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News From WELTON ROVERs T
he recent Coronavirus lockdown has seen the temporary cessation of all non-elite sport, meaning Welton Rovers supporters will enjoy the view from the top of the Toolstation Western League Division One table, for the duration of the month of November. The Midsomer Norton team sit top of the table while they enjoy their joint best ever start to a league campaign, so far matching their record in the 1965/66 season when they went the whole campaign unbeaten. Rovers have seen their crowd sizes grow since September’s footballing restart, as locals have looked for affordable, outdoor weekend entertainment, including a number of people who ordinarily would watch the Bristol clubs, or Bath City. Those that have lent their support to Welton Rovers have been treated to outstanding attacking football, as Rovers have won eight and drawn two of their first ten league games and had two impressive FA Vase wins against opponents from Devon, along the way. The final game before lockdown saw Welton's best performance of the season so far, as they ran riot at Hengrove Athletic on their way to a 5-1 victory. Star man that evening, and on a couple more occasions in the Autumn, was wide-forward
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Photograph: Mark Pile Dawid Regula. Regula struck a hat-trick on a chilly night at Hengrove, his second three goal haul of the season, amongst his nine goal tally to date. Even in a comfortable victory there was drama, as a floodlight failure with just 12 minutes to go threatened the abandonment of the game. Thankfully after a nervous 25 minute wait the electrical issue was fixed, and the Green Army was
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