“THE LAKE VIEW” Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton FC
Toolstation Western League Division One Hengrove Athletic F.C. Saturday 6th August 2022
3.00pm
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 Coach - Dan Spill
Reserve Team Manager - Andy Billitteri Coach - Aaron Banfield 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 afternoon everyone, Today, we offer a very warm welcome to players, officials & supporters of our visitors Hengrove Athletic Football Club 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! As the manager said after Tuesday night’s 4-2 win against Tytherington Rocks, it’s been a very pleasing start to our opening two games. There are still things to build on but the lads are in good spirits. We are looking for a good result on Saturday (today!). We have no match in midweek so our next fixture is away at Brislington next Saturday (13th August) , kick off at 3pm. Thanks for your support & 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.
TODAY’S Bishop Sutton Blue & White Shirts, Blue Shorts & Socks
Dominic OAKES Jacob BIRD Oaklan BUCK Mason DAGGAR Billy DOWNES Sam DOWNES Tom FRANCIS Jacob GARDNER Luke HALL-COUSINS Brad HARDIDGE Joe HEAD Sam HILL Keith KEARNEY Luke PALMER Paddy ROYAL Dan SPILL Billy VAUGHAN Cody VILE Raphael WAUGH Jordan WHITTAKER Craig WILSON
Manager
Jon TOY
Head Coach
Dean HORSEMAN
Coach
Dan Spill
Referee Martin PETERS
LINEUPS Hengrove Athletic Green Shirts, Green Shorts & Green Socks
Carl BUSH Ben BRITTON Joe BANKS Will BANKS Regan BURTON Jack COUSINS Luke CREWE Brandon FEEHELY Dylan GOULD Ethan HARDY Alfie HEMMINGS Sam JACKSON Aidan JONES Connor KINGDON Giorgio MANCINI Jude McCARTHY Mickey PARSONS Sam PAYNE Luco PONSILLO Pete SHEPPARD
Manager Assistant Coaches Physio
Jamie HILLMAN Jon BERRY Ian JONES Mike STONE Ian JONES
Assistants Simon MYERS Keith HOLVEY
Focus on.... HENGROVE ATHLETIC Club History Hengrove Athletic F.C was formed in 1948 from players who were demobbed from National Service. As a footnote, there is also wartime history to the club colours of green and white. With the 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 the club then agreed to retain these colours. 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 then established in 1950 and in the same year Hengrove Hall was rented to hold club meetings and the 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 the club the largest 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 season 2005-2006 when they were runaway, unbeaten, Premier Division Champions and joined the Western League for the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
Recent Times Our floodlights and stand were installed at the ground in 2007-2008 to achieve the necessary ground grading of the Western League. The EWW Stand was installed at the ground in 2012-2013 to enter the FA Cup and future possible promotions. The first XI finished runners-up in Western League Division One in 2012-2013, achieving promotion to the Premier Division for the first time. They then lifted the Les Phillips League Cup in 2015-2016 before winning promotion to the Premier Division again in 2016/17. The following season, the club finished ninth in the table, their highest position ever, and also the highest placed Bristol team at this level, before being relegated in season 2018/19. Manager Jamie Hillman returned to the club in the summer of 2019 and has led the club to three mid table finishes, two of which were in curtailed seasons. Last season, the club introduced an under-18 side that won the Bristol u18 Combination & Plate double and this year, have reintroduced a reserve side that plays in the Bristol & Suburban League Senior Division. The club will celebrate its 75 th anniversary in August 2023.
Focus on.... HENGROVE ATHLETIC
A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
With the reserves.... SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE Date
Opponents
Ven. Res. Scorers
Sat 13 Aug Sat 20 Aug Sat 27 Aug Sat 3 Sep Sat 10 Sep Sat 17 Sep Sat 24 Sep Sat 1 Oct Sat 8 Oct Sat 15 Oct Sat 22 Oct Sat 5 Nov Sat 12 Nov Sat 19 Nov Sat 3 Dec Sat 24 Dec Sat 31 Dec
Radstock Town Res Burnham United Res Tunley Athletic Somerton Town Res Clevedon United Res Congresbury Draycott Fry Club Nailsea United Res Winscombe Res Clevedon United Res Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res Worle Rangers St George E-I-Gordano Winscombe Res Congresbury Draycott
H A H H A A H A H A H H A A H H A
Sat 7 Jan Sat 14 Jan Sat 21 Jan Sat 28 Jan Sat 4 Feb Sat 11 Feb Sat 18 Feb Sat 25 Feb Sat 8 Apr
Tunley Fry Club Somerton Town Res St George E-I-Gordano Radstock Town Res Worle Rangers Burnham United Res Nailsea United Res Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res
A H A H A H H A A
With the under-18’s...
Date
Opponents
Ven. Res. Scorers
Mon 19 Sep Longwell Green Sports
A
Thu 6 Oct
A
Hengrove Athletic
Thu 13 Oct Oldland Abbotonians
H
Thu 20 Oct Portishead Town
A
Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco
H
Thu 3 Nov
Longwell Green Sports H
Wed 9 Nov Oldland Abbotonians
A
w/c 14 Nov Roger Stone Memorial Cup Thu 24 Nov Hallen Thu 8 Dec
H
Chipping Sodbury Town H
Thu 15 Dec Hallen
A
Thu 5 Jan
H
Hengrove Athletic
Thu 12 Jan Portishead Town
H
Tue 17 Jan
Chipping Sodbury Town A
Tue 24 Jan
AEK Boco
A
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Away game guide for the Toolstation Western League Division One
AEK Boco
Greenbank Road, Hanham, Bristol
BS15 3RZ
12.2 miles
Almondsbury
The Field, Gloucester Rd, Almondsbury. BS32 4AA
21.3 miles
Bishop’s Lydeard Darby Way, Bishop’s Lydeard, Taunton. TA4 3BA
41.8 miles
Brislington
Ironmould Lane, Brislington, Bristol BS4 5RS
10.8 miles
Bristol Tel.
BTRA Ground, Stockwood Lane, Bristol BS14 8SJ
7.8 miles
Cheddar
Bowden's Park, Draycott Road, Cheddar BS27 3RL
12.2 miles
FC Bristol
Oaklands Park, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4AA
21.3 miles
Gillingham Town Woodwater Lane, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4WL
32.5 miles
Hallen
17.4 miles
Moorhouse Lane, Hallen, Bristol BS10 7RU
Hengrove Athletic AVB Stadium, Norton Lane, Whitchurch BS14 0BT
7.3 miles
Longwell Green
Shellards Road, Longwell Green, Bristol BS30 9AD
11.2 miles
Nailsea & Tick.
Fryth Way, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 2AS
14.3 miles
Odd Down
Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 8PA
11.6 miles
Oldland Abbots
Castle Road, Oldland Common, Bristol BS30 9SZ
11.7 miles
Portishead Town Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6QG
15.7 miles
Radstock Town
Southfield Rec., Southfields, Radstock BA3 3NZ
10.3 miles
Shirehampton
The Creek, The Portway, Sea Mills, Bristol BS9 2JS
14.2 miles
Tytherington R.
Hardwicke PF, Tytherington, South Gloucs GL12 8UJ 23.5 miles
Warminster Town Weymouth Street, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9NS 25.6 miles Wells City
Rowdens Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 1TU
Wincanton Town Sports Ground, Moor Lane, Wincanton BA9 9EJ
11.4 miles 28.6 miles
Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 Date
Opponents
Ven. Res. Att.
Scorers
Sat 30 Jul
Gillingham Town
A
w 5-0 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
Sat 13 Aug
Brislington
2022
Tue 16 Aug Hallen Sat 20 Aug
A H
Odd Down (Bath) A
Sat 27 Aug Shirehampton
H
Mon 29 Aug Oldland Abbots
H
Sat 3 Sep
Bristol Telephones A
Tue 6 Sep
Warminster Town H
Sat 10 Sep Longwell Green
H
Wed 14 Sep Bishop’s Lydeard
A
Sat 17 Sep Cheddar
H
Sat 24 Sep
A
FC Bristol
Tue 27 Sep Wincanton Town H Sat 1 Oct
AEK Boco
A
Sat 8 Oct
Oldland Abbots
A
Sat 15 Oct
Almondsbury
H
Sat 29 Oct
Longwell Green
A
Sat 5 Nov
Nailsea & Tick’nam A
Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H Sat 19 Nov Brislington
H
Sat 26 Nov
A
Shirehampton
Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 Date
Opponents
Ven. Res. Att.
Sat 3 Dec
Portishead Town
A
Sat 10 Dec Bristol Tel. Sat 17 Dec
Scorers
H
Warminster Town A
Mon 26 Dec Wells City
H
2023 Mon 2 Jan
Radstock Town
A
Sat 7 Jan
Odd Down (Bath) H
Sat 21 Jan
AEK Boco
H
Sat 28 Jan
Wincanton Town
A
Sat 4 Feb
Bishop’s Lydeard H
Sat 11 Feb
Hallen
Sat 25 Feb
Hengrove Athletic A
Sat 4 Mar
Portishead Town H
Sat 11 Mar
Cheddar
A
Sat 25 Mar
Tytherington R
A
Sat 1 Apr
FC Bristol
H
Fri 7 Apr
Wells City
A
A
Mon 10 Apr Radstock Town
H
Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick
H
Sat 22 Apr
A
Almondsbury
Key LPC - Les Phillips Cup
SPC - Somerset Premier Cup