Odd Down A.F.C v Radstock Town F.C - Friday 29th March 2024 12.30pm

ODD DOWN (BATH) A.F.C.

GROUND

Lew Hill Memorial Ground Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down, Bath.

BA2 8AP

Tel: 01225 832 491

Email: secretaryodddownbathafc@gmail.com

Web: odddownbathafc.co.uk

MEMBERS

Somerset Football Association

Toolstation League

Somerset County Football League

Bath & District League

Somerset U18 Floodlight League

HONOURS

Somerset Floodlight Youth League Premier Div. Runners-up 2018/19

Somerset FA Senior Cup Winners 1992, 2017

Toolstation Premier League Champions 2015/16

Toolstation League Div. One Runners-up 2009/10

Great Mills League Div. One Winners 1993

Somerset Senior League Div. Two Winners 1994

Somerset FA Premier Cup Finalists 2000/01, 2004/05

Somerset County League Div. Two Champions 2003

Screwfix Direct Sportsman’s Award Winners 2004/05

Somerset Floodlight Youth League U18’s Div. One Champions 2005/06

Somerset Floodlight Youth League U18’s North Div. Champions 2012/13

Somerset Floodlight Youth League North Div. Runners-up 2015/16, 2016/17

CLUB OFFICIALS

President:

Mike Russell

Social Chair:

Jon Willis

Social Club Secretary: Martin Targett

Social Club Treasurer:

Ian Humphries

Director of Football: David Hare

Football Secretary: Ray Cunningham

Football Treasurer:

Keith Herman

Football Club Coordinating Officer:

Ian Humphries

Groundsman:

Dave Cobb

First Team Manager:

Jason Maggs

First Team Assistant Manager:

Clive Scott

First Team Physio: TBC

First Team Gate Steward:

Louise Maggs

Under 18’s Manager: William Humphries

Under 18’s Assistant Manager: TBC

Club Welfare Offer: Alison Humphries

Colours: Black and White Striped shirts, Black shorts, Black socks

GK - All Yellow

Change: All Orange

GK - All Turquoise

Programme Editor: Ray Cunningham

Programme Design: 4A2 Design (andy@4a2.co.uk)

CLUB OFFICERS REPORT

TODAY’S MATCH IS SPONSORED BY PIN HIGH GOLF SOCIETY

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Good afternoon and welcome to the Lew Hill Memorial Ground. This Good Friday we entertain Radstock Town in the Toolstation Western League Division One. We hope they enjoy their short stay with us and have a safe Journey home.

We would like to give a special mention to Pin High Golf Society for sponsoring today’s game. Everyone at the club hope you enjoy the occasion. Please enjoy this afternoon’s encounter, and I look forward to seeing you in the bar after to help support the club.

Many Thanks

Ray Cunningham

The committee thank all our advertisers and sponsors for their valuable financial assistance. We request that you give them your support and also support our regular Saturday market.

Thank you.

It is with great pleasure that we return to Odd Down today as a sponsor of this Bank Holiday fixture against Radstock Town with the Pin High Golf Society.

Both myself and Mark Keen had the pleasure of managing the mighty Down for a number of years starting back in 2009 taking the club on when it needed some local intervention at that time and we thoroughly enjoyed what we set out to do. I am hoping that coming back as a supporter will be like Sir Alex sat in the stands at Old Trafford and offering our dear friend Jason Maggs the support on this fine Bank Holiday. As a player, I used to love these fixtures as it always meant a bigger crowd. These days life runs at a much more relaxed pace on the golf course with Lee Marchant who is our CEO at Pin High. I am also looking forward to having a beer with Ray Johnston the Radstock Manager, Ray and I had many a run in on the field and that was playing for the same team!

A big thank you to Ray Cunningham who has organised this sponsorship, I am sure it will become a regular event

Best wishes

Lee Burns

Odd Down (BATH) A.F.C. Football Secretary

MATCHDAY SPONSORSHIP 2023/24

AT THE LEW HILL MEMORIAL GROUND

Odd Down (BATH) A.F.C. offers Companies and Individuals the opportunity to sponsor First Team home games. In return for your support, we offer this generous Hospitality Package which includes the following:

• 5 Match Tickets.

• Free drink on arrival.

• Half-time refreshments.

• Present the Man Of The Match Award.

• Social Media Post.

• Your Company Name in our Matchday Programme.

If you are interested in sponsoring a game during our 2024/25 campaign, then please get in touch with Football Secretary Ray Cunningham via email

secretaryodddownbathafc@gmail.com

PLAYER & MANAGEMENT SPONSORSHIP 2023/24

Name Sponsored By

Jason Maggs (First Team Manager) Bath Specialist Cleaning Solutions

Clive Scott (First Team Assistant Manager) Bath Specialist Cleaning Solutions

Jacob Maggs (Kit Manager) Ray Cunningham

David Copper (Development Assistant) A. Isaac Roofing Ltd

Mitchell Hamber Service Studio

Jack Kelsey Bath Specialist Cleaning Solutions

Dom Walter TP Richards

Tyrone Mulholland Ray Cunningham

Ben Millett A J Barber Lounge

Alfie Andrews Bath Specialist Cleaning Solutions

Finley Little Jon Little and Martin Tagett

Seb Tylek Zelf Car and Van Hire And Self Storage

Bailey Clifford-Pryer DAR Logistics

Joe Newman Tony Miles General Building and Maintenance

George Pawley Monkey Puzzle Arborists

Dan Brailey Roy Chandler

James Hare Gardiner Houlgate

David Hare Gardiner Houlgate

Joshua Swarbrick Big D Transport

To enquire about player sponsorship opportunities for the 2023/24 season, please contact Football Secretary Ray Cunningham via email: secretaryodddownbathafc@gmail.com

NEWS FROM AROUND THE TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE

24th MARCH 2024

Midweek Action

With teams in catch-up mode following the vast amount of recent postponements, there was a busy midweek period, where away sides went unbeaten in the seven completed fixtures. Starting on Tuesday, both Premier Division contests ended level, with leaders Helston letting a two-goal lead slip in their 2-2 draw at Bridgwater. With a big crowd in attendance for the top-four clash, the visitors made a dream start, going ahead inside the opening minute through Aaron Bentley. It then became 2-0 to Helston after 27 minutes when Bentley struck again, but Bridgwater grabbed a lifeline on the stroke of half-time, with an own goal halving the deficit. The score then remained the same for the majority of the second half, but with five minutes left on the clock, Bridgwater’s Dave Thorne managed to find the back of the net to secure a late point. The other game that night finished goalless, with Saltash holding Barnstaple to a rare blank at the Kimberley Stadium. 24 hours later, Ryan Richards made it six goals in two games, bouncing back from an early penalty miss to fire Torpoint to a 3-0 win away at Oldland Abbotonians. Having starred in his sides’ late victory on Saturday, Richards looked to pick up where he left off on Wednesday, only to miss the target with a third minute spot kick which he had earned after being fouled in the box. Fortunately for the visitors, Richards managed to make amends, slotting home four minutes into the second half to break

the deadlock at the Aitchison Playing Field. The game remained tight for much of the night, but with both sides reduced to ten men, Torpoint ended the game strongly, with James Rowe and Richards scoring in the final minutes to secure the three-goal victory. Elsewhere that evening, the match between Street and Wellington was abandoned during the first half following a bad injury to visiting forward Ryan Brereton.

In the First Division, there was a clean sweep of away wins, with Middlezoy overturning a half-time deficit to topple AEK Boco 2-1 to complete the set on Wednesday night. 24 hours earlier, Wincanton won a seven-goal thriller away at Gillingham to take local bragging rights. With the sides meeting again on Good Friday, the Gills will get a shot at revenge, but this loss will have hit them hard after clawing their way back from three goals down. For Wincanton, everything looked rosy when they led 2-0 at the interval courtesy of goals from Gary Chapman and Jamie Thompson. A further goal at the beginning of the second half from Connor Williams stretched the lead out further, before the home side got back into the contest thanks to a quickfire brace from Harrison Foster. The comeback was then complete 15 minutes from time, but that left the title chasers a chance to push for a fourth goal, and a thunderbolt in added time from Wincanton’s Jamie Jordan brought the curtain down on a terrific night of action in North Dorset. Tuesday also

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saw Chris Pile’s second half strike edge Wells City past Bristol Telephones, while Longwell Green Sports romped to victory at Bishop Sutton, where six different goalscorers helped the Green run out 6-2 winners.

Premier Division

Helston have opened up a five point lead atop the division following their come-from-behind 2-1 win at Welton Rovers. After dropping a couple of points in midweek, the league leaders were struggling in the early stages at West Clewes, falling behind to a 16th minute effort from Joe Cattermole. It took the away side half an hour to get their first shot on target, but they certainly made it count, with Jordan Copp finding the back of the net to make it one apiece. Copp was then on hand to fire home the winner, scoring from the spot midway through the second half after Rikki Sheppard had been fouled in the area. Falmouth maintained their push for a top spot, beating Nailsea & Tickenham 1-0 to register their seventh consecutive home victory. A Jared Sims strike was all it took for Town to take home all three points, with the victors now facing a run of five away games in 15 days. Bridgwater got back to winning ways at Shepton Mallet, with a 2-0 victory helping to establish them in the top four. A couple of usual suspects did the damage for the away side, with leading scorer Jack Thorne breaking the deadlock, which was followed up on the stroke of half time by strike partner Jack Taylor. Barnstaple were another

away side to take home maximum points, with the Devonians easing to a 4-0 victory at bottom-side Millbrook. Billy Tucker played a prominent role in the win, and after putting his side ahead in the 16th minute, he then turned provider for Harvey Dorothy who doubled Town’s advantage. A sweet left-footed strike just prior to half time from Matty Andrew put the game out of sight, before Brodie Montague wrapped up the scoring during a quiet second half period. Brixham were another side to make short work of their fixture, with Josh Parry’s brace sandwiching a Tom Mortimore effort during their 3-0 win at home to Ilfracombe. The other game on Saturday went the way of Wellington, with their 2-1 comeback win at home to Oldland Abbotonians giving them back-to-back league victories for the first time all season. It was Tom Blake’s second minute strike which stunned the hosts, putting the Abbots ahead early on as they looked to arrest a four-match losing streak of their own. The hosts eventually fought their way back into the contest, and after levelling through Mark Cornish, they then snatched victory late on, with Sam Towler converting an 87th minute penalty after Rohan Poulsom had been brought down inside the area.

First Division

In a title race which seems to be changing by the minute, Wincanton Town currently sit top of the pile after beating Warminster 4-2 on Saturday afternoon. Wasps forward Matt Garner has been on a hot-streak in

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front of goal recently, and that trend continued against Warminster, with his ability to get on the end of set pieces spearheading their victory. Having already headed the home side into a two-goal advantage, Garner then completed his hat-trick just prior to half time when he met Jamie Thompson’s in-swinging corner. Warminster threatened a fightback, scoring twice to heavily reduce the arrears, before Winky returned to their tried and trusted method with Garner heading home a fourth corner ten minutes from time to complete the scoring. A log-jam behind Wincanton sees three sides level on 74 points including Cribbs Reserves who won 3-1 away at Middlezoy thanks to goals from Andrew Forward, Gerlando Parrinello and Tom Headford. The other two sides met at Portishead, where the home side squeezed past Radstock by a goal to nil. Having not played each other since early August, little separated the sides then, and it was similar second time around, with only a 20th minute goal from Kyle Egan, rebounding after his own penalty miss giving Portishead the crucial three points.

It was a day of comebacks elsewhere in the division, including at Hallen where visitors Wells City struck twice in the final quarter to complete their 3-1 victory. A 20th minute penalty from Cory Thomas-Baker saw Hallen go ahead, only for Wells to hit back on the brink of half-time courtesy of Tom Ovigne. Wells had won five on the bounce heading into this game, and that winning run was extended with leading scorer Harry Warwick coming off the

bench to score goals two and three in an impressive road win. Shirehampton were another side who trailed in the opening few minutes before finishing the game strongly to defeat AEK Boco 4-2 at The Creek. For Boco, goals from Ollie Williams and Mickey Parsons put them in front at the beginning of either half, only for the home side to draw level on each occasion thanks to frontman Ryan Radford. The second of Radford’s equalisers came with just 17 minutes left on the clock, but that left Shirehampton plenty of time to push for victory, and they did just that with Louis Snailham’s long ranger making it 3-2, before he then struck again in added time to round out the win. Fifthplaced Bitton secured another win, with Lewis Russell, Harry Haughton and Joe Garland each netting in their 3-1 defeat of Longwell Green, while Hengrove overturned a half-time deficit on their way to a 2-1 victory over Odd Down. Bottom-side Bishop Sutton picked up their first point in a while following a goalless draw away at Gillingham, and it would have been the same outcome at Cheddar (pictured), only for Dean Chrisostomou to score in the 88th minute to hand the hosts a last-gasp 1-0 win over Bristol Telephones. Points were shared in the other contests, with Keynsham recovering from an early deficit to draw 1-1 with Bradford, while Cadbury Heath denied Brislington a crucial victory during their 1-1 draw in Bristol.

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CELEBRATING THE 2023/24 SEASON

FOR OUR FIRST, UNDER 18 AND WOMEN’S U18 TEAMS

SATURDAY 27th APRIL 2024

7.30pm UNTIL LATE

Lew Hill Memorial Ground, Combe Hay Lane, Bath BA2 8PA

TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE

TODAY’S FIXTURES - 29th MARCH 2024

PREMIER DIVISION

Bridgwater United v Wellington

Buckland Athletic v Brixham

Helston Athletic v Falmouth Town

Ilfracombe Town v Barnstaple Town

Millbrook v Torpoint Athletic

Nailsea & Tickenham v Clevedon Town

Oldland Abbotonians v Welton Rovers

St Blazey v Saltash United

Street v Shepton Mallet

FIRST DIVISION

AEK Boco v Longwell Green Sports

Bishop Sutton v Cheddar

Bradford Town v Warminster Town

Brislington v Keynsham Town

Bristol Telephones v Hengrove Athletic

Cribbs Reserves v Portishead Town

Middlezoy Rovers v Wells City

Odd Down v Radstock Town

Shirehampton v Hallen

Wincanton Town v Gillingham Town

ODD DOWN (BATH) A.F.C. WOMEN

OPEN TRAINING SESSIONS

Odd Down (BATH) Women’s Team are holding Open Training Sessions on a Thursday evening, at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground.

The first session will be on Thursday 7th March 2024, starting at 7pm and running until 8:30pm.

The aim of this is to start recruiting players for the start of the 2024/25 season.

Please contact Manager Rob Macer on 07825 295 595 or Football Secretary Ray Cunningham on 07552 537 504 for more information.

ODD DOWN (BATH) A.F.C. WOMEN’S UNDER 18

FIXTURES 2023/24

ODD DOWN (BATH) A.F.C. WOMEN

FIXTURES 2024

TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE - DIVISION ONE

ODD DOWN (BATH) A.F.C.

Black & White shirts / Black shorts

Charlie Phillips

Lloyd Land

Liam Hilditch

Charlie Roach

Joshua Swarbrick

Dominic Walter

Jack O’Brien

Alfie Andrews

Raphael Waugh (C)

Ben Millett

Cameron New

Jasper Morris

James Hare

David Hare

Ashley Marsh

Callum Wright

George Pawley

Tom Pawley

Joshua Brain

Otis Williams

Adbou Mbaye

Curtis Dunn

Jason Maggs

Clive Scott

Rohan Sharma

Jacob Maggs

RADSTOCK TOWN F.C.

Red & Black shirts / Black shorts

Daniel Jackson

Jack Farion

Luke Ingram

Braden Humphreys

Ian Jeffery

Daniel Dyke

Matthew Curnock

Owen Robinson

Sam Hill

Will Osborne

Harley Prior

Adrian Harvey

Kyle Thomas

Kieran Burpitt

Seth Wain

Jacob Reader

Jack Pearson-Brown

Jacob Bird

Corey Rawlings

Kai Williamson

Martin Johnson

Tommy Lovegrove

TODAY’S OPPONENTS

RADSTOCK TOWN F.C.

Formation: Programme notes from a game in 1937 suggest that football was being played in Radstock as early as 1835 but there is no solid evidence to back that up. However, there are newspaper match reports from 1883 so, it can be safely assumed that the club was actually formed in the early 1880’s.

Radstock Wanderers was the clubs name from 1889 until they changed to Radstock Town after affiliating to the Somerset FA in 1895.

Ground: In the early days the club played on a ground off of the Old Bath Road situated where a Primary School stood until recently. It was officially called Roundhill but was known locally as ‘Hilltop’. In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s they also played at South Hill, which is where a Bath College campus is now but at the time was a manor house and grounds which were owned by Earl Waldergrave.

The lack of a true home became critical at the end of the First World War and the club was unable to reform until 1920 when they were able to move to their current home at Southfield. The first official fixture played at Southfield was on September 10th 1920 when Warminster Town were the visitors in an FA Cup tie. The game, which Radstock won 1-0, was watched by a crowd of 700, which the local press reported ‘greatly pleased the club committee!’ Radstock Town FC … A brief history

As a business: Financial issues saw the club take a couple of breaks from competitive first team football, 1900-01 to

1902-03 and again at the end of the 190910 campaign. The 1914-18 war and the lack of a pitch meant that Radstock Town didn’t appear again as senior club until the 1920-21 season. In 1930 club supporters joined together to create a supporters social club which remains in existence to this day.

On the Pitch: The club’s first silverware came when they won the inaugural Somerset Senior Cup at the end of the 1895/96 season beating Wells City 4-0 in a replay at Midsomer Norton following a 1-1 draw. The club has won the cup twelve times subsequently and finished runners up on a further thirteen occasions! Success in league competitions has been harder to come by but they have won the Somerset Senior League six times and the Wiltshire League on four occasions. Despite many seasons in the Western League the best position achieved was way back in the 1920/21 season when the reformed side finished runners up. The 1960’s & 70’s were the most successful in the clubs long history when they won a remarkable 12 leagues and cups!

The 2000’s: Early in the new millennia the club was promoted back to the Western League and then promoted to the Premier Division at the first attempt. Life in the Premier Division was difficult though and the best place finish was 12th in 2010/11 season. 2013/14 was a particularly traumatic campaign which saw the playing budget withdrawn to keep the club going, the chairman resign, two mangers leave and ended with the club being relegated!

TODAY’S OPPONENTS

RADSTOCK TOWN F.C.

Since then though the Chairman and committee has worked very hard to bring stability back to the club and despite some dark moments the team remain in the first division .

Today: Season 22/23 was a particularly difficult one for the club. Despite reaching the play-off’s at the end of the previous campaign most of the squad decided to play their football elsewhere!

That and the late appointment of the new management team of Ray Johnston, Elliot Gibbons and Ian Lanning had to start the season with a make shift eleven, however, hard work and team spirit saw the side stay competitive throughout the campaign. Scroll on a year and after a positive summer the same management team and supporters are optimistic that this season will see us battling at the right end of the table!

After winning the league last season the reserves will be led this year by Anthony Morrison, Taylor Morrison & Rob Johnson following the resignation of Liam Watson. Our very successful under 18’s will once again be in the very capable hands of Ian Lanning and Jamie Purnell.

Honours

Somerset Senior Cup - Winners 1895-96, 1905-06, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1959-60, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1973-74, 1982-83, 1984-85

Somerset Senior Cup - RU 1896-97, 1897-98, 1928-29, 1946-47, 1969,-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1983-84, 1997-98, 1999-00

Somerset Charity Cup - Winners 1921-22, 1923-24, 1959-60

Somerset Senior League - Champions 1927-28, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1978-79

Somerset County League Div 1 Champion 1996/97

Somerset County League Div 3 Champions 2022/23

Somerset Senior League - RU 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99

Western League Division One - RU 1985 - 86

Western League Division 2 - RU 1920-21

Wilts Premier League - Champions 1963-64, 1965-66, 1967-67, 1971-72

Wilts Premier League - RU 1970-71

Wilts Subsidiary Cup - Winners 1963-64

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