Hengrove Athletic v Portishead Town

“THE GROVE” Matchday programme of Hengrove Athletic Football Club

Toolstation Western League Division One Portishead Town Saturday 11th December 2021

3.00pm

Hengrove Athletic Football Club Founded 1948

The AVB Stadium, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 0BT Main club sponsor for season 2021-22 - AVB Commercial Vehicle Repairs

Club Officials Chairman Treasurer Secretary/Media Groundsmen Manager Asst. Manager Coaches Physiotherapist Kit Manager U18 Management U18 Secretary Committee Alan Burton Mike Greatbanks Paul Hynam Giorgio Mancini Pete Stenner

Club Honours Mike Greatbanks Mike Greatbanks Martin McConachie Nigel Gray Dave Fear Jamie Hillman Jon Berry Ian Jones Mike Stone Pete Stenner Pete Stenner Paul Fortt & Mike Stone Martin McConachie Jon Berry Dave Fear Jamie Hillman Ian Jones Martin McConachie Mike Stone

Web: www.hengroveathletic.com Email: secretary@hengroveathletic.com

Alf Bosley Cup winners 1958/59, 1963/64 Somerset Junior Cup winners 1964/65 Somerset League Cup winners 1979/80 Somerset Senior Cup winners 1979/80 Promoted to Somerset County Prem.

1995/96 Somerset Senior Cup runners-up 2003/04, 2004/05 Somerset County Premier winners 2005/06 Western League Div 1 runners-up 2012/13, 2016/17 Les Phillips Cup winners 2015/16 FA Vase Third Round 2015/16 Phone: 07884 492217 (chairman) Phone: 07432 614494 (secretary)

Good afternoon everyone, Today, we offer a warm welcome to the players, officials & supporters of visitors Portishead Town 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!

It only seems like last week that we played today’s visitors but in fact it was two weeks ago that we were almost frozen solid by a biting wind at their ground. The 85th minute Hengrove winner warmed our half of the crowd up but the clubhouse was still much needed and very welcome come the final whistle. Let’s hope for a similar result this afternoon.

Off the pitch, plans are still moving on to improve the club and take it forward to the next level but also to retain the warm, friendly nature that the club is renowned for.

The committee are working hard behind the scenes & over the next few months, much work will be done here at the AVB including a new boiler & housing and better car park facilities. Our big thanks to St Aldhelm’s Youth for fixing the lights on the training area so that all the teams can train up there.

Our under-18’s remain top of the table after a hard fought 2-2 draw with Chipping Sodbury last weekend. That’s ten games unbeaten now, the lads make the short trip to Keynsham tomorrow for their final game of 2021 so please support them if you can, they’re a fantastic group of lads.

Finally, as this is also our final home game of 2021, it just remains for me to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy & healthy New Year. The past two seasons have been a very harsh reminder that life is short and that we should make the most of it while we can. Please stay safe over the festive period and hopefully we will see you all back here for our next match which seems an age away, and in fact it is! It is on Saturday January 22nd against Almondsbury as that game has been pushed back.

Many thanks and enjoy the match Martin McConachie, Club Secretary

THE HENGROVE 75 In August 2023, Hengrove Athletic Football Club will celebrate its 75th anniversary.

Formed shortly after the war by a group of demobbed soldiers, “The Grove” initially played down in Whitchurch then relocated to its current base here at Norton Lane in 1964, gradually moving up the leagues too. We’ve now been a Western League club for fifteen years!

To celebrate our 75th birthday, we have put together a group of projects from around the club to take us to the next level on & off the pitch. Four categories; pitch, clubhouse, grounds and structure have been identified and various projects will be repaired, rebuilt, renewed and restored over the next two seasons & we’ve started the tasks already by refurbishing the bar area during the winter.

The aim is to make the club more sustainable, more welcoming, smarter, fresher and an even greater place to watch the beautiful game. There’s so many more jobs, large and small, that we will be getting on with including painting, hammering, nailing, building & clearing. There are plans to re-introduce at least one more Hengrove team, bring in several new sponsors, build a new car park and possibly get a big friendly for the anniversary day.

If you can offer a service, a pair of hands or your expertise, please see a committee member (listed in front of programme) and let them know. As much of the work as is possible will be done by volunteers & we’d love to see the AVB Stadium look as good as possible ahead of the anniversary. Thank you in advance.

1948

2023

The Hengrove

Like pontoon, but with a twist!

Entry costs just £1 per team per week (£10) Each competition runs for 10 matches First prize - £250 – highest scoring team Second prize - £100 – second highest scoring team Wooden spoon - £50 – lowest scoring team

Teams randomly selected Teams that don’t play awarded two goals Second competition started 15th October 2021, Next two competitions - 26th December 2021 & 4th March 2022 Entry fees must be paid in advance

Hengrove Athletic Player Stats 2021/22 season (maximum 25 games) Player Carter BAILEY Luca BAILEY Will BANKS Ben BRITTON Jackson BROWN Regan BURTON Carl BUSH Ricky BUSH Danny CONSTABLE Jack COUSINS Luke CREWE Frankie DICKS Danny DODIMEAD Rich DUFFY Brandon FEEHELY Jimmy FORTT Jamie GODFREY Sam JACKSON Jack JONES Harry LUCAS Giorgio MANCINI Jude McCARTHY Mickey PARSONS Sam PAYNE Luco PONSILLO Pete SHEPPARD Gary SHORNEY Harry TEMPLEMAN Will THOMAS Adrian THOMPSON Bailey TURNER Billy VAUGHAN Craig WHITE Kyle WIDGER

Starts

10 4 18 15 20 7 12 18 17 1 17 1 2

2 9 5 13 16 15 1 7 13 14 6 2 9 5 10 6

Sub On

Total

4 1

4 1 10 5 19 18 20 8 12 21 19 3 18 1 4 1 1 4 13 8 13 18 18 1 13 14 16 1 7 3 14 14 14 6

1 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 5 9 4

Goals

MOM

1

1

2

3 3

13

3

1 2 1 1 1

5 4 1

3

1

1 1

184 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2DL

GAMEWEEK FIFTEEN STANDINGS

1.

2.

3.

1st

Blake Lloyd

979 points

2nd

Mo

939 points

3rd

Ashley Lloyd

922 points

4th

Giorgio Mancini

906 points

5th

James Healey

857 points

6th

Tony Rich

844 points

7th

Ryan Clark

828 points

8th

Jason Jarvis

827 points

9th

Martin McConachie

825 points

10th

Brendan McKeigue

799 points

To join , please email secretary@hengroveathletic.com Arrange to pay your £10 entry fee by BACS, PayPal or cash You’re in and good luck! All money goes to prize funds.

The Cystic Fibrosis Comfort Fund is a small Bristol based charity, independent of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, which aims to help those who suffer from Cystic Fibrosis in their daily lives and enhance their quality of life. It was founded in 1991 by a small group of people from the Bristol Children’s Hospital following a bequest by a grandfather. In his will he stipulated the money should be used to benefit patients with Cystic Fibrosis to help them manage their own lives.

There were originally two Trustees from the Children’s Hospital, a senior nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist, two parents, and a lecturer in physiotherapy. The Fund grew from there and it became a registered charity in 1993.

Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK's most common, life-limiting, inherited diseases. Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs & digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus.

This makes it hard to breathe and digest food. Those affected are born with CF and approximately 1 in every 2,500 babies born in the UK will inherit the condition. Improvements in care and treatment mean that more & more babies born with CF will become adults. However, their life expectancy is shortened.

This is a charity supported closely by Andy Stone (Stoner) from AS_FootyReview on Twitter where all profits from his merchandise is donated to the charity to continue helping and raising awareness to a charity close to his heart following the death of his close friend Sam “Syd Brimson” Thank you and enjoy the game!

For more information, please visit our website at www.cfcomfort.co.uk

THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD SPONSORS

Top To Toe Physiotherapy

Abacus Waste Management

D C Windows

The Three Lions

Ben’s Reclamation & Demolition

E R & B Print

AVB Commercial Vehicle Repairs

Avon Hydraulics (UK) Ltd

Belvedere Building & Plumbing

A D L Garage Doors

Apollo Cleaning Solutions

If you would like to join our board sponsors, please call Martin McConachie on 07432 614494 or email secretary@hengroveathletic.com for further details.

The cost is £200 for the first year (including a one-off manufacture cost of £100) then £100 per year thereafter. Includes adverts on our website and in the programme.

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BRISTOL U18 FOOTBALL COMBINATION NEWS & TABLE

We are delighted to announce that this season, Hengrove Athletic will be running an under-18 side for the first time in six years.

The team will be managed by Paul Fortt & Mike Stone and will compete in the Bristol under-18 Football Combination League; we have been placed in the First Division. As a club, we would like to welcome Paul, Mike, all of the players and the families to the AVB Stadium and hope they enjoy a long, happy & successful time with the club.

Pos. Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

10 10 11 8 10 6 9 9 9 10 9 11

8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1

2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2

0 2 3 2 4 0 4 5 5 7 6 8

38 34 31 22 20 25 21 32 20 21 18 19

13 18 24 15 21 17 21 37 25 25 33 52

25 16 7 7 -1 8 0 -5 -5 -4 -15 -33

26 22 20 16 14 12 11 10 8 7 7 5

Hengrove Athletic Bath City Keynsham Town Mangotsfield United Stoke Lane Lions Chipping Sodbury Downend Saints Backwell Athletic Thornbury Town Rockleaze Rangers Clifton United Hawks Saltford Stars

BRISTOL U18 FOOTBALL COMBINATION TABLE

BRISTOL U18 FOOTBALL COMBINATION FIXTURES

Sun 26 Sep

H

Keynsham Town

2.00pm

D 2-2 Grinnell, Impey

Sun 3 Oct Sun 10 Oct Sun 17 Oct Sun 24 Oct

A H H A

Downend Saints Eagles Saltford Stars Thornbury Town Clifton United Hawks

2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm

W 3-0 Grinnell (2), Tucker W 4-0 C Bailey (2), Impey, og W 3-2 C Bailey (2), Impey W 10-1 C Bailey (2), Impey (2), McCarthy (2), Griffiths (2) Lucas, Templeman

Sun 7 Nov

A

Rockleaze Rangers

2.00pm

Sun 14 Nov H

Stoke Lane Athletic Lions 2.00pm

Sun 21 Nov

Saltford Stars

2.00pm

Sun 28 Nov H

Bath City

2.00pm

Sun 5 Dec Sun 12 Dec

H A

Chipping Sodbury Town Keynsham Town

2.00pm 2.00pm

Sun 9 Jan Sun 16 Jan Sun 23 Jan Sun 30 Jan

H H A H

Downend Saints Eagles Mangotsfield United Thornbury Town Clifton United Hawks

2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm

Sun 6 Feb Sun 13 Feb Sun 20 Feb

A H A

Backwell Athletic Rockleaze Rangers Stoke Lane Athletic Lions

2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm

Sun 13 Mar Sun 20 Mar Sun 27 Mar

A A A

Bath City Youth Chipping Sodbury Town Mangotsfield United

2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm

A

W 4-2 C Bailey (2), Grinnell Griffiths W 4-1 Impey (2), Charles Thornton W 3-2 Thornton, Tucker Impey W 3-2 C Bailey, Grinnell, Impey D 2-2 C. Bailey, Templeman

TODAY’S Hengrove Athletic Green shirts, Green shorts, Green socks Carl BUSH Carter BAILEY Luca BAILEY Will BANKS Jackson BROWN Regan BURTON Danny CONSTABLE Jack COUSINS Luke CREWE Danny DODIMEAD Brandon FEEHELY Jack JONES Harry LUCAS Giorgio MANCINI Jude McCARTHY Mickey PARSONS Pete SHEPPARD Gary SHORNEY Adrian THOMPSON Bailey TURNER Billy VAUGHAN Craig WHITE

Manager Asst. Manager Coaches Physio

Jamie HILLMAN Jon BERRY Ian JONES Mike STONE Pete STENNER

Referee Mike O’DONOVAN

LINEUPS Portishead Town White Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Mitchell WOOLLEY Hamish HURST Samuel DOWNE Luke COUGHLAN Elliott RIPLEY Alex CHAPMAN Lewis WHEATCROFT Sam MUNTON Robert LATHAM Callum TOWNSEND Joshua HONEY Krystian SOSNICKI Caolan PEARCE Billy PRING Joe FITZGERALD Ethan HARDY

Manager

Eamonn DALY

Dir. Of Football

James HUGHES

Coach

Adam VENTON

Assistants Colin SKYRME Brian BISHOP

Focus on....

PORTISHEAD TOWN FC

Portishead were inaugurated early in the 1900’s by Molly Jukes, the daughter of a local Rector, who moved to Portishead in 1903. Always keen on sport, Molly formed a cricket side in 1910 and, two years later, a football team she called St, Peter’s Portishead. Initially there were two teams, a First X1 and Reserves.

A year later a junior side was formed. In 1915 Molly married the Rev.H.S.Briggs but her interest and devotion to ‘the lads’ didn’t waver and, despite the intervention of two world wars, she battled on as Chairman, Treasurer and Manager as well as playing in goal as often as she could.

In the early 1950’s Molly stepped down and Portishead AFC, as the Club were now known (following a name change in 1948) was left in the hands of Len Pickering and Eddie Clapson.

Following successive divisional championships in 1973 and 1974 the Club were accepted into the Somerset Senior League in 1975 and, a year later, moved from their original pitch where the present Health Centre now stands, to Bristol Road. As the result of the extra pitches available on the new ground, two new teams were formed incorporating the former Redcliffe Bay team, In 1995 a Colts side was formed and entered in the Weston & District League along with the third and fourth teams.

In 1991-92 Portishead reached the Somerset & Avon (South) FA Senior Cup Final where they lost 4-2 against Odd Down. In 1997 the First Team, again, reached the final, this time beating Bridgwater Reserves 2-0 at Paulton, In 1993/94, under the leadership of Terry Hale, the team won the Somerset Senior League Premier Division Championship.

They retained this title in 1994/95, made it a treble in 1995/96 and notched up their fourth Championship win at the end of the 1997/98 season, In May 2000, Shaun Hill’s side beat Radstock Town to win the Somerset Senior Cup for the second time.

Following major ground improvements and finishing the 2004/05 season as runners up in the Somerset County League the Club applied for election to the Western League and were duly promoted for the start of the 2005/06 campaign.

WESTERN LEAGUE RECORD SEASON BY SEASON 2006-07 TO PRESENT No.

Season

Div

Pos.

1.

2006-07

1

2.

2007-08

3.

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

10th 42

17

7

18

58

64

-6

58

1

6th

40

20

9

11

83

61

+22

69

2008-09

1

6th

38

19

4

15

57

52

+5

61

4.

2009-10

1

7th

38

20

8

10

75

43

+32

68

5.

2010-11

1

10th 36

13

7

16

52

58

-6

46

6.

2011-12

1

10th 36

12

10

14

53

59

-6

46

7.

2012-13

1

2nd 40

29

4

7

93

34

+59

91

8.

2013-14

P

21st 40

8

4

28

33

87

-54

28

9.

2014-15

1

12th 42

15

10

17

75

75

0

55

10.

2015-16

1

7th

40

21

7

12

57

37

+20

70

11.

2016-17

1

2nd 42

27

7

8

105

37

+68

88

12.

2017-18

P

9th

16

8

14

73

60

+13

56

13.

2018-19

P

19th 38

5

6

27

40

102

-62

21

14.

2019-20*

1

14th 25

9

4

12

24

48

-24

31

15.

2020-21** 1

15th 9

3

3

3

10

12

-2

12

16.

2021-22*** 1

14th 23

6

6

11

37

53

-16

24

240

104

223

925

882

+43

824

AGG (to date)

P

38

567

* - season declared null & void

** - season curtailed

Bold type - promoted

Italic type - relegated

*** - current

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Hengrove Athletic Club History

Hengrove Athletic F.C was formed in 1948 from players who were demobbed from National Service.

As a footnote, there is also wartime history to the club colours of green and white. With rationing and many shortages, football shirts were virtually unobtainable, so all of the members of Hengrove Athletic F.C donated an ordinary white shirt and a mother of one of the players kindly dyed them green in the bath at her Knowle home. The colour green had no symbolic meaning. It was the only colour available at the time! The founding fathers of Hengrove Athletic F.C then agreed to retain these colours for the new club.

A successful application was made to join the Bristol and Suburban League and they were placed in Division 3 for the start of 1948/49 season. A Reserve XI was established in 1950 and in the same year Hengrove Hall was rented for club meetings and social gatherings. The club continued to expand and the ‘A’ XI started in 1953, followed by the 30-plus XI in 1959.

These four football teams made Hengrove Athletic F.C the largest club in the Bristol and Suburban League at the time – after just eleven years. A ‘B’ XI replaced the 30 plus in 1962.

The long search for a ground came to fruition on Sunday 7 June 1964 when Norton Lane was officially opened and Hengrove Athletic F.C took up residence.

The first XI was accepted by the Somerset Senior League for the 1974/75 season, where they remained until 2005/06 when they were runaway, unbeaten, Premier Division Champions and joined the Western League for the start of the 2006/07 season. Our Floodlights and Stand were installed at the ground in 2007/08 to achieve the necessary ground grading of the Western League. The EWW Stand was installed at the ground in 2012/13 to achieve the necessary ground grading of entry into the FA Cup and future possible promotions.

The first XI finished runners-up in Western League Division One in 2012/13, achieving promotion to the Premier Division. They also lifted the Les Phillips League Cup (Western League) in 2015/16 before winning promotion to the Premier Division again the following season. In 2017/18 under new manager John Durbin, the club finished ninth in the Premier Division, their highest ever position and as a result, were also the highest placed Bristol side in the division. However, this was followed by relegation back to Division One in 2018/19.

Jamie Hillman returned for a third spell as manager in the summer of 2019 but the next two seasons failed to play to a finish due to the COVID pandemic. In both seasons, the Grove finished in mid table.

A guide to away games this season in Toolstation Western League Division One AEK Boco

Greenbank Road, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3RZ

6.5 miles

Almondsbury

The Field, Gloucester Rd, Almondsbury. BS32 4AA

17.9 miles

Bishop’s Lydeard

Darby Way, Bishop’s Lydeard, Taunton. TA4 3BA

45.9 miles

Bishop Sutton

Lakeview, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton. BS39 5XN

7.7 miles

Bristol Telephones BTRA Ground, Stockwood Lane, Bristol BS14 8SJ

1.2 miles

Cheddar

Bowden's Park, Draycott Road, Cheddar BS27 3RL

19.4 miles

Devizes Town

Nursteed Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 3DX

35.5 miles

Gillingham Town

Woodwater Lane, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4WL

34.5 miles

Lebeq United

Oaklands Park, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4AA

17.9 miles

Longwell Green

Shellards Road, Longwell Green, Bristol BS30 9AD

5.8 miles

Odd Down

Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 8PA

10.4 miles

Oldland Abbots

Castle Road, Oldland Common, Bristol BS30 9SZ

6.4 miles

Portishead Town

Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6QG

14.2 miles

Radstock Town

Southfield Rec. Ground, Southfields, Radstock BA3 3NZ

12.0 miles

Sherborne Town

Raleigh Grove, Terrace PF, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 5NS

41.2 miles

Tytherington Rocks

Hardwicke PF, Tytherington, South Gloucs GL12 8UJ

19.5 miles

Warminster Town

Weymouth Street, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9NS

27.2 miles

Wells City

Rowdens Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 1TU

17.6 miles

Welton Rovers

West Clewes, North Rd, Midsomer Norton BA3 2EW

10.4 miles

Wincanton Town

Sports Ground, Moor Lane, Wincanton BA9 9EJ

29.1 miles

Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 Date

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Att.

Scorers

Sat 31 Jul

Sherborne Town

A

L 1-6 152

McCarthy

Tue 3 Aug

Odd Down (Bath)

H

D 2-2 89

Burton, Sheppard

Sat 7 Aug

Wincanton Town

H

W 4-1 76

Dodimead (2), Sheppard, Mancini

Sat 14 Aug

Welton Rovers

A

L 0-1 110

-

Tue 17 Aug

Cheddar

H

L 2-4 80

Dodimead (2)

Sat 21 Aug

Radstock Town

A

D 1-1 77

Dodimead

Sat 28 Aug

Bristol Telephones H

L 1-4 90

Vaughan

2021

Mon 30 Aug Oldland Abbots

A

L 0-3 77

-

Sat 4 Sep

Warminster Town

H

L 0-3 76

-

Sat 11 Sep

Ascot Utd (FAV)

H

L 0-2 70

-

Tue 14 Sep

AEK Boco

H

L 1-4 107

Jones

Sat 18 Sep

Odd Down (Bath)

A

W 2-0 52

Dodimead, Cousins

Sat 25 Sep

Warminster Town

A

L 6-7 82

Dodimead (2), Banks, Vaughan, Ponsillo, Jackson

Sat 2 Oct

Lebeq United

H

W 4-3 37

Dodimead (2), Ponsillo, Jackson

Tue 5 Oct

Bishop’s Lyd. (SPC) H

L 1-3 48

Sheppard

Sat 9 Oct

Wells City

A

D 1-1 -

Cousins

Sat 16 Oct

Devizes Town

H

L 2-3 43

Dodimead, Vaughan

Sat 23 Oct

Gillingham Town

A

W 2-0 57

Sheppard, Cousins

Sat 30 Oct

Oldland Abbots

H

L 0-1 63

-

Wed 3 Nov

AEK Boco

A

D 0-0 312

-

Sat 6 Nov

Bishop’s Lydeard

A

D 2-2

Ponsillo (2)

Sat 13 Nov

Lebeq United

A

W 2-1 25

Dodimead, Burton

Fixtures & Results 2021/2022 Date

Opponents

Ven. Res.

Sat 20 Nov

Sherborne Town

H

L 0-3 55

-

Sat 27 Nov

Portishead Town

A

W 2-1 64

Dodimead, Godfrey

Sat 4 Dec

Gillingham Town

H

D 2-2 40

Shorney, Ponsillo

Sat 11 Dec

Portishead Town

H

Sat 18 Dec

Bristol Telephones A

Mon 27 Dec Bishop Sutton

Att.

Scorers

A

2022 Sat 22 Jan

Almondsbury

H

Sat 5 Feb

Tytherington R

H

Sat 19 Feb

Almondsbury

A

Sat 26 Feb

Radstock Town

H

Sat 5 Mar

Wincanton Town

A

Sat 12 Mar

Bishop’s Lydeard

H

Sat 19 Mar

Longwell Green

A

Sat 26 Mar

Tytherington R

A

Sat 2 Apr

Welton Rovers

H

Sat 9 Apr

Cheddar

A

Fri 15 Apr

Bishop Sutton

H

Mon 18 Apr Longwell Green

H

Sat 23 Apr

Devizes Town

A

Sat 30 Apr

Wells City

H

TBC

Keynsham / Wells

H

(Les Phillips Cup First Round, early March)

Key FAV - FA Vase

LPC - Les Phillips Cup

SPC - Somerset Premier Cup