Issue 2: Welton Rovers v Sherborne Town

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TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION | TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2020 | #GREENARMY

THE OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME OF WELTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB MAIN SPONSOR

PROGRAMME SPONSOR

WELCOME TO WEST CLEWES Good evening and welcome to West Clewes for this Toolstation Western League First Divsion match between Welton Rovers and Sherborne Town.

What a day we had on Saturday! Spirits and confidence was high following the last gasp win against Portishead Town in the previous week, but I don't think any of us could have expected the ease with which Rovers overcame Cullompton Rangers. It was a commanding performance from beginning to end by Tom Smith's side, and though perhaps some excitement was lacking from the final 30 minutes, fantastic game management from Rovers ensured Cully couldn't substantially reduce the deficit. It was Rovers’ first win in the competition since 2015’s run to the third round, and it remarkably means that Tom Smith is the first Rovers manager to win his opening three games in charge, since Arthur Ladd in 1970 (even if the wins are spread across 196 days!). Elburton Villa are next in line for Welton in the FA Vase, after they defeated Saltash on penalties.

After the match it was great to see so many players and supporters enjoying a beer in the sun after such a long time away from West Clewes.

This fantastic spirit will go a long way to prolonging any good form we find, so let's all do what we can to maintain such positivity. It was great to see everybody doing a good job of abiding by the Coronavirus measures we have in place. Please continue to be aware of your surroundings and mindful of your behaviour, as we all do our best to keep our level of football active amidst further tightening of regulations.

WELTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB WEST CLEWES, NORTH ROAD,MIDSOMER NORTON, BA3 2QD

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CHAIRPERSON Malcolm Price VICE-CHAIRPERSON Gareth Paisey BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ash Bird, Dave Gilson, Ryan Grubb, Rae James, David Paisey, Gareth Paisey, Steve Plumley, Malcolm Price FOOTBALL SECRETARY Gareth Paisey FIRST TEAM MANAGER Tom Smith RESERVE TEAM MANAGER Paul Poiner UNDER 18s MANAGER Leon Cole GROUND STAFF Shaver Sims PROGRAMME EDITOR Gareth Paisey BAR MANAGER Nikki Paisey

You're going to want to be back with us again at West Clewes tomorrow evening as our fantastic Under 18 side look to begin their own cup run, hosting Elburton Villa in the FA Youth Cup. Our Under 18s have been very impressive in pre-season, winning 3 of their 4 friendlies and scoring goals a plenty. New manager Leon Cole has a very well drilled and tight-knit unit of a team. To me, they look like they could be real contenders in their division this season, and what better way to start their campaign with a cup win.

If you're not making the long trip to Bishops Lydeard on Saturday, no worries, our Reserves play their first home game of the season against Wells City Reserves and they will very much appreciate your support.

PLAYERS, SUPPORTERS AND CLUB OFFICIALS ARE REMINDED THAT FOUL OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ANYBODY HEARD USING RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, MISOGYNIST, TRANSPHOBIC OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE WILL BE REPORTED AND DEALT WITH IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE WAY.

TODAY'S VISITORS SHERBORNE TOWN The club was officially founded in 1894, making them one of the oldest clubs in Dorset, but evidence has come to light that Sherborne had a football team playing friendly matches in 1888 with a match report from 25th November 1888 losing 2-0 to Yeovil Casuals.

The club played their matches in those early days at Marston Road, on the outskirts of the town, during this time the Dorset Football League was founded in the 1896/97 season. Following the opening of the Terrace playing fields just before the Second World War, this became the new venue for home games. The club then moved across the road from the playing fields in 1985 to its present home, Raleigh Grove, referencing Sir Walter Raleigh’s historical connection with the town.

The record attendance at the ground is 1,000 versus Eastleigh (featuring ex-Southampton and England international Matthew Le Tissier), in the Andy Shephard Memorial match on July 27th 2003.

After years of attempting to be permitted promotion to the Western League the Dorset League finall relented, and with the last game of the 2005-6 season Sherborne produced an excellent performance to beat Bridport Reserves 2-0 away to secure the runners-up position, with news of acceptance to the Western League being announced days later.

It only took one season of consolidation before Kevin Leigh guided the Zebras to promotion via a second place finish behind Wellington On Saturday 25 September 2010 Sherborne played arguably the biggest game of their 116-year history as they hosted Hungerford Town in the FA Cup Second Round Qualifying - the furthest they have ever reached in the competition.

2011-2017 saw the Zebras yo-yo between the Western League's two divisions. Firstly, player-manager Jamie Manley couldn't quite avoid relegation from the top tier. Manley was undeterred however, returning the club to the Premier at the first time of asking, picking up the league's Manager of the Year award at the same time.By 2016/17, former Sheffield United midfielder Gerry Pearson was installed as manager, but despite great efforts he could not avoid the drop.

Former assistant manager Wayne Jerome took over the hot seat in 2018, building a very competitive team, culminating in a 2nd and promotion position in the Covid 19 season which was deemed null and void. So we start again in the 2020/21 season with the bonus of the club returning to F.A. Cup action. CLUB HISTORY PROVIDED BY STFC

GROUND

TWITTER

RALEIGH GROVE

@SherborneTownFC

NICKNAME

FORMED

THE ZEBRAS

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S E A S O N S TA N D I N G S

13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 WESTERN LEAGUE PREMIER 9 11 13 20

17/18 18/19 WL FIRST 19 13

R E C E N T R E S U LT S

OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS CLEVEDON TOWN (FAC) RADSTOCK TOWN PORTISHEAD TOWN

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2-1 WIN 2-1 LOSS 2-0 LOSS 2-0 LOSS

LAST MEETINGS

03 NOV 18 13 OCT 18 04 FEB 18 06 SEP 17 12 MAR 16

2-1 WELTON 2-1 WELTON 3-0 WELTON 4-0 WELTON 1-1 DRAW

16 PREVIOUS MEETINGS

33 FOR WON

21 AGAINST DRAWN

10 2 4

LOST

BUILDBASE FA VASE FA VASE FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND RESULTS BODMIN TOWN BRIDPORT CAMELFORD CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN

2 4 5 0

3 3 1 1

KEYNSHAM TOWN AFC ST AUSTEKK ALMONDSBURY BISHOPS CLEEVE

BROCKENHURST CORSHAM TOWN 1 1 BROCKENHURST WIN 6-5 ON PENALTIES COWES SPORTS 2 2 DEVIZES TOWN COWES SPORTS WIN 5-4 ON PENALTIES EAST COWES ATHLETIC 1 2 WESTBURY UNITED MOUSEHOLE EXMOUTH TOWN 0 0 MOUSEHOLE WIN 4-3 ON PENALTIES ILFRACOMBE 3 3 PORTISHEAD TOWN ILFRACOMBE WIN 5-3 ON PENALTIES CALNE TOWN NEWPORT (IW) 2 2 NEWPORT (IW) WIN 5-3 ON PENALTIES NEWQUAY 3 6 STREET ODD DOWN 2 2 BRISLINGTON BRISLINGTON WIN 3-2 ON PENALTIES RADSTOCK TOWN 1 1 LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS IN 5-4 ON PENALTIES SHEPTON MALLET 3 1 BISHOP SUTTON SIDMOUTH TOWN 4 5 CHEDDAR BISHOPS LYDEARD ST BLAZEY 4 2 HENGROVE ATHLETIC WELLINGTON 2 2 HENGROVE ATHLETIC WIN 5-4 ON PENALTIES WELLS CITY 6 0 GODOLPHIN ATLANTIC WELTON ROVERS 4 1 CULLOMPTON RANGERS

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW

AXMINSTER BRIDPORT CADBURY HEATH CHEDDAR HORNDEAN LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS

CLEVEDON TOWN v ILFRACOMBE TOWN v v ASHTON & BACKWELL UTD v IVYBRIDGE v WESTBURY UNITED v BOVEY TRACEY

MILLBROOK OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS SHEPTON MALLET SHERBORNE TOWN ST BLAZEY STREET WELLS CITY

v v v v v v v

BRISTOL TELEPHONES

WELTON ROVERS

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ELBURTON VILLA

HALLEN KEYNSHAM TOWN TORRINGTON EXMOUTH TOWN HENGROVE ATHLETIC HENGROVE ATHLETIC

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The discount will apply to all legal fees up to £1,500 (with a maximum discount of £150) and will be applicable across all departments, upon providing your discount card, available at the club.

For more information, contact us at MIDSOMER NORTON

KEYNSHAM

01761 417575 or 0117 986 9141 www.fdc-law.co.uk

MATCH REPORT BY BOB ALLARD WELTON ROVERS GARLAND 17’, PILE 38’, BOX 42’, CHARLES 51’

CULLOMPTON RANGERS After an absence of 196 days competitive football finally returned to West Clewes with a cracker of a FA Vase tie which saw Welton triumph over their South West Penisula league opponents from Devon and progress to the next round of the competition.

A large crowd attended West Clewes and followed the strict Covid regulations to the letter as the game started in blustery conditions which saw both sides take time to settle down. A free kick from Alex Greening for the visitors floated into the Welton area and after a scramble the ball fell to Jack Bryant but his shot sailed over the bar. Welton responded and were awarded a corner on the left. Scott Hatchers delivery was met out on the right by Joe Garland but his free header went over the bar. A long ball from the right was taken by the wind and fell kindly to Chris Pile but his first time effort was way off target. Welton were pressing and a well struck shot from Pile saw the visitors keeper, Joe Moore, push the ball round the post for a corner. Welton took the lead on the quarter of an hour when a corner on the left by Hatcher saw his quality delivery met out on the right by Garland and this time his bullet header flew into the net. The visitors responded and an effort from Jack Bryant went close.

Chances were being created by both sides as the half progressed. Welton got the all important second goal on 35 minutes when a free kick in front of the dugouts was sent over by Hatcher and the ball was met by Pile on a charge and he drove in on goal and fired past the keeper into the net.

Just before halftime Welton got a third when they were awarded another free kick this time central left. Hatcher quickly tapped the ball to Kyle Box and he struck the ball firmly, it kept low and flew past a crowd of players into the far corner of the net. At the other Cullompton had a real chance to pull one back when Jordan Lovibond met the ball feet out from the Welton goal but he glanced his header wide with an open goal at his mercy.

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The second half began with Welton pressing for more goals, that man Hatcher was at it again this time when he intercepted a clearance from the visitors, he threaded his pass to striker Courtney Charles who raced towards goal, shrugged off a challenge and calmly slotted the ball past the keeper into the net to score Weltons fourth. Welton eased off the peddle and to be fair to Cullompton they kept going and pressing for a goal. Their efforts were rewarded in the 60th minute when a free kick from Greening was met by substitute Danny Bailey with his back on goal. He neatly turned and fired in a cracking shot that flew into the Welton net giving Matt Dunk no chance. Weltons David Regula went close with a header at the far post at the other end and then Dunk produced an outstanding save to deny Adam Langabeer from pulling another one back for the visitors.

However Welton comfortably saw the game out and the Green Army went home well contented with the performance.

Rovers were in high spirits following the win, all the better for celebrating Leon Clayton-Clarke’s 26th birthday. All the best L’z!

Above: Courtney Charles reels away after scoring Rovers’ 4th. Left: Keelan Mastouras gets on the ball Below: Chris Pile does well to keep the ball from inching out of play

ROVERS’ SQUAD MEET OUR 2020/21 SQUAD AND THEIR SPONSORS

MATTDUNK

ROBSON COLE

alex wych

DAN VEAL

KEELAN MASTOURAS

JOE GARLAND

JED BENJAMIN

SAM ROBERTS

JOE ELLIS

SCOTT HATCHER

SOUTH WEST GLASS BALUSTRADES

G C PLASTERING SERVICES

HALL PASS SPORTS, PIZZA & PONG

SAM STOPPARD GREENACRES FARM FREE RANGE EGGS

MASON FARRINGTON

MATT CURNOCK

LEON CLAYTON-CLARKE

LEWIS COLEMAN

CHRIS PILE

H&C FINANCIAL PLANNING LTD

KYLE BOX

LEWIS RUSSELL

DAWID REGULA

RH WINDOWS

COURTNEY CHARLES

JACOB READER KIRBY CONSTRUCTION

TOM SMITH

WILL JUSTIN

TGS CARPENTRY SERVICES

JUST CLEAN SERVICES

STU JAMES

SPONSOR OF WELTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB

WELTON ROVERS CLUB HISTORY Formed at the end of the 19th century, 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

ON THIS DAY

2018 ROVERS 4 CHIPPENHAM PARK 1 HATT, PILE, SEVIOUR 2

1990 ROVERS 1 TORRINGTON 0 HORWOOD

1956 ROVERS 4 PURTON 2 HAZZALL, HOLLOWAY, HANCOCK, WOODFORD

HONOURS Western League Champions 1911-12,1964-65,1965-66 1966-67,1973-74 Western League Division 1 Champions 1959-60, 1987-88 Western League Amateur Trophy 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60 Somerset Premier Cup 2009-2010 Allan Young Cup 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68 Somerset Senior Cup 1906-07,1911-12,1912-13,1913-14 ,1919-20,1924-25,1925-26,196 0-61,1961-62,1962-63 WCB Clares City of Wells Cup 1978-79

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.

The club began the 2019/20 season with Jared Greenhalgh at the helm, but this did not bring the anticipated results, and shortly after Christmas the manager and club parted ways by mutual agreement. After a rigorous application process, Tom Smith and his assistant Will Justin took the helm, but before they could make their mark, Coronavirus caused the curtailment of the season. The Summer of 2020 has seen huge efforts to bring together a strong and exciting squad to push Rovers forward into the 2020s.

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TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

PREMIER DIVISION PLYMOUTH PARKWAY STREET BUCKLAND ATHLETIC CADBURY HEATH WESTBURY UNITED BRISLINGTON BRIDGWATER TOWN BITTON ROMAN GLASS ST GEORGE BRADFORD TOWN CRIBBS TAVISTOCK KEYNSHAM TOWN ODD DOWN EXMOUTH TOWN WELLINGTON SHEPTON MALLET CLEVEDON TOWN HALLEN BRIDPORT CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN

P +/- Pts

4 4 5 4 4 3 4 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 5 3 4

14 8 7 4 4 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 -3 1 -4 -2 -4 -9 -11 -15

12 10 10 9 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 0

FIRST DIVISION 1 LEBEQ UNITED 2 WARMINSTER TOWN 3 ASHTON & BACKWELL UTD 4 PORTISHEAD TOWN 5 CALNE TOWN 6 RADSTOCK TOWN 7 CORSHAM TOWN 8 WELLS CITY 9 WELTON ROVERS 10 BISHOP SUTTON 11 CHEDDAR 12 OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS 13 SHERBORNE TOWN 14 ALMONDSBURY 15 HENGROVE ATHLETIC 16 DEVIZES TOWN 17 BRISTOL TELEPHONES 18 LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS 19 BISHOPS LYDEARD 20 WINCANTON TOWN

TONIGHT’S FIXTURES

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8 6 4 4 3 1 3 1 1 1 -1 -1 -3 -4 0 0 -3 -4 -7 -9

10 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

WEEKEND RESULTS

ALMONDSBURY BRISTOL TELEPHONES

v OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS v CHEDDAR

ASHTON & BACKWELL UTD 2

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WINCANTON TOWN

LEBEQ UNITED

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2

BRISTOL TELEPHONES

PORTISHEAD TOWN WELTON ROVERS WINCANTON TOWN

v LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS SHERBORNE TOWN v v BISHOPS LYDEARD

SHERBORNE TOWN

2

1 OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS

TOMORROW’S FIXTURE

LEBEQ UNITED

v ASHTON & BACKWELL UTD

FIXTURES AND RESULTS 12 SEP 19 SEP 22 SEP 26 SEP 29 SEP 3 OCT 6 OCT 10 OCT 13 OCT 17 OCT 24 OCT 28 OCT 31 OCT 7 NOV 14 NOV 21 NOV 28 NOV 5 DEC 12 DEC 19 DEC

A H H A A H A H H A H A A H H H A A H A

PORTISHEAD TOWN CULLOMPTON RANGERS (FAV) SHERBORNE TOWN BISHOPS LYDEARD WINCANTON TOWN ALMONDSBURY LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS ELBURTON VILLA DEVIZES TOWN CHEDDAR WARMINSTER TOWN LEBEQ UNITED HENGROVE ATHLETIC BRISTOL TELEPHONES CALNE TOWN BISHOPS LYDEARD OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS BISHOP SUTTON CHEDDAR ALMONDSBURY

● 2-1 26 DEC H RADSTOCK TOWN ● 4-1 2 JAN A CORSHAM TOWN 9 JAN 23 JAN 30 JAN 6 FEB 13 FEB 20 FEB 6 MAR 13 MAR 20 MAR 27 MAR 2 APR 5 APR 10 APR 17 APR 24 APR 1 MAY 8 MAY 15 MAY

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OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS WELLS CITY DEVIZES TOWN BISHOP SUTTON ASHTON & BACKWELL UNITED HENGROVE ATHLETIC LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS PORTISHEAD TOWN WELLS CITY CALNE TOWN RADSTOCK TOWN ASHTON & BACKWELL UNITED WARMINSTER TOWN BRISTOL TELEPHONES WINCANTON TOWN LEBEQ UNITED SHERBORNE TOWN CORSHAM TOWN

PLAYER STATS | AFTER 2 GAMES PLAYER

DUNK, Matt COLE, Robson WYCH, Alex VEAL, Dan STOPPARD, Sam MASTOURAS, Keelan GARLAND, Joe BENJAMIN, Jed FARRINGTON, Mason ROBERTS, Sam HATCHER, Scott ELLIS, Joe

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CURNOCK, Matt 24 CM 2 CLAYTON-CLARKE, Leon 26 CM 2 COLEMAN, Lewis 21 CM 2 PILE, Chris 29 CM 2 1 1 BOX, Kyle 24 FW 2 RUSSELL, Lewis 24 FW 1 REGULA, Dawid 23 ST 2 1 READER, Jacob 20 ST 1 1 CHARLES, Courtney 26 ST 2 Joe Garland’s goal against Portishead Town was Rovers’ first of the season and it means that centre back Skully has now scored in 7 consecutive seasons

UHLSPORT SOMERSET COUNTY LEAGUE FIXTURES AND RESULTS 12 SEP A WELLS CITY RES ● 1-4 19 SEP A WRINGTON REDHILL ● 2-2 26 SEP H WELLS CITY RES 3 OCT A BURNHAM UNITED 10 OCT A UPHILL CASTLE 17 OCT H STREET RES 24 OCT A SALTFORD 31 OCT H WRINGTON REDHILL 7 NOV A STAPLEGROVE 14 NOV H BURNHAM UNITED 21 NOV A YATTON & CLEEVE UNITED 28 NOV H WINSCOMBE 5 DEC H SOMERTON TOWN 19 DEC A NAILSEA & TICKENHAM RES 28 DEC H STAPLEGROVE 2 JAN H TIMSBURY ATHLETIC 9 JAN A SOMERTOWN TOWN 16 JAN A MIDDLEZOY ROVERS RES 23 JAN A TIMSBURY ATHLETIC 30 JAN H MINEHEAD 13 FEB A MINEHEAD 27 FEB H YATTON & CLEEVE UNITED 13 MAR A WINSCOMBE 20 MAR H SALTFORD 27 MAR A STREET RES 3 APR H NAILSEA & TICKENHAM RES 10 APR H MIDDLEZOY ROVERS RES 17 APR H UPHILL CASTLE

DIVISION ONE 1 SALTFORD 2 WELLS CITY RES 3 WRINGTON REDHILL 4 UPHILL CASTLE 5 SOMERTON TOWN 6 STREET 7 WINSCOMBE 8 MINEHEAD 9 MIDDLEZOY ROVERS RES 10 STAPLEGROVE 11 BURNHAM UNITED 12 WELTON ROVERS RES 13 NAILSEA & TICK RES 14 YATTON & CLEEVE 15 TIMSBURY ATHLETIC

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6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0

WORD FROM THE RESSIES The Reserves got their season kick started, picking up a first point of 2020/21, on Saturday as they visited Wrington Redhill, In a team loaded with young, talented attackers it was perhaps a surprise that it was the two fullbacks that provided the goals in a 2-2 draw. Twice Rovers came from behind, first with a goal from left back Andy Gardener and then a late equaliser from right back Andrade who finished well under pressure. The Reserves were the better team for most of the game and felt disappointed to return to West Clewes with just one point rather than three, but as Rovers get used to playing higher quality opposition, any points picked up on the road are not to be sniffed at!

SPONSORS OF WELTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB RESERVES

THIS AFTERNOON’S TEAMS TO BE SELECTED FROM sherborne town

WELTON ROVERS

TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION (GK) (GK) (C)

MATT DUNK ROBSON COLE ALEX WYCH SAM STOPPARD KEELAN MASTOURAS JOE GARLAND JOE ELLIS SCOTT HATCHER MATT CURNOCK LEON CLAYTON-CLARKE LEWIS COLEMAN CHRIS PILE KYLE BOX LEWIS RUSSELL DAWID REGULA JACOB READER COURTNEY CHARLES MANAGER:

REFEREE:

TOM SMITH

JASON HUTCHINS JOSH ATTWOOD TOM BUDDEN GEORGE MAPLETFOT JOSH WILLIAMS DAN NEWENS SAM FARTHING MATT BROWN STEVE DEVLIN ASHLEY CLARKE ALEX MURPHY ANT HERRIN TOM BEESON JOE SMITH JACOB BROMFIELD LUKE WHITE ASHLEY GUPPY PETE IRELAND HEAD COACH:

WAYNE JEROME

MARK MCGOWAN ASSISTANTS: BRIAN BISHOP, STUART GRAVENELL