“THE GROVE” Official matchday programme of Hengrove Athletic FC
Toolstation Western League Division 1
Bristol Telephones F.C. Saturday 26th December 2020
12.00 pm ko
Hengrove Athletic Football Club Founded 1948
The AVB Stadium, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 0BT *Main Club Sponsor for season 2020/21 - AVB Commercials* Club Officials Chairman Treasurer Secretary Groundsmen Ref. Liaison Off. Manager Assistant Man. Coach Kit Manager Committee
Club Honours Mike Greatbanks Jemma Greatbanks Martin McConachie Nigel Gray Dave Fear Graham Close Jamie Hillman Jon Berry Ian Jones Pete Stenner Jon Berry Alan Burton Dave Fear Mike Greatbanks Jamie Hillman Paul Hynam Ian Jones Giorgio Mancini Martin McConachie Pete Stenner
web: www.hengroveathletic.com email: secretary@hengroveathletic.com
Alf Bosley Cup winners 1958/59 and 1963/64 Somerset Junior Cup winners 1964/65 Somerset League Cup winners 1979/80 Somerset Senior Cup winners 1979/80 Promoted to Somerset County Prem
1995/96 Somerset Senior Cup runners-up 2003/04 and 2004/05 Somerset County Prem winners 2005/06 Western League Div 1 runners-up 2012/13 and 2016/17 Les Phillips Cup winners 2015/16 FA Vase 3rd Round 2015/16 Phone: Phone:
07884 492217 (chair) 07432 614494 (sec)
A warm welcome to our visitors… Bristol Telephones F.C. This afternoon, we offer a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Bristol Telephones Football Club as well as the match officials too. We hope they enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home. Today is the final game of what has been a tempestuous year in football, particularly at local level. Whilst obviously of greater importance is the thousands of lives lost during the pandemic as well as all of the other associated issues, it isn’t wrong to focus on football at our level and how it goes from here. The league programme is around 25% complete now when it should be at 40% and with the weather-affected month of January ahead and still no guarantee, we can only hope that the season will continue until the end. Everyone in football, be they players or supporters or officials want the best for family and friends and for them to be safe but clubs at our level have done an astonishing amount of work to make their grounds COVID-safe, yet we have not played for almost two months while other social activities, many indoors, will continue. It’s puzzling but one thing we can all agree on, the sooner this virus is brought under control, the better. I’d imagine there are a few new people visiting the AVB Stadium today out to get a breath of fresh air; thank you for coming and I hope you find your welcome warm. We would ask you to consider using the services of our kind sponsors featured in this programme and also the advertising boards around the ground. If you do so, please could you kindly mention that you saw their advert on your visit to the AVB Stadium? Finally, it just remains for me to wish you, on behalf of everyone at Hengrove Athletic, a Happy New Year for 2021 and like everyone else, we hope you have a healthy one too. Many thanks and enjoy the match!
Martin McConachie Club Secretary
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Hengrove Athletic will be 75 years old at the start of season 2022/23. Our club history is elsewhere In this programme but we were formed just after the war and play in green & white because green dye was all that was available to colour our white shirts with. To celebrate our 75th anniversary, we have put together a project compiled of four mini projects that will see us substantially refresh and improve in the areas of
Pitch
Ground
Clubhouse
Structure
Soon, we will have a summary on the club noticeboard of the four projects but for now, please visit the link below on our club website. https://tinyurl.com/y6f9hyox
HENGROVE ATHLETIC PLAYER STATS 2020/2021 (max 11 games) Player
Starts
Sub On
Goals
Yel/Red
MOM
Jackson Brown
9
0
0
0/0
1
Regan Burton
7
3
0
0/0
1
Carl Bush
1
0
0
0/0
0
Kye Callaghan
3
1
0
2/0
0
Danny Constable
4
4
0
0/0
0
Minas Constantinou
7
0
0
1/0
0
Luke Crewe
6
1
0
1/0
0
Jack Godfrey
3
7
0
1/0
0
Will Harvey
6
1
0
2/0
0
Sam Jackson
0
2
0
0/0
0
Jack Jones
8
2
7
2/0
1
Giorgio Mancini
8
0
1
1/1
0
Mickey Parsons
7
1
2
1/1
0
Sam Payne
9
0
0
0/0
1
Pete Sheppard
9
0
0
0/0
0
Gary Shorney
9
1
0
0/0
0
Louis Snailham
2
2
0
0/0
0
Harry Thomas-Barker
8
0
0
2/0
0
Adrian Thompson
9
1
1
2/0
0
Billy Vaughan
0
2
0
0/0
0
Craig White
6
2
0
3/0
0
Statistics include only yellow & red cards from abandoned Bishop Sutton game.
184 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2DL
Today - Thursday 26th December Odd Down (Bath) v Shepton Mallet (12.00pm) Keynsham Town v Brislington (12.30pm) Westbury United v Bradford Town (12.30pm) Bridport v Wellington (1.00pm) Clevedon Town v Chipping Sodbury Town (1.00pm)
Monday 28th December - League Chipping Sodbury Town v Brislington (3.00pm) Tavistock v Odd Down ( Bath) (3.00pm) Westbury United v Shepton Mallet (3.00pm) Monday 28th December - FA Vase Plymouth Parkway v Fareham Town Wednesday 30th December Clevedon Town v Plymouth Parkway
Today - Thursday 26th December Devizes Town v Calne Town (12.00pm) Hengrove Athletic v Bristol Telephones (12.00pm) Portishead Town v Ashton & Backwell (12.00pm) Wincanton Town v Sherborne Town (12.00pm) Lebeq United v Almondsbury (12.30pm) Bishop Sutton v Wells City (1.00pm) Bishop’s Lydeard v Cheddar (1.00pm) Welton Rovers v Radstock Town (1.30pm) Warminster Town v Corsham Town (3.00pm) Saturday 2nd January 2021 - all 3.00pm
Almondsbury v Portishead Town Bristol Telephones v Warminster Town Calne Town v Hengrove Athletic Cheddar v Bishop Sutton Corsham Town v Welton Rovers Longwell Green Sports v Bishop’s Lydeard Radstock Town v Devizes Town Sherborne Town v Lebeq United Wells City v Wincanton Town
CLUB SHOP (situated in the clubhouse & online at www.hengroveathletic.com)
Mugs - £4.50
Mousemats - £4.00 Pens - £1.00 Keyrings - £2.50
Coasters - £1.25
Car stickers £1.00
Fridge magnets £2.00
Replica shirts & polo shirts to order
Larger club shop planned in 2021
Suggestions for products welcome!
& EVENTS What’s going on at the AVB Stadium (www.hengroveathletic.com) CLUB COMMITTEE MEETINGS 2021 Monday 11th January Monday 8th February Monday 8th March Monday 12th April Monday 10th May
NEXT FIXTURE AT THE AVB STADIUM
CALNE TOWN Tuesday 5th January 7.30pm
TODAY’S Hengrove Athletic Green & White Shirts Green Shorts Green Socks
Carl BUSH Harry THOMAS-BARKER Luke CREWE Gary SHORNEY Minas CONSTANTINOU Kye CALLAGHAN Aidan JONES Jackson BROWN Sam PAYNE Adrian THOMPSON Will HARVEY Regan BURTON Jack GODFREY Billy VAUGHAN Jamie GODFREY Giorgio MANCINI Craig WHITE Sam JACKSON Mickey PARSONS Danny CONSTABLE Jack JONES Pete SHEPPARD Manager
Jamie HILLMAN
Assistant
Jon BERRY
Coach
Ian JONES
Referee Nick WHITTINGTON
LINE-UPS Bristol Telephones FC Sky Blue Shirts Sky Blue Shorts Sky Blue Socks
Aaron GREATBANKS Dom OAKES Sam HEMMINGS Keiron GOLDING Will BOYER Jamie LEWIS George MARSH Joel HARVEY Alex WHALE Harry NEIL Zak MEADOWS Martin BLACKER James GRIFFITHS Jacob SAUNDERS Jack COX Ali BOYER Dhani GOLDING
Manager
Jack RICHARDSON
Assistant
Andy CLARK
Assistants Colin SKYRME Steve RYAN
Focus on… Bristol Telephones F.C. Formed in 1948, Bristol Telephones were originally known as Bristol Post Office Telephones Football Club, as they were then part of the Post Office.
Playing at the Bristol Civil Service Club, they had to leave that pitch when BT was privatised under Maggie Thatcher. They then played at various grounds, until the overall social club purchased their current ground in 1984. Various improvements were undertaken but in 1994 the clubhouse, which was mostly wooden construction, was destroyed by fire.
For the next season, Bristol Telephones, as we were now called, were then able to borrow changing facilities from Cutters Friday, whose ground borders our own until the current clubhouse was constructed. In recent years this has seen substantial improvements such that it is now considered one of the best clubs in the area. Telephones started life in the Bristol and Suburban League, being an ever present club in the ‘Premier’ Divisions since its formation, and our Reserves still play in Division 1 of that League. Telephones were promoted to the Gloucestershire County League in season 2013/14 and became champions in 2016/17, allowing them to be promoted to the Toolstation Western League. This is our fourth season in the Toolstation Western League and we were one off the bottom when the season was affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. However we were finishing strongly which we feel would have moved us further up the league had the season finished properly. We are looking for a better season this time and are targeting a minimum of a mid table finish. On the playing side, Phones were Gloucestershire County League Champions in 2016/17, Suburban Premier League Champions three times, the Premier Division 2 winners twice, and Bosley Cup Winners four times. We also won the Gloucester Junior Cup in 1975, and were also finalists in the Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Cup in 2012.
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Hengrove Athletic would like to thank all its supporters & sponsors for their help over the past few months. In what has been a trying time for everyone in life, not just football, your generosity, loyalty and commitment does not go unnoticed. We are a small club trying to do things the right way which is not always easy but with you behind us, we can achieve it. So from all of us at the Grove, a huge THANK YOU!
Hengrove Athletic Football Club is renowned within the local leagues and amongst match officials for offering a warm, friendly welcome and top notch hospitality. The ground itself, the AVB Stadium in Norton Lane, is pleasant and offers superb views of the city of Bristol as well as the peace and quiet of the country. It's a lovely place to watch a great game of football!
Here at the club, the last few seasons have been very successful and as a result, we are looking for people to join the team. Not the one ON the pitch that have won two promotions and a Les Phillips Cup in the last eight years, but the one OFF it; the team behind the team if you like. We are looking for anyone that feels they could make a contribution to the club. On matchdays, it could be serving refreshments and food, selling raffle tickets, working on the front gate or helping to tidy up after the game. You'll get to watch the football free of charge of course but better still, you'll be joining a small team of dedicated hard working volunteers that make this club very special. On non-matchdays, there are other jobs that need doing such as strimming, painting, cleaning, weeding, brushing.. You name it, we need to do it! However with only a small band of willing helpers, we can always do with a little more help, no matter how many hours you can give up. If you feel this could be you, please email chairman Mike Greatbanks on mike.greatbanks@btconnect.com or call him on 07884 492217. And thank you!
Supporting the club….
Perimeter Advertising Perimeter advertising boards are a great way to advertise your business at our home ground in Norton Lane, Whitchurch. Match action pictures often appear in the local newspapers, on club websites, in matchday programmes & on social media too so your company boards will be seen regularly. Perimeter boards cost £200 for the first year (including their manufacture) and then just £100 a year for renewal. We have a very special package for companies that choose this option… You will receive free entry for two people to a first team home match including a free match programme; free drinks before, during & after the match and your name in the matchday programme and on the website for the whole season.
Programme Advertising The Hengrove Athletic matchday programme is packed with lots of information about all the teams at the club, forthcoming fixtures, tables, results and much more. Advertising costs £50 for a full page and £25 for a half page. Prices are for a full season of programmes so a guarantee of 19 games plus a few in cup competitions hopefully. As a thank you, we’ll also put the name of your company & a link to its website on www.hengroveathletic.com , the club’s official website.
Website Advertising The official club website - www.hengroveathletic.com - is one of the best of its type at this level. It’s jam packed with information, news, results, many statistics and photos from the teams that play under the Hengrove banner. For just £25, you could have a presence on our home page which people could see every time they visit the club website. The website is updated every day of the week so it never gets stale and in the season, numbers of visits and views rise even higher as people log in to find out the latest from the Lane!
Hengrove Athletic Club History
Hengrove Athletic F.C was formed in 1948 from players who were demobbed from National Service.
As a footnote, there is also wartime history to the club colours of green and white. With the 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 the club then agreed to retain these colours. 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 then established in 1950 and in the same year Hengrove Hall was rented to hold club meetings and the social gatherings. The club continued to expand and the ‘A’ XI started in 1953, followed by the 30plus XI in 1959. These four football teams made the club the largest 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 2005-2006 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 2007-2008 to achieve the necessary ground grading of the Western League. The EWW Stand was installed at the ground in 20122013 to enter the FA Cup and future possible promotions. The first XI finished runners-up in Western League Division One in 2012-2013, achieving promotion to the Premier Division for the first time. They then lifted the Les Phillips League Cup (Western League) in 2015-2016 before winning promotion to the Premier Division again in 2016/17. In 2017/18, the club finished ninth in the table, their highest position ever, and also the highest placed Bristol team at this level! The club have also hosted other teams including Bristol Premier Combination side De Veys and in recent seasons, have also agreed deals to become the new base for the Three Lions FC, Bristol Spartak and the junior teams of St Aldhelm’s. In the summer of 2020, the ground at Norton Lane was renamed the AVB Stadium. The club will celebrate their 75th anniversary in three years time, in 2023.
Clubhouse Hire
Hengrove Athletic also have a clubhouse available for hire. Able to accommodate up to 120 people, it can be hired by Hengrove members and non-members alike for... Birthday parties (no 18th parties)
Wedding receptions
Engagement parties & retirement parties
Christmas parties
Karaoke evenings & Discos
Race nights, Quiz nights etc
Summer fun days & Barbecues The clubhouse features a bar, large screen, sound system and dance floor & kitchen facilities are also available if required. For further information on booking, to make a booking or to arrange a time to view the room, please call the chairman Mike Greatbanks on 07884 492217 or email chairman@hengroveathletic.com
A guide to away games this season in the Toolstation Western League Division One
Almondsbury FC
The Field, Gloucester Rd, Almondsbury BS32 4AA
17.9 miles
Ashton & Backwell
Lancer Scott Stadium, West Town Rd, Backwell BS48 3HW 11.0 miles
Bishop’s Lydeard Darby Way, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton TA4 3BA
45.9 miles
Bishop Sutton
7.7 miles
Lakeview, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton BS39 5XN
Bristol Telephones BTRA Ground, Stockwood Lane, Bristol BS14 8SJ
1.2 miles
Calne Town
Bremhill View, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 9EE
30.2 miles
Cheddar
Bowdens Park, Draycott Rd, Cheddar BS27 3RL
19.4 miles
Corsham Town
Southbank Ground, Lacock Rd, Corsham, SN13 9HS
23.0 miles
Devizes Town
Nursteed Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 3DX
35.5 miles
Lebeq United
Oaklands Park, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4AA
17.9 miles
Longwell Green
Shellards Road, Longwell Green, Bristol BS30 9AD
5.8 miles
Oldland Abbotonians Aitchison Playing Field, Castle Rd, Oldland BS30 9SZ
6.4 miles
Portishead Town
Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6QG
14.2 miles
Radstock Town
Southfields Rec Ground, Southfields, Radstock BA3 3NZ
12.0 miles
Sherborne Town
Raleigh Grove, The Terrace PF, Sherborne DT9 5NS
41.2 miles
Warminster Town Weymouth Street, Warminster, Wilts BA12 9NS
27.2 miles
Wells City
Rowdens Road, Wells BA5 1TU
17.6 miles
Welton Rovers
West Clewes, North Rd, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2EW 10.4 miles
Wincanton Town
Sports Ground, Moor Lane, Wincanton, BA9 9EJ
29.1 miles
All distances are correct according to the AA.com route planner. Postcodes taken from the Toolstation League handbook 2018/19.
Fixtures & Results 2020/21 Date
Opponents
Ven
Res
Att
Scorers
Wed 8 Sep
Lebeq United
A
1-1
24
Parsons
Sat 19 Sep
Wellington (FAV)
A
Sat 26 Sep
Wells City
A
2-2 68 Mancini, J Jones (5-4 on pens) 0-2 52 -
Tue 29 Sep Devizes Town
H
0-0
72
-
Sat 3 Oct
Wincanton Town
H
0-2
50
-
Sat 10 Oct
Street (FAV)
A
0-2
105
-
Tue 13 Oct Portishead Town
H
2-1
71
J. Jones, own goal
Sat 17 Oct
A
2-0
53
J. Jones (2)
Tue 20 Oct Bishop Sutton
H
3-0
92
J. Jones (2), Thompson
Sat 24 Oct
Ashton & Backwell Utd
A
1-1
165
J. Jones
Tue 3 Nov
Welton Rovers
H
1-5
89
Parsons
Sat 26 Dec
Bristol Telephones
H
Sat 2 Jan
Calne Town
A
Tue 5 Jan
Calne Town
H
Sat 9 Jan
Welton Rovers
A
Oldland Abbotonians
Tue 12 Jan Longwell Green Sports
H
Sat 16 Jan
A
Cheddar
Wed 20 Jan Warminster Town
A
Sat 23 Jan
Lebeq United
H
Tue 26 Jan
Almondsbury
A
Sat 30 Jan
Longwell Green Sports
A
Fixtures & Results 2020/21 Date
Opponents
Ven
Sat 6 Feb
Portishead Town
A
Sat 13 Feb
Warminster Town
H
Sat 27 Feb
Corsham Town
H
Sat 6 Mar
Cheddar
H
Sat 13 Mar
Bishop’s Lydeard
A
Sat 20 Mar
Sherborne Town
A
Sat 27 Mar Ashton & Backwell Utd
H
Fri 2 Apr
A
Bristol Telephones
Mon 5 Apr Radstock Town
H
Sat 10 Apr
Bishop’s Lydeard
H
Sat 17 Apr
Wincanton Town
A
Sat 24 Apr
Bishop Sutton
A
Sat 1 May
Sherborne Town
H
Sat 8 May
Devizes Town
A
Sat 15 May Almondsbury
H
Res
Att
Scorers
To be confirmed…. Oldland Abbotonians
H
Radstock Town
A
Corsham Town
A
Wells City
H
Fixtures subject to change, please visit www.hengroveathletic.com for the latest info or follow us on Twitter - @HengroveAFC
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