Official matchday



of Bishop Sutton

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
Tonight, we offer a very warm welcome to players, officials & supporters of our visitors Wincanton Town Football Club as well as our match officials too. We hope that they all enjoytheirbriefstayinthevillageandhaveasafejourneyhometoo!
We’llbelookingtogetbacktowinningwaystonightafterdefeatatFCBristolonSaturday. Wincantonareatoughprospect&althoughtheysitinninthspot,theyhavegamesinhand on everyone above them, six in fact on leaders Wells City and can overtake everyone if theywintheirgamesinhand.
Speaking of winning, congratulations to our under 18’s who kicked off their Floodlight YouthLeagueseasonwitha5-1winoverLongwellGreenSports.Agreatstartforthelads, pleasegetalongtosupporttheboysifyoucan.Thanksforyoursupport&enjoythegame!
The club was re-formed in 1977 with just an U15 team playing in the Weston-superMareSundayLeagueandthenprogressinginsuccessiveseasonstotheBristolandAvon LeagueU16sandthesecondandfirstdivisionsbeforebeingadmittedintotheSomerset SeniorLeagueforthe1981-82season.
The next ten years were spent climbing through the four divisions before being voted intotheWesternLeagueforseason1991 92.TheFirstDivisionwaswonin1997 98and thenfollowedseventeensuccessiveseasonsinthePremierDivision, thehighlightbeing winningthePremiertitlein2012-13.
Unfortunately our ground grading did not permit progression to the Southern League andalltheteammanagementandplayersthenlefttheclub.RelegationfromthePremier followed at the end of season 2014 15 and we have experienced mixed fortunes in the FirstDivisionsincethen.
Fortheseason2020 21JonToycameinasmanagerbutunfortunatelywewereonlyable toplay10gamesbeforetheseasonwascurtailedduetotheCOVID19pandemic.Having retained a lot of last season’s squad and added a couple of new players, we finished in midtableinseason2021/22.
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.”
Dominic OAKES
Ethan BALLANTINE
Jacob BIRD
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
Paddy ROYAL
Scott SAUNDERS
Dan SPILL Cody VILE
Raphael WAUGH
Craig WILSON
Manager
JonTOY Head Coach DeanHORSEMAN Coach
DanSPILL Referee
MichaelPOPE
YellowShirts,BlackShorts&YellowSocks
Nathan BALL
Danny GOLDEN
Harry BARNES
Jamie IRWIN
Lewis VOIZEY
Cam VERE
Louis IRWIN
Dan WISE
Connor WILLIAMS
Matt GARNER
Jamie THOMPSON
Callum SMALL Morrissey TUCKER
Jack MILUK
Tom FRAMPTON
Jack ATKINS
Gary CHAPMAN
Dan DIX
Tom RICHARDSON Luke JOHNSON
Manager
ChrisWISE Assistant GaryCHAPMAN Coaches AdiADAMS
AndyMITCHELL Physio QuinnADLAM
ColinSKYRME
AndieLAMBOURNE
WincantonTownFootballClub wasfoundedin1890andplayedmostof itsfootballintheYeoviland DistrictFootballLeagueatDancingLaneonWestHill. Intheearlytomid1990’stheWestHillground wassoldtofundWincanton’snewSportsgrounddevelopmentonMoorLanetothesouthwestofthe town. Theclubcontinuestoplayherestilltoday.
Duringtheclub'srecenthistory,theyprogressedsignificantlyinthelate1980'sbywinningtheYeovil andDistrictLeagueDivision2in1988/89,winningDivision1thefollowingseasonbeforecompletinga notablehat trickin1990/91astheybecametheYeovilandDistrictPremierDivisionChampions.
WincantonremainedwithintheYeovilleaguesetupforthenextfewyearsandin2002/03withMike Hatcher asthe firstteam manager the side finishedasrunnersupinthe Premier Division. Thisthen allowedtheclubtoapplyforpromotionintotheSomersetCountyLeaguetowhichtheywereaccepted.
Theclubadaptedwelltothenew‘Senior’leveloffootballastheyfinishedtheirfirstseasonasrunners upinDivision3thussecuringbacktobackpromotions. Townscoredover100goalsalongtheway. In 2006and following two seasons of mid table finishes in SomersetSenior League Division 2, the club madethedecisiontomoveoverthebordertoplayintheDorsetCountyLeague.
WincantonwereallocatedaspaceintheDorsetSeniorLeagueforseason2006/07. Thesidemanaged byWayne Jerome stormedtothe league title winning a 20 game league seasonbya 10 pointmargin andasaresultwerepromotedintotheDorsetPremierLeague.
The club finishedina creditable 5thpositioninitsfirstseasoninthe DPL, andthenfollowedthisup withthreemidtable finishesof 8th, 9thand7th. PaulDownwasappointedasfirstteam managerin thesummerof2010,andinhissecondseason(2011/12)theclubfinishedin4thpositionlosingjust3 leaguematchesallseason.
The following season(2012/13) sawthe club doevenbetter asWincantonfinishedasrunnersupto Portland United. This allowed the club to apply for promotion to the Toolstation Western Football League. DuringtheseasonWincantonwon25oftheir34leaguematchesandscoredover100goalsin theprocess.
Wincanton worked their way through to the final of the Somerset Senior Cup and a 1 0 win against BrislingtonReservesinamatchplayedatStreetFootballClubsawTownaddatrophytothecabinetin thefinalgameofamemorableseason. Thingsgotevenbetterasearlyinthesummerof2013Wincanton received confirmation that they had been accepted into the Toolstation Western League for the followingseason. Abusysummerthenlayaheadasbigchangesattheclubhadtobemadebothonand offthepitch. teamfinisheditsfirstseasonintheWesternLeagueinaverycreditable4thspotscoring 116leaguegoals.
The committee worked hard to ensure floodlights, hard standing and fencing was installed on time to achievetheleague’sgroundgradingrules. GaryJohnsonthenmanagerofYeovilTownFootballClubofficiallyswitchedonthe club’snewfloodlightsinOctober 2013. HisthenChampionshipfirstteam squad playedamatchtocelebratetheswitchingonofthelights. Yeovilwon8 0butacrowdofmorethan450 watchedthefixture. IntheleaguetheteamfinisheditsfirstseasonintheWesternLeagueinaverycreditable4thspotscoring116leaguegoals.
Season2014/15sawthe club enter the F.A. Vase for the firsttime but WessexLeague BemertonHeath Harlequinsprovedtoo strong and wonthe tie at Moor Lane 5-0. The team repeated their 4th position finishintheleagueandwereoneofonlytwosidestodefeatrunawaychampionsBarnstapleTown. Arun tothe quarterfinalsof the LesPhillipsCupwasendedbytheeventualCupwinnersWillandRovers. At the end of the seasonmanager Paul Downannounced he would be standing downafter five successful seasonsincharge.
Season 2015/16 sawAndyMitchelland Chris Wise take charge of the club as jointmanagers. A tough first half to the season with a completely new look team saw the team struggling in the bottom three, howevertheNewYearsawthesideenjoybetterfortunesandastrongsecondhalftothecampaignsaw theWaspsclimbtoarespectable16thposition.
This seasonalso saw the club enter the F.A. Cup for the first time and Wincanton beat Wessex League Premier division side (1 step higher) Whitchurch United 3 1 in a replay at Moor Lane following a 1 1 drawinHampshire. ThatvictoryearnedtheclubanawaytieatSouthernleaguesideWinchesterCity,a tiewewouldeventuallylose5 1butagoodexperienceforallconcerned.
The2016/2017seasonwasthe2ndundertheWiseandMitchellreignandwithasettledsquadtheclub looked destined for a solid top half finish until injuries to some key players disrupted things around Christmas time and meant the Wasps finished in 13th place overall. Season 2017/2018 season saw a management shuffle with ChrisWise being the sole managerand having AndyMitchelland GaryChapmanashisplayingassistants. A10thplacedfinishwassecuredaswellasafirstwinintheF.A.Vase,2 1 atBridportfromtheleagueabove.
For the 2018/19 season Mitch stood down from his role asassistant manager so he could concentrate solelyonplaying. Tofillthe role the club welcomedbackformer player MattPeterstoworkalongside ChrisandChappo. Toomanydrawngameshamperedtheteam 14fromtheir38matcheswhichmeant theteamhadtosettlefora14thplacedfinish.
The season2019/20sawanimprovementwiththe club in8thpositionwhenthe seasonwascancelled owingtotheglobalpandemic. Withmostofthesquadretainedforthenewseasonalongsideafewadditions,hopesarehighofafinishclosertothetopofthetable.
Sat 13 Aug Radstock Town Res H L 0 3
Sat20Aug BurnhamUnitedRes A W6 0Rowland(3),Hynes,Tanner,Hallett
Sat 3 Sep Somerton Town Res H W 6-0Tanner (2), Brilliant, Hynes, Maddern, Rowland
Sat17Sep Congresbury A L0 8
Sat 24 Sep Draycott H W 3 1Derrick, Jeng, Marks
Sat1Oct FryClub A
Sat 8 Oct Nailsea United Res H
Sat15Oct WinscombeRes A
Sat 22 Oct Clevedon United Res H
Sat 5 Nov Yatton & Cleeve Utd Res H
Sat12Nov WorleRangers A
Sat19Nov StGeorgeE I G A
Sat 26 Nov Tunley Athletic H
Sat 3 Dec Winscombe Res H
Sat 24 Dec Congresbury H
Sat31Dec Draycott A
Sat7Jan TunleyAthletic A
Sat 14 Jan Fry Club H
Sat21Jan SomertonTownRes A
Sat 28 Jan St George E-I-G H
Sat4Feb RadstockTownRes A
Sat 11 Feb Worle Rangers H
Sat 18 Feb Burnham United Res H
Sat25Feb NailseaUnitedRes A
Sat1Apr ClevedonUtdRes A
Sat8Apr Yatton&CleeveUtdRes A
Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1st Congresbury 6 6 0 0 37 1 36 18
2nd WorleRangers 3 3 0 0 9 3 6 9
3rd RadstockTownRes 4 3 0 1 12 7 5 9
4th BishopSuttonRes 5 3 0 2 15 12 3 9
5th Yatton&CleeveUtdRes 5 3 0 2 13 14 1 9
6th ClevedonUnitedRes 3 2 0 1 7 3 4 6
7th FryClubRes 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 3
8th NailseaUnitedRes 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 3
9th Draycott 4 1 0 3 7 11 4 3
10th StGeorgeE-I-G 5 1 0 4 7 15 -8 3
11th SomertonTownRes 3 1 0 2 4 13 9 3
12th WinscombeRes 4 1 0 3 5 15 -10 3
13th BurnhamUnitedRes 2 0 0 2 2 10 8 0
14th TunleyAthletic 2 0 0 2 2 12 -10 0
With the under-18’s...
Mon19Sep LongwellGreenSports A W5 1Maddern(3),Lewis,Diaw
Thu6Oct HengroveAthletic A
Thu20Oct PortisheadTown A
Thu 27 Oct AEK Boco H
Thu 3 Nov Longwell Green Sports H
Tue15Nov Bishop’sLydeard(Cup) A
Thu 24 Nov Hallen H
Thu 8 Dec Chipping Sodbury Town H
Thu15Dec Hallen A
Thu 5 Jan Hengrove Athletic H
Thu 12 Jan Portishead Town H
Tue17Jan ChippingSodburyTown A
Tue24Jan AEKBoco A
Pos. Team P W D L F A
1st Bishop Sutton
1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2nd Portishead Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3rd AEK Boco
1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4th Longwell Green Sports 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 3
5th Hengrove Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 3
6th Hallen
1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
7th Chipping Sodbury T 2 0 0 2 2 6 4 0
AEK Boco GreenbankRoad,Hanham,Bristol BS153RZ 12.2 miles
Almondsbury TheField,GloucesterRd,Almondsbury.BS324AA 21.3 miles
Bishop’s Lydeard DarbyWay,Bishop’sLydeard,Taunton.TA43BA 41.8 miles
Brislington IronmouldLane,Brislington,BristolBS45RS 10.8 miles
Bristol Tel. BTRAGround,StockwoodLane,BristolBS148SJ 7.8 miles
Cheddar Bowden'sPark,DraycottRoad,CheddarBS273RL 12.2 miles
FC Bristol OaklandsPark,Almondsbury,BristolBS324AA 21.3 miles
Gillingham Town WoodwaterLane,Gillingham,DorsetSP84WL 32.5 miles Hallen MoorhouseLane,Hallen,BristolBS107RU 17.4 miles
Hengrove Athletic AVBStadium,NortonLane,WhitchurchBS140BT 7.3 miles
Longwell Green ShellardsRoad,LongwellGreen,BristolBS309AD 11.2 miles Nailsea & Tick. FrythWay,Nailsea,BristolBS482AS 14.3 miles
Odd Down CombeHayLane,OddDown,Bath,BA28PA 11.6 miles
Oldland Abbots CastleRoad,OldlandCommon,BristolBS309SZ 11.7 miles
Portishead Town BristolRoad,Portishead,BristolBS206QG 15.7 miles
Radstock Town SouthfieldRec.,Southfields,RadstockBA33NZ 10.3 miles
Shirehampton TheCreek,ThePortway,SeaMills,BristolBS92JS 14.2 miles
Tytherington R. HardwickePF,Tytherington,SouthGloucsGL128UJ 23.5 miles
Warminster TownWeymouthStreet,Warminster,WiltshireBA129NS 25.6 miles
Wells City RowdensRoad,Wells,SomersetBA51TU 11.4 miles Wincanton Town SportsGround,MoorLane,WincantonBA99EJ 28.6 miles
Ethan BALLANTINE 1
Harry BILLITERRI
Jacob BIRD
Jack BURGESS
Chris BLAMMON
Oaklan BUCK
Jordan CHANDLER
Josh COMERFORD
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
Lee PITMAN
Paddy ROYAL
Scott SAUNDERS
Dan SPILL
Billy VAUGHAN
Cody VILE
Raphael WAUGH
Jordan WHITTAKER
Craig WILSON
2022
Sat30Jul GillinghamTown A W5 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
Sat13Aug Brislington A L0 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 -
Sat3Sep BristolTelephones A D1-1 - Wilson
Tue 6 Sep Warminster TownH L 0-1 60 -
Sat 17 Sep Cheddar H D 0-0 52 -
Sat24Sep FCBristol A L2 4 Wilson(2)
Tue 27 Sep Wincanton Town H
Sat1Oct AEKBoco A
Sat8Oct OldlandAbbots A
Sat 15 Oct Almondsbury H
Sat 22 Oct Longwell Green H
Sat29Oct LongwellGreen A
Sat5Nov Nailsea&Tick’nam A
Sat 12 Nov Gillingham Town H
Sat 19 Nov Brislington H
Sat26Nov Shirehampton A
Sat3Dec PortisheadTown A
Sat 10 Dec Bristol Tel. H
Sat17Dec WarminsterTown A
Mon 26 Dec Wells City H
2023
Mon2Jan RadstockTown A
Sat 7 Jan Odd Down (Bath) H
Sat14Jan OddDown(Bath) A
Sat 21 Jan AEK Boco H
Sat28Jan WincantonTown A
Sat 4 Feb Bishop’s Lydeard H
Sat11Feb Hallen A
Sat25Feb HengroveAthletic A
Sat 4 Mar Portishead Town H
Sat11Mar Cheddar A
Sat25Mar TytheringtonR A
Sat 1 Apr FC Bristol H
Fri7Apr WellsCity A
Mon 10 Apr Radstock Town H
Sat 15 Apr Nailsea & Tick H
Sat22Apr Almondsbury A
Key
LPC-LesPhillipsCup SPC-SomersetPremierCup