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.
Toolstation Western League Premier Division Pos. Team P W D L F A Pts 1st Helston Athletic 28 22 3 3 95 23 69 2nd Falmouth Town 29 22 3 4 74 21 69 3rd Clevedon Town 31 20 5 6 67 26 65 4th Barnstaple Town 29 18 8 3 75 33 62 5th Bridgwater United 29 19 2 8 80 42 59 6th Buckland Athletic 30 15 7 8 79 46 52 7th Shepton Mallet 29 15 6 8 53 41 51 8th Brixham 31 13 9 9 65 34 48 9th Torpoint Athletic 28 12 4 12 48 50 40 10th Nailsea & Tickenham 30 12 3 15 58 55 39 11th Street 31 9 7 15 52 64 34 12th St Blazey 28 9 5 14 45 60 32 13th Ilfracombe Town 27 7 8 12 41 51 29 14th Saltash United 28 7 4 17 41 60 25 15th Wellington 29 5 8 16 34 73 23 16th Oldland Abbotonians 28 5 1 22 33 83 16 17th Welton Rovers 29 3 7 19 28 81 13* 18th Millbrook 26 2 0 24 12 137 6
Toolstation Western League Division One Pos. Team P W D L F A Pts 1st Portishead Town 36 26 6 4 103 26 84 2nd Radstock Town 38 25 6 7 92 43 81 3rd Bitton 37 23 8 6 84 43 77 4th Cribbs Reserves 37 24 5 8 93 54 77 5th Wincanton Town 38 24 4 10 93 68 76 6th Wells City 36 24 2 10 82 50 74 7th Brislington 35 22 4 9 114 44 70 8th Bradford Town 38 17 9 12 79 59 60 9th AEK Boco 37 18 6 13 65 48 60 10th Longwell Green Sp. 40 18 5 17 83 82 59 11th Middlezoy Rovers 38 18 2 18 74 73 56 12th Bristol Telephones 38 17 5 16 62 78 56 13th Hallen 36 15 7 14 59 60 52 14th Cadbury Heath 38 15 4 19 70 64 49 15th Odd Down 39 12 6 21 65 106 42 16th Shirehampton 37 11 7 19 68 73 40 17th Hengrove Athletic 37 10 6 21 53 81 36 18th Keynsham Town 37 10 4 23 75 106 34 19th Warminster Town 38 9 7 22 57 90 34 20th Gillingham Town 36 10 3 23 53 89 33 21st Cheddar 33 6 1 26 47 87 19 22nd Bishop Sutton 39 0 3 36 17 164 3
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... to all our sponsors....
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TODAY’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
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Wells City FC
Yellow Shirts, Yellow Shorts & Yellow Socks
Harley WILKINSON
Finley WILKINSON
Kai MURRELL
Jordan DE SILVA
Chris PILE
James BAYLISS
Charlie MOON
Charlie CROOK
Richard FOWLER
Harry WARWICK
Tom OVIGNE
Joseph MORGAN
Craig HERROD
Conrad PECK
Tom DIAMOND
W E L L S C I T Y
WELLS CITY FC
Wells City Football Club was founded on May 27th 1890 when a meeting was held in the Star Hotel in Wells. Success was immediate winning the first ever Somerset league title a feat repeated the following year.
In 1892/93 Wells entered the Bristol & District league, the forbearer of today’s Toolstation Western League of which Wells is a founder member. It was recorded that it was a Wells player who scored the first ever goal on the opening day of the season in a 2-0 victory Vs Mangotsfield.
In 1893/4 Wells re-joined the Somerset Senior league as well as moving to their present location at Rowdens Road. Wells were invited back into the Western League in1928/29 and competed in both the Somerset and Western leagues eventually leaving the county league in 1931.
After the war years Wells competed in Division One of the Western League eventually winning being crowned champions in 1949/50, pipping Poole Town on goal difference.
Success became more difficult in the following years and Wells City re-joined the Somerset Senior League in 1960-61 with the Reserves competing in the Mid-Somerset Football League. The club finished very much mid –table until 1965-66 when they were third behind Street and Welton Rovers Reserves. They were Runners-Up behind Paulton Rovers in 1971-82.
Between 1977 and 1998 Wells suffered from the yo-yo effect, promotion to the Premier division one year, relegation the next. It wasn’t until the 1999/2000 season that Wells once again cemented themselves in the County’s premier division.
Wells City became Somerset Senior Cup champions in 2006-07 season defeating Burnham on Sea at Weston super Mare’s Woodspring Stadium 2-1.
After an absence of nearly fifty years, Wells City returned to the Western League First Division in 2008-09 with a mid table finish.
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WELLS CITY FC
Wells City was crowned Toolstation Western League Division One Champions at the end of 2009-10 season. In 2011 Wells reached the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup with a home tie versus Woking FC with the visitors coming away comfortable winners. That was to be the highlight for Wells as after only a brief spell of 3 seasons in the Premier Division found them relegated back into Division 1 in 2012-13.
A period of rebuilding was needed and a few seasons in the lower mid table positions followed. A change in direction late 2014 has seen a gradual change in fortunes resulting in Wells having their most successful season to date; gaining promotion back to the Toolstation Western League Premier Division and becoming Champions of Somerset beating Taunton Town, Frome Town, Weston S Mare and a thrilling 2–1 victory over Larkhall Athletic in the final to lift the Somerset Premier Cup for the first time in the clubs history. This success was yet again short lived, after only a couple of seasons in the Premier Division Wells were again relegated to Division One.
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A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Thu 14 Sep AEK Boco H W 3-1 F. Maddern (2), Diaw Thu 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 Thu 7 Mar Longwell Green H L 1-3 Osborne Thu 21 Mar Hengrove Ath. A L 0-3Wed 17 Apr Almondsbury A Wed 24 Apr AEK Boco A Wed 1 May Almondsbury H TBA Brislington H
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 7 7 0 0 25 3 22 21 3rd Hengrove Athletic 7 6 0 1 22 10 12 18 4th AEK Boco 9 3 1 5 21 25 -4 10 5th Bristol Telephones 10 3 1 6 14 32 -18 10 6th Bishop Sutton 10 3 0 7 16 26 -10 9 7th Almondsbury 7 1 2 4 13 21 -8 5 8th Oldland Abbotonians 9 1 2 6 7 21 -14 5
With the under-18’s... WCFY
With the reserves....
SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE
DIVISION 3 FIXTURES & RESULTS
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 W 2-1 Mon 1 Apr Tunley Athletic A W 2-1 Sat 6 Apr Winscombe H D 3-3 Tue 9 Apr Fry Club Res H L 0-1 Tue 16 Apr Peasedown Alb. H Sat 20 Apr Yatton & Cleeve A Tue 23 Apr Worle Rangers H Sat 4 May St George E-I-G H Sat 11 May Winscombe A
Pos. Team P Pts 1st Sporting Weston 20 53 2nd St George 21 43 3rd Nailsea Utd Res. 21 43 4th Fry Club Res. 22 43 5th Yatton & Cleeve 19 37 6th Winscombe 19 36 7th Peasedown Alb. 18 33 8th Highridge 19 30 9th Bishop Sutton 21 29 10th Draycott 21 28 11th Worle Rangers 22 21 12th Somerton Town 23 15 13th Burnham Utd 22 6* 14th Tunley Athletic 20 0
LEAGUE TABLE
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 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 -
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 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 0-4Tue 19 Mar Longwell Green H L 2-6 Francis, Lane Sat 23 Mar Gillingham T A D 0-0Mon 1 Apr Hengrove Ath. A L 0-3Sat 6 Apr Odd Down A L 0-3 Thu 11 Apr Cheddar H L 0-5Sat 13 Apr Wells City H Sat 20 Apr Cadbury Heath H Sat 27 Apr Bitton H
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
