“THE LAKE VIEW”
Toolstation Western League Division One Cheddar
29th March 2024 3.00pm Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton F.C.
Friday
Good afternoon everyone,
Welcome back to Lakeview for this afternoon’s Toolstation Western League Division One fixture with Cheddar. We offer a very warm welcome to all their supporters & officials along with the three match officials too, hoping they all have a safe journey home too.
Well the last home game provided us with a little entertainment when we hosted Longwell Green here at Lakeview. Despite taking the lead and scoring later in the game, we ended up on the wrong side of a 6-2 loss. This was then followed by a creditable goalless draw with Gillingham Town which was our first clean sheet of the season.
Your support for the club, both on and off the field, is always very welcome so please come to as many games as possible as we look to finish the final part of the season in a better place.
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 followed by seventh place last season. Jon left in the summer and was replaced by Catalin Andrei and Steve Taylor.
Chris Blammon took over in the autumn of 2023 as first team manager.
Toolstation Western League Premier Division Pos. Team P W D L F A Pts 1st Helston Athletic 27 21 3 3 91 23 66 2nd Clevedon Town 27 19 4 4 64 19 61 3rd Falmouth Town 26 19 3 4 61 19 60 4th Bridgwater United 27 18 2 7 75 38 56 5th Barnstaple Town 26 15 8 3 64 30 53 6th Buckland Athletic 29 15 6 8 79 46 51 7th Shepton Mallet 27 13 6 8 50 40 45 8th Brixham 28 12 8 8 58 32 44 9th Torpoint Athletic 27 12 4 11 47 46 40 10th Nailsea & Tickenham 27 11 1 15 55 53 34 11th Street 28 9 7 12 52 57 34 12th St Blazey 27 9 5 13 45 54 32 13th Ilfracombe Town 24 6 8 10 32 40 26 14th Saltash United 26 6 4 16 37 55 22 15th Wellington 27 4 8 15 32 72 20 16th Oldland Abbotonians 26 5 0 21 29 78 15 17th Welton Rovers 26 3 5 18 23 70 14 18th Millbrook 25 2 0 23 11 133 6
Toolstation Western League Division One Pos. Team P W D L F A Pts 1st Radstock Town 36 24 5 7 86 39 77 2nd Wincanton Town 35 24 4 7 92 62 76 3rd Portishead Town 32 23 5 4 90 24 74 4th Cribbs Reserves 36 23 5 8 91 53 74 5th Wells City 33 22 2 9 74 43 68 6th Brislington 31 21 4 6 105 37 67 7th Bitton 33 19 8 6 72 41 65 8th AEK Boco 34 17 6 11 62 42 57 9th Bradford Town 36 15 9 12 75 57 54 10th Middlezoy Rovers 35 17 2 16 72 69 53 11th Longwell Green Sp. 37 16 5 16 76 77 53 12th Bristol Telephones 35 16 4 15 57 71 52 13th Cadbury Heath 35 15 4 16 67 57 49 14th Hallen 34 13 7 14 54 59 40 15th Odd Down 36 11 5 20 59 102 38 16th Shirehampton 34 10 6 18 60 70 36 17th Hengrove Athletic 35 9 6 20 50 78 33 18th Warminster Town 35 8 7 20 55 81 31 19th Gillingham Town 33 9 3 21 48 77 30 20th Keynsham Town 34 9 3 22 70 101 30 21st Cheddar 31 5 1 25 42 81 16 22nd Bishop Sutton 36 0 3 33 17 153 3
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
TODAY’S
Bishop Sutton
Blue & White Shirts, Blue Shorts & Blue Socks
Owen ALLISON
Chris BLAMMON
Cole CAMPBELL
Jack CREANEY
Terry FRANCIS
Brady GOULD
Dan HAINES
Sam HUGHES
Tyler LANE
Regan LASHENKO
Blake LONGDEN
Finley MADDERN
Aaron MARCH
Joe WHITTAKER B I S H O P S U T T O N
Harry MESSENGER
Thomas MOLLOY
Sam NYE
Oakley RAWLINGS
Ashley ROBINSON
Luke SEVIOUR
George STEVENS
William NORTON-SMITH
Billy TAYLOR
Cheddar AFC
Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts & Yellow Socks
Kieran WEBSTER
Tom DAVIES
Ollie HUCKER
Morgan BACON
Liam BAILEY
Dean CHRISTOSTOMOU
Adam DAVIES
Lewis CHAPPELL
Jack BUSBY
Toby HUCKER
Joe CARTER
Tommy SKIDMORE
Sam TALBOT
Jake BUXTON
Ryan EARDLEY
Michael MURCH
George FAIRCHILD
Elliott KEEN
Liam GRAHAM
Luke PROSSER
Sam HOPES
Jamie WITHERS
Eric DAVIES
Ethan SPENCER
Chris ROUTLEY
Ben CROOK
LINEUPS
C H E D D A R A F C
CHEDDAR AFC
Cheddar Football Club was established in 1892, playing at the local cricket ground near the then Cheddar railway station on the Strawberry Line. The Cheddar Valley League, of which the Cheese Men were one of the founders, was formed in the 1900’s. A couple of years after winning the league in 1911, the club joined the Western & District League and moved to a new ground where the Kings of Wessex Academy playing fields are now situated.
A historic £1500 investment in 1952 allowed the club to relocate to the current ground, Bowden’s Park, after re-joining the Cheddar Valley League shortly after the Second World War.
The ‘shack’, as it was affectionately known opened in 1981 as a licensed facility providing the foundation for future Somerset County League success and was converted into the current clubhouse in 1987.
To coincide with the centenary year in 1992, the club built new changing rooms and installed flood lights, allowing evening matches to be hosted. Cheddar FC then advanced to Somerset County League Premier Division in 2004 and in 2011 gained promotion to the Western League Division 1 for the first time.
Cheddar has continued to look to progress each season and as recently as 2018/19 had a second-place finish which usually would have guaranteed promotion to the division above. This was complimented by a good run to the second preliminary round of the FA Cup and the second round of the FA Vase.
The added introduction of the play-off system gave a new dynamic to the 2021/22 season where we finished 1 point outside the play-offs in what was an enthralling final game of the season.
2022/23 was a transitional period following the departure of several of the “old guard” players resulting in an opportunity for the previous seasons reserve team to step up which they duly did so and secured our position in the Toolstation for this season as we look to build on that.
Focus
on....
Focus on....
CHEDDAR AFC
A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023
14 Sep AEK Boco H W 3-1 F. Maddern (2), Diaw
21 Sep Bristol Tel. H L 2-4 F. Maddern, Comerford Thu 12 Oct Hengrove Ath. H L 3-5 F. Maddern (2), Kemble Mon 16 Oct Oldland Abbots. A L 0-2Wed 29 Nov Brislington A L 0-32024 Thu 25 Jan Oldland Abbots. H W 2-0 F. Maddern, Gwyther Thu 1 Feb Bristol Tel. A W 4-1 Kemble (2), F. Maddern, Diaw Mon 12 Feb Longwell Green A L 1-4 Gwyther Thu 7 Mar Longwell Green H L 1-3 Osborne Thu 21 Mar Hengrove Ath. A L 0-3Thu 28 Mar Brislington H Wed 17 Apr Almondsbury A Wed 24 Apr AEK Boco A Wed 1 May Almondsbury H With the under-18’s... WCFY LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION TABLE POS. TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1st Longwell Green Sp. 11 8 0 3 35 15 20 24 2nd Brislington 7 7 0 0 25 3 22 21 3rd Hengrove Athletic 7 6 0 1 22 10 12 18 4th AEK Boco 8 3 1 4 18 20 -2 10 5th Bristol Telephones 10 3 1 6 14 32 -18 10 6th Bishop Sutton 10 3 0 7 16 26 -10 9 7th Oldland Abbots. 9 1 2 6 7 21 -14 5 8th Almondsbury 6 0 2 4 8 18 -10 2
Thu
Thu
With the reserves....
SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE
Date Opponents Ven. Res. 2023 Sat 19 Aug Draycott H D 2-2 Sat 26 Aug Highridge Utd A L 1-2 Sat 2 Sep Worle (Cup) A L 0-1 Sat 9 Sep Worle Rangers A W 6-5 Sat 16 Sep Chew Magna A L 4-6 Sat 23 Sep Tunley Athletic H W 3-0 Sat 7 Oct Nailsea United H L 1-3 Sat 14 Oct Burnham Utd H L 2-3 Sat 28 Oct Sporting Weston A L 0-9 Sat 11 Nov Peasedown Alb A L 1-7 Sat 18 Nov Draycott A W 3-1 Sat 25 Nov Yatton & Cleeve H L 2-3 Sat 16 Dec Fry Club Res A L 1-3 Sat 23 Dec Somerton Res H W 4-3 2024 Sat 13 Jan Nailsea United A W 2-1 Sat 20 Jan Sporting Weston H L 0-1 Sat 27 Jan St George E-I-G A L 2-4 Sat 2 Mar Somerton Res A W 2-1 Sat 16 Mar Burnham Utd A W 2-0 Wed 20 Mar Highridge Utd. H W 2-1 Mon 1 Apr Tunley Athletic A Sat 6 Apr Winscombe H Tue 9 Apr Fry Club Res H Tue 16 Apr Peasedown Alb. H Sat 20 Apr Yatton & Cleeve A Tue 23 Apr Worle Rangers H Sat 4 May St George E-I-G H Sat 11 May Winscombe A
DIVISION 3 FIXTURES & RESULTS
LEAGUE TABLE Pos. Team P Pts 1st Sporting Weston 18 50 2nd St George 20 43 3rd Nailsea Utd Res. 19 40 4th Fry Club Res. 20 37 5th Winscombe 17 35 6th Yatton & Cleeve 17 31 7th Peasedown Alb. 17 30 8th Draycott 19 25 9th Bishop Sutton 18 25 10th Highridge United 17 24 11th Worle Rangers 19 18 12th Somerton Town 22 15 13th Burnham Utd 20 3* 14th Tunley Athletic 17 0
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers
Sat 29 Jul Bradford Town H L 0-5Tue 1 Aug Middlezoy R A L 0-1Sat 5 Aug Wincanton T H L 1-4 F Maddern Wed 9 Aug Cribbs Reserves A L 2-7 Lane, Hughes Sat 12 Aug Shirehampton H D 2-2 Lane, Nye Tue 15 Aug AEK Boco H L 0-2Sat 19 Aug Warminster T A L 0-5Tue 22 Aug Hallen H L 0-2Sat 26 Aug Wadebridge (FAV)H L 1-3 Longden Tue 29 Aug Brislington A L 1-5 Hughes Sat 2 Sep Keynsham T H L 2-5 Hughes, Campbell Sat 9 Sep Bristol Tel. A L 0-2Wed 13 Sep Shirehampton A L 1-2 Hughes Sat 16 Sep Portishead T H L 0-4Tue 26 Sep Hengrove Ath. A L 2-5 Pile (2) Sat 30 Sep Radstock Town H L 1-5 Robinson Sat 7 Oct Cadbury Heath A L 0-10Tue 10 Oct Gillingham T H L 1-5 J. Capon Sat 14 Oct Portishead T A L 0-6Tue 17 Oct Longwell Green A D 2-2 Carter, o.g. Sat 21 Oct Warminster T H L 0-5Sat 28 Oct Wells City A L 0-3Sat 18 Nov Cribbs H L 0-3Sat 25 Nov Bitton A L 0-8Sat 2 Dec Bradford Town A L 0-8 -
2023
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Sat 16 Dec Hallen A L 1-4 Lane Tue 26 Dec Cheddar A L 0-72024 Tue 9 Jan Brislington (SPC)A L 0-4Wed 13 Jan Middlezoy R H L 0-3Tue 16 Jan AEK Boco A L 0-1Sat 27 Jan Brislington H L 0-7Sat 3 Feb Bristol Tel. H L 0-5Sat 10 Feb Keynsham T A L 0-7Sat 17 Feb Odd Down H L 0-2Tue 20 Feb Hengrove Ath. H L 1-2 Rawlings Sat 9 Mar Radstock T A L 0-4Sat 16 Mar Wincanton T A L 0-4Tue 19 Mar Longwell Green H L 2-6 Francis, Lane Sat 23 Mar Gillingham T A D 0-0Fri 29 Mar Cheddar H Mon 1 Apr Hengrove Ath. A Sat 6 Apr Odd Down A Sat 13 Apr Wells City H Sat 20 Apr Cadbury Heath H Sat 27 Apr Bitton H
