Bishop Sutton v Hengrove Athletic

“THE LAKE VIEW” Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton F.C.

Toolstation Western League Division One Hengrove Athletic Tuesday 20th February 2024

7.30pm

Good evening everyone, Welcome back to Lakeview for tonight’s Toolstation Western League Division One fixture with Hengrove Athletic. 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.

Like ourselves, our friends at Hengrove have found this season difficult at times and will probably welcome the end of the campaign. They currently sit two places above us albeit with a significant points advantage but followed up a recent win with defeat on Saturday at Wells City.

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.

PREMIER DIVISION

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

GD

Points

1

Helston Athletic

23

18

2

3

62

56

2

Clevedon Town

25

17

4

4

37

55

3

Buckland Athletic

26

14

5

7

33

47

4

Bridgwater United

22

15

1

6

35

46

5

Falmouth Town

21

14

3

4

32

45

6

Shepton Mallet

24

12

6

6

11

42

7

Barnstaple Town

20

11

7

2

26

40

8

Brixham AFC

23

9

8

6

22

35

9

Street

25

9

7

9

2

34

10

Torpoint Athletic

24

10

4

10

-2

34

11

St Blazey

25

9

5

11

-5

32

12

Nailsea & Tickenham

23

9

1

13

0

28

13

Ilfracombe Town

22

6

7

9

-5

25

14

Saltash United

23

4

3

16

-22

15

15

Oldland Abbotonians

21

5

0

16

-39

15

16

Welton Rovers

21

3

5

13

-32

14

17

Wellington

24

2

8

14

-42

14

18

Millbrook

22

2

0

20

-113

6

FIRST DIVISION

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

GD

Points

1

Portishead Town

29

21

5

3

57

68

2

Radstock Town

29

20

4

5

40

64

3

Cribbs Reserves

30

20

4

6

37

64

4

Wincanton Town

30

19

4

7

20

61

5

Brislington

27

18

3

6

61

57

6

Bitton

29

16

7

6

27

55

7

AEK Boco

28

15

5

8

22

50

8

Wells City

27

16

2

9

17

50

9

Middlezoy Rovers

32

15

2

15

2

47

10

Longwell Green Sports

33

14

5

14

-4

47

11

Bradford Town

30

13

7

10

19

46

12

Bristol Telephones

29

14

4

11

-10

46

13

Cadbury Heath

30

13

3

14

8

42

14

Hallen

28

10

7

11

0

37

15

Odd Down

31

11

4

16

-30

37

16

Shirehampton

29

8

6

15

-11

30

17

Keynsham Town

31

9

2

20

-26

29

18

Warminster Town

28

7

6

15

-17

27

19

Gillingham Town

28

8

2

18

-25

26

20

Hengrove Athletic

28

6

5

17

-30

23

21

Cheddar

27

4

1

22

-34

13

22

Bishop Sutton

31

0

2

29

-123

2

A big thank you....

... to all our sponsors....

... from Bishop Sutton F.C.

TONIGHT’S Bishop Sutton Blue & White Shirts, Blue Shorts & Blue Socks

B I S H O P S U T T O N

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 Harry MESSENGER Thomas MOLLOY Sam NYE Oakley RAWLINGS Ashley ROBINSON Luke SEVIOUR George STEVENS William NORTON-SMITH Billy TAYLOR Joe WHITTAKER

LINEUPS Hengrove Athletic FC Green & White Shirts, Green Shorts & White Socks

Ben BRITTON Jordan ANSTEY Louie FARROW Regan BURTON Ashton BURTON Jack JONES Harvey IMPEY Jacob GRINNELL Ethan HARDY Drew THOMAS James HORROCKS Connor KINGDON Giorgio MANCINI Taylor DOYLE Pervez NEDAIE Sonny PARKER Dylan POWELL Pete SHEPPARD Bradley SKIDMORE Oscar SULLIVAN

H E N G R O V E A T H L E T I C F C

Focus on....

HENGROVE ATHLETIC

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, 2022/23, did get completed and for the fourth year running, the Grove ended in mid table.

This year sees the club celebrate its 75th anniversary.

Focus on....

HENGROVE ATHLETIC

A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...

With the under-18’s...

WESTERN COUNT IES FLOODLIGHT YOUT H LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS Date 2023 Thu 14 Sep Thu 21 Sep Thu 12 Oct Mon 16 Oct Wed 29 Nov 2024 Thu 25 Jan Thu 1 Feb Mon 12 Feb Wed 21 Feb Thu 29 Feb Thu 7 Mar Thu 21 Mar Thu 28 Mar Wed 17 Apr

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Scorers

AEK Boco Bristol Tel. Hengrove Ath. Oldland Abbots.

Brislington

H H H A A

W 3-1 L 2-4 L 3-5 L 0-2 L 0-3

F. Maddern (2), Diaw F. Maddern, Comerford F. Maddern (2), Kemble -

Oldland Abbots.

Bristol Tel. Longwell Green AEK Boco Almondsbury Longwell Green Hengrove Ath. Brislington Almondsbury

H A A A H H A H A

W 2-0 W 4-1 L 1-4

F. Maddern, Gwyther Kemble (2), F. Maddern, Diaw Gwyther

WCFY LEAGUE - NORT H DIVISION T ABLE POS.

TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

1st

Longwell Green Sp.

10

7

0

3

32

14

18

21

2nd

Brislington

5

5

0

0

13

2

11

15

3rd

Hengrove Athletic

5

4

0

1

13

9

4

12

4th

AEK Boco

7

3

1

3

18

14

4

10

5th

Bishop Sutton

8

3

0

5

15

20

-5

9

6th

Bristol Telephones

7

2

0

5

8

24

-16

6

7th

Oldland Abbots.

8

1

2

5

6

15

-9

5

8th

Almondsbury

4

0

1

3

6

13

-7

1

With the reserves....

SOMERSET COUNT Y LEAGUE DIVISION 3 FIXTURES & RESULTS Date 2023 Sat 19 Aug Sat 26 Aug Sat 2 Sep Sat 9 Sep Sat 16 Sep Sat 23 Sep Sat 7 Oct Sat 14 Oct Sat 28 Oct Sat 11 Nov Sat 18 Nov Sat 25 Nov Sat 16 Dec Sat 23 Dec 2024 Sat 13 Jan Sat 20 Jan Sat 27 Jan Sat 2 Mar Tue 12 Mar Sat 16 Mar Wed 20 Mar Sat 23 Mar Sat 30 Mar Mon 1 Apr Sat 6 Apr Sat 20 Apr Tue 23 Apr Sat 11 May

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Draycott H Highridge Utd A Worle (Cup) A Worle Rangers A Chew Magna A Tunley Athletic H Nailsea United H Burnham Utd H Sporting Weston A Peasedown Alb A Draycott A Yatton & Cleeve H Fry Club Res A Somerton Res H

D 2-2 L 1-2 L 0-1 W 6-5 L 4-6 W 3-0 L 1-3 L 2-3 L 0-9 L 1-7 W 3-1 L 2-3 L 1-3 W 4-3

Nailsea United A Sporting Weston H St George E-I-G A Somerton Res A Worle Rangers H Burnham Utd A Highridge Utd. H St George E-I-G H Fry Club Res H Tunley Athletic A Winscombe H Yatton & Cleeve A Peasedown Alb H Winscombe A

W 2-1 L 0-1 L 2-4

LEAGUE TABLE Pos. Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th

P

Pts

Sporting Weston 16 St George 18 Nailsea United 16 Fry Club 16 Yatton & Cleeve 15 Winscombe 13 Peasedown Alb. 14 Highridge Utd. 15 Draycott 17 Worle Rangers 17 Bishop Sutton 15 Somerton Town 18 Burnham Utd 16 Tunley Athletic 16

48 40 35 30 28 27 24 24 19 17 16 12 3* 0

Fixtures & Results 2023/24 Date

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Scorers

Sat 29 Jul

Bradford Town

H

L 0-5

-

Tue 1 Aug

Middlezoy R

A

L 0-1

-

Sat 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 0-2

-

Sat 19 Aug

Warminster T

A

L 0-5

-

Tue 22 Aug

Hallen

H

L 0-2

-

Sat 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 0-2

-

Wed 13 Sep

Shirehampton

A

L 1-2

Hughes

Sat 16 Sep

Portishead T

H

L 0-4

-

Tue 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 0-10

-

Tue 10 Oct

Gillingham T

H

L 1-5

J. Capon

Sat 14 Oct

Portishead T

A

L 0-6

-

Tue 17 Oct

Longwell Green A

D 2-2

Carter, o.g.

Sat 21 Oct

Warminster T

H

L 0-5

-

Sat 28 Oct

Wells City

A

L 0-3

-

Sat 18 Nov

Cribbs

H

L 0-3

-

Sat 25 Nov

Bitton

A

L 0-8

-

Sat 2 Dec

Bradford Town

A

L 0-8

-

2023

Fixtures & Results 2023/24 Date

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Scorers

Sat 16 Dec

Hallen

A

L 1-4

Lane

Tue 26 Dec

Cheddar

A

L 0-7

-

Tue 9 Jan

Brislington (SPC) A

L 0-4

-

Wed 13 Jan

Middlezoy R

H

L 0-3

-

Tue 16 Jan

AEK Boco

A

L 0-1

-

Sat 27 Jan

Brislington

H

L 0-7

-

Sat 3 Feb

Bristol Tel.

H

L 0-5

-

Sat 10 Feb

Keynsham T

A

L 0-7

-

Sat 17 Feb

Odd Down

H

L 0-2

-

Tue 20 Feb

Hengrove Ath.

H

Sat 24 Feb

Longwell Green H

Sat 2 Mar

Bitton

H

Sat 9 Mar

Radstock T

A

Sat 16 Mar

Wincanton T

A

Sat 23 Mar

Gillingham T

A

Fri 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

2023

2024