Bishop Sutton v Wells City

Good afternoon everyone,

Today, 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!

The weather has really hit the fixture schedule hard this month with dozens of fixtures called off due to waterlogged or frozen pitches. Both our games (Bristol Telephones at home, Warminster away) have been rearranged already - please see the fixtures at the back of this programme for the new dates. Also, the Somerset Premier Cup tie against Wincanton Town will be played here in the week commencing 13th February 2023.

Finally, as this is our last match of 2022, we would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and as always, thank you so much for your support. Can we also say a huge thank you to everyone that helps the club on a voluntary basis; your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed! 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....

Wells City

WELLS CITY F.C.

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.

WELLS CITY F.C.

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.

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

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), Maddern (2)

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

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

Pos. Team

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE TABLE

P W D L F A GD Pts

1st Congresbury 12 11 1 0 62 2 60 34

2nd RadstockTownRes 9 8 0 1 30 12 18 24

3rd ClevedonUnited 10 5 4 1 22 10 12 19

4th Bishop Sutton Res 12 6 1 5 31 29 2 19

5th StGeorgeE-I-G 11 5 1 5 27 27 0 16

6th FryClubRes 12 4 3 5 28 20 8 15

7th SomertonTownRes 9 4 2 3 18 20 -2 14

8th WorleRangers 9 4 1 4 16 17 -1 13

9th Draycott 9 4 0 5 22 21 1 12

10th NailseaUnitedRes 10 3 2 5 11 18 -7 11

11th Yatton&CleeveUnited 10 3 2 5 20 40 -20 11

12th WinscombeRes 11 2 1 8 16 44 -30 7

13th BurnhamUnited 10 1 2 7 17 37 -20 5

14th TunleyAthletic 8 0 2 6 8 31 -23 -1* *-adjustmentmade

Date

Wed 21 Sep Longwell Green Sports H W 5-1 Maddern (3), Lewis, Diaw

Thu6Oct HengroveAthletic A L0-1 -

Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco H L 1-4 Vickers

Mon31Oct LongwellGreenSports A D3-3 Simmons(2),Maddern

Thu8Dec Bishop’sLydeard(Cup) A L0-1 -

Thu 5 Jan Hengrove Athletic H

Thu 12 Jan Hallen H

Thu 19 Jan Chipping Sodbury Town H

Tue24Jan AEKBoco A

Thu 9 Feb Portishead Town H

Wed15Feb ChippingSodburyTown A

Thu23Feb Hallen A

TBA PortisheadTown A

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

Away 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

Player Appearances & Goals Season 2022/23 (max 24 games)

Player Games Goals

Ethan BALLANTINE 10 3

Reeko BEST 5 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 6 2

Josh COMERFORD 15 0

Aysa CORRICK 4 1

Mason DAGGAR 20 1

Billy DOWNES 5 0

Sam DOWNES 1 0

Tom FRANCIS 10 0

Jacob GARDNER 16 0

Mike GRIST 12 2

Luke HALL-COUSINS 23 0

Bradley HARDIDGE 8 0

Josh HARDING 2 0

Sam HAYES 1 0

Joe HEAD 2 0

Player Games Goals

Alex HILL 1 0

Sam HILL 14 0

Keith KEARNEY 5 0

Alfie MADDERN 1 0

Harry NEIL 8 0

Dominic OAKES 20 0

Luke PALMER 12 1

Alessandro PELLICCIA 2 0

Chris PILE 2 0

Lee PITMAN 1 0 Jacob READER 5 0

Aron ROBBINS 2 2 George ROOKE 3 0

Jack ROWLAND 1 0

Paddy ROYAL 18 1 Scott SAUNDERS 11 1

Dan SPILL 4 0

Billy VAUGHAN 6 0

Cody VILE 19 1

Raphael WAUGH 8 0

Jordan WHITTAKER 9 1 Craig WILSON 21 18

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 - (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 48 -

Sat 19 Nov Brislington H L 0-3 86 -

Wed 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)

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

2022

Mon 26 Dec Wells City H (Please note 2pm kickoff)

2023

Mon2Jan RadstockTown A

Sat 7 Jan Ilfracombe (LPC) H

Wed11Jan WarminsterT A

Sat14Jan OddDown(Bath) A

Wed18Jan Shirehampton A

Sat 21 Jan AEK Boco H

Tue 24 Jan Bristol Tel. H

Sat28Jan WincantonTown A

Sat4Feb Bishop’sLydeard A

Sat11Feb Hallen A

Sat 18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H

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

TBC Frome T. (SPC) H

Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup