“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 Division 1
Hengrove Athletic v Portishead Town
Saturday 2nd March 2024 3.00pm
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 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
Coach Jack Richardson 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 Managers
Marcus Farrow 2005/06
Rich Griffiths Damian Chilcott 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
Giorgio Mancini
Pete Stenner
Ian Jones
Bristol u18 Comb Div 1 winners
Martin McConachie 2021/22
Mike Stone Bristol u18 Comb. Plate winners
Alex Sully 2021/22
Good afternoon everyone,
Today, we offer a warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of our opposition Portishead Town 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.
We actually managed to get a home game on last Tuesday when we entertained Cribbs Reserves here at the AVB Stadium. For a 0-0, it was a “Rolex” (a good watch!) and local footie nut Stoner from Footywatch enjoyed his evening in BS14 for sure.
The Western League season has been extended by a week in an attempt to squeeze the matches in before the playoffs then start - it’s all a bit frantic now with several clubs looking forward to long midweek trips.
Please keep an eye on the club’s website at www.hengroveathletic.com where the very latest updates to the fixtures list are.
Best wishes and enjoy the game.
Martin McConachie (Secretary)Today’s Fixtures
Toolstation Western League Premier Division
Brixham v Bridgwater United
Oldland Abbotonians v Millbrook
St Blazey v Torpoint Athletic
Street v Falmouth Town
Wellington v Saltash United
Welton Rovers v Ilfracombe Town Les Phillips Cup
Barnstaple Town v Helston Athletic
Shepton Mallet v Shirehampton
Toolstation Western League Division One
Bishop Sutton v Bitton
Bradford Town v Gillingham Town
Hallen v Radstock Town
Hengrove Athletic v Portishead Town
Keynsham Town v Wincanton Town
Warminster Town v Cheddar
Wells City v Bristol Telephones
Top Scorers Season 2023/24
Toolstation Western League Premier Division
Jared Lewington (Buckland Athletic) - 32
Jack Thorne (Bridgwater United) - 26
Phil Ormrod (Street) - 20
Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 19
Ryan Richards (Torpoint Athletic) - 18
Sam Beresford (Clevedon Town) - 18
Rubin Wilson (Falmouth Town) - 17
Oscar Massey (Falmouth Town) - 17
Jack Taylor (Bridgwater United) - 16
Curtis Damerell (Helston Athletic) - 15
Toolstation Western League Division One
Ethan Feltham (Portishead Town) - 42
Matt Garner (Wincanton Town) - 28
Louis Snailham (Shirehampton) - 22
Liam Clayton (Cribbs Reserves) - 21
Liam Winter (Middlezoy Rovers) - 21
Harry Warwick (Wells City) - 21
Milo Murgatroyd (Odd Down) - 18
Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 18
Joe Beardwell (Bitton) - 18
Jack Whitcombe (Bradford Town) - 17
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 ...
NORTH DIVISION
With the under-18’s ...
WESTERN COUNTIES
FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE
With the Reserves ...
BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE
SENIOR DIVISION
Sat
With the Reserves ...
BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE
* - AFC Mangotsfield withdrew November 2023.
TODAY’S
Hengrove Athletic FC
Green shirts, Green shorts & White socks
Jordan ANSTEY
Ben BRITTON
Ashton BURTON
Regan BURTON
Louie FARROW
Ethan HARDY
Rohan HARTREY
James HORROCKS
Harvey IMPEY
Jack JONES
Marcus KELLY
Connor KINGDON
Giorgio MANCINI
Pervez NEDAIE
Sonny PARKER
Dylan POWELL
Pete SHEPPARD
Bradley SKIDMORE
Drew THOMAS
Manager - Jamie HILLMAN
Coach - Jack RICHARDSON
Coach - Ian JONES
Coach - Mike STONE
Physio - Matt TAYLOR
Referee
John REED
SQUADS
Portishead Town
Blue shirts, Blue shorts & Blue socks
Ben WEST
Josh HONEY
James CROSSLEY-JOHN
Callum EASTWOOD
Elliot RIPLEY
Toby LAWRENCE
George FOWLER
Mitchell OSMOND
Ethan FELTHAM
Kyle EGAN
Calum TOWNSEND
Alex O’KEEFE
Jack HARPER
Caolan PEARCE
Manager - Kye MOUNTFORD
Assistant - Eamonn DALY
Sports Therapist - Max TOMLINSON
Assistants
Colin SKYRME
Andrew DIXON
Portishead were inaugurated early in the 1900’s by Molly Jukes, the daughter of a local Rector, who moved to Portishead in 1903. Always keen on sport, Molly formed a cricket side in 1910 and, two years later, a football team she called St, Peter’s Portishead. Initially there were two teams, a First X1 and Reserves.
A year later a junior side was formed. In 1915 Molly married the Rev.H.S.Briggs but her interest and devotion to ‘the lads’ didn’t waver and, despite the intervention of two world wars, she battled on as Chairman, Treasurer and Manager as well as playing in goal as often as she could.
In the early 1950’s Molly stepped down and Portishead AFC, as the Club were now known (following a name change in 1948) was left in the hands of Len Pickering and Eddie Clapson.
Following successive divisional championships in 1973 and 1974 the Club were accepted into the Somerset Senior League in 1975 and, a year later, moved from their original pitch where the present Health Centre now stands, to Bristol Road. As the result of the extra pitches available on the new ground, two new teams were formed incorporating the former Redcliffe Bay team, In 1995 a Colts side was formed and entered in the Weston & District League along with the third and fourth teams.
In 1991-92 Portishead reached the Somerset & Avon (South) FA Senior Cup Final where they lost 4-2 against Odd Down. In 1997 the First Team, again, reached the final, this time beating Bridgwater Reserves 2-0 at Paulton, In 1993/94, under the leadership of Terry Hale, the team won the Somerset Senior League Premier Division Championship. They retained this title in 1994/95, made it a treble in 1995/96 and notched up their fourth Championship win at the end of the 1997/98 season, In May 2000, Shaun Hill’s side beat Radstock Town to win the Somerset Senior Cup for the second time.
Following major ground improvements and finishing the 2004/05 season as runners up in the Somerset County League the Club applied for election to the Western League and were duly promoted for the start of the 2005/06 campaign.
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 SolutionsSupporting 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.
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