“THE LAKE VIEW”
Toolstation Western League Division One Odd Down (Bath) Saturday 18th February 2023 3.00pm 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 - 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 afternoon everyone,
Today, we offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Odd Down Football Club & our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!
Well after almost a month without a game, today represents our sixth game in nineteen days as local football returns to normality and catches up with its fixtures. A win against Bishop’s Lydeard and draws against Hallen & Warminster have kept the points tally ticking along but we also exited the Les Phillips Cup down at Ilfracombe after being two goals up and Frome Town triumphed here in the Somerset Premier Cup last time out here.
Several of the postponed January fixtures have been rearranged and are now updated in our fixture list on page 27 of the programme. Finally, 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.
Saturday 18th February 2023
Premier Division
Barnstaple Town v Street
Bridgwater United v Torpoint Athletic
Buckland Athletic v Clevedon Town
Falmouth Town v Millbrook
Helston Athletic v Ilfracombe Town
Mousehole v Ashton & Backwell United
Shepton Mallet Town v Saltash United
Wellington v Cadbury Heath
First Division
Bishop Sutton v Odd Down (Bath)
Bristol Telephones v Bishop’s Lydeard
Brislington v Almondsbury
Gillingham Town v Hallen
Nailsea & Tickenham v Longwell Green
Oldland Abbotonians v Radstock Town
Portishead Town v AEK Boco
Shirehampton v Warminster Town
Tytherington Rocks v Wincanton Town
TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE TOP SCORERS
Premier Division
Curtis Damerell (Torpoint Athletic) - 24
Harry Foster (Street) - 19
Hayden Turner (Mousehole) - 19
Jacob Brown (Bridgwater United) - 18
Adam Carter (Saltash United) - 17
Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 16
Rubin Wilson (Helston Athletic) - 16
Harry Stevens (Ilfracombe Town) - 16
Division One
Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 25
Luke Bryan (Odd Down) - 25
Sacha Tong (FC Bristol) - 24
Adam Wright (Wells City) - 22
Jack Thorne (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 21
Craig Wilson (Bishop Sutton) - 21
Luke Osgood (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 19
Asa White (Brislington) - 19
Joe Berry (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 18
Corey Gardner (Warminster Town) - 17
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.”
TODAY’S Bishop Sutton
Blue&WhiteShirts,BlueShorts&BlueSocks
Ethan BALLANTINE
Reeko BEST
Josh CLARK
Josh COMERFORD
Mason DAGGAR
Sam DOWNES
Joe DURRANT
Ashley EYLES
Luke HALL-COUSINS
Sam HILL
Will HUMPHRIES
Keith KEARNEY
Harry NEIL
Alessandro PELLICCIA
Jacob READER
Dan SPILL
Cody VILE
Craig WILSON
Harry WINSLEY
Manager Jon TOY
Head Coach Dean HORSEMAN
oach Dan SPILL
Referee
Greg WENTLAND
LINEUPS
Odd Down (Bath)
White&BlackShirts,BlackShorts,BlackSocks
Trey ANDERSON
Luke BRYAN
Ashley BRYAN
Omari SIMS
Curtis DUNN
Shomari SENGOR
Luke LECRASS
Jake NEIL
Caelen SIMPSON
Jake THOMAS
Saracen YATES
Louis SHORT
Matty MORRIS
Raphael WAUGH
Akram ABDULLAHI
Dominic WALTER
Manager
Jason MAGGS
Assistant Clive SCOTT
Physio
Jacob MAGGS
Assistants
David TREVASKUS
Ronaldo BUTRUS
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....
Focus on.... ODD DOWN A.F.C
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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 L0-5Sat 11 Feb Worle Rangers H L 0-4 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 Sat 29 Apr Burnham United Res H
With the reserves....
UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE
Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Congresbury 16 13 2 1 72 6 66 41 2nd Radstock Town Res 12 11 0 1 47 14 33 33 3rd Clevedon United Res 14 8 5 1 42 15 27 29 4th Fry Club Res 15 7 3 5 32 20 12 24 5th Bishop Sutton 17 7 3 7 42 47 -5 24 6th St George E-I-G 14 6 2 6 35 37 -2 20 7th Worle Rangers 12 6 1 5 25 26 -1 19 8th Somerton Town Res 13 5 2 6 24 30 -6 17 9th Yatton & Cleeve Res 14 5 2 7 29 51 -22 17 10th Draycott 13 4 1 8 28 30 -2 13 11th Nailsea United Res 12 3 2 7 13 23 -10 11 12th Burnham United 12 2 2 8 19 42 -23 8 13th Winscombe Res 13 2 2 9 17 48 -31 8 14th Tunley Athletic 11 0 3 8 13 47 -34 -0*
*-adjustmentmade
With the under-18’s...
WESTERN
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 L0-1Thu 9 Feb Portishead Town H W 2-0 Maddern (2) Wed15Feb ChippingSodburyTown A W10-0Thu 9 Mar Hengrove Athletic H Thu 16 Mar Chipping Sodbury H Thu23Mar Hallen A Thu 30 Mar Hallen H WESTERN
FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION TABLE Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st AEKBoco 7 5 2 0 14 2 12 17 2nd Hallen 6 5 0 1 20 6 14 15 3rd PortisheadTown 7 4 2 1 18 6 12 14 4th LongwellGreenSports 10 3 2 5 19 23 -4 11 5th Bishop Sutton 7 3 1 2 21 10 11 10 6th HengroveAthletic 9 3 1 5 15 19 -4 10 7th ChippingSodbury 8 0 0 8 3 44 -41 0
COUNTIES
COUNTIES
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 Games Goals Ethan BALLANTINE 14 4 Reeko BEST 7 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 10 2 Josh COMERFORD 20 0 Aysa CORRICK 4 1 Mason DAGGAR 25 1 Billy DOWNES 5 0 Sam DOWNES 1 0 Joe DURRANT 2 0 Ashley EYLES 5 0 Tom FRANCIS 11 0 Jacob GARDNER 18 0 Mike GRIST 12 2 Luke HALL-COUSINS 29 0 Bradley HARDIDGE 8 0 Josh HARDING 3 0 Sam HAYES 1 0 Joe HEAD 4 0 Alex HILL 1 0 Player Games Goals Sam HILL 17 0 Will HUMPHRIES 1 0 Keith KEARNEY 5 0 Alfie MADDERN 1 0 Harry NEIL 14 0 Dominic OAKES 21 0 Luke PALMER 13 1 Alessandro PELLICCIA 7 0 Chris PILE 2 0 Lee PITMAN 1 0 Oakley RAWLINGS 2 0 Jacob READER 10 2 Aron ROBBINS 2 2 George ROOKE 3 0 Jack ROWLAND 1 0 Paddy ROYAL 23 1 Scott SAUNDERS 11 1 Dan SPILL 8 0 Billy VAUGHAN 6 0 Cody VILE 21 1 Raphael WAUGH 8 0 Jordan WHITTAKER 9 1 Craig WILSON 27 21 Harry WINSLEY 4 0 Player Appearances & Goals Season 2022/23 (max 30 games)
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
Tue
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
Tue18Apr WincantonTown A
Sat22Apr Almondsbury A
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers 2023 Mon2Jan RadstockTown A L0-3 121Tue 31 Jan Frome T. (SPC) H L 0-2Sat4Feb Bishop’sLydeard A W2-0 Wilson,Reader Tue7Feb IlfracombeT(LPC) A L2-3 73 Wilson,Ballantine Sat11Feb Hallen A D1-1 61 Wilson Wed15Feb WarminsterT A D1-1 101 Reader
18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H
22Feb Shirehampton A
Feb Hengrove
A
Sat
Wed
Sat25
Athletic
A
Tue28Feb OddDown
H
Sat 4 Mar Portishead Town
Cheddar A
Sat11Mar
H
Tue 14 Mar Wells City
21 Mar AEK Boco H
Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup
SPC-SomersetPremierCup
