Hengrove Athletic v Hallen by hamdonmedia

“THE GROVE” Official matchday programme of Hengrove Athletic F.C Toolstation Western League’s “Best Programme - Division One” 2022/23

Welcome to the AVB Stadium! Toolstation Western League Div. One Hengrove Athletic v Hallen Tuesday 17th October 2023

7.30pm

Hengrove Athletic Football Club Founded 1948 - celebrating our 75th anniversary this season

Main club sponsor for season 2023-24 - AVB Commercial Vehicle Repairs Club Officials

Club Honours

Chairman Treasurer Secretary/Media Groundsman First Team Manager Asst. Manager Coach Coach Physiotherapist Kit Manager

Mike Greatbanks Mike Greatbanks Martin McConachie Jamie Hirons Jamie Hillman Jon Berry Ian Jones Mike Stone Matt Taylor Pete Stenner

Reserve Manager Asst. Manager U18’s Manager

Sean Day Nilton Crane Alex Sully

Club Committee Alan Burton Sean Day Jamie Hillman Giorgio Mancini Pete Stenner Alex Sully

Jon Berry Nilton Crane Mike Greatbanks Ian Jones Martin McConachie Mike Stone

Alf Bosley Cup winners 1958/59, 1963/64 Somerset Junior Cup winners 1964/65 Somerset League Cup winners 1979/80 Somerset Senior Cup winners 1979/80 Promoted to Som. County Prem. 1995/96 Somerset Senior Cup runners-up 2003/04, 2004/05 Som. County Premier winners 2005/06 Western League Div 1 runners-up 2012/13, 2016/17 Les Phillips Cup winners 2015/16 Bristol u18 Comb Div 1 winners 2021/22 Bristol u18 Comb. Plate winners 2021/22

The AVB Stadium, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 0BT

Good evening everyone, Tonight, we offer a warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of our opposition Hallen 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. As per usual, we have had a mixed bag of results since my last notes. On Saturday, we made the short trip to Springfield where we grabbed a point against Cadbury Heath as we shared four goals. Heath made the headlines last weekend when they hit Bishop Sutton for ten in the League before following up with a 4-0 victory at Shirehampton, so maybe it was a good point despite going ahead twice. Previous to that, we were beaten by Bitton here at the AVB, second best on the day! The under-18’s sit on top of the Western Counties Floodlight Youth League after making it two wins out of two in midweek at Bishop Sutton. Congratulations to the lads and well done also to Sean & Nilton’s reserve side who have started their League season with just one loss in their first four games. Tonight is the first of three successive Tuesday night home games (see below) and on the fourth Tuesday, we have an exciting Somerset Premier Cup trip to look forward to as we go to Weston-super-Mare. Kick off is at 7.45pm and ticket details will be on our website shortly. Best wishes and enjoy the game. Martin McConachie (Secretary)

NEXT THREE GAMES AT THE AVB!! Tuesday 24th Oct v Shepton Mallet (LPC) Tuesday 31st Oct v Cheddar (TWL) Saturday 4th Nov v Longwell Green (TWL)

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Tuesday 17th October 2023 Toolstation Western League Premier Division Bridgwater United v Nailsea & Tickenham United Toolstation Western League First Division Hengrove Athletic v Hallen Longwell Green Sports v Bishop Sutton Middlezoy v Cheddar

Wednesday 18th October 2023 Toolstation Western League First Division Cadbury Heath v Cribbs Reserves Warminster Town v Brislington

Top Scorers Season 2023/24 Toolstation Western League Premier Division Jack Thorne (Bridgwater Town) - 15 Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 14 Jared Lewington (Buckland Athletic) - 11 Ryan Richards (Torpoint Athletic) - 10 Curtis Damerell (Helston Athletic) - 9 Phil Ormrod (Street) - 9 Adam Wright (Bridgwater United) - 8 Jack Taylor (Bridgwater United) - 8 Lucas Vowles (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 8

Toolstation Western League Division One Ethan Feltham (Portishead Town) - 27 Milo Murgatroyd (Odd Down) - 15 Matt Garner (Wincanton Town) - 14 Ben Millett (Odd Down) - 12 Louis Snailham (Shirehampton) - 12 Jack Witcombe (Bradford Town) - 10 Craig Wilson (Bristol Telephones) - 10 Oaklan Buck (Brislington) - 10 Jack Guthrie (Cribbs) - 10 Josh Haynes (Cadbury Heath) - 10

HENGROVE ATHLETIC STATS 2023/24 (max 18 games, up to & inc 14th Oct 2023) Player

Starts

Sub On

Total

Goals

Jackson BROWN Ben BRITTON Ashton BURTON Regan BURTON Carl BUSH Danny CONSTABLE Jack COUSINS Taylor DOYLE Louie FARROW Jacob GRINNELL Ethan HARDY Rohan HARTREY Harvey IMPEY Aidan JONES Jack JONES Connor KINGDON Giorgio MANCINI Jude McCARTHY Sonny PARKER Mickey PARSONS Dylan POWELL Cody PULLIN Pete SHEPPARD Regan SOLLARS Oscar SULLIVAN Drew THOMAS Jacob WYLDE

0 16 0 4 1 2 7 12 5 3 11 11 12 2 13 8 9 10 8 16 6 1 9 16 9 6 0

2 0 1 3 0 0 5 0 7 11 3 5 4 4 0 0 2 1 7 2 11 0 2 0 7 2 2

2 16 1 7 1 2 12 12 12 14 14 16 16 6 13 8 11 11 15 18 17 1 11 16 16 8 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 1 0 0 8 4 0 0 8 1 1 0 0

MOM

1 1 1

1 1

THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD SPONSORS

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D C Windows

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E R & B Print

AVB Commercial Vehicle Repairs

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Belvedere Building & Plumbing

AVPI

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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.

Premier Division Pos. Team 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

Pts

Helston Athletic 11 Brixham 13 Clevedon Town 10 Falmouth Town 11 Bridgwater United 9 Buckland Athletic 12 Barnstaple Town 9 Shepton Mallet 11 Torpoint Athletic 12 Street 11 Nailsea & Tickenham 10 Ilfracombe Town 12 St Blazey 12 Welton Rovers 12 Saltash United 12 Oldland Abbotonians 12 Wellington 11 Millbrook 10

8 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 0

1 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 0 3 4 3 2 0 3 0

2 3 0 2 1 4 0 3 4 3 5 5 6 7 8 10 7 10

47 32 21 24 35 36 29 21 18 22 22 19 17 13 19 14 8 2

13 12 6 8 15 24 13 20 17 23 18 20 21 21 33 39 33 63

25 24 24 23 22 20 19 18 18 18 15 15 10 9 8 6 6 0

First Division Pos. Team

Pts

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

18 18 17 17 18 17 18 15 18 16 18 16 17 16 17 16 16 15 17 13 16 17

14 14 12 11 10 10 9 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 0

3 1 2 3 4 3 5 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1

1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 8 7 9 6 9 8 9 8 9 9 12 9 12 16

56 48 65 36 41 44 45 30 32 38 40 28 33 29 32 22 32 29 26 24 26 11

12 19 24 21 32 29 28 22 42 27 55 25 36 33 42 26 43 40 49 42 48 72

44 43 38 36 34 33 32 26 26 25 23 22 20 20 20 18 15 14 13 10 10 1

Portishead Town Radstock Town Brislington Bitton Wincanton Town Cribbs Reserves Bradford Town Wells City Bristol Telephones Cadbury Heath Odd Down (Bath) AEK Boco Shirehampton Longwell Green Middlezoy Rovers Hallen Hengrove Athletic Warminster Town Gillingham Town Keynsham Town Cheddar Bishop Sutton

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.

With the under-18’s ... WESTERN COUNT IES FLOODLIGHT YOUT H LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION

Date

Opponents

Ven. Res. Scorers

Thu 17 Aug

Cheddar (FAYC)

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

W 1-0

Parker

Thu 21 Sep

Mangotsfield (FAYC)

L 0-4

Wed 4 Oct

Frome Town (RSMC)

W 4-0

Sweet (2), Reid, Reed

Thu 12 Oct

Bishop Sutton

W 5-3

Hartrey (2), Parker (2), Sweet

Wed 18 Oct

Almondsbury

Thu 26 Oct

AEK Boco

Wed 1 Nov

Brislington

Mon 6 Nov

Longwell Green

Thu 16 Nov

Bristol Telephones

Mon 20 Nov

AEK Boco

Thu 7 Dec

Brislington

Thu 14 Dec

Bishop Sutton

Thu 21 Dec

Mangotsfield (RSMC)

Mon 1 Jan

Oldland Abbotonians

Thu 18 Jan

Almondsbury

Tue 30 Jan

Bristol Telephones

Thu 8 Feb

Oldland Abbotonians

With the under-18’s ... WESTERN COUNT IES FLOODLIGHT YOUT H LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION

Position

Team

Pts

1st

Hengrove Ath.

2nd

Bristol Tel.

3rd

AEK Boco

4th

Brislington

5th

Longwell Green 2

6th

Bishop Sutton

-2

7th

Oldland Abbots. 3

-4

8th

Almondsbury

-2

Player

Apps.

Goals

Player

Apps.

Goals

Mason Bartlett Trey Bartlett Woodie Berry Ashton Burton Isaac Chilcott Louie Davies Taylor Doyle Harry Earrey Louie Farrow Riley Griffiths Rohan Hartrey Riley Houghton Louie Knight Bertie Lucas

3 6 3 2 6 6 4 3 6 6 5 3 2 3

0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0

George Martin Sonny Parker Freddie Reed Blake Reid Jack Richards Reece Richards Vinny Sweet

5 5 5 4 1 1 3

0 7 1 1 0 0 3

With the Reserves ... BRISTOL & SUBURB AN LE AGUE SENIOR DIVISION

Date

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Sat 2 Sep

Winscombe (Cup)

Sat 9 Sep St Vallier A Sat 16 Sep Filton Athletic Res A Sat 23 Sep Hartcliffe A Sat 30 Sep Stockwood Wands A Sat 21 Oct Parson Street OB H Sat 28 Oct Jamaica Bell H Sat 4 Nov Mendip Broadwalk Res A Sat 18 Nov Almondsbury Res A Sat 25 Nov Easton Cowboys A Sat 16 Dec St Vallier H 2024 Sat 6 Jan AFC Mangotsfield A Sat 13 Jan Filton Athletic Res H Sat 20 Jan Hartcliffe H 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 9 Mar Mendip Broadwalk Res H Sat 30 Mar Fishponds OB H Sat 6 Apr Almondsbury Res H Sat 13 Apr AFC Mangotsfield H

Scorers

D 2-2 Green, Thornton (L 2-4 pens) L 2-3 Milkins, Green W 3-1 Veale (2), Wylde D 0-0 W 2-0 Day, Morgan

With the Reserves ... BRISTOL & SUBURB AN LE AGUE SENIOR DIVISION

Position

Team

Pts

1st

Mendip Broadwalk

2nd

Jamaica Bell

3rd

St Vallier

4th

Hengrove Athletic Res 4

5th

Fishponds OB

-6

6th

Filton Athletic Res

7th

Stockwood Wands

-3

8th

Almondsbury

9th

AFC Mangotsfield

-6

10th

Parson Street OB

-7

11th

Hartcliffe

-4

12th

Easton Cowboys Res

-7

TONIGHT’S Hengrove Athletic FC H E N G R O V E

A T H L E T I C

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 Jack JONES Connor KINGDON Giorgio MANCINI Sonny PARKER Mickey PARSONS Dylan POWELL Pete SHEPPARD Regan SOLLARS Oscar SULLIVAN Drew THOMAS

Manager - Jamie HILLMAN Assistant - JON BERRY Coach - Ian JONES Coach - Mike STONE Physio - Matt TAYLOR

Referee Matt BAIRD

SQUADS Hallen AFC Yellow shirts, Yellow shorts & Yellow socks

Harry THOMAS-BARKER Ben TUCKER Toby WALWIN Jordan GREENWOOD Josiah DUNSTAN Noah BLUNDELL Liam ATWELL Cory THOMAS-BARKER Peter MAJEK-ODUYOYE Luke BANFIELD Josiah McKAYLE Dante McEWAN Tyrell SQUIRE Jack MILLS Tom SMALLMAN Patryk KOSCIOLEK Kieron COOPER

H A L L E N

A F C Manager - Karl BAGGALEY Assistant - Jason GOODFIELD Assistant - Andy HAWKINS Kitman - Barry WILLIAMS

Assistants Oliver HARRISON Jack CLARK

The club was formed by members of a new community living at Lawrence Weston on the outskirts of Bristol, which had been developed shortly after World War Two. The club was named Lawrence Weston Athletic and played in the Bristol & District League, and it has moved forward steadily since moving to the village of Hallen in 1979, to conform with League Ground grading. Much of the credit for the progress of this club can be accredited to the late Frank Fairman and his family. His son Francis, and grandson Lee continue the link with the club. In fact Lee played a major part in our fight for survival during the summer of 2015, when the club was in danger of losing its home. So it was no surprise when long serving Chairman Barrie Phillips nominated Lee to take over the chair from himself, at the next AGM. The club became known as Lawrence Weston Hallen when it moved to Moorhouse Lane, joining the Gloucestershire County League in 1982, and under that title were runners up 1987-88, and Champions 1988- 89, after which the club dropped Lawrence Weston from its title to become known as simply Hallen. The club completed the double in 1992-93, when winning the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy and the League title. Promotion was achieved, joining the Hellenic League Division One, and after further improvements to the facilities (particularly the erection of floodlights and a 200-seater stand), a runner-up position in 1996–97 led to another step up, to the Hellenic League Premier Division. The club had always considered the Western League as its goal, as this League was more familiar with Bristolians than the Hellenic League. Their wish to transfer over was granted at the second time of asking but it was insisted that the club join the First Division for season 2000-01. The club finished fourth in its first season in the Western League and reached the last sixteen of the F.A.Vase losing to Brigg Town 6-5 in extra time. Further progress was made when new manager Gary Damone led the team to the Division One title in Season 2003-4, and fourth place in the Premier Division at the first attempt. The club also reached the final of the GFA Trophy and were denied a place in the first round of the F.A. Cup when losing to Nationwide Conference side Canvey Island.

This success saw Southern League side Taunton Town tempt Gary Damone to try his hand at a higher level, which in turn saw Hallen have a dip in form, as players were also tempted away. It is however well known that a high percentage of players are happy to return to Hallen, and for season 2009-10 the club welcomed back Gary Damone as manager and many former players too. The club finished in a disappointing twelfth position in 2009-10, but a crop of long term injuries did not help. The club however were to lift the Western League (Les Phillips) Cup for the first time. The club had experienced a bad start to the 2010-11 season, which saw the departure of manager Gary Damone who chose to take charge of his own town club Wellington. Club stalwart Paul Owen was given the task of steering the team to safety. With just one win prior to taking over in November, he and his assistant John Tierney changed fortunes around and we were safe from relegation with six games left. Paul Owen's first full season as manager saw the club challenging for the title, but a dip in form saw the club slip to fourth. Off the field, the club had ensured promotion would not be denied, had the club won the title by obtaining the ground grading for Southern League football. Season 2012-13 saw no repeat of a challenge for promotion, but the season was kept alive by reaching the final of the Les Phillips League Cup for a second time. In the final Willand Rovers won 1-0 before a crowd of 400 at Cribbs Friends Life FC. As Paul Owen had already decided to step down at the end of the campaign, it was unfortunate that he could not see his side lift the cup. By mid May the club announced that Hengrove Athletic manager Jamie Hillman was to take over as manager, He had been at the helm for eight years at Hengrove, and had just guided them to the Premier Division as runners up in April. The 2013-14 season under Jamie and his assistant Grantley Dicks, was a mixture of highs and lows. The highs being success in lifting the GFA Trophy for a third time and reaching the fifth round of the FA Vase losing away to West Auckland Town. In contrast we finished the League campaign without a win in fifteen games.

Manager Jamie Hillman announced that he would be leaving, and previous manager Paul Owen agreed to return for the 2014-15 season. By November the League form was yet again cause for concern and Paul decided it would be best to bring in a new face, rather than wait to the end of the season. Steve Winter a former Walsall and Torquay player was appointed with a view, of him settling in, prior to the coming season. He was to resign in December 2015, and long serving player Tom Collett took on the role as player manager assisted by Rayan Wilson for the 2016-17 season. Following another poor run of results, Tom Collett made way for former player Ben Willshire to return as the new manager. Ben guided the club away from relegation, but when fortunes did not change in the next campaign, it was decided his assistant Rob Sage should take over the helm prior to Christmas 2017, with Ben remaining as a player. The resignation of Rob Sage forced the club to seek another manager in February. Former manager Gary Damone returned as interim manager, whilst the club decided on a replacement from a record number of applicants. The successful candidate being former player Ray Johnston, who had guided Odd Down to the title in 2016. Ray recruited another former Hallen player Tony Davis as his assistant for the 2018-19 season, unfortunately Tony had to step down during the course of the season. It was a season which saw a more settled side, finishing in twelfth place the best for several years. Further progress was made during the 2019-20 season, with Ray being assisted by Dean Horseman, before it was brought to an abrupt end due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Ray’s departure early in the season 2020-21, saw Dean takeover as Manager in what turned out to be another pandemic disrupted season. A poor run of results at the start of 2021-22 resulted in Dean and his new Assistant Tony Beecham departing the club. Stuart Jones and his trusty Director of Football Andy Hawkins took over, but unfortunately they could not magic a way out of the situation the team had been left in and we were relegated to step 6, which saw us back in The Western League, due to The FA’s lateral movement.

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WESTERN LEAGUE RECORD SEASON BY SEASON 2006-07 TO PRESENT

No.

Season

Div

Pos.

Pts

2006-07

10th 42

-6

2007-08

6th

+22 69

2008-09

6th

2009-10

7th

+32 68

2010-11

10th 36

-6

2011-12

10th 36

-6

2012-13

2nd 40

+59 91

2013-14

21st 40

-54

2014-15

12th 42

10.

2015-16

7th

+20 70

11.

2016-17

2nd 42

105 37

+68 88

12.

2017-18

9th

+13 56

13.

2018-19

19th 38

102 -62

14.

2019-20*

14th 25

-24

15.

2020-21** 1

15th 9

-2

16.

2021-22

16th 40

-19

17.

2022-23

15th 42

-4

18.

2023-24

17th 16

-11

AGG (to date)

642 264 118 260 1049 1024 +25 910

* - season declared null & void Bold type - promoted

** - season curtailed Italic type - relegated

*** - current

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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 3NZ 12.0 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

Bitton

D 1-1 163

A Jones

Warminster T

W 6-1 82

Sat 5

Keynsham T

W 5-0 70

Tue 8 Sat 12 Tue 15 Sat 19 Tue 22 Sat 26

AEK Boco Wells City Brislington Radstock Town Cribbs Res. Cadbury Heath

H H A H A H

L 1-5 114 L 1-4 67 L 1-6 108 W 3-2 67 L 0-2 58 W 4-0 82

Sheppard (2), Parsons, Hartrey, Parker, J Jones Sheppard (2), Parsons, Kingdon, Cousins J Jones J Jones o.g. Parker (2), Hardy J Jones, Parsons, Grinnell, Sheppard

September Sat 9 Longwell Green A Tue 12 Middlezoy Rov. A Sat 16 Brislington H Sat 23 Roman Glass H Tue 26 Bishop Sut (LPC) H

L 1-2 142 D 2-2 L 2-6 73 L 0-4 90 W 5-2 70

July Sat 29 August Tue 1

Sat 30 October Wed 4 Sat 7 Sat 14 Tue 17 Sat 21 Tue 24 Sat 28 Tue 31 November Sat 4 Sat 11

Bradford Town

L 1-3 157

Parker Impey, Parker J Jones (2) Parker, Sheppard, Parsons, Hartrey, Sullivan Parker

Shirehampton Bitton Cadbury Heath Hallen AEK Boco Shepton Mallet Warminster T Cheddar

A H A H A H A H

L 1-5 51 L 1-2 67 D 2-2 52

Sollars Parker Sheppard (2)

Longwell Green H Weston-s-Mare A

(Les Phillips Cup)

(Somerset Premier Cup)

Fixtures & Results 2023/24 Date

Opponents

November Sat 11 Gillingham T Sat 18 Middlezoy R Sat 25 Wincanton T December Sat 2 Wells City Sat 9 Bradford Town Sat 16 Portishead T Tue 26 Bristol Tel. Sat 30 Bishop Sutton January 2024 Sat 6 Cribbs Res. Sat 20 Odd Down February Sat 3 Gillingham T. Sat 10 Hallen Sat 24 Radstock Town March Sat 2 Portishead T Sat 9 Wincanton T Sat 16 Keynsham T Sat 23 Odd Down Fri 29 Bristol Tel. April Mon 1 Bishop Sutton Sat 6 Cheddar Sat 20 Shirehampton

Ven. Res. Att.

Scorers

A H H H H A H A H A H A A H A H A A H A H

(Good Friday) (Easter Monday)