Bishop Sutton v Longwell Green Sports

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

Toolstation Western League Division One Longwell Green Sports Tuesday 19th March 2024

7.30pm

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

Tonight kicks off the final eight games of the season as we still await our first win. Several neutrals have commented recently on how much of a better side we look these days although that improvement isn’t reflected in the points column sadly. Let’s hope that changes tonight!

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.

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 Longwell Green Sports Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts & Black Socks

Luke BOND Alfie PARTRIDGE Jon MORGAN Sam BAINBRIDGE Alex GRIMSHAW Chris ALWAY Lewis COLEMAN Kieron CAMPBELL Zac FELTHAM Liam OSWIN Matt BROWN Sonny PASCOE Nathan HALL Joe HARRY Jack SPARK Ewan McMILLAN

L O N G W E L L G R E E N

Focus on....

LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS

Founded in June 1966 following the great upsurge of interest in football following England’s World Cup success of Bobby Moore and the England Team Longwell Green Sports were originally formed from the workforce of the areas main employer, Longwell Green Coachworks, the team was run for many years by Harold Harding, a well know character in and around Longwell Green.

The first pitch was laid out on the same site of today’s pitch and was, in 1966, open farmland. In its early years Longwell Green played in what was the Saturday Regional League and by the early seventies progressed to the District League.

By 1980 our current General Manager, John Gibbs joined the club along with several other players from Kingswood including our Reserves Team Manager, Jeff Fishlock.

In 1982 the club became District League Division 4 Champions losing only 3 games all season.

In 1983 the club gained promotion to District Division 2, the following season the Reserve Team was formed. The first team won promotion 5 times in 9 seasons including Division 1 runners up and Senior District and Bristol Combination Premier Division 1 runners up in successive seasons, reaching Bristol Premier Division in 1997. The following season the club finished third, 2 points behind Bitton & Frampton and lifted the Premier Cup beating Highridge 3-2.

Our Reserves, by 1993, had reached District Division 2 following several promotions with many goals being scored by our current 3rd Team Manager, Andy Britton. In 2002 the first team reached the GFA Senior Amateur Cup final played at County HQ, losing to Nicholas Wanderers.

At the end of season 2003/2004 the 1st Team gained promotion to t ok he Gloucestershire County League and following runners up to Highridge last season, were along with Portishead and Bradford-on-Avon promoted to the Western “Toolstation” League, we believe we may well have created a little county history by being the only club on record that have achieved promotion after only one season in the County League. The club have always had an ambition to play at the highest level and this was rewarded when Matt Hale rejoined the club he first played for as a 15 year old before becoming a professional footballer with Bristol City, he has also played for Yeovil and Weymouth.

Focus on....

LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS

Matt returned in late 2003, to assist John Gibbs as 1st team player/coach, the team finished runners up to Sea Mills and were promoted to the County League. During the summer Matt Hale was appointed Club Coach and 1st Team Manager.

The club has over many years produced several young players who have gone on to play for Conference and Western League clubs or have remained with the club, a number are now in our First Team squad. In addition to the 1 st Team we run a Reserves, 3rd & 4th Team, also an U18’s who will play in the Gloucestershire County Youth League.

At the beginning of 2003 the club changed its name from Longwell Green Sports FC to Longwell Green Sports, joining forces with the Longwell Green Juniors and forming a Senior & Junior Netball team to form a broader community sports club. Longwell Green has always had a commitment to developing young players and benefit from a tremendous spirit amongst its teams and club members.

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 Thu 7 Mar Thu 21 Mar Thu 28 Mar Wed 17 Apr Wed 24 Apr Wed 1 May

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 Longwell Green Hengrove Ath. Brislington Almondsbury AEK Boco Almondsbury

H A A H A H A A H

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

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

WCFY LEAGUE - NORT H DIVISION T ABLE POS.

TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

1st

Longwell Green Sp.

11

8

0

3

35

15

20

24

2nd

Brislington

6

6

0

0

19

3

16

18

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

9

3

0

6

16

23

-7

9

6th

Bristol Telephones

8

2

0

6

9

30

-21

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 Sat 16 Mar Wed 20 Mar Sat 23 Mar Mon 1 Apr Sat 6 Apr Tue 9 Apr Tue 16 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 Burnham Utd A Highridge Utd. H St George E-I-G H Tunley Athletic A Winscombe H Fry Club Res H Peasedown Alb. H Yatton & Cleeve A Worle Rangers H Winscombe A

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

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

P

Pts

Sporting Weston 17 St George 20 Fry Club 19 Nailsea Utd Res. 17 Winscombe 16 Yatton & Cleeve 16 Peasedown Alb. 16 Highridge Utd. 16 Bishop Sutton 17 Draycott 18 Worle Rangers 18 Somerton Town 22 Burnham Utd 19 Tunley Athletic 17

49 43 37 36 34 31 27 24 22 22 17 15 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

L 1-2

Rawlings

Sat 9 Mar

Radstock T

A

L 0-4

-

Sat 16 Mar

Wincanton T

A

L 0-4

-

Tue 19 Mar

Longwell Green H

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

Sat 27 Apr

Bitton

H

2023

2024