Bishop Sutton v Wincanton Town

“THE LAKE VIEW”

Good evening everyone,

Tonight, we offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Wincanton Town Football Club as well as our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!

The fixture list hasn’t been kind to us of late with matches against two of the top three teams in Nailsea & Tickenham and Brislington, both ending in defeats. We picked up a point against the recently improved Gillingham Town side & tonight will also represent a tough fixture. A reminder that the match has to be settled tonight and will go to penalties if the scores are level after 90 minutes.

Our Les Phillips Cup tie against Ilfracombe, postponed last week, has now been put back to January 7th when hopefully the weather will be a little kinder. Also, please note that Saturday’s game at Portishead kicks off at the earlier time of 2pm.

As always, thank you so much 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....

Non-League Footballers Mental Health Championed by Bath Mind and the Toolstation Western League

TheToolstationWesternLeagueareworkingwithBathMindtopilotamentalhealthpartnershipsupportingthefootballfamilyandplayersinparticular.

ThesixWesternLeaguesideslocatedinBathandNorthEastSomersethavebeenofferedspecially created posters, promoting mental health support services designed to help younger people,whichcanbelocatedintotheirhomeandawaychangingrooms.

Research conducted by the Toolstation Western League earlier this season highlighted that arounda quarterof playershadconsideredseeking help witha mentalhealthissue. Thesubject of mental health was first tackled by the Western League in March 2020, when they launchedtheirThinkofaFancampaign.

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 initialpilotwillbeextendedbytheWesternLeaguetocoverall40ClubsacrosstheSouthWest ofEngland,fromCornwalltoWiltshire.

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 illhealth. 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.”

WINCANTON TOWN

Wincanton Town Football Club was founded in 1890 and played most of its football in the Yeovil and District Football League at Dancing Lane on West Hill. In the early to mid 1990’s the West Hill ground was sold to fund Wincanton’s new Sports ground development on Moor Lane to the south west of the town. The club continues to play here still today.

During the club's recent history, they progressed significantly in the late 1980's by winning the Yeovil and District League Division 2 in 1988/89, winning Division 1 the following season before completing a notable hat-trick in 1990/91 as they became the Yeovil and District Premier Division Champions.

Wincanton remained within the Yeovil league set up for the next few years and in 2002/03 with Mike Hatcher as the first team manager the side finished as runners up in the Premier Division. This then allowed the club to apply for promotion into the Somerset County League to which they were accepted.

The club adapted well to the new ‘Senior’ level of football as they finished their first season as runners up in Division 3 thus securing back to back promotions. Town scored over 100 goals along the way. In 2006 and following two seasons of mid table finishes in Somerset Senior League Division 2, the club made the decision to move over the border to play in the Dorset County League. Wincanton were allocated a space in the Dorset Senior League for season 2006/07. The side managed by Wayne Jerome stormed to the league title winning a 20 game league season by a 10-point margin and as a result were promoted into the Dorset Premier League.

The club finished in a creditable 5th position in its first season in the DPL, and then followed this up with three mid table finishes of 8th, 9th and 7th. Paul Down was appointed as first team manager in the summer of 2010, and in his second season (2011/12) the club finished in 4th position losing just 3 league matches all season.

The following season (2012/13) saw the club do even better as Wincanton finished as runners up to Portland United. This allowed the club to apply for promotion to the Toolstation Western Football League. During the season Wincanton won 25 of their 34 league matches and scored over 100 goals in the process.

Wincanton worked their way through to the final of the Somerset Senior Cup and a 1 0 win against Brislington Reserves in a match played at Street Football Club saw Town add a trophy to the cabinet in the final game of a memorable season. Things got even better as early in the summer of 2013 Wincanton received confirmation that they had been accepted into the Toolstation Western League for the following season. A busy summer then lay ahead as big changes at the club had to be made both on and off the pitch. team finished its first season in the Western League in a very creditable 4th spot scoring 116 league goals.

WINCANTON TOWN

The committee worked hard to ensure floodlights, hard standing and fencing was installed on time to achieve the league’s ground grading rules. Gary Johnson then manager of Yeovil Town Football Club officially switched on the club’s new floodlights in October 2013.

His then Championship first team squad played a match to celebrate the switching on of the lights. Yeovil won 8-0 but a crowd of more than 450 watched the fixture. In the league the team finished its first season in the Western League in a very creditable 4th spot scoring 116 league goals.

Season 2014/15 saw the club enter the F.A. Vase for the first time but Wessex League Bemerton Heath Harlequins proved too strong and won the tie at Moor Lane 5-0. The team repeated their 4th position finish in the league and were one of only two sides to defeat runaway champions Barnstaple Town. A run to the quarter finals of the Les Phillips Cup was ended by the eventual Cup winners Willand Rovers. At the end of the season manager Paul Down announced he would be standing down after five successful seasons in charge.

Season 2015/16 saw Andy Mitchell and Chris Wise take charge of the club as joint managers. A tough first half to the season with a completely new look team saw the team struggling in the bottom three, however the New Year saw the side enjoy better fortunes and a strong second half to the campaign saw the Wasps climb to a respectable 16th position. This season also saw the club enter the F.A. Cup for the first time and Wincanton beat Wessex League Premier division side (1 step higher) Whitchurch United 3-1 in a replay at Moor Lane following a 1-1 draw in Hampshire. That victory earned the club an away tie at Southern league side Winchester City, a tie we would eventually lose 5-1 but a good experience for all concerned.

The 2016/2017 season was the 2nd under the Wise and Mitchell reign and with a settled squad the club looked destined for a solid top half finish until injuries to some key players disrupted things around Christmas time and meant the Wasps finished in 13th place overall.

Season 2017/2018 season saw a management shuffle with Chris Wise being the sole manager and having Andy Mitchell and Gary Chapman as his playing assistants. A 10th placed finish was secured as well as a first win in the F.A. Vase, 2-1 at Bridport from the league above.

For the 2018/19 season Mitch stood down from his role as assistant manager so he could concentrate solely on playing. To fill the role the club welcomed back former player Matt Peters to work alongside Chris and Chappo. Too many drawn games hampered the team – 14 from their 38 matches which meant the team had to settle for a 14th placed finish.

The season 2019/20 saw an improvement with the club in 8th position when the season was cancelled owing to the global pandemic. With most of the squad retained for the new season alongside a few additions, hopes are high of a finish closer to the top of the table.

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

Sat 26 Nov Tunley Athletic H

Sat 3 Dec Winscombe Res H

Sat 24 Dec Congresbury H

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

Sat18Mar Yatton&CleeveUtdRes A

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 11 10 1 0 61 2 59 31

2nd RadstockTownRes 7 6 0 1 26 11 15 18

3rd Bishop Sutton Res 11 5 1 5 24 27 -3 16

4th FryClubRes 11 4 3 4 27 18 9 15

5th Somerton Town Res 8 4 2 2 17 18 -1 14

6th ClevedonUnitedRes 8 3 4 1 17 9 8 13

7th WorleRangers 7 4 1 2 16 13 3 13

8th StGeorgeE I G 10 4 1 5 24 25 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 9 2 1 6 13 32 -19 7

13th BurnhamUnited 8 0 2 6 10 33 23 2

14th TunleyAthletic 7 0 2 5 8 29 -21 -1* *-adjustmentmade

Date

Wed

Thu

Thu

Mon

Thu

Thu 15 Dec Hallen H

Thu 5 Jan Hengrove Athletic H

Thu12Jan Hallen A

Wed18Jan ChippingSodburyTown A

Tue24Jan AEKBoco A

TBA PortisheadTown

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

Player Games Goals

Ethan BALLANTINE 10 3

Reeko BEST 4 0

Harry BILLITERRI 4 0

Jacob BIRD 7 2

Jack BURGESS 1 0

Chris BLAMMON 3 0

Oaklan BUCK 7 4

Jordan CHANDLER 5 1

Josh CLARK 5 2

Josh COMERFORD 13 0

Aysa CORRICK 3 0

Mason DAGGAR 19 1

Billy DOWNES 5 0

Sam DOWNES 1 0

Tom FRANCIS 8 0

Jacob GARDNER 16 0

Mike GRIST 10 2

Luke HALL-COUSINS 21 0

Bradley HARDIDGE 8 0

Josh HARDING 1 0

Sam HAYES 1 0

Joe HEAD 2 0

Player Games Goals

Alex HILL 1 0

Sam HILL 12 0

Keith KEARNEY 5 0

Harry NEIL 8 0

Dominic OAKES 18 0

Luke PALMER 12 1

Alessandro PELLICCIA 1 0 Chris PILE 2 0

Lee PITMAN 1 0

Jacob READER 3 0

Aron ROBBINS 2 2 George ROOKE 3 0

Jack ROWLAND 1 0

Paddy ROYAL 16 1

Scott SAUNDERS 10 1

Dan SPILL 4 0

Billy VAUGHAN 6 0

Cody VILE 18 1

Raphael WAUGH 8 0

Jordan WHITTAKER 9 1

Craig WILSON 19 15

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 (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’namA 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 NovWincanton (SPC) H

Sat 3 Dec Portishead Town A (Please note 2pm kickoff)

Sat 10 Dec Bristol Tel. H

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

2022

Sat17Dec WarminsterTown A

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

2023

Mon2Jan RadstockTown A

Sat 7 Jan Ilfracombe (LPC) H

Sat14Jan OddDown(Bath) A

Wed18Jan Shirehampton A

Sat 21 Jan AEK Boco 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 Key LPC LesPhillipsCup SPC SomersetPremierCup