Bishop Sutton v Longwell Green Sports

“THE LAKE VIEW” Official matchday programme of Bishop Sutton FC

Toolstation Western League Division One Longwell Green Sports Saturday 22nd October 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 Coaches - Dan Spill & Andy Clark

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 Longwell Green Sports 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!

This is the second date of the season for this game as the original fixture was postponed as a mark of respect to Her Majesty the Queen. And unbelievably we don’t have to wait too long for the return fixture as we visit Shellards Road next Saturday!

Thanks to everyone that turned out last Friday evening for the Almondsbury fixture. Our second best crowd of the season, 88, saw us stretch our unbeaten home run to four games with a 2-1 win thanks to Ellis Ballantine and yet another from Craig Wilson.

Thanks for your support and 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.

TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE Premier Division Top Scorers - 2022/23 season Jacob Brown (Bridgwater United) - 14 Curtis Damerell (Torpoint Athletic) - 12 Rubin Wilson (Helston Athletic) - 12 Harry Stevens (Ilfracombe Town) - 11 Harry Foster (Street) - 10 Freddie King (Clevedon Town) - 10 Joe Morgan (Shepton Mallet) - 9

Division One Top Scorers - 2022/23 season Sacha Tong (FC Bristol) - 18 Adam Wright (Wells City) - 17 Luke Bryan (Odd Down) - 14 Jack Thorne (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 12 Dean Griffiths (Brislington) - 11 Connor Williams (Wincanton Town) - 11 Asa White (Brislington) - 11 Craig Wilson (Bishop Sutton) - 11

(Midweek results not included)

(Midweek results not included)

Non-League Footballers Mental Health Championed by Bath Mind and the Toolstation Western League

The Toolstation Western League are working with Bath Mind to pilot a mental health partnership supporting the football family and players in particular.

The six Western League sides located in Bath and North East Somerset have been offered specially created posters, promoting mental health support services designed to help younger people, which can be located into their home and away changing rooms.

Research conducted by the Toolstation Western League earlier this season highlighted that around a quarter of players had considered seeking help with a mental health issue. The subject of mental health was first tackled by the Western League in March 2020, when they launched their Think of a Fan campaign.

Chairman of the Western League, John Pool, explained: “Think of a Fan was our way of remembering that for many fans, football is more than just a game. It’s an important release, a chance to meet friends, get out of the house and have some fun.

Many people are still working through the loneliness and anxiety caused by lockdown, but we must not forget that our players are no different. They are as important to us as any members of our football family and this important partnership with Bath Mind is our way of supporting them.”

As well as changing room posters, Bath Mind have provided leaflets for fans, as well as programme adverts, highlighting the variety of support services they provide. If successful, this initial pilot will be extended by the Western League to cover all 40 Clubs across the South West of England, from Cornwall to Wiltshire.

Hannah Roper, Director of Business Development at Bath Mind, said: “We at Bath Mind are thrilled to be working in partnership with The Toolstation Western League, to support and promote positive mental health for the football community.

Throughout the pandemic Bath Mind has been fighting an epidemic of mental ill-health. We have increased our services to meet the growing needs of our community, and help reduce pressure on NHS services.

Through this pilot we hope to encourage everyone to talk about their mental health, seek help at an early stage and reduce the stigma associated with mental ill-health. As a local, independent charity, Bath Mind relies heavily on local fundraising to keep our services going, therefore we are grateful to The Toolstation Western League and their fans for their fundraising efforts.”

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

Dominic OAKES Ethan BALLANTINE Jordan CHANDLER Josh COMERFORD Aysa CORRICK Mason DAGGAR Sam DOWNES Jacob GARDNER Mike GRIST Luke HALL-COUSINS Brad HARDIDGE Sam HILL Keith KEARNEY Harry NEIL Luke PALMER George ROOKE Paddy ROYAL Scott SAUNDERS Dan SPILL Cody VILE Raphael WAUGH Craig WILSON

Manager

Jon TOY

Head Coach

Dean HORSEMAN

Coach

Dan SPILL

Referee Paul COLLIER

LINEUPS Longwell Green Sports Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Dom LAW Tommy LONGHURST Ali BAMFORD (C) Aaron PARSONS Alex GRIMSHAW Chris ALWAY Ben MITCHELL Lewis MASON Matt BROWN Zac FELTHAM Geraint BATER Zac CHEETHAM Aidan NOBLE Jack BABER Kieron CAMPBELL

Manager Assistants Geraint BATER Ratib AHMED Coach

Chris ALWAY Mark SUMMERS Tony HILL Alex GRIMSHAW

Assistants Steven REED Mawgan ANDREW

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 1st 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.

At Present we are in Toolstation Division 1 . Our Present Manager is Chris Alway, assisted

by Alex Grimshaw.Although new to management they have assembled a good squad of players and we are hoping to have a very good season.

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With the reserves....

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE FIXTURES & RESULTS Date

Opponents

Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res Sat 20 Aug Burnham United Res Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res

Ven. Res. Scorers H A H

L 0-3 W 6-0 Rowland(3), Hynes, Tanner, Hallett W 6-0 Tanner (2), Brilliant, Hynes, Maddern, Rowland

Sat 17 Sep Sat 24 Sep Sat 1 Oct Sat 8 Oct Tue 11 Oct Sat 15 Oct Tue 18 Oct Sat 5 Nov Sat 12 Nov Sat 19 Nov Sat 26 Nov Sat 3 Dec Sat 24 Dec Sat 31 Dec 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 18 Mar Sat 1 Apr

Congresbury A Draycott H Radstock Town Res (Cup) A Nailsea United Res H Portishead Town (Cup) A Winscombe Res A Clevedon United Res H Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H Worle Rangers A St George E-I-G A Tunley Athletic H Winscombe Res H Congresbury H Draycott A Tunley Athletic A Fry Club H Somerton Town Res A St George E-I-G H Radstock Town Res A Worle Rangers H Burnham United Res H Nailsea United Res A Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res A Clevedon Utd Res A

L 0-8 W 3-1 L 1-7 L 1-2 L 1-2 W 5-2 D 1-1

Derrick, Jeng, Marks Rawlings

o.g., Brilliant Rowland (3), Maddern, Brilliant Tanner

With the reserves....

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE TABLE

Pos. Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1st

Congresbury

7

7

0

0

49

1

48

21

2nd

Bishop Sutton Res

9

4

1

4

22

21

1

13

3rd

Radstock Town Res

5

4

0

1

18

8

10

12

4th

Worle Rangers

4

3

1

0

12

6

6

10

5th

Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res

6

3

0

3

13

26

-13

9

6th

Fry Club Res

6

2

2

2

12

10

2

8

7th

Clevedon United Res

4

2

1

1

8

4

4

7

8th

Nailsea United Res

6

2

1

3

7

10

-3

7

9th

Draycott

6

2

0

4

12

16

-4

6

10th St George E-I-G

6

2

0

4

12

18

-6

6

11th Somerton Town Res

3

1

0

2

4

13

-9

3

12th Winscombe Res

5

1

0

4

7

20

-13

3

13th Tunley Athletic

3

0

1

2

5

15

-10

1

14th Burnham United

4

0

1

3

5

18

-13

1

With the under-18’s...

WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION FIXTURES & RESULTS Date

Opponents

Ven. Res. Scorers

Wed 21 Sep Longwell Green Sports H

W 5-1 Maddern (3), Lewis, Diaw

Thu 6 Oct

A

L 0-1 -

Thu 20 Oct Portishead Town

A

A-A

Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco

H

Mon 31 Oct Longwell Green Sports

A

Thu 24 Nov Hallen

H

Thu 8 Dec

Hengrove Athletic

Chipping Sodbury Town H

Thu 15 Dec Hallen

A

Thu 5 Jan

H

Hengrove Athletic

Thu 12 Jan Portishead Town

H

Wed 18 Jan Chipping Sodbury Town A Tue 24 Jan

AEK Boco

A

WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION TABLE Pos. Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

4 4 4 2 2 4 4

3 3 2 1 1 1 0

1 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 1 2 0 1 3 4

8 16 6 2 5 4 2

0 4 9 0 2 10 18

8 12 -3 2 3 -6 -16

10 9 6 4 3 3 0

AEK Boco Hallen Hengrove Athletic Portishead Town Bishop Sutton Longwell Green Sports Chipping Sodbury Town

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

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

Player

Starts

Subs

Apps

Goals

Ethan BALLANTINE Reeko BEST Harry BILLITERRI Jacob BIRD Jack BURGESS Chris BLAMMON Oaklan BUCK Jordan CHANDLER Josh COMERFORD Aysa CORRICK Mason DAGGAR Billy DOWNES Sam DOWNES Tom FRANCIS Jacob GARDNER Mike GRIST Luke HALL-COUSINS Bradley HARDIDGE Joe HEAD Alex HILL Sam HILL Keith KEARNEY Harry NEIL Dominic OAKES Luke PALMER Chris PILE Lee PITMAN George ROOKE Paddy ROYAL Scott SAUNDERS Dan SPILL Billy VAUGHAN Cody VILE Raphael WAUGH Jordan WHITTAKER Craig WILSON

6 5 1 3 6 3 5 3 15 2 1 4 10 7 15 3 6 5 5 13 4 1 1 11 6 3 13 3 3 13

1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 4 3 1 5 6 1

7 1 4 7 1 3 7 4 7 3 16 5 1 5 11 8 15 3 1 1 8 5 5 13 10 2 1 3 11 6 4 6 14 8 9 14

1 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 11

(Max 16 games up to & including Oldland Abbotonians)

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

D 1-1 81

Whittaker

Sat 13 Aug

Brislington

A

L 0-1 120

-

Tue 16 Aug Hallen

H

L 1-4 51

Buck

Sat 27 Aug Shirehampton

H

W 3-2 78

Grist (2), Buck

Mon 29 Aug Oldland Abbots

H

L 0-1 103

-

2022

Sat 3 Sep

Bristol Telephones A

D 1-1 -

Wilson

Tue 6 Sep

Warminster Town H

L 0-1 60

-

Sat 17 Sep Cheddar

H

D 0-0 52

-

Sat 24 Sep

A

L 2-4 -

Wilson (2)

Tue 27 Sep Wincanton Town H

W 3-1 48

Wilson, Palmer, og

Sat 1 Oct

AEK Boco

W 3-2 -

Wilson (2), Saunders

Tue 4 Oct

Ashton & B (SPC) H

D 0-0 (4-3 on penalties)

Sat 8 Oct

Oldland Abbots

A

L 2-3

Wilson (2)

Fri 14 Oct

Almondsbury

H

W 2-1 88

Ballantine, Wilson

Sat 22 Oct

Longwell Green

H

Sat 29 Oct

Longwell Green

A

Tue 1 Nov

Bishop’s Lydeard H

Sat 5 Nov

Nailsea & Tick’nam A

FC Bristol

A

Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H Tue 15 Nov Ilfracombe (LPC) Sat 19 Nov Brislington

H

Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 Date

Opponents

Ven. Res. Att.

Sat 26 Nov

Shirehampton

A

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 14 Jan

Odd Down (Bath) A

Sat 21 Jan

AEK Boco

H

Sat 28 Jan

Wincanton Town

A

Sat 4 Feb

Bishop’s Lydeard

A

Sat 11 Feb

Hallen

A

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

Mon 10 Apr Radstock Town

H

Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick

H

Sat 22 Apr

Almondsbury

A

TBA

Wincanton (SPC) H

Key

LPC - Les Phillips Cup

SPC - Somerset Premier Cup