“THE LAKE VIEW”
Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton F.C.
Toolstation Western League Division One Keynsham Town
Saturday 2nd September 2023 3.00pm
Good afternoon everyone,
Welcome back to Lakeview for today’s Toolstation Western League Division one fixture with Keynsham Town FC. We offer a warm welcome as usual to their supporters & officials along with the three match officials too, hoping they have a safe journey home.
Well, the Wembley suits & dresses have gone back in the wardrobes for another year after our Vase exit against Wadebridge Town last Saturday. We were in the game right up until almost the final whistle when our visitors scored a decisive third goal. In midweek however, we were well beaten by Brislington who have started this season like they finished the last one, on fire!
Incredibly, this is our seventh home game already this season so after today, it’s a whole fortnight before the next one versus Portishead Town here at Lakeview. Thank you for your support and come on the Blues!!
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.
A big thank you....
... to all our sponsors....
... from Bishop Sutton F.C.
Saturday 2nd September 2023
FA Cup First Round Qualifying
Frome Town v Clevedon Town
Poole Town v Barnstaple Town
Salisbury v Bridgwater United
Toolstation Western League Premier Division
Brixham v Helston Athletic
Millbrook v Shepton Mallet
Nailsea & Tickenham United v Falmouth Town
Oldland Abbotonians v Street
Saltash United v Wellington
St Blazey v Ilfracombe Town
Torpoint Athletic v Welton Rovers
Saturday 2nd September 2023
Toolstation Western League Division One
AEK Boco v Portishead Town
Bishop Sutton v Keynsham Town
Bitton v Gillingham
Bradford Town v Bristol Telephones
Cadbury Heath v Radstock Town
Longwell Green Sports v Warminster Town
Middlezoy Rovers v Brislington (2pm KO)
Odd Down (Bath) v Cheddar
Wells City v Cribbs Reserves
Wincanton Town v Hallen
TODAY’S Bishop Sutton
Blue & White Shirts, Blue Shorts & Blue Socks
Owen ALLISON
Joe COULING
Seth BRILLIANT
Lewis DOWLING
Tom FRANCIS Jacob GODFREY
Dan HAINES
Josh HOLMES
Omar JENG Steven KOCKAYA
Olek LADYZHENSKYI Tyler LANE
Regan LASHENKO
Alfie MADDERN
Finley MADDERN Alex MARKS
Sam NYE Kian O’REGAN
Chris PILE
Ashley ROBINSON
Oakley RAWLINGS
Oliver ROSS-BISSON
Jack ROWLAND Luke SEVIOUR
Cohen SIMMONS
Charlie VICKERS
Billy TAYLOR
Chris WEEKS
Manager Catalin ANDREI
Assistant Steve TAYLOR
Physio
Kate EVES
B I S H O P S U T T O N
LINEUPS
Keynsham Town FC
Amber Shirts, Black Shorts & Amber Socks
Louis SMITH
Jake WILSON (c)
Billy BROCK
Brad SELWOOD
Kyle ANDERSON
Theo JEREMY
Jonis HUSSEIN
Joe DAVIS
Jamal SALAWU
Jaheim ALLEN
Brandon OPUTERI
Tash JACKSON
Amadou JAWO
Riley GIFFORD-HOBBS
Chris KING
Coaches
Ashley MORGAN
Marvin BROWN
Chris KING
K E Y N S H A M T O W N
KEYNSHAM TOWN FC
Keynsham Town Football Club is over 120 years old, having been formed in 1896. In the early days it played at the “Hams” and then moved to “Gaston” in 1910. 1n 1925 the club played in Park Road and then moved again in 1930 to a pitch on Charlton Road. All these groundshavenowbeenbuiltonandthereisnoevidenceofthem.
In 1939 the club was disbanded for the duration of the Second World War and was reformedin1945whentheclubfounditsnewhomeatCrownFields,whereithasplayedever since. It was due to the foresight of Roy Neal and Ken Dowling and the Committee at that timethatthegroundisleftintrusttoensurethatfootballcanbeplayedforthegenerations tocome.
The main clubhouse was built in the 1970’s with new dressing rooms added in 1984 and floodlightsin1989.Inrecentyearstheclubhousehasbeenupgradedandmostrecentlythe seatshavebeenreplaced, incidentallyfromtheoldWilliamsStandatAshtonGate,homeof BristolCityFootballClub.
TheclubfirstplayedintheBristol&DistrictLeagueandprogressedtotheBristolPremier Combination. Theclubthenmovedinto the SomersetCountyLeagueandintothe Western Leaguein1974.TheclubthenfoundthemselvesinthefirstdivisionoftheWesternLeague whenthatleaguewasformedinseason1975/6butreturnedtothePremiershipin1978/9 when Town finished as champions and then spent 5 years at the higher level only to find themselvesinDivision1forthestartofseason1983/4.
TheTownthenhadabarrenspellanditdidnotreturntothetopflightuntil1997,finishing runners up to Melksham Town butthe yoyo affectkicked in again twoseasons later when theTownagainreturnedtoDivision1onlytoreturnagainin2000finishing runnersupto Team Bath. After brief flirtations with the Premier Division in the mid-2000s, the Ks have beeninDivision1forseveralseasonsnow.
Fortunes took a turn for the better when Chris King and Sean Day took over management duties in September 2014. Their first full season in charge, assisted by coach Russell Holt, saw the club finish within 10 points of the Division 1 winners. Then 2016-17 saw Keynsham’sbestseasonfor15yearsaswenarrowlymissedoutonpromotion,despiteamassing 81points.
ChrisandSeanbothdecidedtostepdownfromtheirrolesinMay2017, buttheclubwere fortunateenoughtoprocuretheservicesofJohnAllenfromWellsCity.Johnwasakeyfigure inWells’promotionandSomersetPremierCupdoublein2015-16
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KEYNSHAM TOWN FC
RussHoltthenstayedonandbecameJohn’sassistantmanager.
Afteragonisinglyamassinganexcellent89pointsbutonlyfinishingthirdin2017-18,theclub cementedallthehardworkbothonandoffthepitchbystormingtotheDivisionOnechampionshipin2018-19. Arunof24winsfromthelast26gamessaw theKsaccrue93pointsand comfortablywinthetitleby9points.ThisseasonsawtheKsbackinthePremierDivisionfor thefirsttimesincethe2006-07season.
The club’s first 2 seasons in the Premier Division were curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, butseason2021-22produceda highlyrespectable10th placefinishanda runtotheFAVase ThirdRoundProper.HowevertheclubwererockedinMay2022,whentheentireFirstTeam management team, physio and players departed the club due to the excessive travelling demandsplacedonthembyhalfthedivisioncontainingteamsfromDevonandCornwall.
The club acted quickly and announced the beginning of a long-term first team management partnership with Total Pro Soccer, commencing for season 2022/23. Total Pro Soccer and theirteamofexperiencedandhighlyqualifiedcoacheshaveearnedanexcellentreputationfor developingtalentedyoungfootballersforover10years.Weverymuchlookforwardtoworkingalongsidethemandtakingthenextsteptowardsfulfilmentoftheclub'simmediateambitions.
TotalProSoccerownersAshleyMorgan&MarvinBrownsaid:“WearethankfulthatTotalPro Soccer have been appointed as the Keynsham Town FC management team and we are extremelyexcitedbythechallenge.Wehavebeenlookingfortherightopportunityandbelieve wenowhavetheidealpartnershipwithaligningambitionsandvalues”.
AwayfromthefirstteamtheTownweredevelopingtheirfootballclubwiththeintroduction ofareservesidein1987,whosemostnoticeableachievementwasthewinningoftheSomersetSeniorCupin2003, the firsttimein45years, beatingWestlandsatClevedon’sHandStadium. The Town’s junior section has several sides playing competitive football on a regular basis.Theclubseestheprogressofitsjuniorclubasthekeystonetotheclub’sfuturedevelopmentandplayingsuccessoftheseniorclubwiththesightssetfirmlyonthelocalcommunity foritsinspirationandfuturesuccess.
With all the teams within the Town family, we have over 25 teams playing regularly for the Club.Witha clubofsuchsizeanddiversity,itisanhonourtobedesignatedasaCommunity DevelopmentClub,thehighestleveloftheFA’sCharterStandardinitiative,somethingtheclub treasuresandhassetitsstallouttooperateundertheethosoftheCharter.
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A big thank you to the sponsors of our reserve & under 18 teams...
With the under-18’s...
WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH
Wed
Wed
WCFY LEAGUE - NORTH DIVISION TEAMS
AEK Boco
Almondsbury
Bishop Sutton
Brislington
Bristol Telephones
Hengrove Athletic
Longwell Green Sports
Oldland Abbotonians
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers
11 Sep AEK Boco A
DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS
2023 Mon
Bristol Tel. H
Thu 21 Sep
Hengrove
H
Thu 12 Oct
Ath
Oldland
A
Mon 16 Oct
Abbots
H
Thu 9 Nov Almondsbury
H
Thu 9 Nov AEK Boco
Brislington A
29 Nov
H
Thu 7 Dec Longwell Green
Hengrove
A 2024
4 Jan Brislington H
Thu 14 Dec
Ath.
Thu
Bristol Tel. A
Tue 9 Jan
Oldland
H
Thu 25 Jan
Abbots
7 Feb Almondsbury A
Longwell
A
Mon 12 Feb
Green
With the reserves....
SOMERSET
Sat 9 Mar Highridge Utd H
Sat 16 Mar Burnham Utd A
Sat 23 Mar St George E-I-G H
Sat 30 Mar Fry Club Res H
Sat 6 Apr Winscombe H
Sat 13 Apr
Alb H
Sat 27 Apr Somerton Res A
Sat 4 May Worle Rangers H
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Sat 19 Aug Draycott H D 2-2 Sat 26 Aug Highridge Utd A L 1-2 Sat 2 Sep Worle A (Cup) Sat 9 Sep Worle Rangers A Sat 16 Sep Chew Magna A (Cup) Sat 23 Sep Tunley Athletic H Sat 7 Oct Nailsea United A
21 Oct St George E-I-G A
28 Oct Burnham Utd H
11 Nov Peasedown Alb A Sat 18 Nov Draycott A
25 Nov Yatton & Cleeve H Sat 2 Dec Tunley Athletic A Sat
Dec Fry Club Res A
Dec Somerton
H 2024
6 Jan Yatton &
A
Sporting
H
Nailsea
COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sat
16
Sat 23
Res
Sat
Cleeve
Sat 20 Jan
Weston
Sat 27 Jan
United H
Winscombe
Sat 10 Feb
A
Sporting
Sat 24 Feb
Weston A
Peasedown
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 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 Sat 9 Sep Bristol Tel. A Wed 13 Sep Shirehampton A Sat 16 Sep Portishead T H Sat 30 Sep Radstock Town H
3 Oct Hengrove Ath. A (Les Phillips Cup)
7 Oct Cadbury Heath A
10 Oct Gillingham T H
14 Oct Portishead T A
17 Oct Longwell Green A
Oct Warminster T H
28 Oct Wells City A
4 Nov Middlezoy R H
7 Nov Wells City H
11 Nov AEK Boco A
Tue
Sat
Tue
Sat
Tue
Sat 21
Sat
Sat
Tue
Sat
Fixtures & Results 2023/24
Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers 2023 Sat 18 Nov Cribbs Res. H Sat 25 Nov Bitton A Sat 2 Dec Bradford Town A Sat 9 Dec Brislington H Sat 16 Dec Hallen A Tue 26 Dec Cheddar A Sat 30 Dec Hengrove Ath. H 2024 Sat 6 Jan Odd Down H Sat 20 Jan Wincanton T A Sat 3 Feb Bristol Tel. H Sat 10 Feb Keynsham T A Sat 24 Feb Longwell Green H Sat 2 Mar Bitton H Sat 9 Mar Radstock T A Sat 23 Mar Gillingham T A Fri 29 Mar Cheddar H Mon 1 Apr Hengrove Ath. H Sat 6 Apr Odd Down A Sat 20 Apr Cadbury Heath H
