. Fingers crossed that the weather has relented enough to get today’s game on after yet more heavy rain this week. With only two games in November and just three in December, we have recovered the fixture list just lately with six completed fixtures in 2024 so far. Thankfully, we have not fallen behind too much and today’s match kicks off the final dozen games of the season. 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.
TODAY’S Bishop Sutton Blue & White Shirts, Blue Shorts & Blue Socks
B I S H O P S U T T O N
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 Odd Down AFC Black & White Shirts, Black Shorts & Black Socks
Charlie PHILLIPS Lloyd LAND Liam HILDITCH Charlie ROACH Joshua SWARBRICK Dominic WALTER Jack O’BRIEN Alfie ANDREWS Raphael WAUGH (c) Jasper MORRIS James HARE David HARE Ashley MARSH Abdoulaye NDAIYE George PAWLEY Tom PAWLEY Joshua BRAIN Otis WILLIAMS Abdou MBAYE
O D D D O W N A F C
Focus on.... ODD DOWN A.F.C.
Odd Down was founded in 1901 by Fred Weaver and brothers Walt and Stan Noad. Then a selfcontained village on the outskirts of Bath in Somerset, played in the Bath and District Football League. In 1920 Odd Down won the Bath City Knockout Cup, but in all its playing years the club has had little success in winning cups. Odd Down FC spent their formative years on pitches at Stirtingale Farm and at the Quarry Ground, before moving to Combe Hay Lane in the 1930s. The club was finally able to purchase the ground in 1952 and it was renamed in memory of long-serving former President Lew Hill. During the 1920s the club played in the Wiltshire Football League, but prior to World War II had graduated to playing in the Somerset Senior League. Re-grouping after the war, Odd Down started off again in the Somerset Senior League and in the 1946–47 season finished as runners-up to Somerton. They also won the Mid-Somerset Football League that season, a league formed to make up for the shortage of Somerset Senior League fixtures at that time. Following a bad report into the facilities at Odd Down the club were expelled from the Somerset Senior League, whereupon an application to join the Wiltshire Football League was accepted. A few years later the Wiltshire League voiced disapproval of Somerset-based teams competing in their league and Odd Down found themselves re-admitted to the Somerset Senior League. From 1967 to 1972 the club formed a steering committee which worked hard to provide a social club, eventually opening one on 5 April 1972. The hard work paid off as Odd Down gained admittance to the Western Football League for the start of the 1977–78 season. However, it was to be season 1991–92 before the club won its first major honour, lifting the Somerset Senior Cup, and further success was to come the following season as the club won promotion to the Western League Premier Division, finishing as the 1992–93 Division One Champions. In their centenary year of 2001 Odd Down reached the final of the Somerset Premier Cup for the first time, losing 1–0 to Southern League side Clevedon Town. The feat was repeated in 2004, this time going down 5–0 to Yeovil Town at the club’s Huish Park home. They remained in the Premier Division until relegation to Division One in 2008, but were then promoted back to the Premier Division. Then in season 2015/16 Odd Down became Premier Division Champions and remained in the Premier Division until 2020/21 season .
Focus on.... ODD DOWN A.F.C
A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
With the under-18’s... WESTERN COUNT IES FLOODLIGHT YOUT H LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS Date 2023 Thu 14 Sep Thu 21 Sep Thu 12 Oct Mon 16 Oct Wed 29 Nov 2024 Thu 25 Jan Thu 1 Feb Mon 12 Feb Wed 21 Feb Thu 29 Feb Thu 7 Mar Thu 21 Mar Thu 28 Mar Wed 17 Apr
Opponents
Ven. Res.
Scorers
AEK Boco Bristol Tel. Hengrove Ath. Oldland Abbots. Brislington
H H H A A
W 3-1 L 2-4 L 3-5 L 0-2 L 0-3
F. Maddern (2), Diaw F. Maddern, Comerford F. Maddern (2), Kemble -
Oldland Abbots. Bristol Tel. Longwell Green AEK Boco Almondsbury Longwell Green Hengrove Ath. Brislington Almondsbury
H A A A H H A H A
W 2-0 W 4-1 L 1-4
F. Maddern, Gwyther Kemble (2), F. Maddern, Diaw Gwyther
WCFY LEAGUE - NORT H DIVISION T ABLE POS.
TEAM
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
PTS
1st
Longwell Green Sp.
10
7
0
3
32
14
18
21
2nd
Brislington
5
5
0
0
13
2
11
15
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
8
3
0
5
15
20
-5
9
6th
Bristol Telephones
7
2
0
5
8
24
-16
6
7th
Oldland Abbots.
8
1
2
5
6
15
-9
5
8th
Almondsbury
4
0
1
3
6
13
-7
1
With the reserves.... SOMERSET COUNT Y LEAGUE DIVISION 3 FIXTURES & RESULTS Date 2023 Sat 19 Aug Sat 26 Aug Sat 2 Sep Sat 9 Sep Sat 16 Sep Sat 23 Sep Sat 7 Oct Sat 14 Oct Sat 28 Oct Sat 11 Nov Sat 18 Nov Sat 25 Nov Sat 16 Dec Sat 23 Dec 2024 Sat 13 Jan Sat 20 Jan Sat 27 Jan Sat 2 Mar Tue 12 Mar Sat 16 Mar Wed 20 Mar Sat 23 Mar Sat 30 Mar Mon 1 Apr Sat 6 Apr Sat 20 Apr Tue 23 Apr Sat 11 May
Opponents
Ven. Res.
Draycott H Highridge Utd A Worle (Cup) A Worle Rangers A Chew Magna A Tunley Athletic H Nailsea United H Burnham Utd H Sporting Weston A Peasedown Alb A Draycott A Yatton & Cleeve H Fry Club Res A Somerton Res H
D 2-2 L 1-2 L 0-1 W 6-5 L 4-6 W 3-0 L 1-3 L 2-3 L 0-9 L 1-7 W 3-1 L 2-3 L 1-3 W 4-3
Nailsea United A Sporting Weston H St George E-I-G A Somerton Res A Worle Rangers H Burnham Utd A Highridge Utd. H St George E-I-G H Fry Club Res H Tunley Athletic A Winscombe H Yatton & Cleeve A Peasedown Alb H Winscombe A
W 2-1 L 0-1 L 2-4
LEAGUE TABLE Pos. Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
P
Pts
Sporting Weston 16 St George 18 Nailsea United 16 Fry Club 16 Winscombe 13 Yatton & Cleeve 14 Peasedown Alb. 14 Highridge Utd. 15 Draycott 17 Worle Rangers 17 Bishop Sutton 15 Somerton Town 17 Burnham Utd 15 Tunley Athletic 15
48 40 35 30 27 25 24 24 19 17 16 12 0* 0
Fixtures & Results 2023/24 Date
Opponents
Ven. Res.
Scorers
Sat 29 Jul
Bradford Town
H
L 0-5
-
Tue 1 Aug
Middlezoy R
A
L 0-1
-
Sat 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 0-2
-
Sat 19 Aug
Warminster T
A
L 0-5
-
Tue 22 Aug
Hallen
H
L 0-2
-
Sat 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 0-2
-
Wed 13 Sep
Shirehampton
A
L 1-2
Hughes
Sat 16 Sep
Portishead T
H
L 0-4
-
Tue 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 0-10
-
Tue 10 Oct
Gillingham T
H
L 1-5
J. Capon
Sat 14 Oct
Portishead T
A
L 0-6
-
Tue 17 Oct
Longwell Green A
D 2-2
Carter, o.g.
Sat 21 Oct
Warminster T
H
L 0-5
-
Sat 28 Oct
Wells City
A
L 0-3
-
Sat 18 Nov
Cribbs
H
L 0-3
-
Sat 25 Nov
Bitton
A
L 0-8
-
Sat 2 Dec
Bradford Town
A
L 0-8
-
2023
Fixtures & Results 2023/24 Date
Opponents
Ven. Res.
Scorers
Sat 16 Dec
Hallen
A
L 1-4
Lane
Tue 26 Dec
Cheddar
A
L 0-7
-
Tue 9 Jan
Brislington (SPC) A
L 0-4
-
Wed 13 Jan
Middlezoy R
H
L 0-3
-
Tue 16 Jan
AEK Boco
A
L 0-1
-
Sat 27 Jan
Brislington
H
L 0-7
-
Sat 3 Feb
Bristol Tel.
H
L 0-5
-
Sat 10 Feb
Keynsham T
A
L 0-7
-
Sat 17 Feb
Odd Down
H
Tue 20 Feb
Hengrove Ath.
H
Sat 24 Feb
Longwell Green H
Sat 2 Mar
Bitton
H
Sat 9 Mar
Radstock T
A
Sat 16 Mar
Wincanton T
A
Sat 23 Mar
Gillingham T
A
Fri 29 Mar
Cheddar
H
Mon 1 Apr
Hengrove Ath.
A
Sat 6 Apr
Odd Down
A
Sat 13 Apr
Wells City
H
Sat 20 Apr
Cadbury Heath
H
2023
2024