“THE LAKE VIEW”
Toolstation Western League Division One Wells City Tuesday 14th March 2023 7.30pm 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 evening everyone,
Tonight, we offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Wells City Football Club & our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!
Our visitors are enjoying a spectacularly good season and sit in third place just six points off top spot currently held by Brislington but with two games in hand. Not far from here tonight, Brislington are at Nailsea & Tickenham as top meets second so all three clubs will have an ear out for the latest scores this evening.
For ourselves, the lads have reacted well to the disappointing defeat to Shirehampton and have recorded four straight wins lifting us to the edge of the top six but tonight will obviously prove a stern test.
Thanks for your support and 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.
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
TONIGHT’S MATCHES
Premier Division
Shepton Mallet v Torpoint Athletic
Les Phillips Cup
Ilfracombe Town v Clevedon Town
Cornwall Senior Cup
Helston Athletic v Saltash United
First Division
Bishop Sutton v Wells City
Nailsea & Tickenham United v Brislington
Wincanton Town v Shirehampton
Wiltshire Senior Cup
Warminster Town v Wroughton
TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE TOP SCORERS
Premier Division
Curtis Damerell (Torpoint Athletic) - 26
Hayden Turner (Mousehole) - 23
Harry Foster (Street) - 20
Jacob Brown (Bridgwater United) - 18
Ryan Bush (Buckland Athletic) - 18
Ethan Feltham (Clevedon Town) - 18
Adam Carter (Saltash United) - 18
Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 17
Rubin Wilson (Helston Athletic) - 17
Harry Stevens (Ilfracombe Town) - 17
Division One
Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 34
Luke Bryan (Odd Down) - 28
Adam Wright (Wells City) - 28
Sacha Tong (FC Bristol) - 24
Luke Osgood (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 23
Matt Garner (Wincanton) - 22
Craig Wilson (Bishop Sutton) - 22
Asa White (Brislington) - 21
Jack Thorne (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 21
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.”
TONIGHT’S Bishop Sutton
Blue&WhiteShirts,BlueShorts&BlueSocks
Ethan BALLANTINE
Reeko BEST
Josh CLARK
Josh COMERFORD
Mason DAGGAR
Sam DOWNES
Joe DURRANT
Ashley EYLES
Tom FRANCIS
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
Coach Dan SPILL
Referee
Thomas SHALLCROSS
LINEUPS
Wells City
YellowShirts,YellowShorts,YellowSocks
Tom CREED
Jacob MEAD
Tom ELLIS
Tom HILL
Josh CHAMPION
Charlie CROOK
Charlie MOON
Harry HORTON
Jake CURTIS
Ali SEN
Harry WARWICK
Craig HERROD
Adam WRIGHT
James BAYLISS
Michael DUFFY
Harvey HADRILL
Manager Shaun POTTER
Assistants
Brad ALLEN
Ross PADFIELD
Physio
Akash LAL
Assistants
Colin SKYRME
Anthony SMEE
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 Div. 1of 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.
Focus on....
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, as after only two seasons in the Premier Division, Wells were again relegated to Division One.
Focus on....
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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 W2-1F.Maddern,A.Maddern Sat 11 Mar Tunley Athletic H D 0-0Sat18Mar 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 20 17 2 1 92 7 85 53 2nd Radstock Town Res 17 15 0 2 60 20 40 45 3rd Clevedon United Res 17 9 5 3 45 20 25 32 4th Worle Rangers 17 10 1 6 39 33 6 31 5th Fry Club Res 18 8 5 5 37 22 15 29 6th Bishop Sutton 19 8 4 7 44 48 -4 28 7th St George E-I-G 16 7 2 7 41 42 -1 23 8th Yatton & Cleeve Res 18 6 3 9 37 66 -29 21 9th Draycott 18 6 1 11 38 42 -4 19 10th Somerton Town Res 17 5 3 9 27 44 -17 18 11th Nailsea United Res 16 5 2 9 22 28 -6 17 12th Winscombe Res 17 2 4 11 19 52 -33 10 13th Burnham Res 15 2 2 11 21 55 -34 8 14th Tunley Athletic 15 1 4 10 16 59 -43 4*
*-adjustmentmade
With the under-18’s...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS
WCFY LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION TABLE
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 W10-0 Hooper(2),F.Maddern(2) Lewis,Pring,Simmons, Hartrey,Vickers,Kemble Thu 16 Mar Chipping Sodbury H Thu23Mar Hallen A Thu 30 Mar Hallen H Thu13Apr PortisheadTown A Thu 20 Apr Hengrove Athletic H
Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st AEKBoco 10 7 2 1 21 3 18 23 2nd Hallen 7 6 0 1 21 6 15 18 3rd PortisheadTown 7 4 2 1 18 6 12 14 4th LongwellGreenSports 12 4 2 6 22 25 -3 14 5th Bishop Sutton 7 3 1 3 21 10 11 10 6th HengroveAthletic 10 3 1 6 15 22 -7 10 7th ChippingSodbury 9 0 0 9 3 49 -46 0
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 18 5 Reeko BEST 12 1 Harry BILLITERRI 4 0 Jacob BIRD 7 2 Jack BURGESS 1 0 Chris BLAMMON 3 0 Seth BRILLIANT 1 0 Oaklan BUCK 7 4 Jordan CHANDLER 6 1 Josh CLARK 16 6 Josh COMERFORD 26 0 Aysa CORRICK 4 1 Mason DAGGAR 31 1 Billy DOWNES 5 0 Sam DOWNES 1 0 Joe DURRANT 5 0 Ashley EYLES 11 0 Tom FRANCIS 15 0 Jacob GARDNER 18 0 Mike GRIST 12 2 Luke HALL-COUSINS 33 0 Bradley HARDIDGE 8 0 Josh HARDING 3 0 Sam HAYES 1 0 Joe HEAD 4 0 Player Games Goals Alex HILL 1 0 Sam HILL 23 0 Will HUMPHRIES 7 0 Keith KEARNEY 7 0 Alfie MADDERN 1 0 Harry NEIL 17 0 Dominic OAKES 21 0 Luke PALMER 13 1 Alessandro PELLICCIA 13 3 Chris PILE 2 0 Lee PITMAN 1 0 Oakley RAWLINGS 3 0 Jacob READER 14 2 Aron ROBBINS 2 2 George ROOKE 3 0 Jack ROWLAND 1 0 Paddy ROYAL 23 1 Scott SAUNDERS 11 1 Dan SPILL 9 0 Billy VAUGHAN 6 0 Cody VILE 24 1 Raphael WAUGH 8 0 Jordan WHITTAKER 9 1 Craig WILSON 33 22 Harry WINSLEY 7 0 Player Appearances & Goals Season 2022/23 (max 36 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
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 Sat 18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H W 1-060 Wilson Wed22Feb Shirehampton A L0-4 49Sat25Feb HengroveAthletic A W2-042 Ballantine,Pelliccia Tue28Feb OddDown A W1-030 Clark Sat 4 Mar Portishead Town H W 4-045 Pelliccia (2), Clark, Best Sat11Mar Cheddar A W2-1- Clark(2) Tue 14 Mar Wells City H Tue 21 Mar AEK Boco H 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 Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup
