“THE LAKE VIEW”
Toolstation Western League Division One Bristol Telephones Wednesday 12th April 2023 7.30pm Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton FC
Bishop Sutton Football Club
Club Officials
Chairman - George Williams
Treasurer - Jason Hunt
Secretary - Hannah Downes
First Team
Manager - Jon Toy
First Team Head Coach - Dean Horseman
Coaches - Dan Spill & Andy Clark
Reserve Team
Manager - Barrie Witts
Secretary - Nick Gwyther
Under 18
Manager - Nick Gwyther
Assistant - Darren Gould
Club Welfare Officer - Barrie Witts
Secretary - Faye Brady
Catering Manager - Aaron O’Connor
Commercial Manager - Angela O’Connor
Website & Programme - Martin McConachie
Volunteers - Merv Williams, Aaron Alford & Ray Winsley
Lakeview, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol BS39 5XN
Good evening everyone, hope you had a happy Easter!
Tonight, we offer a very warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Bristol Telephones & our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!
Bristol Telephones have enjoyed a much better campaign this year and currently sit in 13th position and will provide a tough test for us this evening (should the game go ahead, of course!). Fixture congestion is fast becoming a problem; next week we play on Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday as the season has to finish by Saturday 22nd April for teams with a sniff of the playoffs.
Please check the back of the programme and the club website for the latest news on matches and rearrangements. Once again, many thanks for your support and enjoy the game.
Bishop Sutton Club History
The club was re-formed in 1977 with just an U15 team playing in the Weston-superMare Sunday League and then progressing in successive seasons to the Bristol and Avon League U16s and the second and first divisions before being admitted into the Somerset Senior League for the 1981-82 season.
The next ten years were spent climbing through the four divisions before being voted into the Western League for season 1991-92. The First Division was won in 1997-98 and then followed seventeen successive seasons in the Premier Division, the highlight being winning the Premier title in 2012-13.
Unfortunately our ground grading did not permit progression to the Southern League and all the team management and players then left the club. Relegation from the Premier followed at the end of season 2014-15 and we have experienced mixed fortunes in the First Division since then.
For the season 2020-21 Jon Toy came in as manager but unfortunately we were only able to play 10 games before the season was curtailed due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Having retained a lot of last season’s squad and added a couple of new players, we finished in mid table in season 2021/22.
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
Wednesday 12th April 2023
Premier Division
Ashton & Backwell United v Torpoint Athletic
Cadbury Heath v Barnstaple Town
Wellington v Ilfracombe Town
First Division
Bishop Sutton v Bristol Telephones
FC Bristol v Radstock Town
Odd Down (Bath) v Wells City
Portishead Town v Hallen
Shirehampton v Wincanton Town
TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE TOP SCORERS
Premier Division
Curtis Damerell (Torpoint Athletic) - 29
Hayden Turner (Mousehole) - 26
Ethan Feltham (Clevedon Town) - 21
Ryan Bush (Buckland Athletic) - 21
Adam Carter (Saltash United) - 20
Rubin Wilson (Helston Athletic) - 20
Harry Foster (Street) - 20
Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 18
Jacob Brown (Bridgwater United) - 18
Division One
Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 34
Adam Wright (Wells City) - 31
Luke Bryan (Odd Down) - 29
Sacha Tong (FC Bristol) - 27
Matt Garner (Wincanton Town) - 24
Luke Osgood (Nailsea & Tickenham United) - 24
Craig Wilson (Bishop Sutton) - 23
Asa White (Brislington) - 23
Jack Thorne (Nailsea & Tickenham United) - 21
Dean Griffiths (Brislington) - 21
Pos Team P W D L GD Pts 1. Mousehole 33 24 7 2 55 79 2. Saltash United 33 24 6 3 55 78 3. Bridgwater Utd 34 19 8 7 41 65 4. Buckland Athletic 33 21 2 10 23 65 5. Barnstaple Town 30 19 3 8 20 60 6. Helston Athletic 32 15 11 6 17 56 7. Shepton Mallet 32 15 10 7 24 55 8. Falmouth Town 32 14 7 11 11 49 9. Clevedon Town 34 12 7 15 -9 43 10. Ashton & Backwell 31 12 6 13 5 42 11. Street 32 10 9 13 -18 39 12. Torpoint Athletic 32 10 8 14 -8 38 13. Millbrook 33 10 7 16 -16 37 14. Welton Rovers 34 10 6 18 -33 36 15. Wellington 32 9 7 16 -13 34 16. Ilfracombe Town 31 6 9 16 -15 27 17. Sherborne Town 32 6 6 20 -23 24 18. Keynsham Town 34 5 3 26 -69 18 19. Cadbury Heath 32 3 6 23 -47 15
Premier Division
Division One
Pos Team P W D L GD Pts 1. Brislington 38 33 2 3 90 101 2. Nailsea & Tick’nam 39 29 4 6 71 91 3. Wells City 38 28 6 4 54 90 4. Oldland Abbots 38 23 8 7 38 77 5. Wincanton Town 36 20 5 11 26 65 6. Shirehampton 38 18 5 15 15 59 7. Bishop Sutton 36 17 7 12 6 58 8. FC Bristol 38 18 4 16 1 58 9. Longwell Green 40 16 5 19 -15 53 10. Hallen 38 14 10 14 4 52 11. Odd Down (Bath) 35 13 10 12 11 49 12. Warminster Town 37 14 7 16 -7 49 13. Bristol Telephones 40 13 10 17 -11 46* 14. AEK Boco 39 14 4 21 -19 46 15. Portishead Town 35 13 3 19 -16 42 16. Hengrove Athletic 38 11 8 19 -9 41 17. Gillingham Town 40 11 8 21 -24 41 18. Cheddar 38 9 7 22 -19 34 19. Radstock Town 37 7 12 18 -17 33 20. Tytherington Rocks 40 7 9 24 -58 30 21. Almondsbury 40 7 9 24 -73 30 22. Bishop’s Lydeard 36 7 7 22 -48 28
Non-League Footballers Mental Health Championed by Bath Mind and the Toolstation Western League
The Toolstation Western League are working with Bath Mind to pilot a mental health partnership supporting the football family and players in particular. The six Western League sides located in Bath and North East Somerset have been offered specially created posters, promoting mental health support services designed to help younger people, which can be located into their home and away changing rooms.
Research conducted by the Toolstation Western League earlier this season highlighted that around a quarter of players had considered seeking help with a mental health issue. The subject of mental health was first tackled by the Western League in March 2020, when they launched their Think of a Fan campaign.
Chairman of the Western League, John Pool, explained: “Think of a Fan was our way of remembering that for many fans, football is more than just a game. It’s an important release, a chance to meet friends, get out of the house and have some fun.
Many people are still working through the loneliness and anxiety caused by lockdown, but we must not forget that our players are no different. They are as important to us as any members of our football family and this important partnership with Bath Mind is our way of supporting them.”
As well as changing room posters, Bath Mind have provided leaflets for fans, as well as programme adverts, highlighting the variety of support services they provide. If successful, this initial pilot will be extended by the Western League to cover all 40 Clubs across the South West of England, from Cornwall to Wiltshire.
Hannah Roper, Director of Business Development at Bath Mind, said: “We at Bath Mind are thrilled to be working in partnership with The Toolstation Western League, to support and promote positive mental health for the football community. Throughout the pandemic Bath Mind has been fighting an epidemic of mental ill-health. We have increased our services to meet the growing needs of our community, and help reduce pressure on NHS services.
Through this pilot we hope to encourage everyone to talk about their mental health, seek help at an early stage and reduce the stigma associated with mental ill-health. As a local, independent charity, Bath Mind relies heavily on local fundraising to keep our services going, therefore we are grateful to The Toolstation Western League and their fans for their fundraising efforts.”
TONIGHT’S Bishop Sutton
Blue&WhiteShirts,BlueShorts&BlueSocks
Ethan BALLANTINE
Reeko BEST
Josh CLARK
Josh COMERFORD
Mason DAGGAR
Sam DOWNES
Joe DURRANT
Ashley EYLES
Tom FRANCIS
Luke HALL-COUSINS
Sam HILL
Will HUMPHRIES
Keith KEARNEY
Harry NEIL
Alessandro PELLICCIA
Jacob READER
Dan SPILL
Cody VILE
Craig WILSON
Harry WINSLEY
Manager Jon TOY
Head Coach Dean HORSEMAN
Coach Dan SPILL
Referee
Kulwant MANN
LINEUPS
Bristol Telephones
YellowShirts,BlackShorts,YellowSocks
Javier BLAZQUEZ
Fletcher CRIPPS
Kyle CURTIS
Archie DARK
Matthew DUNK
Sam EDWARDS
Jack GORE
Nathan GORE
Mike GRIST
Jay MALPAS
Phil MATAJ
Robert MOORE
Scott O’BRIEN
Ben PAYTER
Billy PADFIELD
Lee PITMAN
Scott SAUNDERS
Jordan SCOTT
Jack SHEPPARD-COZENS
Finn SYKES
Jamie SYMONDS
Jason THATCHER
Sam THOMAS
Bailey TURNER
Russell WOODFORD
Manager John ALLAN
Assistants
Russell HOLT
Josh BRUTON
Physio
Charlotte GARTON
Assistants
Kevin WILLIAMS
Andrew DIXON
BRISTOL TELEPHONES F.C.
Formed in 1948, Bristol Telephones were originally known as Bristol Post Office Telephones Football Club, as they were then part of the Post Office.
Playing at Bristol Civil Service Club, they had to leave that pitch when BT was privatised under Maggie Thatcher.
They then played at various grounds, until the overall social club purchased their current ground in 1984. Various improvements were undertaken but in 1994 the clubhouse, which was mostly wooden construction, was destroyed by fire.
For the next season, Bristol Telephones, as we were now called, were able to borrow changing facilities from Cutters Friday, whose ground borders our own, until the current clubhouse was constructed. In recent years this has seen substantial improvements such that it is now considered one of the best clubs in the area.
Telephones started life in the Bristol and Suburban League, being an ever present club in the ‘Premier’ Divisions since it’s formation, and our Reserves play in the Senior Division of that league.
Telephones were promoted to the Gloucestershire County League in season 2013/14 and became champions in 2016/17, allowing them to be promoted to the Toolstation Western League.
This is our sixth season in the Toolstation Western League having finished just three places from the bottom last season. We have a young and dynamic Management team and this season we are targeting a minimum of a mid table finish.
On the playing side, Phones were Gloucestershire County League Champions in 2016/17, Suburban Premier League Champions three times, the Premier Div 2 winners twice, and Bosley Cup Winners four times.
We also won the Gloucester Junior Cup in 1975, and were Finalists in the Gloucestershire Senior Amateur Cup in 2012.
( Pictures opposite of Bristol Telephones’ ground taken from the club’s Twitter)
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BRISTOL TELEPHONES F.C.
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With the reserves....
UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res H L 0-3Sat20Aug BurnhamUnitedRes A W6-0 Rowland(3),Hynes,Tanner,Hallett Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res H W 6-0 Tanner (2), Brilliant, Hynes, F. Maddern, Rowland Sat17Sep Congresbury A L0-8Sat 24 Sep Draycott H W 3-1 Derrick, Jeng, Marks Sat1Oct RadstockTownRes(Cup) A L1-7 Rawlings Tue4Oct FryClubRes A L0-4Sat 8 Oct Nailsea United Res H L 1-2 o.g., Tue11Oct PortisheadTown(Cup) A L1-2 Brilliant Sat15Oct WinscombeRes A W5-2 Rowland(3),F.Maddern,Brilliant Tue 18 Oct Clevedon United Res H D 1-1 Tanner Sat12Nov WorleRangers A W1-0 Rawlings Sat19Nov StGeorgeE-I-G A L1-6 o.g., Sat 3 Dec Winscombe Res H W 7-2 Rawlings (3), Rowland (2), F. Maddern (2) Sat31Dec Draycott A D3-3 Hall-Cousins,Head,Rowland Sat7Jan TunleyAthletic A W5-3 F.Maddern(2),A.Maddern,Rawlings,og Sat 28 Jan St George E-I-G H D 3-3 Rawlings, F. Maddern, A. Maddern Sat4Feb RadstockTownRes A L0-5Sat 11 Feb Worle Rangers H L 0-4 Sat25Feb NailseaUnitedRes A W2-1F.Maddern,A.Maddern Sat 11 Mar Tunley Athletic H D 0-0Sat18Mar Yatton&CleeveUtdRes A L3-6 F.Maddern(2),Marks Sat 8 Apr Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H W 3-1 F. Maddern, Rawlings, Brilliant Mon10Apr SomertonTownRes A W2-1 Rawlings,Rowland Sat 22 Apr Fry Club Res H Sat 29 Apr Burnham United Res H Tue2May ClevedonUnitedRed A Mon 8 May Congresbury H
With the reserves....
UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE
Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st Congresbury 21 18 2 1 96 9 87 56 2nd Radstock Town Res 21 18 0 3 71 25 46 54 3rd Clevedon United Res 19 10 6 3 50 23 27 36 4th Bishop Sutton 22 10 4 8 52 56 -4 34 5th Fry Club Reserves 20 9 5 6 42 29 13 32 6th St George E-I-G 19 10 2 7 53 45 8 32 7th Worle Rangers 18 10 1 7 39 35 4 31 8th Draycott 22 8 2 12 46 50 -4 26 9th Somerton Town Res 21 7 3 11 36 53 -17 24 10th Yatton & Cleeve Res 21 7 3 11 45 74 -29 24 11th Nailsea United Res 19 7 2 10 31 30 1 23 12th Winscombe Res 20 3 4 13 21 60 -39 13 13th Burnham Res 18 2 2 14 23 68 -45 8 14th Tunley Athletic 19 1 4 14 17 65 -48 4*
*-adjustmentmade
With the under-18’s...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers Wed 21 Sep Longwell Green Sports H W 5-1 F. Maddern (3), Lewis, Diaw Thu6Oct HengroveAthletic A L0-1Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco H L 1-4 Vickers Mon31Oct LongwellGreenSports A D3-3 Simmons(2),F.Maddern Thu8Dec Bishop’sLydeard(Cup) A L0-1Wed1Feb AEKBoco A L0-1Thu 9 Feb Portishead Town H W 2-0 F. Maddern (2) Wed15Feb ChippingSodburyTown A W10-0 Hooper(2),F.Maddern(2) Lewis,Pring,Simmons, Hartrey,Vickers,Kemble Mon3Apr Hallen A L0-3Tue11Apr PortisheadTown A Tue 18 Apr Hengrove Athletic H Wed 26 Apr Chipping Sodbury H Thu 4 May Hallen H
NORTH
TABLE Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1st AEKBoco 10 7 2 1 21 3 18 23 2nd Hallen 8 7 0 1 23 6 17 21 3rd PortisheadTown 8 5 2 1 24 8 16 17 4th LongwellGreenSports 12 4 2 6 22 25 -3 14 5th Bishop Sutton 8 3 1 4 21 12 9 10 6th HengroveAthletic 10 3 1 6 15 22 -7 10 7th ChippingSodbury 10 0 0 10 5 55 -50 0
WCFY LEAGUE -
DIVISION
A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
game guide for the Toolstation Western League Division One AEK Boco GreenbankRoad,Hanham,BristolBS153RZ 12.2 miles Almondsbury TheField,GloucesterRd,Almondsbury.BS324AA 21.3 miles Bishop’s Lydeard DarbyWay,Bishop’sLydeard,Taunton.TA43BA 41.8 miles Brislington IronmouldLane,Brislington,BristolBS45RS 10.8 miles Bristol Tel. BTRAGround,StockwoodLane,BristolBS148SJ 7.8 miles Cheddar Bowden'sPark,DraycottRoad,CheddarBS273RL 12.2 miles FC Bristol OaklandsPark,Almondsbury,BristolBS324AA 21.3 miles Gillingham Town WoodwaterLane,Gillingham,DorsetSP84WL 32.5 miles Hallen MoorhouseLane,Hallen,BristolBS107RU 17.4 miles Hengrove Athletic AVBStadium,NortonLane,WhitchurchBS140BT 7.3 miles Longwell Green ShellardsRoad,LongwellGreen,BristolBS309AD 11.2 miles Nailsea & Tick. FrythWay,Nailsea,BristolBS482AS 14.3 miles Odd Down CombeHayLane,OddDown,Bath,BA28PA 11.6 miles Oldland Abbots CastleRoad,OldlandCommon,BristolBS309SZ 11.7 miles Portishead Town BristolRoad,Portishead,BristolBS206QG 15.7 miles Radstock Town SouthfieldRec.,Southfields,RadstockBA33NZ 10.3 miles Shirehampton TheCreek,ThePortway,SeaMills,BristolBS92JS 14.2 miles Tytherington R. HardwickePF,Tytherington,SouthGloucsGL128UJ 23.5 miles Warminster TownWeymouthStreet,Warminster,WiltshireBA129NS 25.6 miles Wells City RowdensRoad,Wells,SomersetBA51TU 11.4 miles Wincanton Town SportsGround,MoorLane,WincantonBA99EJ 28.6 miles
Away
Player Games Goals Ethan BALLANTINE 21 7 Reeko BEST 15 1 Harry BILLITERRI 4 0 Jacob BIRD 7 2 Jack BURGESS 1 0 Chris BLAMMON 3 0 Seth BRILLIANT 1 0 Oaklan BUCK 7 4 Jordan CHANDLER 6 1 Josh CLARK 19 7 Josh COMERFORD 27 0 Aysa CORRICK 4 1 Mason DAGGAR 34 1 Billy DOWNES 5 0 Sam DOWNES 1 0 Joe DURRANT 5 0 Ashley EYLES 14 0 Tom FRANCIS 15 0 Jacob GARDNER 18 0 Mike GRIST 12 2 Luke HALL-COUSINS 35 1 Bradley HARDIDGE 8 0 Josh HARDING 4 0 Sam HAYES 1 0 Joe HEAD 4 0 Player Games Goals Alex HILL 1 0 Sam HILL 26 0 Will HUMPHRIES 10 0 Keith KEARNEY 8 0 Alfie MADDERN 1 0 Harry NEIL 18 0 Dominic OAKES 21 0 Luke PALMER 13 1 Alessandro PELLICCIA 16 3 Chris PILE 2 0 Lee PITMAN 1 0 Oakley RAWLINGS 3 0 Jacob READER 17 4 Aron ROBBINS 2 2 George ROOKE 3 0 Jack ROWLAND 1 0 Paddy ROYAL 23 1 Scott SAUNDERS 11 1 Dan SPILL 10 0 Billy VAUGHAN 6 0 Cody VILE 27 1 Raphael WAUGH 8 0 Jordan WHITTAKER 9 1 Craig WILSON 36 23 Harry WINSLEY 10 0 Player Appearances & Goals Season 2022/23 (max 39 games)
Fixtures & Results 2022/2023
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers 2022 Sat30Jul GillinghamTown A W5-0 53 Bird(2),Daggar,Vile,Wilson Tue 2 Aug Tytherington R H W 4-2 61 Buck (2), Royal, Wilson Sat 6 Aug Hengrove Athletic H D 1-1 81 Whittaker Sat13Aug Brislington A L0-1 120Tue 16 Aug Hallen H L 1-4 51 Buck Sat 27 Aug Shirehampton H W 3-2 78 Grist (2), Buck Mon 29 Aug Oldland Abbots H L 0-1 103Sat3Sep BristolTelephones A D1-1 - Wilson Tue 6 Sep Warminster TownH L 0-1 60Sat 17 Sep Cheddar H D 0-0 52Sat24Sep FCBristol A L2-4 - Wilson(2) Tue 27 Sep Wincanton Town H W 3-148 Wilson, Palmer, og Sat1Oct AEKBoco A W3-2- Wilson(2),Saunders Tue 4 Oct Ashton & B (SPC) H D 0-0 - (Won 4-3 on penalties) Sat8Oct OldlandAbbots A L2-3 - Wilson(2) Fri 14 Oct Almondsbury H W 2-188 Wilson, Ballantine Sat 22 Oct Longwell Green H W 4-042 Wilson, Ballantine, Chandler, Clark Sat29Oct LongwellGreen A W4-1104 Wilson(2),Ballantine,Clark Tue 1 Nov Bishop’s Lydeard H W 2-025 Wilson, Robbins Sat5Nov Nailsea&Tick’nam A L1-7 53 Robbins Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H D 0-0 48Sat 19 Nov Brislington H L 0-3 86Wed 30 Nov Wincanton (SPC) H D 2-2 - Wilson, Corrick (W 4-2 pens) Sat 3 Dec Portishead Town A W 2-1- Wilson (2)
Fixtures & Results 2022/2023
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers 2023 Mon2Jan RadstockTown A L0-3 121Tue 31 Jan Frome T. (SPC) H L 0-2Sat4Feb Bishop’sLydeard A W2-0 Wilson,Reader Tue7Feb IlfracombeT(LPC) A L2-3 73 Wilson,Ballantine Sat11Feb Hallen A D1-1 61 Wilson Wed15Feb WarminsterT A D1-1 101 Reader Sat 18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H W 1-060 Wilson Wed22Feb Shirehampton A L0-4 49Sat25Feb HengroveAthletic A W2-042 Ballantine,Pelliccia Tue28Feb OddDown A W1-030 Clark Sat 4 Mar Portishead Town H W 4-045 Pelliccia (2), Clark, Best Sat11Mar Cheddar A W2-1- Clark(2) Tue 14 Mar Wells City H L 2-3 40 Ballantine, Reader Tue 21 Mar AEK Boco H W 4-242 Ballantine, Clark, Hall-Cousins, Reader Sat25Mar TytheringtonR A D1-1 - Wilson Fri7Apr WellsCity A L0-3 -Wed 12 Apr Bristol Tel H Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick H Tue18Apr WincantonTown A Wed 19 Apr Radstock Town H Thu 20 Apr FC Bristol H Sat22Apr Almondsbury A Key LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup
