Bishop Sutton v Odd Down

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

Toolstation Western League Division One Odd Down (Bath) Saturday 18th February 2023

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 - Barrie Witts 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 the players, officials & supporters of visitors Odd Down Football Club & our match officials too. We hope they all enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home too!

Well after almost a month without a game, today represents our sixth game in nineteen days as local football returns to normality and catches up with its fixtures. A win against Bishop’s Lydeard and draws against Hallen & Warminster have kept the points tally ticking along but we also exited the Les Phillips Cup down at Ilfracombe after being two goals up and Frome Town triumphed here in the Somerset Premier Cup last time out here.

Several of the postponed January fixtures have been rearranged and are now updated in our fixture list on page 27 of the programme. Finally, enjoy the game and as always, thank you for your support!

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.

Saturday 18th February 2023 Premier Division Barnstaple Town v Street Bridgwater United v Torpoint Athletic Buckland Athletic v Clevedon Town Falmouth Town v Millbrook Helston Athletic v Ilfracombe Town Mousehole v Ashton & Backwell United Shepton Mallet Town v Saltash United Wellington v Cadbury Heath

First Division Bishop Sutton v Odd Down (Bath) Bristol Telephones v Bishop’s Lydeard Brislington v Almondsbury Gillingham Town v Hallen Nailsea & Tickenham v Longwell Green Oldland Abbotonians v Radstock Town Portishead Town v AEK Boco Shirehampton v Warminster Town Tytherington Rocks v Wincanton Town

TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE TOP SCORERS Premier Division Curtis Damerell (Torpoint Athletic) - 24 Harry Foster (Street) - 19 Hayden Turner (Mousehole) - 19 Jacob Brown (Bridgwater United) - 18 Adam Carter (Saltash United) - 17 Rikki Shepherd (Helston Athletic) - 16 Rubin Wilson (Helston Athletic) - 16 Harry Stevens (Ilfracombe Town) - 16

Division One Scott Bamford (Shirehampton) - 25 Luke Bryan (Odd Down) - 25 Sacha Tong (FC Bristol) - 24 Adam Wright (Wells City) - 22 Jack Thorne (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 21 Craig Wilson (Bishop Sutton) - 21 Luke Osgood (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 19 Asa White (Brislington) - 19 Joe Berry (Nailsea & Tickenham) - 18 Corey Gardner (Warminster Town) - 17

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 & Blue Socks

Ethan BALLANTINE Reeko BEST Josh CLARK Josh COMERFORD Mason DAGGAR Sam DOWNES Joe DURRANT Ashley EYLES Luke HALL-COUSINS Sam HILL Will HUMPHRIES Keith KEARNEY Harry NEIL Alessandro PELLICCIA Jacob READER Dan SPILL Cody VILE Craig WILSON Harry WINSLEY

Manager

Jon TOY

Head Coach

Dean HORSEMAN

oach

Dan SPILL

Referee Greg WENTLAND

LINEUPS Odd Down (Bath) White & Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Trey ANDERSON Luke BRYAN Ashley BRYAN Omari SIMS Curtis DUNN Shomari SENGOR Luke LECRASS Jake NEIL Caelen SIMPSON Jake THOMAS Saracen YATES Louis SHORT Matty MORRIS Raphael WAUGH Akram ABDULLAHI Dominic WALTER

Manager

Jason MAGGS

Assistant

Clive SCOTT

Physio

Jacob MAGGS

Assistants David TREVASKUS Ronaldo BUTRUS

Focus on....

ODD DOWN A.F.C

Odd Down was founded in 1901 by Fred Weaver and brothers Walt and Stan Noad. Then a selfcontained village on the outskirts of Bath in Somerset, played in the Bath and District Football League. In 1920 Odd Down won the Bath City Knockout Cup, but in all its playing years the club has had little success in winning cups.

Odd Down FC spent their formative years on pitches at Stirtingale Farm and at the Quarry Ground, before moving to Combe Hay Lane in the 1930s. The club was finally able to purchase the ground in 1952 and it was renamed in memory of long-serving former President Lew Hill.

During the 1920s the club played in the Wiltshire Football League, but prior to World War II had graduated to playing in the Somerset Senior League. Re-grouping after the war, Odd Down started off again in the Somerset Senior League and in the 1946–47 season finished as runners-up to Somerton. They also won the Mid-Somerset Football League that season, a league formed to make up for the shortage of Somerset Senior League fixtures at that time.

Following a bad report into the facilities at Odd Down the club were expelled from the Somerset Senior League, whereupon an application to join the Wiltshire Football League was accepted. A few years later the Wiltshire League voiced disapproval of Somerset-based teams competing in their league and Odd Down found themselves re-admitted to the Somerset Senior League.

From 1967 to 1972 the club formed a steering committee which worked hard to provide a social club, eventually opening one on 5 April 1972. The hard work paid off as Odd Down gained admittance to the Western Football League for the start of the 1977–78 season.

However, it was to be season 1991–92 before the club won its first major honour, lifting the Somerset Senior Cup, and further success was to come the following season as the club won promotion to the Western League Premier Division, finishing as the 1992–93 Division One Champions.

In their centenary year of 2001 Odd Down reached the final of the Somerset Premier Cup for the first time, losing 1–0 to Southern League side Clevedon Town. The feat was repeated in 2004, this time going down 5–0 to Yeovil Town at the club’s Huish Park home.

They remained in the Premier Division until relegation to Division One in 2008, but were then promoted back to the Premier Division. Then in season 2015/16 Odd Down became Premier Division Champions and remained in the Premier Division until 2020/21 season.

Focus on....

ODD DOWN A.F.C

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With the reserves....

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE Date

Opponents

Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res Sat 20 Aug Burnham United Res Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res Sat 17 Sep Sat 24 Sep Sat 1 Oct Tue 4 Oct Sat 8 Oct Tue 11 Oct Sat 15 Oct Tue 18 Oct Sat 12 Nov Sat 19 Nov Sat 3 Dec

Ven. Res. Scorers H A H

Congresbury A Draycott H Radstock Town Res (Cup) A Fry Club Res A Nailsea United Res H Portishead Town (Cup) A Winscombe Res A Clevedon United Res H Worle Rangers A St George E-I-G A Winscombe Res H

Sat 31 Dec Draycott A Sat 7 Jan Tunley Athletic A Sat 28 Jan St George E-I-G H Sat 4 Feb Radstock Town Res A Sat 11 Feb Worle Rangers H Sat 25 Feb Nailsea United Res A Sat 11 Mar Tunley Athletic H Sat 18 Mar Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res A Sat 25 Mar Congresbury H Sat 1 Apr Clevedon Utd Res A Sat 8 Apr Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H Mon 10 Apr Somerton Town Res A Sat 22 Apr Fry Club Res H Sat 29 Apr Burnham United Res H

L 0-3 W 6-0 Rowland(3), Hynes, Tanner, Hallett W 6-0 Tanner (2), Brilliant, Hynes, F. Maddern, Rowland L 0-8 W 3-1 Derrick, Jeng, Marks L 1-7 Rawlings L 0-4 L 1-2 o.g., L 1-2 Brilliant W 5-2 Rowland (3), F. Maddern, Brilliant D 1-1 Tanner W 1-0 Rawlings L 1-6 o.g., W 7-2 Rawlings (3), Rowland (2), F. Maddern (2) D 3-3 Hall-Cousins, Head, Rowland W 5-3 F. Maddern (2), A. Maddern, Rawlings, og D 3-3 Rawlings, F. Maddern, A. Maddern L 0-5 L 0-4

With the reserves....

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE

Pos. Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1st

Congresbury

16

13

2

1

72

6

66

41

2nd

Radstock Town Res

12

11

0

1

47

14

33

33

3rd

Clevedon United Res

14

8

5

1

42

15

27

29

4th

Fry Club Res

15

7

3

5

32

20

12

24

5th

Bishop Sutton

17

7

3

7

42

47

-5

24

6th

St George E-I-G

14

6

2

6

35

37

-2

20

7th

Worle Rangers

12

6

1

5

25

26

-1

19

8th

Somerton Town Res

13

5

2

6

24

30

-6

17

9th

Yatton & Cleeve Res

14

5

2

7

29

51

-22

17

10th Draycott

13

4

1

8

28

30

-2

13

11th Nailsea United Res

12

3

2

7

13

23

-10

11

12th Burnham United

12

2

2

8

19

42

-23

8

13th Winscombe Res

13

2

2

9

17

48

-31

8

14th Tunley Athletic

11

0

3

8

13

47

-34

-0*

* - adjustment made

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 27 Oct AEK Boco

H

L 1-4

Vickers

Mon 31 Oct Longwell Green Sports

A

D 3-3

Simmons (2), Maddern

Thu 8 Dec

Bishop’s Lydeard (Cup)

A

L 0-1

-

Wed 1 Feb

AEK Boco

A

L 0-1

-

Thu 9 Feb

Portishead Town

H

W 2-0

Maddern (2)

Wed 15 Feb Chipping Sodbury Town A

W 10-0

-

Hengrove Athletic

Thu 9 Mar Hengrove Athletic

H

Thu 16 Mar Chipping Sodbury

H

Thu 23 Mar Hallen

A

Thu 30 Mar Hallen

H

WESTERN COUNTIES FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION TABLE Pos. Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

AEK Boco 7 Hallen 6 Portishead Town 7 Longwell Green Sports 10 Bishop Sutton 7 Hengrove Athletic 9 Chipping Sodbury 8

5 5 4 3 3 3 0

2 0 2 2 1 1 0

0 1 1 5 2 5 8

14 20 18 19 21 15 3

2 6 6 23 10 19 44

12 14 12 -4 11 -4 -41

17 15 14 11 10 10 0

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

11.4 miles

Rowdens Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 1TU

Wincanton Town Sports Ground, Moor Lane, Wincanton BA9 9EJ

28.6 miles

Player Appearances & Goals Season 2022/23 (max 30 games) Player

Games

Goals

Player

Games

Goals

Ethan BALLANTINE

14

4

Sam HILL

17

0

Reeko BEST

7

0

Will HUMPHRIES

1

0

Harry BILLITERRI

4

0

Keith KEARNEY

5

0

Jacob BIRD

7

2

Alfie MADDERN

1

0

Jack BURGESS

1

0

Harry NEIL

14

0

Chris BLAMMON

3

0

Dominic OAKES

21

0

Oaklan BUCK

7

4

Luke PALMER

13

1

Jordan CHANDLER

6

1

Alessandro PELLICCIA

7

0

Josh CLARK

10

2

Chris PILE

2

0

Josh COMERFORD

20

0

Lee PITMAN

1

0

Aysa CORRICK

4

1

Oakley RAWLINGS

2

0

Mason DAGGAR

25

1

Jacob READER

10

2

Billy DOWNES

5

0

Aron ROBBINS

2

2

Sam DOWNES

1

0

George ROOKE

3

0

Joe DURRANT

2

0

Jack ROWLAND

1

0

Ashley EYLES

5

0

Paddy ROYAL

23

1

Tom FRANCIS

11

0

Scott SAUNDERS

11

1

Jacob GARDNER

18

0

Dan SPILL

8

0

Mike GRIST

12

2

Billy VAUGHAN

6

0

Luke HALL-COUSINS

29

0

Cody VILE

21

1

Bradley HARDIDGE

8

0

Raphael WAUGH

8

0

Josh HARDING

3

0

Jordan WHITTAKER

9

1

Sam HAYES

1

0

Craig WILSON

27

21

Joe HEAD

4

0

Harry WINSLEY

4

0

Alex HILL

1

0

Fixtures & Results 2022/2023 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

A

W 3-2 -

Wilson (2), Saunders

Tue 4 Oct

Ashton & B (SPC) H

D 0-0 -

(Won 4-3 on penalties)

Sat 8 Oct

Oldland Abbots

A

L 2-3 -

Wilson (2)

Fri 14 Oct

Almondsbury

H

W 2-1 88

Wilson, Ballantine

Sat 22 Oct

Longwell Green

H

W 4-0 42

Wilson, Ballantine, Chandler, Clark

Sat 29 Oct

Longwell Green

A

W 4-1 104

Wilson (2), Ballantine, Clark

Tue 1 Nov

Bishop’s Lydeard H

W 2-0 25

Wilson, Robbins

Sat 5 Nov

Nailsea & Tick’nam A

L 1-7 53

Robbins

Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H

D 0-0 48

-

Sat 19 Nov Brislington

L 0-3 86

-

FC Bristol

H

Wed 30 Nov Wincanton (SPC) H

D 2-2 Wilson, Corrick (W 4-2 pens)

Sat 3 Dec

W 2-1 -

Portishead Town A

Wilson (2)

Fixtures & Results 2022/2023 Date

Opponents

Ven. Res. Att.

Scorers

Radstock Town

A

L 0-3 121

-

Tue 31 Jan Frome T. (SPC)

H

L 0-2

-

Sat 4 Feb

Bishop’s Lydeard

A

W 2-0

Wilson, Reader

Tue 7 Feb

Ilfracombe T (LPC) A

L 2-3 73

Wilson, Ballantine

Sat 11 Feb

Hallen

A

D 1-1 61

Wilson

A

D 1-1 101

Reader

2023 Mon 2 Jan

Wed 15 Feb Warminster T

Sat 18 Feb Odd Down (Bath) H Wed 22 Feb Shirehampton Sat 25 Feb

A

Hengrove Athletic A

Tue 28 Feb Odd Down

A

Sat 4 Mar

Portishead Town H

Sat 11 Mar

Cheddar

A

Tue 14 Mar Wells City

H

Tue 21 Mar AEK Boco

H

Sat 25 Mar

A

Tytherington R

Tue 28 Mar Bristol Tel.

H

Sat 1 Apr

FC Bristol

H

Fri 7 Apr

Wells City

A

Mon 10 Apr Radstock Town

H

Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick

H

Tue 18 Apr Wincanton Town

A

Sat 22 Apr

A

Key

Almondsbury

LPC - Les Phillips Cup

SPC - Somerset Premier Cup