Bishop Sutton v Welton Rovers

BISHOP SUTTON

Date

KO Time

Competition

Opposition

Sat 31 Jul

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Wells

Tue 03 Aug

1930

TSWL

Portishead Town

v

Bishop Sutton

Result

Att

Scorers

MoM

2-2

65

S.Shearer x 2 M.Daggar, C.Shorney, O.Buck, L.Trowbridge

L.Villis

1-4

62

M.Daggar S. Shearer, L.Villis, O.Buck x2

Sat 07 Aug

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Tytherington Rocks

Tue 10 Aug

1945

TSWL

Cheddar

v

Bishop Sutton

Tue 17 Aug

1930

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Radstock Town

4-1

65

Sat 21 Aug

1500

TSWL

Almondsbury

v

Bishop Sutton

0-3

52

Sat 28 Aug

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Bishops Lydeard

1-2

52

O.Buck

-

Mon 30 Aug

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Portishead Town

2-1

60

C.Shorney, M.Daggar

M.Daggar

Sat 04 Sep

1500

TSWL

Wells

v

Bishop Sutton

5-1

O.Buck

-

Sat 11 Sep

1500

FA Vase

Ilfracombe Town

v

Bishop Sutton

0-2

78

Tue 14 Sep

1930

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Cheddar

1-1

72

O.Buck

Sat 18 Sep

1500

TSWL

Radstock Town

v

Bishop Sutton

3-3

61

O.Buck x 2, J.Reader

Sat 25 Sept

1500

FA Vase

Wendron United

V

Bishop Sutton

2-1

105

J.Hall

Sat 02 Oct

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Welton Rovers

Tues 05 Oct

1930

SPC

Bishop Sutton

V

Radstock Town

Sat 09 Oct

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Sherborne Town

Sat 16 Oct

1500

TSWL

Wincanton Town

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 23 Oct

1500

TSWL

LeBeq

V

Bishop Sutton

Sat 30 Oct

1500

TSWL

Devizes Town

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 13 Nov

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

AEK Boco

Sat 27 Nov

1500

TSWL

Oldland Abbotonians

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 04 Dec

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Odd Down (Bath)

Sat 11 Dec

1500

TSWL

Welton Rovers

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 18 Dec

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Almondsbury

Mon 27 Dec

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Hengrove

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 08 Jan

1500

TSWL

Longwell Green Sports

Sat 15 Jan

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Oldland Abbotonians

Sat 22 Jan

1500

TSWL

Warminster Town

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 29 Jan

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Gillingham Town

Sat 05 Feb

1500

TSWL

Bristol Telephones

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 12 Feb

1500

TSWL

Tytherington Rocks

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 19 Feb

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Wincanton Town

Sat 26 Feb

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Devizes Town

Sat 05 Mar

1500

TSWL

Gillingham Town

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 12 Mar

1500

TSWL

Odd Down (Bath)

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 19 Mar

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Bristol Telephones

Sat 26 Mar

1500

TSWL

AEK Boco

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 02 Apr

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Warminster Town

Sat 09 Apr

1500

TSWL

Bishops Lydeard

v

Bishop Sutton

Fri 15 Apr

1500

TSWL

Hengrove

v

Bishop Sutton

Mon 18 Apr

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

LeBeq

Sat 23 Apr

1500

TSWL

Sherborne Town

v

Bishop Sutton

Sat 30 Apr

1500

TSWL

Bishop Sutton

v

Longwell Green Sports

4-1

47

2-0

98

S.Downes -

O.Buck x 3, B.Hardidge O.Buck x 3

C.Shorney, L.Villis

O.Buck O.Buck

Today’s teams Bishop Sutton

Welton Rovers

Oliver Eglon

Jakob Glover

Brad Hardidge

Alex Wych

Cody Vile

Jaiden Savery

Joe Durrant

Archie Morris

Kai Long

Joe Garland

Rhymel Henderson

Jacob Watson

Luke Trowbridge

Joe Battrick

Oaklan Buck

Joe Ellis

Cam Shorney

Lewis Coleman

Mason Daggar

Chris Pile

Jacob Reader

Matt Curnock

Craig Wilson

Will Gould

Liam Villis

James Batchelor

Billy Downes

Kyle Box

Jimmy Sellick

Lewis Russell

Paddy Royal

Jacob Bird

Jordan Thaws

Jed Parfitt Jake Slocombe Courtney Charles

Referee Assistant Assistant

James Knowles Colin Skyrme Martin Pearse

Our visitors - Welton Rovers Founded as Welton Red Star, in the coal mining town of Midsomer Norton, in 1887, Welton Rovers are five time winners of the Western League and its longest serving members.

Rovers’ relationship with the Western League began in the 1903/04 season. The club’s first few decades saw them triumph in multiple Somerset Senior Cups, and win their first Western League title in 1912, but a failed attempt at professionalism would see the club go bankrupt and unable to compete in the 1923/24 season. This blip is the only break in Welton’s membership of the Western League from 1903 to the modern-day, the club holding the dubious honour of having never been relegated — or promoted — outside of the two division set-up.

In the years following World War 2, Welton built the most successful Amateur side in the area with four consecutive Amateur Cup victories, and in Brian Barker, Keith Simmons and Eddie Attwood, the best forward line for miles around.

Rovers’ golden period came in the mid-1960s following the appointment, in 1963, of the club’s first official manager, former Huddersfield Town and Bristol City striker Arnold Rodgers, and the return to professionalism. Welton became only the second club to win the Western League three times in a row — after Portsmouth FC— at the turn of the century, with wins in ’65, ’66 (undefeated!) and ’67. Potent throughout the time was the club’s record goalscorer, Ian Henderson, who scored 321 goals in his spells with Welton. Rovers’ triumphs brought with them an inflated reputation and showpiece matches, with the club’s best ever FA Cup performance seeing them face AFC Bournemouth (then known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic) in 1966 as well as exotic away days for end of season matches against a Guernsey XI in 1965 and to the Costa Brava the following year.

As is often the case, Welton’s successes brought excesses and financial problems, and following the departure of Rodgers and 10 of his first-team squad, to Bath City, a period of uncertainty and mediocrity followed. That was until Dave Stone took the managerial reigns in 1971 and led Welton to their fourth, and most recent, league title in the 73/74 season. Other showcases of the early ‘70s would see Juventus and Leeds United legend John Charles play and score at West Clewes for Merhyr Tydfil in the FA Trophy, and a Rothmans Cup final against now League One side Wycombe Wanderers.

The tail end of the 20th century saw Welton trade promotions and relegations, creating many a club legend along the way. Managers such as Geoff Elliott and Steve Coles brought good times, while legendary players like Malcolm Beck and Graham Withey commanded transfer fees to move on to Football League clubs. The 1980s saw huge improvements to facilities with the expansion of the club house — which remains one of the best in the league to this day — and the installation of floodlights in 1988, the erection of which were celebrated with a friendly against Oxford United, then managed by Mark Lawrenson.

The 1990s started with possibly the club’s most ridiculous season, finishing rock bottom of the Premier Division and getting through 3 managers. The third of which, Peter De Sisto, brought former Football League players Alan Biley and Gary Stanley to the club, but could only win 3 games all season. As bad as the decade began, it ended on a high with Rovers’ locally assembled side winning promotion back to the Premier Division, under the tutelage of Adie Britton.

The past two decades have brought plenty of good times for Rovers’ large and vociferous support, known as the Green Army. In 2006, Chris Mountford led Welton to their most successful season since the 1970s, with a 4th place Premier Division finish and Les Phillips Cup Semi-Final. Then, under Mark Harrington in 2010, Rovers won the Somerset Premier Cup for the first time, at Huish Park. A semi-final victory against Yeovil Town landed Rovers a final with Bridgwater Town, who they defeated on penalties to claim the silverware. That side contained Nick Beaverstock, the man who would lead the Greens to their next taste of glory — as manager — when they won promotion to the Western League Premier Division in 2015. Beaverstock would go on to become the Rovers manager to take charge of the second highest number of matches, totalling 223 after a caretaker spell last season.

Tom Smith is now in charge of the club, assisted by former goalkeeper Will Justin. With over 225 appearances for Rovers, Smithy has an undeniable understanding of the Welton DNA, and with his side having led the division at Christmas last year, before Coronavirus saw another suspended season, his ambitions will be high for 2021/2022.

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Cameron Shorney

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Jacob Reader

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