Hengrove Athletic v Portishead Town

“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

Tuesday 9th April 2024

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

Coach

Coach

Coach

Physiotherapist

Kit Manager

Reserve Manager

Asst. Manager

U18’s Managers

Club Committee

Alan Burton

Sean Day

Jamie Hillman

Giorgio Mancini

Pete Stenner

Mike Greatbanks Alf Bosley Cup winners

Mike Greatbanks 1958/59, 1963/64

Martin McConachie Somerset Junior Cup winners

Jamie Hirons 1964/65

Jamie Hillman Somerset League Cup winners

Jack Richardson 1979/80

Ian Jones Somerset Senior Cup winners

Mike Stone 1979/80

Matt Taylor Promoted to Som. County Prem.

Pete Stenner 1995/96

Somerset Senior Cup runners-up

Sean Day 2003/04, 2004/05

Nilton Crane Som. County Premier winners

Rich Griffiths 2005/06

Damian Chilcott

Western League Div 1 runners-up

Jon Berry 2012/13, 2016/17

Nilton Crane Les Phillips Cup winners

Mike Greatbanks 2015/16

Ian Jones

Bristol u18 Comb Div 1 winners

Martin McConachie 2021/22

Mike Stone

Bristol u18 Comb. Plate winners

Alex Sully 2021/22

SECRETARY WANTED

This position is voluntary and is vacant due to the current secretary standing down at the end of this season in April after seven years in the role.

The role involves dealing with the main administration of the football side of the club meaning that the successful applicant should be a good communicator at all levels, conscientious and able to work to deadlines

(Duties include, but are not restricted to...)

Dealing with opposition clubs & match officials regarding forthcoming fixtures

Completing post match administration in a timely manner

Corresponding with league officials on league matters

Dealing with the County FA (Somerset) on disciplinary matters

Attending various league meetings across the season (maybe 5-6 per year)

Attending club committee meetings on a monthly basis

Using Full Time & Club Portal, the FA's IT system to register players & acknowledge fines

In the first instance, please apply to Mike Greatbanks, chairman, by emailing him at michael.greatbanks@btconnect.com

This season’s “Man of the Match” sponsor.....

Today’s Fixtures

Toolstation Western League Premier Division

Barnstaple Town v Clevedon Town

Buckland Athletic v Brixham

Ilfracombe Town v Millbrook

Shepton Mallet v Oldland Abbotonians

Torpoint Athletic v Saltash United

Wellington v Falmouth Town

Welton Rovers v Nailsea & Tickenham

Toolstation Western League Division One

Bitton v Wincanton Town

Bradford Town v Warminster Town

Bristol Telephones v Brislington

Cheddar v Shirehampton

Hengrove Athletic v Portishead Town

Middlezoy Rovers v Keynsham Town

Wells City v Gillingham Town

Top Scorers Season 2023/24

Toolstation Western League Premier Division

Jared Lewington (Buckland Athletic) - 34

Jack Thorne (Bridgwater United) - 27

Ryan Richards (Torpoint Athletic) - 24

Oscar Massey (Falmouth Town) - 21

Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 21

Phil Ormrod (Street) - 20

Rubin Wilson (Falmouth Town) - 20

Sam Beresford (Clevedon Town) - 19

Jack Taylor (Bridgwater United) - 19

Curtis Damerell (Helston Athletic) - 15

Toolstation Western League Division One

Ethan Feltham (Portishead Town) - 48

Matt Garner (Wincanton Town) - 33

Louis Snailham (Shirehampton) - 25

Harry Warwick (Wells City) - 25

Liam Clayton (Cribbs Reserves) - 23

Liam Winter (Middlezoy Rovers) - 23

Joe Beardwell (Bitton) - 20

Jacob Reader (Radstock Town) - 19

Milo Murgatroyd (Odd Down) - 18

Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 18

Matt Brown (Longwell Green) - 18

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 COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION

With the Reserves ...

BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE SENIOR DIVISION

With the Reserves ...

BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE

SENIOR DIVISION

* - 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

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

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

Martin CHOWN

Daniel FORRESTER

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

HENGROVE

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.

AVPI

Apollo Cleaning Solutions

Proud producers of “The Grove” - Winner of “Best Div 1 programmeToolstation Western League 2022/2023”

Freelance Writing

Website Management Football Administration

Social Media Management Programme Production

New book out in 2025 - “Team Of My Life”

tel: 07432 614494

email: martin@hamdonmedia.co.uk

twitter: @HamdonMart

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* - season declared null & void

** - season curtailed *** - current Bold type - promoted Italic type - relegated

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.

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