Toolstation Western League’s “Best Programme - Division One” 2022/23
the AVB Stadium!
“THE GROVE” Welcome to
Toolstation Western League Div. One Hengrove Athletic v Bitton Saturday 7th October 2023 3.00pm Official matchday programme of Hengrove Athletic F.C
Hengrove Athletic Football Club
Founded 1948 - celebrating our 75th anniversary this season
Main club sponsor for season 2023-24 - AVB CommercialVehicle Repairs
Club Officials Club Honours
Chairman Mike Greatbanks Alf Bosley Cup winners
Treasurer Mike Greatbanks 1958/59, 1963/64
Secretary/Media Martin McConachie
Somerset Junior Cup winners
Groundsman Jamie Hirons 1964/65
First Team Manager Jamie Hillman
Somerset League Cup winners
Asst. Manager Jon Berry 1979/80
Coach Ian Jones Somerset Senior Cup winners
Coach Mike Stone 1979/80
Physiotherapist Matt Taylor Promoted to Som. County Prem.
Kit Manager Pete Stenner 1995/96
Somerset Senior Cup runners-up
Reserve Manager Sean Day 2003/04, 2004/05
Asst. Manager Nilton Crane Som. County Premier winners
U18’s Manager Alex Sully 2005/06
Western League Div 1 runners-up
Club Committee Jon Berry 2012/13, 2016/17
Alan Burton Nilton Crane
Les Phillips Cup winners
Sean Day Mike Greatbanks 2015/16
Jamie Hillman Ian Jones Bristol u18 Comb Div 1 winners
Giorgio Mancini
Martin McConachie 2021/22
Pete Stenner Mike Stone
Bristol u18 Comb. Plate winners
Alex Sully 2021/22
The AVB Stadium, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 0BT
Good afternoon everyone,
Today, we offer a warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of our opposition Bitton as well as our match officials too. We hope that they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too.
Today’s visitors are in their customary top six position again this season and with games in hand on everyone above them, will once again be one of the fancies for promotion. Today will certainly be a tough nut to crack. We performed well on the opening day of the season grabbing a well deserved point, let’s hope we can go two better today.
Since my last notes, we have sadly exited two Cup competitions and also lost two players. Roman Glass were always going to be a challenge so it was little surprise when they came here and won 4-0 and our under-18’s went out of the FA Youth Cup to Mangotsfield by the same scoreline. They won two games in the competition this season which is a great achievement. It’s not all bad though as we won through in the Les Phillips Cup where we will face Shepton Mallet later this month.
We have also said goodbye to Jack Jones and Jude McCarthy who have both left too. Jack makes a quick return today of course while it will be a little longer till we see Jude again.
Best wishes and enjoy the game.
Martin McConachie
(Secretary)
NEXT THREE GAMES AT THE AVB!!
Tuesday 17th Oct v Hallen (TWL)
Tuesday 24th Oct v Shepton Mallet (LPC)
Tuesday 31st Oct v Cheddar (TWL)
Tel: 07772 873679 or 07787 408285 www.365glassandglazingltd.co.uk This season’s “Man of the Match” sponsor.....
Saturday 7th October 2023
Toolstation Western League Premier Division
Barnstaple Town v Wellington
Bridgwater United v Torpoint Athletic
Brixham v Millbrook
Falmouth Town v Street
Ilfracombe Town v Welton Rovers
Nailsea & Tickenham v Buckland Athletic
Oldland Abbotonians v Helston Athletic
Shepton Mallet v Saltash United
St Blazey v Clevedon Town
Toolstation Western League First Division
Bristol Telephones v Cribbs Reserves
Cadbury Heath v Bishop Sutton
Cheddar v Longwell Green Sports
Gillingham Town v Brislington
Hengrove Athletic v Bitton
Middlezoy Rovers v Hallen
Odd Down (Bath) v Shirehampton
Radstock Town v AEK Boco
Wells City v Bradford Town
Wincanton Town v Portishead Town
Top Scorers Season 2023/24
Toolstation Western League Premier Division
Jack Thorne (Bridgwater Town) - 13
Jared Lewington (Buckland Athletic) - 11
Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 11
Ryan Richards (Torpoint Athletic) - 10
Curtis Damerell (Helston Athletic) - 9
Lucas Vowles (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 8
Phil Ormrod (Street) - 7
Adam Wright (Bridgwater United) - 7
Jack Taylor (Bridgwater United) - 7
Toolstation Western League Division One
Ethan Feltham (Portishead Town) - 25
Matt Garner (Wincanton Town) - 14
Milo Murgatroyd (Odd Down) - 13
Jack Guthrie (Cribbs) - 10
Louis Snailham (Shirehampton) - 10
Jack Witcombe (Bradford Town) - 10
Craig Wilson (Bristol Telephones) - 10
Oaklan Buck (Brislington) - 10
Callum Whooley (Cadbury Heath) - 9
Ben Wickens (Bradford Town) - 9
Harry Warwick (Wells City) - 9
Jordan Ricketts (Brislington) - 9
HENGROVE ATHLETIC STATS 2023/24
16 games, up to & inc 7th Oct 2023)
Player Starts Sub On Total Goals MOM Jackson BROWN 0 2 2 0 Ben BRITTON 14 0 14 0 Regan BURTON 3 3 6 0 Carl BUSH 1 0 1 0 Danny CONSTABLE 2 0 2 0 Jack COUSINS 7 5 12 1 Taylor DOYLE 10 0 10 0 1 Louie FARROW 4 7 11 0 Jacob GRINNELL 2 10 12 1 Ethan HARDY 9 3 12 1 Rohan HARTREY 10 4 14 2 Harvey IMPEY 10 4 14 1 Aidan JONES 2 4 6 1 Jack JONES 12 0 12 6 Connor KINGDON 8 0 8 1 Giorgio MANCINI 8 1 9 0 1 Jude McCARTHY 10 1 11 0 Sonny PARKER 8 5 13 7 1 Mickey PARSONS 14 2 16 4 1 Dylan POWELL 4 11 15 0 Cody PULLIN 1 0 1 0 Pete SHEPPARD 7 2 9 6 1 Regan SOLLARS 15 0 15 1 Oscar SULLIVAN 9 5 14 1 1 Drew THOMAS 5 2 7 0 Jacob WYLDE 0 2 2 0
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PLAYER SPONSORS 2023/24 SEASON
Jack Cousins
Lewis Bond-Kendall
Regan Sollars
Rohan Hartrey
Dylan Powell
Louie Davies
PLAYER SPONSORS 2023/24 SEASON
Aidan Jones
Ben Britton
Jacob Wylde
Jacob Grinnell
Oscar Sullivan
If you would like to sponsor a first team player, please email secretary@hengroveathletic.com with your logo and which player you’d like to sponsor.
The cost is £50 for the season and your name will appear alongside the player’s name in the online matchday programme.
THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD SPONSORS
If you would like to join our board sponsors, please call Martin McConachie on 07432 614494 or email secretary@hengroveathletic.com for further details.
The cost is £250 for the first year (including a one-off manufacture cost of £100) then £100 per year thereafter. This includes adverts on our website and in the programme.
Top To Toe Physiotherapy
Abacus Waste Management
D C Windows
Covertek Ben’s Reclamation & Demolition
E R & B Print
Belvedere Building & Plumbing AVB Commercial Vehicle Repairs
Avon Hydraulics (UK) Ltd AVPI Apollo Cleaning Solutions
Under-18’s - the new season begins...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Thu 17 Aug Cheddar (FAYC) A W 11-3 Parker (4), Berry (2), Earrey Farrow, Chilcott, Knight, og Tue 5 Sep Bishop’s Cleeve (FAYC) A W 1-0 Chilcott Thu 14 Sep Longwell Green H W 1-0 Parker Thu 21 Sep Mangotsfield (FAYC) H L 0-4Wed 4 Oct Frome Town (RSMC) A W 4-0 Sweet (2), Reid, Reed Thu 12 Oct Bishop Sutton A Wed 18 Oct Almondsbury A Thu 26 Oct AEK Boco H Wed 1 Nov Brislington A Mon 6 Nov Longwell Green A Mon 20 Nov AEK Boco A Tue 28 Nov Bristol Telephones A Thu 7 Dec Brislington H Thu 14 Dec Bishop Sutton H Mon 1 Jan Oldland Abbotonians A Thu 18 Jan Almondsbury H Thu 1 Feb Bristol Telephones H Thu 8 Feb Oldland Abbotonians H
NORTH DIVISION
Under-18’s - the new season begins...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE
Position Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Bristol Tel. 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6 2nd Brislington 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 3rd Longwell Green 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 4th Hengrove Ath. 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 5th Bishop Sutton 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3 6th AEK Boco 2 0 1 1 4 6 -2 1 7th Oldland Abbots. 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1 8th Almondsbury 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 Player Apps. Goals Player Apps. Goals Mason Bartlett 2 0 George Martin 4 0 Trey Bartlett 5 0 Sonny Parker 4 5 Woodie Berry 3 2 Freddie Reed 5 1 Ashton Burton 2 0 Blake Reid 3 1 Isaac Chilcott 5 2 Reece Richards 1 0 Louie Davies 5 0 Vinny Sweet 2 2 Taylor Doyle 3 0 Harry Earrey 2 1 Louie Farrow 5 1 Riley Griffiths 5 0 Rohan Hartrey 4 0 Riley Houghton 3 0 Louie Knight 2 1 Bertie Lucas 2 0
NORTH DIVISION
Reserves - the new season begins...
BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE SENIOR DIVISION
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Sat 2 Sep Winscombe (Cup) A D 2-2 Green, Thornton (L 2-4 pens) Sat 9 Sep St Vallier A L 2-3 Milkins, Green Sat 16 Sep Filton Athletic Res A W 3-1 Veale (2), Wylde Sat 23 Sep Hartcliffe A D 0-0Sat 30 Sep Stockwood Wands A W 2-0 Day, Morgan Sat 7 Oct Hartcliffe P-P Sat 21 Oct Parson Street OB H Sat 28 Oct Jamaica Bell H Sat 18 Nov Almondsbury Res A Sat 25 Nov Easton Cowboys A Sat 9 Dec Mendip Broadwalk Res H Sat 16 Dec St Vallier H 2024 Sat 6 Jan AFC Mangotsfield A Sat 27 Jan Stockwood Wands H Sat 3 Feb Jamaica Bell A Sat 10 Feb Parson Street OB A Sat 17 Feb Fishponds OB A Sat 24 Feb Easton Cowboys H Sat 2 Mar Almondsbury Res H Sat 9 Mar Mendip Broadwalk Res A Sat 30 Mar Filton Athletic Res H
Reserves - the new season begins...
Position Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Jamaica Bell 3 3 0 0 11 1 10 9 2nd St Vallier 3 3 0 0 11 3 8 9 3rd Mendip Broadwalk 4 2 2 0 13 4 9 8 4th Hengrove Athletic Res 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 7 5th Fishponds OB 4 1 1 2 6 12 -6 4 6th Filton Athletic Res 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 3 7th Parson Street OB 4 1 0 3 10 13 -3 3 8th AFC Mangotsfield 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 3 9th Stockwood Wands 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 3 9th Fishponds Old Boys 3 1 0 2 5 11 -6 3 10th Hartcliffe 2 0 1 1 0 4 -4 1 11th Easton Cowboys Res 2 0 1 1 4 9 -5 1 12th Almondsbury Res 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE SENIOR DIVISION
Hengrove Athletic FC
Green shirts, Green shorts & White socks
Ben BRITTON
Jackson BROWN
Regan BURTON
Jack COUSINS
Taylor DOYLE
Louie FARROW
Jacob GRINNELL
Ethan HARDY
Rohan HARTREY
Harvey IMPEY
Aidan JONES
Connor KINGDON
Giorgio MANCINI
Sonny PARKER
Mickey PARSONS
Dylan POWELL
Pete SHEPPARD
Regan SOLLARS
Oscar SULLIVAN
Drew THOMAS
TODAY’S
Referee
H E N G R O V E A T H L E T I C
David TREVASKUS
SQUADS Bitton AFC
Red & White shirts, Black shorts & Black socks
Ash McGRANE
Ethan BALLANTINE
Josh WILLIAMS
Harry NEIL
George LLOYD
KalumWITHEY
Luke LECRASS
GregPARR
Scott GREGORY
Charlie ROACH
Billy MANNING Jacob WATSON
Assistants
Damon McELLIN
Dan FLYNN
JoeELLIS JackJONES Cody VILE JaidenSAVERY Dawid REGULA
B I T T O N A F C
184 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2DL
Shaftesbury Park, Frenchay Park Road, Winterbourne, BS16 1LG
Prior Park College Sports Complex, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath BA2 5AH
HAMDON MEDIA Freelance Writing Website Management Football Administration Social Media Management Programme Production New book out in 2024 - “Team Of My Life” tel: 07432 614494 twitter: @HamdonMart email: martin@hamdonmedia.co.uk web: www.hamdonmedia.co.uk Proud producers of “The Grove” - Winner of “Best Div 1 programmeToolstation Western League 2022/2023”
* - season declared null & void ** - season curtailed *** - current
No. Season Div Pos. P W D L F A GD Pts 1. 2006-07 1 10th 42 17 7 18 58 64 -6 58 2. 2007-08 1 6th 40 20 9 11 83 61 +22 69 3. 2008-09 1 6th 38 19 4 15 57 52 +5 61 4. 2009-10 1 7th 38 20 8 10 75 43 +32 68 5. 2010-11 1 10th 36 13 7 16 52 58 -6 46 6. 2011-12 1 10th 36 12 10 14 53 59 -6 46 7. 2012-13 1 2nd 40 29 4 7 93 34 +59 91 8. 2013-14 P 21st 40 8 4 28 33 87 -54 28 9. 2014-15 1 12th 42 15 10 17 75 75 0 55 10. 2015-16 1 7th 40 21 7 12 57 37 +20 70 11. 2016-17 1 2nd 42 27 7 8 105 37 +68 88 12. 2017-18 P 9th 38 16 8 14 73 60 +13 56 13. 2018-19 P 19th 38 5 6 27 40 102 -62 21 14. 2019-20* 1 14th 25 9 4 12 24 48 -24 31 15. 2020-21** 1 15th 9 3 3 3 10 12 -2 12 16. 2021-22 1 16th 40 12 9 19 62 81 -19 45 17. 2022-23 1 15th 42 14 8 20 67 71 -4 50 18. 2023-24 1 17th 14 4 2 8 29 39 -4 14 AGG (to date) 640 264 117 259 1046 1020 +26 909
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Supporting the club...
There are several more ways of getting your company name out there that we can help you with. Perimeter banners, perimeter boards, programme advertising, website advertising.. they are all available within the club.
Perimeter Boards are one option that many companies have chosen recently. Match action pictures often appear online either on websites or social media so your company board could be seen regularly as well as those who attend the match.
Perimeter boards cost £250 for the first year (including a one-off manufacturing charge of £100) then cost £100 a year thereafter.
Perimeter Banners are a similar option but made from a hard wearing fabric. The same size as a board (2.4m x 915mm or 8’ x 3’), they cost £200 (including a one off manufacturing charge of £75) then cost £100 a year thereafter.
Programme Advertising has also proven popular in recent seasons. After having “gone online” in recent seasons, the club have decided to go back to printing a copy for its supporters, a popular move with many non-league fans too.
Advertising costs just £100 for a full page (A5) or £50 for a half page; this is for a full season of matchday programmes so this season, at least 21 programmes. You can change the actual composition of the programme each week to keep it topical and/or time sensitive!
Website Advertising is the cheapest form of advertising and is just £25. For this, your link/logo will sit on a carousel on the front page and when visitors click the link, it will take them to your website. Our club website is one of the most popular ones in the league with more than 2,000 unique visits each week during the season.
If you are interested in any of these deals, please email the club secretary, Martin McConachie, on secretary@hengroveathletic.com or ring 07432 614494.
Hengrove Athletic Club History
Hengrove Athletic F.C was formed in 1948 from players demobbed from National Service. As a footnote, there is also wartime history to the club colours of green and white. With rationing and many shortages, football shirts were virtually unobtainable, so all of the members of Hengrove Athletic F.C donated an ordinary white shirt and a mother of one of the players kindly dyed them green in the bath at her Knowle home. The colour green had no symbolic meaning. It was the only colour available at the time! The founding fathers of Hengrove Athletic F.C then agreed to retain these colours for the new club.
A successful application was made to join the Bristol and Suburban League and they were placed in Division 3 for the start of 1948/49 season. A Reserve XI was established in 1950 and in the same year Hengrove Hall was rented for club meetings and social gatherings. The club continued to expand and the ‘A’ XI started in 1953, followed by the 30-plus XI in 1959. These four football teams made Hengrove Athletic F.C the largest club in the Bristol and Suburban League at the time – after just eleven years. A ‘B’ XI replaced the 30 plus in 1962. The long search for a ground came to fruition on Sunday 7 June 1964 when Norton Lane was officially opened and Hengrove Athletic F.C took up residence.
The first XI was accepted by the Somerset Senior League for the 1974/75 season, where they remained until 2005/06 when they were runaway, unbeaten, Premier Division Champions and joined the Western League for the start of the 2006/07 season. Our Floodlights and Stand were installed at the ground in 2007/08 to achieve the necessary ground grading of the Western League. The EWW Stand was installed at the ground in 2012/13 to achieve the necessary ground grading of entry into the FA Cup and future possible promotions.
The first XI finished runners-up in Western League Division One in 2012/13, achieving a promotion to the Premier Division. They also lifted the Les Phillips League Cup (Western League) in 2015/16 before winning promotion to the Premier Division again the following season. In 2017/18 under new manager John Durbin, the club finished ninth in the Premier Division, their highest ever position and were also the highest placed Bristol side in the division. However, this was followed by relegation back to Division One in 2018/19.
Jamie Hillman returned for a third spell as manager in the summer of 2019 but the next two seasons failed to play to a finish due to the COVID pandemic. Last season, 2021/22, did get completed and for the fourth year running, the Grove ended in mid table. This year sees the club celebrate its 75th anniversary.
A guide to away games this season in Toolstation Western League Division 1 (mileages shown via www.theaa.com)
AEK Boco Greenbank Road, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3RZ 6.5 miles Bishop Sutton Lakeview, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton. BS39 5XN 7.7 miles Bitton Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol BS30 6HX 6.4 miles Bradford Town Trowbridge Road, Bradford on Avon, Wilts BA15 1EX 20.6 miles Brislington Ironmould Lane, Brislington, Bristol BS4 5RS 4.3 miles Bristol Telephones BTRA Ground, Stockwood Lane, Bristol BS14 8SJ 1.2 miles Cadbury Heath Springfield, Cadbury Heath Rd, Bristol BS30 8BX 6.8 miles Cheddar Bowden's Park, Draycott Road, Cheddar BS27 3RL 19.4 miles Cribbs Reserves The Lawns, Berwick Drive, Patchway, Bristol BS10 7TB 12.5 miles Gillingham Town Woodwater Lane, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4WL 34.5 miles Hallen Moorhouse Lane, Hallen, Bristol BS10 7RU 14.5 miles Keynsham Town Crown Fields, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1DZ 4.5 miles Longwell Green Shellards Road, Longwell Green, Bristol BS30 9DU 5.8 miles Middlezoy Rovers The Aerodrome, Westonzoyland, Bridgwater TA7 OES 33.7 miles Odd Down Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 8PA 10.4 miles Portishead Town Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6QG 14.2 miles Radstock Town Southfield Rec. Ground, Southfields, Radstock BA3 3NZ12.0 miles Shirehampton The Creek, The Portway, Sea Mills, Bristol BS9 2JS 11.3 miles Warminster Town Weymouth Street, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9NS 27.2 miles Wells City Rowdens Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 1TU 17.6 miles Wincanton Town Sports Ground, Moor Lane, Wincanton BA9 9EJ 29.1 miles
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers July Sat 29 Bitton A D 1-1 163 A Jones August Tue 1 Warminster T H W 6-182 Sheppard (2), Parsons, Hartrey, Parker, J Jones Sat 5 Keynsham T A W 5-070 Sheppard (2), Parsons, Kingdon, Cousins Tue 8 AEK Boco H L 1-5 114 J Jones Sat 12 Wells City H L 1-4 67 J Jones Tue 15 Brislington A L 1-6 108 o.g. Sat 19 Radstock Town H W 3-267 Parker (2), Hardy Tue 22 Cribbs Res. A L 0-2 58Sat 26 Cadbury Heath H W 4-082 J Jones, Parsons, Grinnell, Sheppard September Sat 9 Longwell Green A L 1-2 142 Parker Tue 12 Middlezoy Rov. A D 2-2 Impey, Parker Sat 16 Brislington H L 2-6 73 J Jones (2) Sat 23 Roman Glass H L 0-4 90Tue 26 Bishop Sut (LPC) H W 5-2 70 Parker, Sheppard, Parsons, Hartrey, Sullivan Sat 30 Bradford Town A L 1-3 157 Parker October Wed 4 Shirehampton A L 1-5 Sollars Sat 7 Bitton H Sat 14 Cadbury Heath A Tue 17 Hallen H Sat 21 AEK Boco A Tue 24 Shepton Mallet H (Les Phillips Cup) Sat 28 Warminster T A Tue 31 Cheddar H November Sat 4 Longwell Green H Sat 11 Gillingham T A
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents
November
Sat 18 Middlezoy R H
Sat 25 Wincanton T H
December
Sat 2 Wells City H
Sat 9 Bradford Town H
Sat 16 Portishead T A
Tue 26 Bristol Tel. H
Sat 30 Bishop Sutton A
January 2024
Sat 6 Cribbs Res. H
Sat 20 Odd Down A
February
Sat 3 Gillingham T. H
Sat 10 Hallen A
Sat 24 Radstock Town A
March
Sat 2 Portishead T H
Sat 9 Wincanton T A
Sat 16 Keynsham T H
Sat 23 Odd Down A
Fri 29 Bristol Tel. A (Good Friday)
April
Mon 1 Bishop Sutton H (Easter Monday)
Sat 6 Cheddar A
Sat 20 Shirehampton H
Res. Att. Scorers
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