“THE GROVE”
Official matchday programme of Hengrove Athletic F.C
Toolstation Western League’s
“Best Programme - Division One” 2022/23
Toolstation Western League Division 1
Hengrove Athletic v Radstock Town
Saturday 19th August 2023 3.00pm
Issue: 4
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 Dave Fear 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 Dave Fear 2015/16
Mike Greatbanks Jamie Hillman
Ian Jones
Giorgio Mancini
Martin McConachie Pete Stenner
Bristol u18 Comb Div 1 winners
2021/22
Bristol u18 Comb. Plate winners
Mike Stone 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 Radstock 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.
Today’s visitors arrive in BS14 having recorded an impressive 4-3 win over Middlezoy Rovers in midweek. That followed two defeats that in turn followed a great start to the season where the side won their first three games. Given our first six games have only seen one draw and plenty of goals, today could be a cracker.
Last week at Wells City, we were unlucky to come away with a 4-1 loss, the kind of game where the scoreline doesn’t really reflect the way the game went. On Tuesday night, sadly the opposite was true, it was a 1-6 defeat in all manners. That said, having to play against a strong side like Brislington for 65 minutes with ten men will always be near-impossible and to add, we played ten minutes with eight men and even a few with seven due to sin bins and injuries.
This Tuesday, we travel to Cribbs Reserves, a game that will be the final midweek game for three weeks. It has been difficult keeping up with it all as Saturday/midweek/Saturday/ midweek takes its toll on everyone involved with clubs. The away trip to Shirehampton in a fortnight will now be played on the Friday night, 1st September now though.
The recent Somerset Premier Cup draw was kind in that we didn’t end up being in it! We were given a bye in the first round so no game for us in October; that’s the second cup competition we’ve had a bye in following the FA Vase First Qualifying Round draw - that paired us with Roman Glass St George in the Second Qualifying Round.
So strap yourself in and get ready for the rollercoaster ride that is the Toolstation Western League Division One season. 42 games; hot weather, frozen surfaces, waterlogged pitches, suspensions, players going elsewhere for £5 a game more, floodlight failures, red cards, sin bins, Tuesday/Saturday/Tuesday/Saturday and so much more. And that could be all in the first month!
You wouldn’t want it any other way. Would you?
Enjoy the game.
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Saturday 19th August 2023
FA Cup Preliminary Round
Bideford v Helston Athletic
Buckland Athletic v Okehampton Argyle
Falmouth Town v Frome Town
Ilfracombe Town v Saltash United
Nailsea & Tickenham United v Highworth Town
St Blazey v Mousehole
Tavistock v Barnstaple Town
Toolstation Western League Premier Division
Welton Rovers v Torpoint Athletic
Toolstation Western League Division One
AEK Boco v Cribbs Reserves
Bradford Town v Cheddar
Brislington v Bitton
Cadbury Heath v Wincanton Town
Hallen v Bristol Telephones
Hengrove Athletic v Radstock Town
Keynsham Town v Longwell Green Sports
Middlezoy Rovers v Shirehampton
Odd Down (Bath) v Wells City
Portishead Town v Gillingham Town
Warminster Town v Bishop Sutton
HENGROVE ATHLETIC STATS 2023/24
(max 6 games, up to & inc 15th Aug 2023)
Player Starts Sub On Total Goals MOM Ben Britton 5 0 5 0 Carl Bush 1 0 1 0 Jack Cousins 2 3 5 1 Taylor Doyle 4 0 4 0 1 Louie Farrow 1 4 5 0 Jacob Grinnell 0 6 6 0 Ethan Hardy 2 1 3 0 Rohan Hartrey 5 1 6 1 Harvey Impey 5 1 6 0 Aidan Jones 1 4 5 1 Jack Jones 6 0 6 3 Connor Kingdon 5 0 5 1 Giorgio Mancini 5 1 6 0 Jude McCarthy 3 0 3 0 Sonny Parker 0 4 4 1 Mickey Parsons 6 0 6 2 1 Dylan Powell 3 3 6 0 Pete Sheppard 4 0 4 4 1 Regan Sollars 5 0 5 0 Oscar Sullivan 3 2 5 0
PLAYER SPONSORS 2023/24 SEASON
Jack Cousins
Lewis Bond-Kendall
Regan Sollars
Rohan Hartrey
Dylan Powell
Louie Davies
PLAYER SPONSORS 2023/24 SEASON
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 for your generosity.
Aidan Jones
Ben Britton
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
AEK Boco
Almondsbury
Bishop Sutton
Brislington
Bristol Telephones
Hengrove Athletic
Longwell Green
Oldland Abbots
Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts
NORTH DIVISION Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Thu 17 Aug Cheddar (FAYC) A W 11-3 Parker (4), Berry (2), Earrey Farrow, Chilcott, Knight, og Thu 21 Sep Longwell Green H 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
Reserves - the new season begins...
BRISTOL & SUBURBAN LEAGUE SENIOR DIVISION
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Sat 2 Sep Winscombe (Cup) A Sat 9 Sep St Vallier A Sat 16 Sep Filton Athletic Res A Sat 23 Sep Hartcliffe H Sat 30 Sep Stockwood Wands A Sat 7 Oct Hartcliffe A 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
Hengrove Athletic FC
Green shirts, Green shorts & Green 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
Jude McCARTHY
Mickey PARSONS
Dylan POWELL
Pete SHEPPARD
Regan SOLLARS
Oscar SULLIVAN
Manager Jamie HILLMAN
Asst. Manager
Coaches
Physio
Jon BERRY
Ian JONES
Mike STONE
Matt TAYLOR
TONIGHT’S
H E N G R O V E A T H L E T I C
Referee Spencer CHINNOCK
SQUADS Radstock Town FC
Blue shirts, Blue shorts & Blue socks
Daniel JACKSON
Dominic LAW
Lucas PURNELL
Luke INGRAM
Braden HUMPHRIES
Ian JEFFERY
Daniel DYKE
William SMITH
Owen ROBINSON
Seb HOUNSELL
Sam HILL
Jack FARION
Matthew CURNOCK
Adrian HARVEY
Will OSBORNE
Harrison NEWMAN
Seth WAIN
Jacob READER
Jack PEARSON-BROWN
Jacob BIRD
Corey RAWLINGS
Kai WILLIAMSON
Kyle THOMAS
Jack PETERS
Management Team Ray JOHNSTON
Elliot GIBBONS
Ian LANNING
Assistants
Connor HOLMES
Ian DIAMOND
R A D S T O C K T O W N
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
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 12th 6 2 1 3 15 17 -2 7 AGG (to date) 632 262 116 254 1032 998 +34 902
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promoted Italic type - relegated
* - season declared null & void ** - season curtailed *** - current
type -
SEASON 2006-07 TO PRESENT
WESTERN LEAGUE RECORD SEASON BY
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, is pleasant and offers superb views of Bristol as well as the peace and quiet of the country. It’s a lovely place to watch a 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 has won two promotions and a Les Phillips Cup in the last ten years but the one OFF IT; the team behind the team if you like.
We are looking for anyone that feels they can 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 and 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 is you, please email the chairman Mike Greatbanks at michael.greatbanks@btconnect.com or call him on 07884 492217. And thank you!
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
Tue 22 Cribbs Res. A
Sat 26 Cadbury Heath H
September
Fri 1 Shirehampton A
Sat 9 Longwell Green A
Tue 12 Middlezoy Rov. A
Sat 16 Brislington H
Sat 23 Roman Glass H (FA Vase)
Tue 26 Bishop Sutton H (Les Phillips Cup)
Sat 30 Bradford Town A
October
Sat 7 Bitton H
Tue 10 Cheddar H
Sat 14 Cadbury Heath A
Tue 17 Hallen H
Sat 21 AEK Boco A
Sat 28 Warminster T A
November
Sat 4 Longwell Green H
Sat 11 Gillingham T A
Sat 18 Middlezoy R H
Sat 25 Wincanton T H
December
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
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Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven.
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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