Buckland V Odd Down 10th Feb 2018

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BUCKLAND ATHLETIC v ODD DOWN (BATH) Saturday 10th February 2018 3.00pm - Homers Heath

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Buckland Athletic Football Club Buckland Athletic Football Club Founded 1977 Homers Heath, Kingskerswell Road, Newton Abbot, Devon.

TQ12 5JU Members of The Western League, The South Devon League and The Torbay Pioneer League Ground Homers Heath 01626 361020 Chairman - Roy Holmes 01626 369345 Secretary - Christine Holmes 01626.369345 Vice-Chairman - Nigel Holmes 01626 361441 Treasurer - Leona Glanfield Joint Groundsman - Simon Glanfield & Simon Dungey Commercial Manager - John Piller 07836 774048 jpbafc@hotmail.com SDL Fixture Secretary - Bob Hext 07515 468107 Programme Editor - Paul Hardingham 01626 335503 phardingham@virginmedia.com Honorary Life Members - Gerald Heath, Clive Holmes & Andy Hill

UPCOMING FIXTURES WEDNESDAY 14th FEBRUARY 2018 WESTERN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION BRIDPORT vs BUCKLAND ATHLETIC KICK OFF 7.45pm SATURDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2018 WESTERN LEAGUE LES PHILLIPS CUP 2nd ROUND WARMINSTER TOWN vs BUCKLAND ATHLETIC KICK OFF 3pm

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We would like to extend a warm Buckland welcome to the manager, officials & supporters of Odd Down (Bath) to Homers Heath for this game, and may your journey home be a safe one!

IN THIS PROGRAMME HOMERS LINES JP’S COMMERCIAL COLUMN BUCKS ED’S SAY INTERIM MANAGERS NOTES BUCK’S 1ST TEAM ALL TIME HISTORY SPONSOR A 1ST TEAM PLAYER VISITORS TODAY BUCK’S ED’S LOOK AT OUR VISITORS 1ST TEAM FIXTURES, RESULTS & SCORERS WESTERN LEAGUE TABLES, FIXTURES WESTERN LEAGUE PREMIER ROUND-UP WESTERN LEAGUE BULLETIN DOWN MEMORY LANE 2ND, 3RDS, LADIES FIXTURES WL PREMIER DIVISION CLUB DIRECTORY BUCKLAND ATHLETIC HISTORY & HONOURS

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GAVIN HAMMON Versus Odd Down (Bath) 6th April 2013

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Homers Lines Hello everybody and welcome along to Homers Heath for this afternoon's scheduled Toolstation Western League Premier Division fixture between ourselves and Odd Down from the Bath area of Bristol. Obviously if you're reading this, we have finally got a home league game to watch here at Homers Heath since the last one played by the First Team back on the 16 th December, when the visitors here were Chipping Sodbury, a game we managed to win by the odd goal in three, with our goal scorers on the day, being Lloyd Gardner and Jared Lewington. Well things have definitely moved on since then we now have a new First Team interim manager in one of Homers Heaths favourite managers over the years Adam Castle. Also Jared Lewington has moved to pastures new by moving up to the Southern League Premier Division side Tiverton Town, young Charlie Johansen has also moved in choosing a slightly sideways move to Plymouth Parkway also Ben Carter's loan period with us has now ended and he has moved on to I believe Bideford. Also a few new faces have been added to the squad since the last game here against Chipping Sodbury, Ryan Bush from Teignmouth, Kai Fisher from Wellington, and Bideford, Connor Clifford and Craig Duff both again I believe from Bideford and the latest person to put pen to paper is Chris McPhee, who has moved here from Bodmin Town.

At this stage in my Homers Lines today I would like to give a big warm Buckland style welcome to the players, management team, club officials and of course any spectators that have made the journey today down to Devon to cheer their lads on, we all hope you enjoy your short stay with us today and will join us in the clubhouse after the final whistle to enjoy a bite to eat and a pint before making a safe journey homewards. We are due to make the return journey up to Odd Down on Saturday 7th April when hopefully by then the weather will be back to nice sunny afternoons.

Despite not playing at home since the 16th December we have managed away games at Melksham Town where we lost 3-0, a score that really flattered

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the home team because there was no more than one goal difference between the two teams, and yes I do think that they probably did shave the afternoon, but we certainly had chances of our own and made it an uncomfortable afternoon at times for the hosts. Once again, I must mention that this setup is by far head and shoulders above anything else in the Western League and if you do get a chance to visit it will be really worthwhile doing so, there were at least nine people in our group of twelve that have not been to Melksham's new ground and all were really well impressed.

Last weekend saw Melksham reach the same stage in the FA Vase, as we did last season getting into the last eight of the competition when they beat Tring Athletic by the odd goal in three. What was rather impressive about this game was it was watched by 1236 spectators, which must have made a fair few pounds for both clubs, and of course Melksham will add the prize money of ÂŁ2,250 to their payday.

We ourselves finally got back into action after an enforced lay-off due to wet weather conditions, when we travelled to Clevedon Towns ground, The Active Stadium with all the five recent signings in the squad. Thanks to good work by the home clubs grounds men in the morning the pitch although heavy in places looked in reasonable nick. Looking at the programme before the start of the game I noticed that Captain of Clevedon Town these days is ex-Bristol City player Clayton Fortune. Both sides tried to play passing football in the heavy conditions, with the first chance on goal falling to the hosts when Alex Russell had a good effort saved by our keeper Kenny Griffiths. With the contest being even affair it was much to the delight of the travelling dozen or so spectators that we took the lead in the 14th minute when good work down the left by Danny Griffiths saw him lay the ball infield to one of the new lads Craig Duff, who thrashed it goal-wards from twenty-five yards out and saw his effort beat the home custodian Damien Freeman as it crashed into the back of the net courtesy of a slight touch on the far side upright. Despite much huffing and puffing and effort by both teams there was no further addition to the score line when the referee blew the whistle for the half-time interval.

The second half started in the same vein with both teams probing for openings, and in the 51st minute

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Homers Lines home keeper Freeman kept his side in it when he saved well from Nick Rudge, who had burst his way through into the penalty area. Fourteen minutes later the aforementioned Bristol City player Fortune should have squared things up when somehow he missed a golden opportunity, which people would have bet on him scoring, but is effort went well wide.

Both sides made chances before the final whistle with the best effort from Clevedon coming from a shot by impressive midfielder Lucas Vowles, which was well saved by Griffiths. With the introduction of all three substitutes Ryan Bush, Chris McPhee and Josh Webber, we were looking to consolidate the victory and perhaps get a second goal to rubberstamp the three points, and indeed a very good chance was fashioned by Bush himself only to be thwarted by the home goalkeeper who pulled off a good save with his legs. The final whistle sounded and we travelled back to Devon after a couple of pints in fine spirits. Strange thing about this result was despite winning we moved down one place in the league table as Bridgwater Town beat Cadbury Heath 4-1, and now have a better goal difference than us, although we are both on the same points.

After today's league fixture against Odd Down our next game weather permitting will be in the Les Phillips Cup competition when we travel to pastures new when we meet Warminster Town at their Weymouth Street ground.

I'm afraid it was bad news again for both our Second Team who were due to play away in a cup game at Kingskerswell, this being called off on Friday afternoon by the local council, the Third Team fared a little better lasting until 11.30am on Saturday morning before hearing from Harbertonford their game also was postponed.

The Ladies First Team fixture at Homers Heath in the South West Women's League against Downend Flyers also fell foul of the blanket call off of football at all levels adult and Junior at Homers Heath last weekend, when once again the pitch was like a sponge full of water. Some hasty telephone calls saw this fixture switched to the Ashburton allweather pitch, and all the effort was made worthwhile with a nice healthy victory 8-0 over a Downend Flyers. The goals on the afternoon came from a hat-trick from Laura Gough, a brace from Kirsty Caunter, with one each from Amber Coates,

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Katie Hine and skipper Hayley Chamberlain. This win moves our girls to top the table in the South West Women's Football League Premier Division with twenty-four points from eight games and a plus goal difference of forty-two, in second spot also on twenty-four points are Torquay United Ladies whose goal difference is plus twenty-eight, Marine Academy Plymouth are sat in third position on eighteen points from their six games played. So we could well be in for a tight finish, although if the weather keeps on like it has been, when that will be is anyone's guess.

The wet weather has been causing havoc not only at our club but all other clubs in Devon and Cornwall, for us personally the three men's adult teams and the two ladies adult teams are really well behind with their fixtures, but then again so are all the other clubs in the corresponding leagues, probably the worst affected adult team is our Ladies Reserve Team who have only played one league game so far this season, owing to being in a couple of cup competitions and doing well in both.

So let's hope that you reading these Homers Lines today both the Seconds and Thirds will also be playing, the Second Team due to be away at Kingskerswell in a twice postponed cup fixture, the Third Team fixture this weekend is to play cross-town rivals Newton Abbot 66 down at Osborne Park, the Ladies First Team are due to play away tomorrow at AEK Bocco, which is in the Hanham area of Bristol.

Just a quick note here that our Ladies First Team have arranged two fixtures under the floodlights here at Homers Heath to try and ease the congestion on the backlog of games. The first game here will be on Wednesday 28th February with a 7.30pm kick-off against Marine Academy of Plymouth. The second game will be on Wednesday 21st March, when the visitors will be local rivals Torquay United also win a 7.30pm kick off. So if you can get along to cheer the girls on, that will be great, the usual entrance fee for ladies football will apply. So let's hope these are not postponed due to bad weather conditions when the time arrives.

So let's hope these are not postponed due to bad weather conditions when the time arrives. Our Second Team Ladies are also due to play for the .

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Homers Lines first time in ages when they travel to Exeter to face Exeter University with a 2pm kick-off at their Topsham Road ground not far to go if anyone fancies a Sunday ladies fixture, as I mentioned earlier the First-Team Ladies are up in Bristol, a bit too far for most people to go.

Well that's about it for this time I really hope you get

to read this as both Paul and I are getting a little tired of spending a fair amount of time on producing programmes that are printed and yet, they never see the light of day, not only is it disappointing but also it carries a financial loss to the club.

Cheers for now, Roy Homer Holmes - Club Chairman

JP’s Commercial Columns Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to this afternoons Toolstation Western Premier league fixture against Odd Down (Bath). I would like to welcome the officials, players and supporters from Odd Down and hope that you can join us in the clubhouse after the game and have a safe journey home.

It seems like an age since we last had a game here at Homers Heath, in fact it was actually 8 weeks ago, on the 16th December when we last played at home when we entertained Chipping Sodbury. After that the rains came and we lost game after game, home and away, to the inclement weather. In fact during those 8 weeks we only managed to play two games, a defeat at Melksham Town on the 13th January and last Saturday when we recorded a well -deserved narrow victory at Clevedon Town. So we are all hoping that things improve because there are still seventeen league fixtures to be fulfilled and we are still in the Les Phillips Cup, so there are going to be quite a few two games per week between now and the end of the season.

We do not have a game sponsor this afternoon, but we do have a match ball sponsor. Martin Dare, Neil Luscombe, Neil Scoins, Brian Staples, Gary Adderley, Andy Lloyd and Marcus Davies are a group of ex local footballers who have played together and against each other at varying levels since the early 80's. They try to get together at least once a year to help support a local club, and to also take time to remember two very good friends, Kevin Adderley

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and Mark Batten who sadly passed away far too young and who would otherwise he here this afternoon enjoying a few ciders with their friends. Thank you guys for your match ball sponsorship this afternoon, I hope that you enjoy your visit to Homers Heath and look hopefully look forward to seeing you all again one day, enjoy your afternoon.

This afternoon also sees the debut of our very own Match day Mascot, Barry the Buck...!! The brainchild of our good friend and Buckland supporter Jamie Sinclair Barry and his little sidekick will be at all of our home fixtures from now on, and also organising a half time penalty shoot-out competition.

Am not sure but think we may be the only team in the Toolstation league with a club mascot, but am pretty sure if we are not then no doubt someone will let us know. Going forward 'Barry' will be visiting local schools to promote the club and also attend some of the clubs ladies and junior games and club functions. Thanks should also go to Jonathan Collura and Rob Stanley who have made this possible by funding Barry's Deer suit, thank you guys, it is most appreciated.

So that's about it for this week's report folks, if you would like to sponsor or become involved with one of the West country's most ambitious clubs then please contact me on 07836 774048 or email jpbafc@hotmail.com Enjoy your afternoon folks, and let's hope the boys can pick up the three valuable points, COME ON YOU BUCKS...!!

JP John Piller - Commercial Director

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Contributor’s towards the 1st Team Travelling Fund

Adam Seedhouse Harrison & -Evans Jenson Monty

Ken Griffiths

Keith Underwood

Liam Head

Chris Holmes

Cliff Walters

Karl Green

Pete Middleweek

Marc Revell

Daniel Griffiths

Barry Glanfield

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Liam Drew

Roger Madge

Jo McKenna

Cameron Kelly

Graham & Denis

Rose Glanfield

Nick Rudge

Colin Taylor

Lloyd Gardner Melvyn Treeby Richard Groves Nick Hancock

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Contributor’s towards the 1st Team Travelling Fund

Jared Lewington

Piggy’s Pantry

Adam Castle

Gavin Hammon

Dan & Francis

Kingsley Burrows

Steve Burrows

Si Laughton

Steve Feasby

Steve Giles

Charlie H - RIP

Pete Morgan

Si Revell

Bob Hext

Shane Gill

Charlie Johansen

Dave Mullins

Josh Webber

Jordan Ewing

Adam Castle

John Piller

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Our Visitors Today - Odd Down (Bath) Ground Lew Hill Memorial Ground Telephone 01225 832491 Founded 1901 Nickname The Down Colours All Blue Change All Yellow League Western League Premier Division 2016-17 Premier Division, 7th Postcode BA2 8PA Website pitchero.com/clubs/oddownafc Directions Situated behind Odd Down Park & Ride on main A367 Bath to Exeter road.

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However, it was to be season 1991-92 before the Club won its first major honour, lifting the Somerset FA Senior Cup, and even more joy was to come the following season as the Club won promotion to the Great Mills Western League Premier Division, finishing as the 1992-93 Division One Champions.

In their centenary year of 2001 Odd Down reached the final of the Somerset FA Premier Cup for the first time, losing 1-0 to Southern League side Clevedon Town. The feat was repeated in 2004, this time going down 5-0 to Yeovil Town at the Clubs Huish Park home. The same season the Club were awarded the Western League's Vice President's Trophy, for the team with the best sportsmanship record.

During the last decade Odd Down has seen great change both on and off the field. The club entered the new century with three main officials off the pitch. The 'Odd Down Triangle' of Mike 'Tini' Mancini, Eric Clarke and Michael Russell. Unfortunately 'Tini' passed away a couple of games into the 200607 season, shortly after being awarded the great honour of being made a life member of the Toolstation Western league.

Western League Premier Division Champions 2015-16 Western League Division One Winners 1992–93 Somerset FA Senior Cup Winners 1991–92 Somerset FA Premier Cup Runner-up 2000–01, 2004–05 Somerset Senior League Division Two Winners (reserves) 1993–94, 2002–03 Odd Down AFC Club History Odd Down (Bath) AFC was founded in 1901 by Messrs. Fred Weaver and brothers Walt & Stan Noad. Odd Down, then a self-contained village on the outskirts of Bath in Somerset, played in the Bath & District Football League in its formative years.

Tini's sad passing caused great problems off the pitch, which were only compounded when the greatly respected General Secretary of the main Odd Down Club, Steve Keen, also passed away during the season.

During the 1920's the Club found itself playing in the Wiltshire Football League and prior to World War II had graduated to playing in the Somerset Senior Football League. Re-grouping after the war, Odd Down started off again in the Somerset Senior League and in the 1946-47 season finished as runners-up to Somerton. They also won the MidSomerset League that season, a league formed to make up for the shortage of Somerset Senior League fixtures at that time.

On the field of play the club has gone through lots of change in terms of management and playing personnel. In the 2007/08 season after a period of instability in terms of management and leadership Odd Down found themselves relegated to the first division. However, in the 2009/10 season Chairman Dave Loxton, Treasurer Paul Gover and the New Football Committee appointed Lee Burns as Manager. Lee had previously played over 300 games for the club and is well known in the Western League circuit after playing over 28 seasons. He immediately appointed Odd Down legend Mark Keen as his Assistant and Alan Moxham as Director of Football.

From 1967 to 1972 the Club formed a steering committee which worked hard to provide a social Club, eventually opening one on 5th April 1972. The hard work paid off as Odd Down gained admittance to the Western Football League for the start of the 1977-78 season.

Lee, Mark and Alan worked extremely hard to turn the fortunes of the club around. They created a new exciting squad, with a blend of youth and experience. In deed their hard work paid off handsomely as the new look team produced some outstanding results and finished runners up in the Toolstation

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Our Visitors Today - Odd Down (Bath) League First Division gaining promotion back to the Premier League. Dave Loxton and his team worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure the work was completed in time. The club has definitely got the feel good factor with exciting times ahead.

In the early part of 2012-2013 season, work commitments led to Lee Burns stepping down as manager, however his then assistant manager Terry Moore took up the reign and in 2013 – 2014 season with Ray Johnston as his assistant steered Odd Down FC to fourth place in the Premier League.

2014-2015 season saw the resignation of Terry Moore, but Ray Johnston was ready to step up to the challenge and appointed Lee Rendell as his assistant. Ray and Lee proved to be a winning partnership and in their first season in management roles achieved 5th spot in Toolstation Western League Premier Division.

2015 – 2016 has seen Ray retain all but one member of last season’s squad, and with a successful preseason campaign behind them the coming season looks promising for Ray, Lee and their squad.

What a season 2015 -2016 turned out to be for the club, Over the closed season a mixture of 1 st Team, Reserve Team and U18s players secured the title in the Fry Club Tournament which gave them a good preseason workout and set the scene for the coming season culminating in Odd Down being crowned the Western League Champions for the first time in the club’s history, 2016 – 2017 With Ray Johnston and Lee Rendall still at the helm, it wasn’t such a good season however the 1st team and reserves both finished 7 th in their respective leagues, with the U18s taking runners up spot for the second successive season.

The crowning of Odd Down Reserves as Somerset FA Senior Cup Champions was to a terrific end to the season.

2017-2018 The team of Ray and Lee continue with the first team again for this season, Jason Maggs has a new side kick in Richard Griffith well known around the local football scene, and Stewart Bradley & Shaun Wiles- Richards have taken over the reins for the U18s team.

Who’s Who in the Odd Down (Bath) Squad Name Rich Dawley Age 27 Nick Name – Daws, Frome Flyer Previous Clubs - Frome Town Position – Right Back Info: Daws is now in his 1th season at the club, one of the fittest players around, he has never let the club down, is always at least a ‘ 7 out of 10’ and is always one of the first names on the team sheet. He does however tend to enjoy a midnight nap on a team night out.

Name – Dave Gould Age 38 Nickname Gouldy, Acid Previous Clubs – Backwell Utd Gouldy is our midfield enforcer, he is fitter than ever and has no plans to stop playing, he does however need to look up the meaning of training as he loves shirking that, would even go through a plaster board ceiling to get out of training.

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Name – Ed Baldy Age -24 Position GK Previous Clubs – Bradford Town , Paulton Rovers, Info – Ed proved to be another Mr Reliable for us the last season, always at training and always gas a good story to tell the lads about his glue machines at work.

Name - Matt Durbin Age – 22 Position CB Previous Clubs Hengrove Athletic.

Durbs has come in and staked a decent claim or a regular place in the heart of defence. He has proven to be a no- nonsense defender that will put his body on the line for the team………that’s unless it’s a night out at pam pams when he tries to dodge them, seems he thinks he wont live up to his claims of being a dawg in da club as he will have met his match in this changing room.

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Who’s Who in the Odd Down (Bath) Squad Name – Kye Simpson Age 26 Position – Forward Previous Clubs – Bitton Info: Kye is the clubs alltime top scorer with over a 100 goals in the 6 seasons he has been with us. Kye seems to be unlucky of late with his brothers seemingly taking some of his limelight on & off the pitch, but brother Kane seems to be helping him get his ‘man marked’ form back.

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Name : Caelen Simpson Age 23 Position Midfield Previous Club Henbury (pam pams) Info: Caelen came in midway through last season and has not looked back, fast becoming an ever present and his work rate is second to none…….we will try to get his graft rate on the pictc to the same level as when he in in Pam Pams, he works himself into the ground there.

Name: Ash McGrane Age 24 Position Forward Previous Clubs Portishead FC, Wells City & Cribbs Info: Ash joined at the start of our league winning 20152016 season. A very quick advanced player who is just as strong in the air as he is tricky with his feet on the ground. Ash likes to show his love for his other half by embroidering her name on his boots.

Name: Asa White Age 27 Position; Back post Previous Clubs Hengrove Athletic, & Reflex but now a Pam Pams evergreen Asa joined us from Hengrove having finished last season as Div One Top Scorer with 35 goals from the right wing. His aerial prowess will prove a huge weapon for the coming season. He has also made his Pams debut in preseason and was very near to the Simpson’s grind whilst there.

Name: Luke Hall-Cousins Age 27 Position Big Centre Back.

Previous Clubs Highworth Town Info: Luke has brought some extremely good assets to the club, he is a no-nonsense big defender who takes no prisoners. He did however think it a good idea to share names the love of his life, so, a big .

Name: Jamel Fisher Age 28 Position LB/RB Previous Clubs Tytherington Rocks Info: another ‘Simpson’ albeit not by name Jame is half brother of Kye and Kane and former Odd Down favourites Troy & Cory also cousin of midfielder Caelen. He has come in this season and has been steady during preseason not putting a foot wrong.

Name: Ash Scott Age 28 Position – Sub Info: Ash is a decent utility player that can be deployed at FB or anywhere across the midfield. He is as reliable as Dave Gould is at answering his mobile phone.

Name: Lee Rendall Age 39 Position - Water boy Previous Clubs – Everyone you can think of Info: Rens is in his 4th season at the club, He and Ray have formed a good partnership that delivered The Western League Title in only their second season as a team. You need any kit, this is your man, boots, fireworks anything……. Just make sure you add his15% mark up to the price.

Bucks Ed’s Look at Odd Down (Bath) Today we give a very big warm Buckland welcome to Odd Down (Bath) for this Toolstation Western League Premier Division game. We welcome their manager, their players, club officials and of course their supporters that have made the journey to

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Devon. We hope that you all enjoy your time here at Homers Heath this afternoon, and make use of the facilities that we have to offer before making a safe journey home later.

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Bucks Ed’s Look at Odd Down (Bath) This new league campaign began on the 8th August against Wells City, and it started with a very good 30 win, A White getting two and J Sage scoring, and it was a 2-2 away draw at Willand Rovers, Kye Simpson getting both of those goals. They fell to a first defeat in their third game away at Melksham Town, losing this one 3-0, but they were back to winning ways when they defeated Hengrove Athletic at home 1-0, White scoring, with another impressive win coming when they defeated Street away 2-1, White getting both of those goals, and a third consecutive win came when they defeated Brislington at home 1-0, Kane Simpson scoring. Their first league game in September, on the 9th, they drew 11 away at Bradford Town, Kye Simpson scoring, but that draw was followed by two defeats, both at home against firstly Shepton Mallet 2-1, White, and 2-1 against early season strugglers Hallen, Kane Simpson on target. They drew 0-0 away at Cadbury Heath, and then in their first game in October they drew 2-2 at home with Bitton, Kane Simpson and White, and they won 2-0 away at Chipping Sodbury Town, A McGrane and M Tippens scoring. They were beaten in their last game in this month at home by Bridgwater Town 1-0, but they then defeated Wellington at home 2-0, J Dunn and White scoring in this first game in November. They lost at home again when beaten 3-2 by Bridport, Dunn and Kye Simpson on target, those two games were the only ones they played in the league campaign. On the 2nd December, their first game this month they were beaten 4-2 away at Cribbs, R Dawley and White scoring, but they did win 3-0 away at Wells City, McGrane, Kye Simpson and C Wiles-Richards, but it was followed by a 3-2 home defeat against title challengers Melksham Town, McGrane and Kye Simpson, but they did pick up a point on Boxing Day when they drew 2-2 away at Clevedon Town, Kye Simpson and White on Target. Their first game in 2018, on the 13th January ended in a 3-1 home defeat against Chipping Sodbury Town, Kye Simpson once again on target. Last Saturday the 3rd February they were beaten for the ninth time in this league campaign away by Hallen 2-0. They were also in action on Tuesday evening at home against title challengers and second placed Willand Rovers, and this game ended in a very good 2-2 draw.

At this present time they are in fourteenth place in the Western League Premier Division table, having played twenty-two games and picking up twentyseven points from those games. Their best overall

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form this season in this league campaign was an unbeaten run of four games, which included in three consecutive wins, the worst was no win in five games, although they did draw three of those games.

At home they have played twelve games, winning four, drawing two, losing six, scoring eighteen, conceding eighteen, gaining fourteen points, but including Saturday’s game they have now lost their last three games, they started the season with three consecutive wins at home, they also had a winless run of four games, and that included three defeats. Away they have played ten games, winning three, drawing four, losing three, scoring fourteen, conceding fifteen, gaining thirteen points, their best run of form being an unbeaten run of four games, two wins and two draws, they are now without a win in their last two games on their travels. They have attracted 681 spectators to their eleven home league games at an average of 61.9, with their highest attendance being 211 when they played Bitton on the 7th October, their lowest attendance was just 30 when they played Shepton Mallet on the 12th September. Both Kye Simpson and Asa White have scored fourteen goals each this season, with Kane Simpson and Ashley McGrane scoring four each.

In this seasons FA Cup Extra-Preliminary Round they had a great win away at Bradford Town 4-3, A Bouchama, Kye Simpson, White and Kane Simpson all on target, and they had a great win in the Preliminary Round at home against Southern League South & West side Mangotsfield United 1-0, White. They did exit the competition in the 1st Qualifying Round at home against Southern League Premier side Weymouth, losing 5-0 on the day in front of 190 spectators. In the Les Phillips Cup Preliminary Round they were at home against Division One side Oldland Abbotonians and won this tie 3-1, Kye Simpson netting a hat-trick in this cup win. They did exit this competition in the 1st Round beaten at home by Melksham Town 2-0. In the Somerset Premier Cup they defeated Frome Town at home 2-1, McGrane and C Simpson scoring, they also won away at Radstock Town 3-0, Kye Simpson getting two and White.

Up next for Down next Saturday is a home game against the side at the bottom of the table, Longwell Green Sports, for a first league meeting this season, they have played them fourteen times in this division and have collected twenty-six points from those games, at home they have won one, drawn five, lost

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Bucks Ed’s Look at Odd Down (Bath) one, scoring eleven, conceding nine, gaining eight points, and in last season’s corresponding game they were beaten 1-0, the last win (only win) came in the 2015-16 season, 5-3. Then on the 24th February they face a tough game at home against title favourites and table toppers, Street, and they had a good win in the away game played on the 26 th August, 2-1, and in nineteen meetings in this division they have picked up thirty-eight points, at home they have won six, drawn one, lost two, scoring sixteen, conceding ten, gaining nineteen points from those, in last season’s corresponding game they were beaten 3-1, the last win coming in the 2015-16 season, 3-2.

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P W D L F A P GD 34 10 12 12 59 58 42 1 10TH 34 11 9 14 47 53 42 -6 12TH 34 6 6 22 39 77 24 -38 15TH 34 11 15 8 42 46 39* -4 11TH 38 9 6 23 33 80 33 -47 18TH 38 5 15 18 44 86 30 -42 18TH 36 9 6 21 36 82 33 -46 18TH 38 10 8 20 34 57 38 -23 17TH 38 13 11 14 49 45 50 4 11TH 34 12 6 16 49 67 42 -18 9TH 34 13 10 11 48 44 49 4 9TH 38 12 9 17 47 57 45 -10 13TH 38 11 10 17 34 44 43 -10 15TH 42 17 7 18 50 53 58 -3 11TH 40 5 7 28 30 108 22 -78 21ST 550 154 137 259 641 957 551 -316 This is their second spell in the Premier Division, the first stint began in the 1993-94 season, in which they finished in 10th place, and it lasted for fifteen seasons, before they were relegated at the end of the 2007-08 season when they finished in 21st place. Their highest place finish in this spell was ninth place in both the 2002-03 and 2003-or seasons, obviously that final season was the lowest position they had finished in. In this time they had played 550 games, winning 154, drawing 137, losing 259, scoring 641, conceding 957, and gaining 551 points, with a negative goal difference of 316.

The current spell they are now on began at the start of the 2010-11 season, in which they finished in 8th

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place, the following season, 2011-12 they finished in ninth place, and they had one point deducted that season, and the following season they finished in eighth place, and then came a 4th place finish in the 2013-14 and then last season, 2014-15 they managed a 5th place finish. Then came their great achievement when in the 2015-16 season they were crowned champions for the very first time, then in the 2016-17 season, they finished in seventh place. In this spell they have played 282 games, winning 139, drawing 60, losing 82, scoring 571, conceding 396, and gaining 482 points, so they have won 49% of their games, drawing 21%, losing 30%, scoring 2.02 goals per game, conceding 1.4, netting 1.71 points per game.

PREMIER 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

P W D L F A P GD 36 17 8 11 60 47 59 13 8th 34 13 9 12 54 48 47 6 9th -1 38 16 10 12 84 58 58 26 8th 40 22 8 10 76 45 74 31 4th 36 18 8 10 78 56 62 22 5th 38 27 4 6 98 45 88 53 1st 38 19 7 12 89 64 64 25 7th 22 7 6 9 32 33 30 -1 282 139 60 82 571 396 482 175 In both spells in the Premier they have played 831 games, winning 293, drawing 197, losing 341, scoring 1212, conceding 1353, and gaining 1027 points, so they have won 35% of their games, drawing 24%, losing 41%, netting 1.23 points per game.

PREMIER P W D L F A P 1st Stint 282 139 60 82 571 396 476 2nd Stint 550 154 137 259 641 957 551 832 293 197 341 1212 1353 1027

GD 172 -316 -144

They have now played a total of 1530 Western League games (Premier and First Division), winning 561, drawing 359, losing 609, scoring 221, conceding 2398, and gaining 1816 points, so they have won 37% of their games, drawing 23%, losing 40%, netting 1.19 points per game.

Western League P W D L F A P Premier 832 293 197 341 1212 1353 1027 1st Division 698 268 162 268 1005 1047 790 1530 561 359 609 2217 2398 1816

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Odd Down (Bath) League Statistics 2017-18 5-Aug Away FA Cup E-P 8-Aug Home League 12-Aug Away League

Bradford Town Wells City Willand Rovers

A Bouchama, K Simpson, A White, Kye SimpW 3-4 son 151 W 3-0 A White 2, J Sage 43 D 2-2 Kye Simpson 2 62

14-Aug Away League 19-Aug Home FA Cup P

Melksham Town Mangotsfield United

L 3-0 W 1-0 A White

392 99

22-Aug Home League 26-Aug Away League 29-Aug Home League

Hengrove Athletic Street Brislington

W 1-0 A White W 1-2 A White 2 W 1-0 Kane Simpson

57 94 76

2-Sep Home FA Cup 1st Q Weymouth 9-Sep Away League Bradford Town 12-Sep Home League Shepton Mallet

L 0-5 D 1-1 Kye Simpson L 1-2 A White

190 117 30

16-Sep Home League 23-Sep Home L Phillips P

Hallen Oldland Abbotonians

L 1-2 Kane Simpson W 3-1 Kye Simpson 3

33 33

30-Sep Away League 7-Oct Home League 10-Oct Home Som P C

Cadbury Heath Bitton Frome Town

D 0-0 D 2-2 Kane Simpson, A White W 2-1 A McGrane, C Simpson

57 211 89

17-Oct Away League Chipping Sodbury Town W 0-2 A McGrane, M Tippens 21-Oct Home FA Vase 1st Tavistock L 1-2 A White 28-Oct Home League Bridgwater Town L 0-1

65 36 46

4-Nov Home League Wellington 18-Nov Home L Phillips 1st Melksham Town

W 2-0 J Dunn, A White L 0-2

42 92

25-Nov Home League

Bridport

L

J Dunn, Kye Simpson

33

28-Nov 2-Dec 9-Dec 23-Dec

Radstock Town Cribbs Wells City Melksham Town

Kye Simpson 2, ABWhite R Dawley, A White A McGRane, Kye Simpson, C Wiles-Richards A McGrane, Kye Simpson

40 45 33 74

Away Away Away Home

Som P C League League League

2-3 0-3 W aet L 4-2 W 0-3 L 2-3

26-Dec Away League 13-Jan Home League

Clevedon Town D 2-2 Kye Simpson, A White Chipping Sodbury Town L 1-3 Kye Simpson

79 41

3-Feb 6-Feb

Away League

Hallen

L

2-0

45

Home League

Willand Rovers

D 2-2

27

Home Away Total Overall

Home

P W 12 4 10 3 22 7 1 W 21 L 1 43

D 2 4 6 2 D 22 D

2 57

L 6 3 9

F A Pts GD 18 18 14 0 14 15 13 -1 32 33 27 -1

3 L 23 3 76

4 W 24 4 30

5 W 25

1

2

3

4

Home

W W W L

Away

D

6 W 26

7 D 27

5 6 7 33 211 41

8 42

8 L 28 9 33

5

6

7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

L D L W L

L

20

L D

L W D D W L W D L 9 L 29 10 74

10 D 30 11 41

12 27

11 D 31 13

12 W 32 14

13 L 33 15

14 W 34 16

15 L 35 17

18

16 L 36 19

17 W 37

18 L 38

20

Total 708

19 D 39

20 L 40 Ave 59

Odd Down (Bath) Western League Premier History

Backwell United Barnstaple Town Bath City 2nds Bideford Bishop Sutton Bradford Town Bridgwater Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Bitton Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Calne Town Chard Town Chippenham Town Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Clyst Rovers Corsham Town Cribbs Dawlish Town Devizes Town Elmore Exmouth Town Frome Town Gillingham Town Hallen Hengrove Athletic Ilfracombe Town Keynsham Town Larkhall Athletic Longwell Green Sports Mangotsfield United Melksham Town Merthyr Town Minehead Town Paulton Rovers Radstock Town Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Slimbridge Street Taunton Town

P 16 28 2 20 30 7 19 27 35 30 23 10 11 8 4 6 4 5 2 12 5 16 16 12 4 12 10 24 3 10 14 8 14 4 32 2 4 12 14 7 12 4 19 8

W 4 7 0 3 4 1 5 8 6 8 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 5 3 4 0 6 0

D 4 5 1 3 5 0 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 5 0 6 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1

L 0 2 0 4 6 2 4 3 8 5 6 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 3 3 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 2 1 2 6 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 3

F 13 32 2 10 20 2 14 26 16 21 18 8 8 10 5 1 7 9 1 3 3 12 11 4 2 5 8 22 4 13 14 2 11 4 14 2 5 5 12 13 15 1 16 2

A 5 11 2 14 17 6 15 15 19 19 19 9 10 9 1 2 3 3 0 9 3 21 10 10 2 15 5 13 0 11 9 6 9 6 20 2 5 12 7 6 6 5 10 10

W 4 6 0 2 6 0 0 4 4 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 3 3 5 1 3 2 1 6 0 4 0 1 1 4 2 4 1 6 0

D 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 5 5 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1

L 4 7 1 7 7 2 6 4 8 8 5 3 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 5 0 1 2 3 1 1 11 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 3 3

F 11 20 1 7 26 6 2 22 18 20 15 5 12 4 1 3 6 11 2 9 4 9 16 10 3 4 12 23 1 10 17 4 17 2 20 1 3 3 15 7 16 2 19 4

A 10 19 6 30 25 11 13 18 25 32 17 14 14 5 9 10 0 3 2 12 6 13 9 13 4 4 7 22 0 7 12 6 8 6 39 7 3 8 6 1 9 2 16 21

P 28 45 1 19 37 5 19 44 39 43 28 9 10 13 6 2 9 13 4 11 6 14 22 12 4 16 20 35 9 19 20 5 26 1 31 1 6 8 28 16 26 3 38 2

GD 9 22 -5 -27 4 -9 -12 15 -10 -10 -3 -10 -4 0 -4 -8 10 14 1 -9 -2 -13 8 -9 -1 -10 8 10 5 5 10 -6 10 -6 -25 -6 0 -12 14 13 16 -4 10 -25

Odd Down (Bath) Western League Premier History

Team Bath Tiverton Town Torrington Truro City Wellington Wells City Welton Rovers Westbury United Willand Rovers Winterbourne United Teovil Town 2nds

P 4 2 8 2 3 10 20 8 22 6 8

W 1 0 2 0 2 3 5 3 2 3 1

D 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 2

L 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 0 1

F 1 0 7 1 4 9 15 8 10 10 5

A 1 4 5 8 1 2 11 2 21 3 6

W 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 2 1 1

D 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 1 4 1 1

L 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 2

F 0 1 6 0 2 16 16 4 14 7 5

A 3 7 7 3 2 4 6 8 20 7 12

P 3 0 10 0 7 24 36 13 20 13 9

658 132 82 116 496 455 114 68 146 494 583 883

GD -3 -10 1 -10 3 19 14 2 -17 7 -8 -48 -1

Buckland Athletic’s Record Versus Odd Down (Bath) Our first season in the Western League Premier Division was the 2012-13 season, and we first met Odd Down (Bath) away on the 9th March and we ran out 2-1 winners in front of a crowd of 45, G Hammon and J Mudge scoring. The team that played that day was: K Griffiths, B Head, D Gaze, L Burgess, L Head, D Lewis, J Mudge, M Booth, G Hammon, C Wright, D Stevens with substitutes being B Carter and S Revell.

We played them here at Homers Heath on the 6th April, and it ended in a 1-1 draw, J Mudge scoring, in front of 107 spectators. The team that played was: T Buckler, L Drew, D Gaze, L Head, E Phillips, J Mudge, B Carter, M Booth, G Hammon, S Revell, D Stevens, with S Revell getting booked and M Booth being sent off.

In the 2013-14 season we first played them on the 7th September away, and we were beaten for the first time, 3-2, D Griffiths and L Burgess scoring, in front of 52 spectators. The team that played in that defeat was: K Griffiths, L Drew, D Gaze, M Booth, L Head, Mills, B Carter, J Havlin, E Laight, D Griffiths, S Revell, with L Burgess getting on as a substitute.

L Burgess, B Carter and D Gaze all received yellow cards.

We played them at home on the 12th April and won this game 3-1, in front of a crowd of 98, S Revell, G

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Hammon and E Laight all on target. The team we fielded for this league encounter was: T Buckler, L Drew, L Chapman, M Booth, C Roles, A Jeannin, J Havlin, M Revell, G Hammon, L Head, S Revell, substitutes being Laight, J Clifford.

In the 2014-15 season, and we first played them away on the 23rd August in front of a crowd of just 28, and we won this game 2-1, G Hammon with both goals. The team that played was: T Buckler, L Drew, A Jeannin, S Revell, M Revell, L Head, S Gill, J Havlin, G Hammon, M Booth, D Gaze, substitutes being, B Head, E Laight and K Parkin, with L Head and M Booth receiving bookings.

We played them at home on the 6th April in front of a crowd of 196, and we ran out 5-0 winners, Both G Hammon and M Booth getting two each and S Gill with the goals. The team that played that day was: G Fisher, L Drew, D Gaze, S Revell, S Laughton, L Head, J Lewington, M Revell, G Hammon, L Gardner, M Booth, substitutes were: S Gill, D Griffiths and E Laight.

We move on to the 2015-16 season, and we played away on the 26th September and we drew 0-0, in front of a crowd of 40. The team that played that day was: G Fisher, L Drew, L Perring, M Revell, S Laughton, L Head, S Gill, A Robertson, E Laight, S Revell, L Gardner, with

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Buckland Athletic’s Record Versus Odd Down (Bath) substitutes being D Griffiths, K Green and K Parkin, Laughton and Griffiths both received yellow cards.

The game here at Homers Heath was on the 19th March and we were beaten 2-1 with J Lewington scoring the goal, with the attendance being 113.

The team that played was: T Buckler, L Drew, L Perring, N Rudge, S Laughton, L Head, S Gill, J Lewington, G Hammon, L Moseley, L Gardner, substitute was D Griffiths who replaced Rudge, Perring, Lewington and Hammon were all booked in this game.

In the 2016-17 season we first met them here at the Heath the 29th October and we ran out 4-1 winners that day, C Johansen getting two, and two penalties one from L Gardner and the second was scored by S Revell, and the attendance was 99.

The team that played was: G Fisher, C Walters, L Drew, N Rudge, S Laughton, L Head, D Griffiths, R Groves, G Hammon, C Johansen, L Gardner, with substitutes J Lewington replacing Hammon and K Green replaced Rudge, Walters was booked in this game.

We played them away in our last league game of the season on the 29th April and it in a 3-3 draw, J Lewington getting two and C Johansen scoring, the attendance was just 24.

The team that played: G Fisher, R Dabbs, L: Drew, N Rudge, K Green, L Head, D Griffiths, R Groves, C Johansen, J Lewington, S Revell, substitutes S Laughton replaced Green and C Walters replaced Drew, Head was booked in this encounter.

and we have collected eighteen points from those games. At home in five games, we have won three, drawn one, lost one, scoring fourteen, conceding five, gaining ten points, whilst away we have played five games, winning two, drawing two, losing one, scoring nine, conceding eight, gaining eight points. So in our five home games we have attracted 613 spectators, at an average of 122.6, while in the five away games, Odd Down (Bath) have attracted 189 spectators at an average of 37.8.

HOME AWAY TOTAL

P

W

D

L

5 5 10

3 2 5

1 2 3

1 1 2

ATTEND

1

2

A

GD

P

14 5 9 8 23 13

F

9 1 10

10 8 18

3 4 5 HOME 107 98 196 113 99 AWAY 45 52 28 40 24

1 D AWAY W OVERALL W HOME

2 W L D

3 W W L

4 L D W

6 TOTAL AVE 613 122.6 189 37.8

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 W D W W D L W D

V

So we have met ten times in the Premier Division

Bucks Ed’s Say Hello and a very good afternoon to everyone attending this Toolstation Western League Premier Division fixture against Odd Down (Bath). We also hope that you enjoy your time here at Homers Heath, and make use of the facilities we have to offer and later on have a safe journey home.

Well the 1st Team has seen a few changes over the Christmas period, firstly, we have welcomed back a true Yellow in interim manager Adam Castle. This is

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a huge commitment from a man who truly has yellow blood in his veins, travelling over from his new home in Ireland to see us over this time of change.

He has been working his magic already, having to contend with the loss firstly of the very talented and top scorer Jared Lewington, who has made the move of two divisions higher by joining Southern League Premier Division high flyers Tiverton Town, this was Jared fourth season with the club and he had made an impressive 125 league and cup

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Bucks Ed’s Say appearances and has scored 77 goals, we wish Jared the best of luck with his club, and the step up, we know he is a very talented footballer and we wish him every success. We have also lost another very talented young player, Charlie Johansen has chosen to move on, and he made 93 league and cup appearances scoring 24 goals, again we which Charlie every success at his new club.

But Adam has been very busy in the run up to Christmas, and has announced three major signings, with maybe a one more to come, his first signing is Kai Fisher a very talented centre-half who has spent most of his playing career playing Southern League football we signed home from South & West Division Barnstaple Town, and he brings a wealth experience at that higher level. Adam said “Kai has had a number of clubs recently and I’m hoping he will feel at home with us and settle in and become a mainstay of the side, he has a lot of ability that’s confirmed by recent spells at Bideford AFC and Barnstaple Town, both Southern League clubs”. We welcome Kai into the Buckland family and hope he settles in well with our great club.

A second signing has been made, and it’s another defender, a left sided one Connor Clifford, and he has also joined from Southern League Barnstaple Town. Adam said about this great signing, ‘Bringing Connor in at this crucial time of the season means we now have competition for places in every position in the team. Square pegs in square holes is what I’m looking for with this squad, I don’t think that was possible with the squad I inherited so another natural leftie was always on my wish list. Connor is another that’s moved around a bit recently but the majority of that movement has been at higher league clubs than ourselves so not only does he bring a huge amount of ability with him he also brings a wealth of experience for someone so young’. Again we welcome Connor into the Buckland family and again hope he settles in really quickly to help get the season back on track.

Our third signing is Ryan Bush from South West Peninsula League Division One East side Teignmouth. Adam said “When I first took back over from Ellis I was informed from the outset that it was likely Jared Lewington would be moving to Tiverton Town in the Southern league, so Ryan was an obvious replacement in my opinion. I had a look at him

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3 years ago and just thought he was a little light weight at that point but he’s 6ft 2” now and filled out so that along with his rapid pace and eye for goal it’s a complete no brainer as far as i am concerned. We have a history in recent years of signing players (Jordan Havlin, Jared Lewington, Charlie Johansen) from lower league clubs and developing them into better players for the good of the club and also the player. I see Ryan being a huge hit in the team and having no problem adjusting to the step up to the Premier division of the Toolstation Western league. I must thank Teignmouth AFC for their professional approach to the transfer. Right from the outset they wanted what was best for Ryan and I think that’s extremely refreshing in this modern era of football, thank you Teignmouth. A third Buckland welcome to Ryan.

There have been a further two signings, Craig Duff has joined the club on dual registration with Bideford, and he scored the winner at Clevedon on Saturday, and this is a second spell at the club he has now made five appearances scoring four goals. Also Chris McPhee has joined us from Bodmin Town. So we welcome both players to the club.

Toolstation Western League PREMIER DIVISION TOP ATTENDANCES: Melksham Town 0-1 Chipping Sodbury, Saturday 30th December 2017 – 425 Melksham Town 3-0 Odd Down, Monday 14th August 2017 – 392 Melksham Town 1-0 Clevedon Town, Saturday 4th November 2017 - 377 FIRST DIVISION TOP ATTENDANCES: Warminster Town 1-3 Westbury United, Tuesday 26th December 2017 - 277 Bishops Lydeard 2-3 Cheddar, Sunday 8th October 2017 - 264 Welton Rovers 3-1 Keynsham Town, Saturday 7th October 2017 – 247 Be sure to check out the Western League Podcast which recaps all of the games from the Premier Division, First Division and Cup competitions. The latest broadcast can be found on the league’s official website at the following link: http:// www.toolstationleague.com/podcasts.php BUCK’S ED.

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Buckland Athletic 1st Team League History D & E Senior 3 87-88 D & E Senior 2 88-89 D & E Senior 1 89-90 D & E Senior 1 90-91 D & E Senior 1 91-92 D & E Premier 92-93 D & E Premier 93-94 D & E Premier 94-95 D & E Premier 95-96 D & E Premier 96-97 D & E Premier 97-98 D & E Premier 98-99 D & E Premier 99-00 Devon League 00-01 Devon League 01-02 Devon League 02-03 Devon League 03-04 Devon League 04-05 Devon League 05-06 Devon League 06-07 SWPL Premier 07-08 SWPL Premier 08-09 SWPL Premier 09-10 SWPL Premier 10-11 SWPL Premier 11-12 WL Premier 12-13 WL Premier 13-14 WL Premier 14-15 WL Premier 15-16 WL Premier 16-17 WL Premier 17-18

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P 28 26 24 24 28 26 28 30 26 28 28 26 28 38 38 38 40 40 38 38 34 36 36 38 38 38 40 36 38 38 21 1013

W 10 10 3 9 7 6 7 13 9 8 12 10 13 11 10 13 10 10 8 6 5 10 16 17 15 8 7 12 14 14 7 310

D 3 0 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 3 0 3 0 5 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 5 2 1 3 6 7 1 1 2 1 88

L 1 3 5 2 4 6 3 1 3 3 2 0 1 3 5 3 5 4 6 10 8 3 0 1 1 5 6 5 4 3 2 108

F 44 37 17 34 30 32 32 42 43 44 51 49 64 61 50 49 39 39 32 27 29 38 67 74 61 49 33 45 48 55 22 1337

A 16 20 23 16 16 34 22 10 15 21 18 5 5 29 29 22 28 22 30 35 27 17 18 23 22 28 23 16 17 21 14 642

W 11 7 5 5 7 5 9 11 5 11 8 9 11 13 9 10 11 9 6 7 3 11 11 14 13 7 9 11 10 12 5 275

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D 1 3 4 2 3 5 1 2 4 0 2 2 1 0 5 3 1 6 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 4 3 1 5 3 1 81

L 2 3 3 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 2 6 5 6 8 5 12 10 11 3 3 3 4 8 8 6 4 4 5 151

F 49 30 19 23 29 31 42 44 34 35 38 30 44 46 41 39 47 39 31 30 24 41 54 57 62 28 39 45 43 43 18 1176

A 21 22 17 17 23 24 26 16 26 15 17 9 11 25 30 25 35 30 52 36 39 22 28 26 34 31 28 25 17 28 20 775

P 67 54 32 45 48 39 53 75 47 60 64 62 73 77 66 75 69 69 48 44 31 72 87 96 89 55 58 71 78 83 38 1923

GD 56 25 -4 24 20 5 26 60 36 43 54 65 92 53 32 41 23 26 -19 -14 -13 40 75 82 67 18 21 49 57 49 6 1097

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1st Team Fixtures, Results and Scorers 2017-18 5-Aug 8-Aug 12-Aug 15-Aug 22-Aug 26-Aug 29-Aug 2-Sep 9-Sep 16-Sep 19-Sep 23-Sep 30-Sep 7-Oct 17-Oct 28-Oct 4-Nov 11-Nov 18-Nov 25-Nov 2-Dec 9-Dec 16-Dec 13-Jan 3-Feb 10-Feb 14-Feb 17-Feb 20-Feb 24-Feb 3-Mar 6-Mar 10-Mar 13-Mar 17-Mar 24-Mar 29-Mar 2-Apr 7-Apr 14-Apr 21-Apr 24-Apr 28-Apr

Home Home Away Home Home Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Away Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Away Home Away Away Home Away Away Away Away Home Home Home Away Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Home

FA Cup E-P League League League League League League League League League St Lukes League League League League League League FA Vase 2nd L Phillips 1st League League League League League League League League L Phillips 2nd League League League League League League League League League League League League League League League

Bodmin Town Wellington Chipping Sodbury Town Shepton Mallet Wells City Brislington Street Melksham Town Longwell Green Sports Clevedon Town Tiverton Town Bradford Town Cribbs Bridgwater Town Bridport Bitton Cadbury Heath Bradford Town Corsham Town Hengrove Athletic Shepton Mallet Wellington Chipping Sodbury Town Melksham Town Clevedon Town Odd Down (Bath) Bridport Warminster Town Brislington Hallen Bitton Willand Rovers Bridgwater Town Wells City Cadbury Heath Cribbs Willand Rovers Hengrove Athletic Odd Down (Bath) Hallen Bradford Town Street Longwell Green Sports

169 122 97 116 145 116 136 161 112 154 109 149 49 201 125 51 142 151 96 40 81 63 118 363 62 3pm 7.45pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm 3pm 3pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm

L W W W W W D D W W L L W L W L L L W L W L W L W

2-3 3-2 3-4 1-0 2-1 4-1 3-3 2-2 1-4 2-0 8-0 1-2 1-2 4-1 3-2 1-0 2-3 1-2 2-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 0-1

Gardner, Si Revell Groves 2 (1 Pen), Kelly Johansen, Groves, Wright, Lewington Johansen Lewington, Rudge Lewington 2, Groves 2 (1 pen) Johansen, Gardner, Lewington Lewington, Head Groves 2 (1 pen), Gardner, Wright Lewington 2 Lewington Carter, Rudge Lewington Groves 2, Lewington Hammon, Lewington Groves Groves 2 (1 Pen) Lewington Hammon Lewington Gardner, Lewington (pen) Duff

Team That Played 2017-18 1 1 DATE

5-Aug 8-Aug 12-Aug 15-Aug 22-Aug 26-Aug 29-Aug 2-Sep 9-Sep 16-Sep 19-Sep

Away LEAGUE/CUP OPPONENTS

Home FA Cup E-P Home League Away League Home League Home League Home League Away League Home League Away League Home League Away St Lukes

Bodmin Town Wellington Chipping Sodbury Town Shepton Mallet Wells City Brislington Street Melksham Town Longwell Green Sports Clevedon Town Tiverton Town

169 122 97 116 145 117 136 161 112 154 109

23-Sep 30-Sep 7-Oct 17-Oct 28-Oct 4-Nov 11-Nov 18-Nov 25-Nov 2-Dec 9-Dec 16-Dec 13-Jan 3-Feb 10-Feb 14-Feb 17-Feb 20-Feb 24-Feb 3-Mar 6-Mar 10-Mar 13Mar 17-Mar

Home League Bradford Town Away League Cribbs Away League Bridgwater Town Home League Bridport Away League Bitton Home League Cadbury Heath Home FA Vase 2nd Bradford Town Home L Phillips 1 Corsham Town Away League Hengrove Athletic Away League Shepton Mallet Away League Wellington Home League Chipping Sodbury Town Away League Melksham Town Away League Clevedon Town Home League Odd Down (Bath) Away League Bridport Away L Phillips 2nd Warminster Town Away League Brislington Away League Hallen Home League Bitton Home League Willand Rovers Home League Bridgwater Town Away League Wells City Away League Cadbury Heath

147 49 201 125 51 142 151 96 40 81 63 118 363 64 3pm 7.45pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm

24-Mar 29-Mar 2-Apr 7-Apr 14-Apr 21-Apr 24-Apr 28-Apr

Home League Away League Home League Away League Home League Away League Home League Home League

3pm 3pm 3pm 3pm 3pm 3pm 7.30pm 3pm

Cribbs Willand Rovers Hengrove Athletic Odd Down (Bath) Hallen Bradford Town Street Longwell Green Sports

L W W W W W D D W W L L W L W L L L W L W L W L W

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RESULTS

2-3 3-2 3-4 1-0 2-1 4-1 3-3 2-2 1-4 2-0 8-0 1-2 1-2 4-1 3-2 1-0 2-3 1-2 2-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 0-1

S-Evans S-Evans Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths S-Evans

Walters Drew Drew Laughton Drew Laughton Drew Laughton Green Laughton Walters

Drew Barker Perring Drew Barker Drew Barker Drew S Revell

Griffiths

Laughton

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Buckland Athletics' Western League Premier History Barnstaple Town Bishop Sutton Bitton Bradford Town Bridgwater Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Hengrove Athletic Ilfracombe Town Larkhall Athletic Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down (Bath) Radstock Town Slimbridge Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wellington Wells City Welton Rovers Willand Rovers Winterborne United

P 4 6 11 7 1 11 11 10 11 4 6 5 10 10 3 4 4 11 12 10 4 4 8 8 11 2 5 2 10 6 211

W 2 1 3 2 0 5 3 2 4 2 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 62

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L 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 25

F A 10 1 5 2 9 3 10 4 0 0 17 9 11 8 10 11 15 7 5 3 7 2 7 3 12 3 14 1 4 0 2 5 0 5 10 5 5 11 14 5 16 2 2 1 10 1 11 5 9 6 3 2 11 5 4 1 8 2 7 5 252 119

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F A PT GD 7 3 9 13 11 3 11 11 8 7 19 7 8 1 16 13 1 4 0 -3 3 3 23 8 6 7 13 2 8 8 15 -1 14 13 25 9 6 5 10 3 10 4 12 11 9 3 9 10 9 12 16 6 14 5 26 22 1 4 3 1 5 0 4 2 1 4 0 -8 15 7 22 13 10 9 12 -5 9 8 18 10 5 4 9 15 6 0 9 7 10 5 21 14 7 4 13 9 13 13 15 3 1 2 3 0 6 1 15 11 2 2 4 3 5 7 13 4 6 1 15 7 216 149 383 200

Interim Manager’s Notes Hi Everyone and welcome to this afternoon's league game versus Odd Down FC, I hope you enjoy your afternoon at Homers Heath and have a a safe journey home later.

After a very frustrating spell of wet weather our season got back underway last Saturday with a hard fought win up the M5 at Clevedon Town. A single goal is all that separated the sides at the end of ninety minutes, but as 1-0 matches go is was a good one with both sides playing football and looking to open up each other. Defensively we were outstanding and the clean sheet was much deserved.

At Clevedon we included two new signings in Craig Duff and Chris McPhee, Craig has played for us

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before on "Loan" but he has now made us his first choice club, which is great news for us and he marked his "Debut" with the winning goal last week.

The 2nd signing is the vastly experienced Chris McPhee who has joined us from Cornish giants Bodmin Town, Chris will bring some much needed experience to what is a young squad, last week we introduced Chris for the final twenty-five minutes to help us see out the game and you can tell that not much will ruffle him.

We now have a squad of eighteen which is crucial we maintain over these next few months, it’s no surprise our defeat at Melksham came when we could only name three substitutes.

Richard Groves misses out today as he's on holiday, other than that all the lads are good to go!

Cheers, Adam.

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Western League Tables, Results & Fixtures 2017-18 Premier Division Street Willand Rovers Melksham Town Bradford Town Cribbs Bridgwater Town Buckland Athletic Shepton Mallet Clevedon Town Bitton Chipping Sodbury Town Bridport Brislington Odd Down (Bath) Hengrove Athletic Hallen Wellington Cadbury Heath Wells City Longwell Green Sports

P 23 21 24 21 27 24 21 24 25 22 23 20 25 22 22 25 23 17 23 26

W 19 16 14 13 12 12 12 11 9 8 9 9 8 7 7 6 7 4 3 2

D 2 3 6 6 5 2 2 2 7 8 3 2 4 6 5 6 3 4 3 3

L 2 2 4 2 10 10 7 11 9 6 11 9 13 9 10 13 13 9 17 21

F 59 68 60 47 59 38 40 32 37 35 37 42 31 32 33 31 29 29 21 19

A 18 14 23 21 43 30 34 32 35 37 37 37 45 33 32 48 51 52 72 85

GD 41 54 37 26 16 8 6 0 2 -2 0 5 -14 -1 1 -17 -22 -23 -51 -66

P 59 51 48 45 41 38 38 35 34 32 30 29 28 27 26 24 24 16 12 9

Saturday 3rd February FA Vase 5th Round Marske United 2-0 Bradford Town Melksham Town 2-1 Tring Premier Division Cadbury Heath Clevedon Town Cribbs Hallen Hengrove Athletic Shepton Mallet First Division Almondsbury Chard Town Chippenham Park Keynsham Town Portishead Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Welton Rovers Tuesday 6th February

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Bridgwater Town Buckland Athletic Chipping Sodbury Town Odd Down (Bath) Bridport Longwell Green Sports

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Oldland Abbotonians Bishop Sutton Westbury United Corsham Town Bishops Lydeard Calne Town Wincanton Town Sherborne Town

Premier Division Bitton Brislington Odd Down (Bath) First Division Bishop Sutton Wincanton Town

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0-3 Hallen PP Hengrove Athletic 2-2 Willand Rovers 0-0 Cheddar 2-1 Chard Town

First Division Westbury United Keynsham Town Roman Glass St George Welton Rovers Cheddar Radstock Town Devizes Town Chard Town Bishops Lydeard Oldland Abbotonians Bishop Sutton Chippenham Park Wincanton Town Bristol Telephones Malmesbury Victoria Calne Town Almondsbury Corsham Town Ashton & Backwell Utd Warminster Town Sherborne Town Portishead Town

P 27 28 27 26 24 23 27 28 27 23 26 30 25 23 23 26 29 28 28 27 25 26

W 18 18 17 12 13 12 11 11 12 11 10 8 9 10 10 8 7 7 6 5 4 3

D 6 6 6 8 3 5 8 7 3 5 5 11 7 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 6 7

L 3 4 4 6 8 6 8 10 12 7 11 11 9 10 10 12 16 15 15 14 15 16

F 63 84 81 51 51 49 49 51 54 38 43 39 36 46 42 39 34 28 26 41 35 28

A 18 43 35 35 35 34 44 43 64 32 52 49 43 46 52 56 47 49 47 61 60 63

GD 45 41 46 16 16 15 5 8 -10 6 -9 -10 -7 0 -10 -17 -13 -21 -21 -20 -25 -35

P 60 60 57 44 42 41 41 40 39 38 35 35 34 33 33 30 27 27 25 23 18 15*

Wednesday 7th February Premier Division Bridport 2-3 Street First Division Bristol Telephones PP Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians 3-3 Keynsham Town Saturday 10th February Premier Division Bitton Bradford Town Bridgwater Town Buckland Athletic Clevedon Town Cribbs Hallen Longwell Green Sports Wellington

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Hengrove Athletic Bridport Wells City Odd Down (Bath) Brislington Willand Rovers Shepton Mallet Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town

First Division Ashton & Backwell Utd Bishop Sutton Bristol Telephones Calne Town Cheddar Corsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Radstock Town Sherborne Town Welton Rovers Westbury United

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Roman Glass St George Almondsbury Keynsham Town Portishead Town Chippenham Park Bishops Lydeard Malmesbury Victoria Devizes Town Warminster Town Chard Town Wincanton Town

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Toolstation Western League Premier Round-Up BITTON….game away at Street last Saturday was lost to this awful weather, before they drew 2-2 at home with title chasers Melksham Town, they defeated Bridgwater Town away 2-0, drew 3-3 at home with high flying Bradford Town, and won handsomely away at bottom side Longwell Green Sports 5-1, their last defeat came on the 23rd December away at Chipping Sodbury Town, losing 20. They are up in tenth place in the Premier table having played twenty-two games and collecting thirty-two points. At home they have won three, drawn four, lost four, scoring sixteen, conceding twenty-five, gaining thirteen points, and they were unbeaten in their last six games there, and had drawn the last four. Away they have won five, drawn four, lost two, scoring nineteen, conceding twelve, gaining nineteen points, and have won their last two games on their travels. They were due to have been in action on Tuesday evening at home against Hallen, and this game ended in a 3-0 defeat. Today they are at home against Hengrove Athletic, and they did lose away to them on the 20 th September 3-2, and in just three Premier meetings they have picked up four points, at home they drew one, that draw coming in the 2013-14 season 0-0.

They are then in Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round action at home against Division One side Bishops Lydeard.

League Placing: 10th Last six league games: LWDWDL

last four games on their travels. Today they are at home against Bridport, for a first league meeting this season, and in six Premier encounters they have picked up seven points, at home they have won one, lost two, scoring five, conceding six, gaining three points, and in last seasons meeting they won 3-1.

League Placing: 4th Last six league games: WDWWLD

BRADFORD TOWN....were involved in the FA Vase last Saturday and they were away at Northern League Division One (Step Five) side Marske United, who were up in fourth place in that division, and they were knocked out of the competition, beaten 2-0. They haven’t played a league game this year as yet, and the last was on the 30th December, away at Bitton which they drew 3-3, before that they lost 3-1 at home against Melksham Town, thrashed the league bottom side Longwell Green Sports at home 7-1, and they won 1-0 away at Wellington. They are up in fourth place in the Premier table having played twenty-one games and collecting forty-five points.

At home they have won six, drawn three, lost two, scoring twenty-five, conceding eleven, gaining twenty-one points and they were unbeaten in their opening nine games. Away they have won seven, drawn three, lost one, scoring twenty-two, conceding ten, gaining twenty-four points, and are unbeaten in their

BRIDPORT....were beaten away at Hengrove Athletic last Saturday 3-2, They were beaten 2-0 away at Clevedon Town, won 20 away at Wellington, lost 4-2 away at Willand Rovers and lost 3-2 away at Shepton Mallet.

They are in twelfth place in the Premier table having played twenty games and collecting twenty-nine points, and they have lost five of the last six league games. At home they have won three, lost three, scoring thirteen, conceding thirteen, gaining nine points, and had won their last three home games.

Away they have won six, drawn two, drawn six, scoring twenty-nine, conceding twenty-four, gaining twenty points. They were due to have been in action on Wednesday evening at home against league leaders Street, and this game ended in a 3-2 loss.

Today they are away at Bradford Town for a first league meeting this season, and in six Premier encounters they have picked up ten points, away they have won two, lost one, scoring six, conceding five,

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BRIDGWATER TOWN….had a very good 4-0 away win at Cadbury Heath last Saturday, before that they won 3-1 at home against Clevedon Town, won 2-1 away at Hallen, lost 2-0 at home against Bitton and won 1-0 away at Shepton Mallet, so are having a good run of form now in this campaign.

They are now up in sixth place in the table having played twenty-four games and collecting thirty-eight points. At home they have won four, drawn two, lost six, scoring seventeen, conceding eighteen, gaining fourteen points and that win against Clevedon stopped a run of four consecutive defeats at home.

Away they have won eight, lost four, scoring twentyone, conceding twelve, gaining twenty-four points and they have won their last two away games. Today they are at home against Wells City, and they won away against them on the 26th August 3-0.

Then comes a Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round game at home against Wellington.

League Placing: 6th Last six league games: LWLWWW

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Toolstation Western League Premier Round-Up gaining six points, and in last seasons corresponding game they were beaten 3-1, the last win coming in the 2015-16 season, 3-1.

League Placing: Last six league games: LLWLLL BRISLINGTON….last played on the 27th January when they were beaten 2-0 away at Melksham Town, lost 2-1 away at bottom side Longwell Green Sports, won 2-1 away at Cribbs, lost 1-0 at home against strugglers Hallen, won 2-0 against Bridgwater Town at home and lost 2-0 away at Bradford Town. They are in thirteenth place having played twenty-five games and collecting twenty-eight points. At home they won five, drawn one, lost four, scoring thirteen, conceding thirteen, gaining sixteen points, whilst away they have won three, drawn three, lost nine, scoring eighteen, conceding thirtytwo, gaining twelve points, and they have won once in their last five games on the road. They were to have been in league action on Tuesday evening at home against Hengrove Athletic with the game ending in another postponed game due to this awful weather. Today they are away at Clevedon Town, and they lost to them at home on the 19 th September 2-1. They have played them five times in the Premier picking up ten points, away they won one, drawn one, scoring four, conceding three, gaining four points, with last season’s meeting there ending in a 2-2 draw. Then they are in Les Phillip’s Cup 2nd Round action at home against Melksham Town.

League Placing:13th Last six league games: LWLWLL CADBURY HEATH….were beaten 4-0 at home last Saturday by visitors Bridgwater Town, before that they also lost 4-0 away at second placed Willand Rovers, were thrashed 9-2 at home against Cribbs, drew 3-3 away at Bradford Town and lost 4-2 away at Wellington. They are now down in eighteenth place in the league table having played just seventeen games and collecting sixteen points from those, and they do have a few games in hand on all the teams around them at the bottom of the table. At home they have won three, drawn one, lost four scoring eighteen, conceding twenty-seven, gaining ten points, and they have lost their last two games there. Away they have won one, drawn three, lost five, scoring eleven, conceding twenty-five, gaining six points, and they haven't won in the last three

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games on their travels. Today they face the divisions bottom side who now seven points behind them, Longwell Green Sports away, and they did beat them at home on the 27th September 4-3. In eleven Premier meetings they have picked up twenty-three points, away they have won three, lost two, scoring eleven, conceding seven, gaining nine points, and in last seasons meeting there they were beaten 2-0.

League Placing: 18th Last six league games: WLDLLL CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN….played only their second league game this year last Saturday and they were beaten 3-1 away at high flying Cribbs, before that they won 3-1 away at our visitors today Odd Down (Bath), won 1-0 away at title chasers Melksham Town, won 2-0 at home against Bitton and lost 2-1 away at ourselves, Buckland. They are in eleventh place in the Premier Division table having played twenty-three games, and have picked up thirty points, and their defeat against Cribbs stopped a run of three consecutive wins, before that run they hadn’t won in six games, losing five of those. At home they have won four, drawn two, lost five, scoring seventeen, conceding seventeen, gaining fourteen points, and are unbeaten in the last two games there. Away they have won five, drawn one, lost six, scoring twenty, conceding twenty, gaining sixteen points. Today they are away at Wellington, for a first meeting this season. Then comes a home against Hengrove Athletic, and they were well beaten in the away game played on the 13h September 4-1.

League Placing: 11th Last six league games: DLWWWL CLEVEDON TOWN….lost at home last Saturday to ourselves, Buckland 1-0, before that they were beaten 3-1 away at Bridgwater Town, won 2-0 at home against Bridport, drew 2-2 away at strugglers Hallen, drew 2-2 at home with our visitors today Odd Down (Bath), and won 2-1 at home against Hengrove Athletic. They are now in ninth place in the league table having played twenty-five games and collecting thirty-four points. At home they have won seven, drawn four, lost two, scoring twenty-four, conceding sixteen, gaining twenty-five points, whilst away they have won two, drawn three, losing seven, scoring thirteen, conceding nineteen, gaining nine points, so they don’t travel so well this season,

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Toolstation Western League Premier Round-Up and it’s their home form that takes them above half way in the table. Today they are at home against Brislington, and they won when they played them away on the 19th September and won this game 21. They have met five times in this division and have picked up just one point, at home they drawn one, lost one, scoring three, conceding four, gaining just one point, and in last season’s corresponding game it ended in a 2-2 draw.

League Placing: 9th Last six league games: WDDWLL CRIBBS….won 3-1 at home against Chipping Sodbury Town last Saturday, before that they drew 2-2 at home with the side at the bottom of the table Longwell Green Sports, won 2-1 away at Wells City, won 3-1 at home against Hengrove Athletic, and lost 2-1 at home against Brislington.

They have now climbed up into fifth place in the league table having played twenty-seven games and collecting forty-one points, and they are unbeaten in their last four league games. At home they have won eight, drawn three, lost five, scoring thirtytwo, conceding twenty-six, gaining twenty-seven points, they are unbeaten in the last three games there. Whilst away they have won four, drawn two, lost five, scoring twenty-seven, conceding seventeen, gaining fourteen points, and they are unbeaten in the last four games, winning the last two.

Today they face a tough game at home against second placed and title challengers Willand Rovers, for a first league meeting this season, and in four Premier encounters they have picked up five points, at home they have drawn two, scoring three, conceding three, gaining two points, and in last season’s corresponding game it ended in a 2-2 draw.

They are then away at Wells City in the Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round.

League Placing: 5th Last six league games: DLWWD HALLEN….picked up a very good three points last Saturday when they defeated our visitors today Odd Down (Bath) at home 2-0, before that they lost an important game against the one side that was below them in the table then Longwell Green Sports away and they lost this one 3-2, they lost 2-1 at home against Bridgwater Town, lost 2-0 away at league leaders Street, drew 2-2 at home with Clevedon Town and drew 1-1 away at Cribbs. They have

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now climbed up into sixteenth place in the Premier table having played twenty-five games and collecting twenty-four points, and the win against Odd Down stopped a run of no win in five games, including losing the last three in that run. At home they have won two, drawn four, lost six, scoring fourteen, conceding twenty, gaining ten points, and that win last Saturday stopped a winless run of seven games at home, four of which were defeats. Away they have won four, drawn two, lost seven, scoring seventeen, conceding twenty-eight, gaining fourteen points, and they hadn’t won in the three games on the road, losing the last two. They were in action on Tuesday evening away at Bitton and that game ended in a fine 3-0 win. Today they are at home against Shepton Mallet, for a first meeting this season. They have met them six times in the Premier Division, and have collected five points, at home they have won one, drawn one, lost one, scoring eight, conceding nine, gaining four points, and in last seasons game ending in a 2-2 draw.

League Placing: 16th Last six league games: DLLLWW HENGROVE ATHLETIC….won a tight game at home last Saturday 32 against Bridport, before that they had lost 2-1 away at Wellington, lost 3-1 away at Cribbs, lost 2-1 away at Clevedon Town, had a great 7-1 home win against Wells City and lost 1-0 away at league leaders Street. They are in fifteenth place in the Premier table having played twenty-two games and collecting twenty-six points from those games, and their win last Saturday stopped a run of three consecutive defeats. At home they have won six, drawn three, lost two, scoring twenty-six, conceding fifteen, gaining twenty-one points, and they have won their last three games there. Away they have won one, drawn two, lost eight, scoring seven, conceding seventeen, gaining five points, again another side struggling with their away form this season, and they have now lost their last four league games on the road. They were in action on Tuesday evening away at Brislington with the game ending in another postponed game. Today they are away again, this time at Bitton, and they defeated them at home on the 20th September 3-2, and in their last meeting away in the 2013-14 season, it ended all square at 0 -0.

League Placing: 15th Last six league games: LWLLLW

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Toolstation Western League Premier Round-Up LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS…..were beaten away against Shepton Mallet 3-1 last Saturday, before that they won 3-2 at home against fellow strugglers Hallen, drew 2-2 away at Cribbs, won 2-1 at home against Brislington, but were well beaten at home by Bitton 5-1 and then thrashed 7-1 away at Bradford Town. They still remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier Division table but have got a bit closer to the sides immediately above them in the table, they have now played twenty-six games and have collected nine points. At home they have won two, losing twelve, scoring ten, conceding fifty-one, gaining six points, and they have won their last two games there. Away they have drawn three, lost nine, scoring nine, conceding thirty-four, gaining three points, so they are as yet to register a win away. Today they are at home to the team that is in eighteenth place and seven points above them, Cadbury Heath, but they lost the away game against them on the 27th September 4-3. In eleven Premier meetings they picked up eight points. At home they have won two, lost three, scoring seven, conceding eleven, gaining six points, and last season’s corresponding game ended in a 2-0 win for them.

League Placing: 20th Last six league games: LLWDWL MELKSHAM TOWN….have now equalled our run in last season’s FA Vase, as on Saturday they won their Fifth Round game at home against Tring 2-1, in front of a great crowd at Oaklands Park of 1236, with their goals coming from Robert Hobbs and Michael Perrott, Tring play their football in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division (Step Five), and they were towards the bottom end of that league, in seventeenth place, but we all know that cup football makes all teams equal. In Mondays draw they will be at home again, this time they will take on Thatcham Town who play their football in the Hellenic Premier Division (Step Five), and they are in second place in that division having played twenty-eight games and collecting seventy points, so this will be a massive test to our Western League friends, and Thatcham Town defeated our victors in our quarter-final tie last season Bromsgrove Sporting 2-1, although there was reported there was a little crowd trouble at their tie last Saturday. The Quarter-Finals will take place on the 24th February and we send all our good luck

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wishes to our friends at Melksham Town for this tie.

In their league campaign in their last game on the 27th January they defeated Brislington at home 2-0, before that they drew 2-2 away at Bitton, won 3-0 at home against ourselves, Buckland and lost 1-0 at home against Chipping Sodbury Town. They are up in third place in the Premier Division table having played twenty-four games and collecting forty-eight points, and they are unbeaten in their last three games, and have lost just once in the fourteen games, of which ten of those games were wins. At home they have won eight, drawn three, lost three, scoring twenty-six, conceding eleven, gaining twenty -seven points, and they have won their last two games there. Away they have won six, drawn three, lost one, scoring twenty-two, conceding ten, gaining twenty-one points, and they are unbeaten in their last five games on the road, that included a run of our consecutive wins. They play their next league game on Tuesday 12th February at home against bottom side Longwell Green Sports, and they thrashed them away on the 29th August 6-0. They have played them thirteen times in the Premier Division and have picked up twenty-eight points, at home they have won five, lost one, scoring nineteen, conceding six, gaining fifteen points, and in last season’s corresponding game it ended in a 3-1 win.

They are then away at Brislington in the Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round.

League Placing: 3rd Last six league games: WWLWDW SHEPTON MALLET….won 3-1at home last Saturday against the leagues bottom side Longwell Green Sports, before that they won 1-0 away at Wellington, lost 1-0 at home against Bridgwater Town, lost 2-1 away at Cribbs, won 3-2 at home against Bridport and lost 1-0 at home against ourselves Buckland 10. They are now in eighth place in the Premier Division table having played twenty-four games and collecting thirty-five points, and they have won their last two league games. At home they have won six, drawn two, lost six, scoring twenty-one, conceding twenty, gaining twenty points, whilst away they have won five, lost five, scoring eleven, conceding twelve, gaining fifteen points. Today they are away at strugglers Hallen, for a first league meeting this season, but in six Premier encounters they have collected eleven points, away they have won one, drawn one, lost one, scoring nine, conceding eight, gaining four points and last season’s corresponding game

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Toolstation Western League Premier Round-Up ended in a 2-2 draw.

League Placing: 8th Last six league games: LWLLWW

the Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round at Bridgwater Town.

League Placing: 17th Last six League games: LDWLLW

STREET….game at home against Bitton was lost once again to this lousy weather, before that the league leaders won 2-0 at home against Hallen, won 3-2 away at Bridgwater Town, won 3-1 away at Longwell Green Sports, won 1-0 at home against Hengrove Athletic and won 3-0 away at Chipping Sodbury Town.

They remain out in front and in first place in the Premier Division table having played twenty-three games and collecting fifty-nine points, and are unbeaten in their last nineteen games, and they have won their last fifteen games, which really is champions form and look odds on for promotion this season as a top two finish seems guaranteed. At home they have won eight, drawn one, lost one, scoring twenty-three, conceding six, gaining twenty-five points, whilst away they have won eleven, drawn one, lost one, scoring thirty-six, conceding twelve, gaining thirty-four points. They were in action again on Wednesday evening, the 7th, against Bridport away, with this game ending in another win 3-2.

They then play again on the 17th February in the Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round at home against Division One side Chippenham Park.

League Placing: 1st Last six league games: WWWWWW

WELLS CITY….last played on the 13th January when they were beaten at home

by Cribbs 2-1, before that they were thrashed away at title challengers Willand Rovers 7-1, they did pick up a point with a 2-2 draw away at Wellington, were thrashed again away at Hengrove Athletic and again it was 7-1, lost 3-0 at home to our visitors today, Odd Down (Bath) and lost 2-1 away at Clevedon Town. This all means that they have now dropped down to nineteenth place in the Premier Division table having played twenty-three games and picking up twelve points, which sees them just three points above bottom side Longwell Green Sports. At home they have won two, drawn two, lost seven, scoring ten, conceding fifty-one, gaining eight points, whilst away they have won one, drawn one, lost ten, scoring eleven, conceding forty-two, gaining just four points on their travels, and probably with two being relegated this season, they are in dire trouble and face being back in Division One next season. Today they are away at Bridgwater Town, and they were beaten by them at home on the 26th August 3-0. Then comes a Les Phillips Cup 2nd Round tie at home against Cribbs.

League Placing: 19th Last six league games: LLLDLL

WELLINGTON….last played on the 13th January at home against Hengrove Athletic and they picked up three points with a 2-1 win, before that they lost 1-0 at home against Shepton Mallet, lost 2-0 at home against Bridport, won 2-1 away at Bridgwater Town, drew 2-2 at home with strugglers Wells City and lost 1-0 at home against high flyers Bradford Town. They are now in seventeenth place in the Premier Division table having played twentythree games and collecting twenty-four points. At home they have won five, drawn two, lost four, scoring fourteen, conceding fifteen, gaining seventeen points, whilst away they have won two, drawn one, lost nine, scoring fifteen, conceding thirty-six, gaining seven points, and this really is a poor away record this season. Today they are at home against Chipping Sodbury Town, and then they are away in

WILLAND ROVERS….last played on the 13th January, and they won this game 4-0 at home against Cadbury Heath, before that they thrashed Wells City at home 7-1, they won 4-2 at home against Bridport, won 3-0 away at Bridgwater and defeated Wellington away 3-0. So they remain in second place in the Premier Division table having played twenty-one games and collecting fifty-one points, and they are now five points behind league leaders Street but they do have one game in hand, and they had now won their last nine league games. At home they have won ten, drawn one, lost two, scoring forty-six, conceding eight, gaining thirty-one points, and they have won their last six games at Silver Street. Away they have played just eight games, winning six, drawing two, scoring twenty-two, conceding just six, gaining twenty points, and they will have to keep up their

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Toolstation Western League Premier Round-Up great form going as they face a further twelve league games on the road. They were due to be in league action on Tuesday evening away at Odd Down (Bath) with this game ending in a 2-2 draw. Today they are away at Cribbs, for a first league meeting this season. They have played them four times in the Premier Division and have picked up

five points, away they have drawn two, scoring three, conceding three, gaining two points, and in last season’s corresponding game it was a 2-2 draw.

League Placing: 2nd Last six league games: WWWWWD

First Division: Roman Glass St George overturned a half-time deficit to defeat Calne Town 5-2, keeping up the pressure on the top two. After Jordan Yeo had given them the perfect start, Roman Glass found themselves behind at the break following a quick-fire double from Stuart Windsor. The home side regrouped during the interval and after Ryan Radford had struck the equaliser, substitute Ken Oni fired them back into the lead. Alex Lewis was then dismissed to hurt Calne’s chances of getting back into the game, with Lewis Wentland and Jacob Watson each scoring late on to complete the victory. At Hardenhuish Park, goals in either half from Dan Kovacs saw Westbury United secure a 2-1 win away at Chippenham Park, for whom Lewis McCarron struck before the break. Be sure A strong performance from Corsham Town helped them to gain a 2-2 draw at the Crown Fields, ending Keynsham Town’s eight-match winning run in the process. After James Ollis had opened the scoring from long range for the league leaders, Corsham grabbed an equaliser in the 25th minute through Adam Mitchell. A bullet-header from Nick Chandler edged Corsham into a surprise lead at the break, but midway through the second half, Keynsham rescued a point thanks to a powerful header of their own from Adey Harvey. Bishops Lydeard plundered five goals away from home for the second week on the bounce, registering a 5-2 win against bottom-side Portishead Town. Harry Millar struck twice during a five-goal first half for the visitors, with Ryan Brereton also getting on the scoresheet, yet the major plaudits went to Mark Clunie who scored two long-distance screamers for the rampant Lydeard. A curling left-footed effort

from Callum Elms set Welton Rovers on their way to a 3-0 win at home to Sherborne Town, with Joe Garland and Chris Pile adding further goals either side of the break. Chard Town have now scored for 21 consecutive games in all competitions, after defeating Bishop Sutton 4-1 at the Dening Sports Field. James Boyland put the hosts ahead after half an hour, with substitute Steve Friend, Alex Stafie and Liam Cleal then adding goals after the break for the eighth-placed Chard. Warminster Town grabbed a crucial point in their fight for survival, with Matthew Dyer stabbing home an equaliser from Jack Miluk’s cross to claim a 2-2 draw at home to Wincanton Town, while the fixture between Almondsbury and Oldland Abbotonians remained goalless throughout.

PREMIER DIVISION LEADING GOAL SCORERS (League only): Gary Higdon, Melksham Town – 20 Steve Murray, Street – 16 David O’Hare, Street – 15 FIRST DIVISION LEADING GOAL SCORERS (League only): Matt Brown, Keynsham Town – 20 Dan Kovacs, Westbury United – 17 James Rustell, Radstock Town – 17 Ken Oni, Roman Glass St George – 16 Adam Jones, Cheddar – 15 James Quick, Bishops Lydeard - 15 LEADING SCORERS IN ALL COMPETITIONS: Steve Murray, Street – 22 Gary Higdon, Melksham Town – 22 Matt Brown, Keynsham Town - 21 James Rustell, Radstock Town – 20 Luke Mortimore, Willand Rovers - 20

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Down Memory Lane Today we go back in time together to look at to Scottish football league programmes I bought in the batch on eBay to boost my own collection and keep this memory Lane feature running.

The first game is between Berwick Rangers and Albion Rovers played on the 4th February 1978, this game is in Scottish League Division Two, also this edition will cost us 10p. Page 2 is a full-page advert for the Ravensholme Hotel in Berwick-uponTweed. Page 3 is divided into two parts, the top half listing all the dignitaries at the club right down to the groundsman. The bottom half is written by the manager Dave Smith, who has his say. Page 4 is entirely devoted to a really good pen picture of each of today's visiting squad. Page 5 has two adverts, the top one for W A Pattersonnewsagent and tobacconists, with the bottom one is an advert for local pub the Albion Inn. Page 6 also has two adverts on it, the top one for William Elder and Sons-agricultural engineers, and the bottom one for Brechin's own social club, the black and gold club. Page 7 is again divided into two with the top half containing a black-and-white photo from a recent cup tie here against Rangers, the bottom half of this page lets us know that's today's match ball sponsor is John McBain and Son Ltd-motor engineers. Pages 8 and 9 contains both teams line-ups in the one to fourteen format and also lists the names of the three officials, also there two adverts on this page at the top Blackhall Printers, and the bottom one for Alfred Flannigan Ltd-bookmaker.

Page 10 is the tittle tattle page where we are updated on happenings around the ground both on and off the pitch, and also a list of local lotto winners for the last month. Page 11 is again two adverts, the top one for Rory Richardson-painter and decorator, and the bottom one for JT Fairburn-quality butchers.

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Page 12 has again two adverts, the top one for David McLean-plumbing and heating engineers, with the bottom half taken up by the King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment-who are looking for recruits. Page 13 contains a list of home match ball sponsors in the top section, with the bottom half devoted to the local paper the Berwick Advertiser.

Page 14 is called ‘facts and fancies’ and looks at Scottish football in general and looks at several clubs taking part in the Scottish League. Page 15 is divided into two, the top half an advert for John Smith-ladies and gentlemen's outfitters with the bottom half being for McNeill's (Berwick) Ltdtelevision and radio rental and repairs. Page 16 the outside back cover again as adverts on it. The top one for R P Little and Son-painter and decorator's and the bottom one for WR Skelly and Son-top quality family butchers.

The two teams listed for today are as follows.

Berwick Rangers: Goalkeeper - John Lyle, 2 - Billy Bennett, 3 - Gordon Laing, 4 - Dave Smith, 5 - Roy McDowell, 6 Cliff Barrowman, 7 - Ian Smith, 8 - Stewart Wheatley, 9 - John Jobson, 10 - Eric Tait, 11 - Ian McLeod, 12 - Jim Wright, 14 - Billy Laing.

Albion Rovers: Goalkeeper - Gerry Gallaher, 2 - Dennis McConville, 3 - Ian McGuigan, 4 - Billy Leishman, 5 - Duncan Shields, 6 - Jim Docherty, 7 - Hughie Hill, 8 - Duncan McLean, 9 - Tommy Sermanni, 10 Ray Franchetti, 11 - Bruce Cleland, 12 - Gary Locke, 14 - Jim McCabe.

As is usual with my Scottish football programmes I do not know who won the game but can tell you at the end of this season League Division Two Champions were Clyde, who accumulated 53 points from their 38 games, runners-up on goal difference were Raith Rovers, Berwick finished in fourth place with 48 points and Albion Rovers today's visitors in eighth with 40, applying for re-election. The bottom two were Brechin City with 20 points and just above the Meadowbank Thistle 22.

The second programme in this look back, is from a Scottish First Division fixture on Saturday 4 th February 1978 between Heart of Midlothian and Hamilton. The front cover contains a black-and-white photo from a previous game gives us details of the

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Down Memory Lane around the outside perimeter, which include Butlins, Bank of Scotland, Skol lager. Page 10 again divided into two halves, with the top half containing the obligatory A-Z half-time scoreboard, and the bottom half an advert for everyone to join the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Page 11 is devoted to the Reserve Team and the Youth setup at the club. Page 12 lists the players with their team statistics alongside their name, for example, games played, goals scored, etc, also there is an up-to-date league table in the bottom third. Page 14 has a black-and-white photo of Jimmy Frew and a small write up on his career at the club with the bottom half of this page is devoted to an advert for Umbro. Page 15 has two adverts, the top one for C Company 15th Battalion (Scottish)the Parachute Regiment, with the bottom one for Ace-taxi services. Page 16 the outside back cover contains all the fixtures for this season with the results and goalscorers entered into the games played so far.

fixture and tells us the programme costs 10p. Page 2 is devoted to the club manager Willie Ormond, who has his say on things round and about the club and performances by the team, and also tells us today's mascot is 12-year-old Craig Sproat. Page 3 is divided into two halves, with the top half listing all the dignitaries at this club and a list of their honours accumulated over the years, the bottom half lists up -and-coming games here at Tynecastle with a Reserve game on Wednesday and Hearts playing Airdrie next Saturday. Page 4 gives a good welcome to everyone from Hamilton and runs through their playing squad with a small pen picture of each of the players. Page 5 is divided into two parts, the top half contains a black-and-white passport size photograph of home player Eamond Bannon and gives a rundown of his playing career so far, the bottom contains an advert for Sibbald Travel Continental-holidays a speciality. Page 6 is the tittle tattle page and aptly called ‘Tynecastle topics’, where they update us all on what is happening both on and off the field of play, and is a good read. Page 7 is divided into two sections, the top section giving the winners of the clubs two fundraisers, the bingo and lotto cards, the bottom half is an advert for Tom Martin-tailors and outfitters. Pages 8 and 9 contain both two teams line-ups and also eight adverts

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Today's teams: Hearts: Goalkeeper - Ray Dunlop, 2 - Walter Kidd, 3 - Cameron Fraser, 4 - Dave McNicol, 5 - Jim Jefferies, 6 Rory Tierney, 7 - Bobby Prentice 8 - Eamonn Bannon, 9 - Willie Gibson, 10 - Drew Busby, 11 - Malcolm Robertson, 14 - Peter McCue, 14 - Alistair Hemmings.

Hamilton: Goalkeeper - Ricky Ferguson, 2 - Jim Frew, 3 Brian Wright, 4 - Jim Fairley, 5 - Jim Dempsey, 6 Gary McDowell, 7 - Mick McManus, 8 - Kevin Low, 9 - Bobby Graham, 10 - Drew Young, 11 - Joe McGrogan, 12 - Alan Porter, 14 - John Calder.

I don't know the result, but at the end of the season, the league table was as follows champions of Division One were Morton, who edged out Hearts on goal difference having both got 58 points, today's guests Hamilton finished in seventh place with 36 points and relegated were Alloa Athletic 24 and East Fife 19 points.

Well that's it for this time we will do it again soon, Roy Homer Holmes.

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You can contact Christine Holmes on 01626 369345 (Home) or 01626 361020 (Club) as she deals with all the bookings and indeed all the functions needs. She does have a brochure which includes a DVD available showing some of the clubhouse decorations that they have done over a number of years, so why not ring and have a chat to Chris about this fabulous location.

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Buckland Athletic - A Club History The club was formed in 1977 purely as a junior club. We started life in the Torbay Pioneer League and Sandringham Park was our home pitch. As a junior club it was the biggest in the area, running a total of six sides in six different age groups for several seasons. We won many titles over the years including the Devon Youth Cup. In the season of 1987-88 we were accepted into the Devon and Exeter League and started our senior football life in Senior Division Three playing home games at Coach Road with Roy Holmes still in charge. In our first season we won the Championship and were promoted into Senior Two in 1988-89. Well in the 1989-90 season we gained promotion once more into Senior One these two promotions were gained with a very youthful side. In 1990-91 we were on the move again this time to Decoy and this season saw us win the Wheaton Trophy. We finally achieved our dream of being promoted to the Premier Division in 1992-93, having now moved to our old ground at Homers Lane and the club hasn't looked back since that move took place. In 1994-95 season saw Roy Holmes step down as first team manager and Nigel Holmes and Roger Madge took the job on. This was the season we won our first Premier Division Championship, a crowning glory to our The club was formed in 1977 purely as a junior club. We started life in the Torbay Pioneer League and Sandringham Park was our home pitch. As a junior club it was the biggest in the area, running a total of six sides in six different age groups for several seasons. We won many titles over the years including the Devon Youth Cup. In the season of 1987-88 we were accepted into the Devon and Exeter League and started our senior football life in Senior Division Three playing home games at Coach Road with Roy Holmes still in charge. In our first season we won the Championship and were promoted into Senior Two in 1988-89. Well in the 1989-90 season we gained promotion once more into Senior One these two promotions were gained with a very youthful side. In 1990-91 we were on the move again this time to Decoy and this season saw us win the Wheaton Trophy. We finally achieved our dream of being promoted to the Premier Division in 1992-93, having now moved to our old ground at Homers Lane and the club hasn't looked back since that move took place. In 1994-95 season saw Roy Holmes step down as first team manager and Nigel Holmes and Roger Madge took the job on. This was the season we won our first Premier Division Championship, a crowning glory to our runners-up in the league, we also picked up the Sportsmanship Cup and Programme Award.

2001-2002 was great season for the club as the

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Reserves went through the season undefeated in the Devon and Exeter Senior Division Two and were promoted to Senior One. The first team ended the season in sixth place in the league table and were beaten finalists in the Throgmorton Cup. 2002-2003 was another successful season in the life of Buckland, the Reserves won the Devon FA Senior Cup at Coach Road, beating Princess Yachts International 3-0. They were also promoted to the Premier Division of the Devon and Exeter League after finishing in third place, that was only decided on their last game of the season when the top three sides were all in with a chance of securing the title. The First team finished up third in the table which at the start of the season was, as many supporters said beyond them but the managers got good players in at the right times through the season. We also won the Devon League programme award and finished 29th out of a total of 1100 non league programme in the renowned Wirral awards.

2003-2004 was a new era in the club’s history, a third senior side was established and went on to win The South Devon League Division Seven Championship with ease. The First team finished in eighth place, with Gary Taylor stepping down from his assistant manager position, their lowest position since joining the Devon League. The Reserves finished in fourth spot in The Devon and Exeter Premier Division, Manager Simon Glanfield stood down as manager. The programme finished first in the Devon League section of the Wirral programme awards and 11th out of 1100 non-league programmes. 2004-05 we did better than the previous season by finishing in 7 th place. Throughout this season the new ground was being worked on by a loyal band of club people. In the final year of the Wirral programme awards we finished in our highest position of sixth out of 1100, winners were Exeter City. For the 2005-06 season we started life playing our games at our new permanent home, Homers Heath on the Kingskerswell Road. The move went very well, and the ground was opened on Saturday 13th July when an estimated 300 + people turned out to see Steve Perryman cut the ribbon to open the pitch. Plymouth Argyle bringing a team up on Wednesday 13th July followed this up. And Argyle Chairman Mr Stapleton officially opened the clubhouse. Paul Feasby and Andy Paddon were in charge of the First team and we finished in our lowest league position of 13th.

In the 2006-07 season all the talk was about the re-structuring of the Devon League and South Western League. One League with three Divisions was being formed called the South West Peninsula League. We managed to finish the season in 12th place under the leadership of Phil Bayliss and Gary Taylor and we had done just enough to meet our goal of qualifying for the SWPL

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Buckland Athletic - A Club History Premier Division along side the topsides in both the South Western and Devon Leagues.

The 2007-08 season was an extremely successful one for the club, the first team finished in 14th place in the new South West Peninsula League Premier Division.

We won the SWPL Premier Division best ground award, which is voted by the other clubs visits to Homers Heath we also won the SWPL Programme award.

The Reserves won the South Devon League Division 3 title, were runners-up in the prestigious Herald Cup, Devon Intermediate Cup Winners and Divisional Cup winners. The 3rd Team won the SDL Division 6 title, the Fred Hewings Cup and their Divisional Cup Final. In the 2008-09 season, the club enjoyed another successful season, the 1st team finished the season in 3rd place in the SWPL Premier Division, and for the second season running we won both the ground and programme award for the Premier division. The 2nd Team had a highly successful season, winning the South Devon League Division Two title and getting promoted to Division One, they also won the Devon Senior Cup with a 1-0 win over Lifton at Coach Road, this for the second time in the club's history. However, 2nd Team manager Ian Miller decided it was time to step down and concentrate on his now role as the clubs commercial agent having enjoyed huge success with the 2nd Team. The 3rd Team finished in second placed in the SDL Division Five and gained promotion to Division Four. Our Under 14 side also were very successful, winning their league title and league cup and winning the Devon FA County Cup at Coach Road with a fine 41 win over Plymouth Kolts.

Buckland had a phenomenal season in 2009-10, the 1st team did the double, winning the SWPL Premier Division title and the Throgmorton Cup pipping Bodmin Town to both, in what was manager Phil Bayliss’ last season in charge. They lost just three times in the league and were unbeaten in all their 19 home games. We also played in the famous FA Cup competition for the first time in the club’s history. They actually won the league on goal difference from Bodmin Town and they also beat them 2-1 after extra time in the Throgmorton Cup final played at Cullompton’s Speed Meadow. This was a wonderful way for Phil to hand over control to new manager Steve Massey for the 2010-11 season. The 2nd Team had a very successful season once again, this time they won the SDL Division One league title and they retained the Devon Senior Cup Final beating Elburton Villa Reserves at Coach Road 3-1. Again the 2nd Team manager Jim Barrett also decided to resign at the end of the season and Adam Castle will now be in charge of their new quest in the SDL Premier Division. The 3rd Team won the SDL

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Division Four league title, and they will be managed again this coming season by Scott Chisholm, who has guided them to many successes over number years.

The success kept coming in the 2010-11 season, the 1st Team retained the SWPL Premier Division title, by an eight point margin, they also became the lowest ranked club to win the Devon St Lukes Bowl when they defeated Tiverton Town on penalties in that final. The 2nd Team finished in 3rd place in their first season in the SDL Premier Division, and they did win the George Belli Cup, defeating Totnes & Dartington 2nds 4-2.

The 3rd team also finished in 3rd place in SDL Division 3, are they achieved promotion. They also won the Fred Hewings Cup for the second time, when they defeated WBB 2nds 1-0. The Junior side of the club continues to grow, but we have lost both Under 16 sides, but a lot of those players ware now signing senior forms for club, so hopefully we will find a number of young stars for all three senior sides.

The 2011-12 season was another significant one in the history of Buckland Athletic. Although the 1 st team relinquished their grip on the SWPL Premier Division title, beaten into second place by a very good Bodmin Town side, we had done enough to secure promotion to the Toolstation Western League Premier Division at Step 5. We were also beaten finalists in the Throgmorton Cup, again losing out to Bodmin Town, but we did retain the prestigious Devon St Lukes Bowl, again we played Tiverton town (Step 4) in the final, this time at the Heath, but this season we ran out worthy winners in 90 minutes, 4-0. The 2nd Team finished as runners-up in the SDL Premier Division, but they did win the Herald Cup for the first time in the clubs history, beating Watcombe Wanderers in that final 3-2 after extra time. They also made it through to the semifinals of the Devon Premier Cup, beaten by eventual winners and SWPL Division One East winners Liverton United. The 3rd Team didn’t win any silverware this season, but they had a great season, finishing in fourth place in the SDL Division Two table, and were beaten finalists in the Lidstone Cup. But the most pleasing part for the 3rds were the amount of the previous seasons Under 16s side made it into the side throughout the season. Manager Scott Chisholm has now decided to stand down as 3rd Team manager, he has been in charge of them since the teams formation in 2003, and had won promotion every season, until this one.

Scott will be missed but he will remain involved with the club off the field, with former 1st team stalwarts Neil Montandon and Ben Williamson taking on the manager role with help from Nigel Holmes for the 2012-13 season. Antony Lynch will again lead the 1st Team, alongside his assistant Tom Kelly, but we have lost another stalwart for the new season, as assistant manager

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Buckland Athletic - A Club History Jaimie Carwardine has now moved away from the area and has had to stand down, and again he will be sorely missed. Adam Castle will once again be in charge of the 2nd Team assisted by Paul Tucker, Simon Dungey and Steve Giles. The 1st Team’s first season in the Toolstation Western League ended in a tenth place finish, but the club did the Hospitality award and programme award in this first campaign.

The 2nd Team won the South Devon League Premier Division title for the first time in its history, they also lost out in the finals of both the Devon Premier Cup and Herald Cup to Exmouth Town and Watcombe Wanderers respectively. The 3rd Team finished in third place in SDL Division Two, and were promoted to Division One, they also won the Fred Hewings Cup beating Totnes & Dartington 3rds.

For the 2013-14, our highly successful 2nd Team manager, Adam Castle will now be in charge of the 1 st Team for its second season in the Western League Premier Division. There is a new man in charge of the 2nd Team, Simon Dungey will be the man to lead them in this campaign, while the 3rd Team will be once again lead by Neil Montandon. In his first season in charge of the 1st Team, Adam Castle led them to an 11th place finish in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division. The club retained the Premier Division Programme award. The 2nd Team finished in 4th place in the South Devon League Premier Division, and were beaten finalists in the Herald Cup, going down 3-1 to Watcombe Wanderers. The 2rd Team finished as runners-up to Dartmouth in the South Devon League Division One, but they retained the Fred Hewings Cup by beating Watcombe Wanderers 2nds 2-1, this was their third win of this trophy in the last four seasons.

What another great season for the club was 2014-15, the 1st Team managed by Adam Castle finished as runners-up in the Western League Premier Division (Step Five), which was a great achievement, we also won the Premier Division programme award for the third consecutive season. The 2nd Team led by Neil Snell ended this season as Champions of the South Devon League Premier Division, and our 3rd Team managed by club stalwart Nigel Holmes also finished as champions, this time of the South Devon League Division One, and they also retained the Fred Hewings Cup winning it for the fifth time, they also introduced a few of our talented Under 16s players into senior football.

Now onto the 2015-16 season, firstly there was substantial drainage work done to the playing surface during the summer, and we must thank Viridor Credits

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for their help in funding these works. Onto the football, the 1st Team managed by Adam Castle finished in 4th Place in the Western League Premier Division, but not good enough to reach our goal of promotion. The 2nd Team managed again by Neil Snell retained the South Devon League Premier Division title, and were beaten finalists in the Herald Cup. Our 3rd Team finished the season in the South Devon League Division One as runners-up, in what was manager Nigel Holmes last season in charge. The club fielded it’s first Ladies team managed by Grant Fisher, in the Devon Women's League Division One, and they didn’t drop a point when winning the league title, and they then added the League Cup, in what was a fantastic season for them.

Also during the season a lot of work was carried out at Homers Heath, including a new covered standing area, which incorporates two new turnstiles. The ground was fenced in, and an impressive outside toilet block was built. This work allowed the club to achieve a ‘D’ Ground Grade which is good enough for Southern League football.

2016-17 was another very good season for the club, the 1st Team finished in 4th place in the Western League Premier, and collected their best points tally since joining the league. The team also reached in the last eight of the FA Vase, going down 2-0 away against Bromsgrove Sporting, this means that it was very good season for new manager Ellis Laight. The club also won the Western League Hospitality Award and best programme award this season. The 2nd Team won their third consecutive South Devon League Premier Division title, under the leadership of Lee Chapman and Ben Robertson. Our 3rd Team under Phil Bearne and Paul Sharples finished as runners-up in the South Devon League Division One, and won their sixth Fred Hewings Cup trophy. Now on to our all conquering Ladies 1st Team who won the South West Women's League Western Division, dropping just two points over their unbeaten season. They also added the Soccerworld League Cup and the Devon FA Senior Cup to that success which saw them end this season as treble winners. Our Ladies 2nd Team finished mid-table in a very hard Devon Women's League Premier Division, and were beaten finalists in the Devon FA Supplementary Cup. There were also varies successes for our Junior sides, bot boys and girls.

We now move onto the 2017-18 season, again the aim is for the 1st Team to gain promotion to the Southern League, which in turn would allow the 2nd Team if they finished in a promotion position to move up to the South West Peninsula League. The 1st Team will again be managed by Ellis Laight, and have kept all but one of last season squad. The 2nd Team will be

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Buckland Athletic - A Club History & Honours led by Lee Chapman with the 3rd Team having Nigel Holmes in charge. The Ladies1st and 2nd Teams keep their management structure for this coming season, with the 1st Team now in the SWWL Premier Division and the 2nd Team in Devon Women's League Premier Division. There will also be more junior sides added in both boys and girls teams,. The club continues to grow, and with everyone pulling in the right direction, which includes our fantastic loyal sponsors, and supporters he sky is the limit to what we can achieve.

The club continues to thrive both on and off the field of the play and this is due to the hard working ethics of all the volunteers within the club.

HONOURS Western League Premier Division Runners-Up 2014 -15 SWPL Premier Division Champions 2009-10, 201011 SWPL Premier Division Runners-Up 2011-12 Devon St Lukes Bowl Winners 2010-11, 2011-12 SWPL Charity Bowl Winners 2010, 2011 Devon League Runners-up 2000-01 Throgmorton Cup Winners 2009-10 Throgmorton Cup Runners-up 2001-02, 2011-12 Devon League Sportsmanship Cup 2000-01 D & E Premier Division Champions 1994-95, 199900 D & E Premier Division Runners-up 1998-99 D & E Premier Division Cup Winners 1997-98, 199899 East Devon Senior Cup Winners 1995-96 Devon FA Premier Cup Finalists 2012-13 Devon FA Senior Cup Winners 2002-03, 2008-09 Devon FA Intermediate Cup Winners 2007-08 Herald Cup Winners 2011-12

George Belli Cup Winners 2010-11 SDL Charity Shield Winners 2012, 2017 SDL Herald Cup Runners-up 2007-08, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16 Fred Hewings Cup Winners 2007-08, 2010-11, 201213, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17 SDL Premier Division Champions 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 SDL Premier Division Runners-Up 2011-12 SDL Division 1 Winners 2014-15 SDL Division 1 Runners-Up 2013-14, 2015-16, 201617 SDL Division 2 Champions 2008-09 SDL Division 3 Champions 2007-08 SDL Division 4 Champions 2006-07 SDL Division 6 Champions 2007-08 SDL Division 7 Champions 2006-07 South West Women's League Western Division Champions 2016-17 SWWL Soccerworld League Cup Winners 2016-17 Devon FA Senior Ladies Cup Winners 2016-17 Devon Women's League Division One Winners 2015-16 Devon Women's League Cup Winners 2015-16 Devon FA Ladies Supplementary Cup Runners-Up 2016-17 Devon League Programme Award Winners 200001, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06 SWPL Programme Premier Winners 2007-08, 200809, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Western League Premier Programme Winners 2012 -13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17 Western League Premier Programme Runners-up 2015-16 SWPL Ground Award Winners 2007-08, 2008-09 SWPL Ground Award Runners-up 2009-10, 2010-11 Western League Hospitality Winners 2012-13, 201617

FA League Rule 2.13 Ownership: In accordance with the Football Association Rule 2.13 Publication of ownership in relation to Step 1 to Step 6 Clubs within the Football pyramid, we hereby confirm that the Legal Status of BUCKLAND ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB, takes the ‘Form’ of Unincorporated Association. It has a constitution which sets out the rules that govern its relationship and membership, and elects a committee to run the organisation on behalf of its members. That committee currently consists: Roy Holmes, Christine Holmes, Nigel Holmes, John Piller, Billy Holmes, Roger Madge, Simon Glanfield, Simon Dungey, Bob Hext, Rose Glanfield, Barry Glanfield, Del Davis, Phil Pearce, Mark Feasby, Paul Hardingham, Judd Barker, Adam Castle, Steve Giles, Paul Tucker.

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TEAM NEWS BUCKLAND ATHLETIC Kenny Griffiths Clifford Walters Connor Clifford Karl Green Kai Fisher Liam Head (C) Craig Duff Nick Rudge Gavin Hammon Dan Griffiths Lloyd Gardner Nick Barker Chris McPhee Simon Revell Josh Webber Ryan Bush Liam Drew

Interim Manager: Adam Castle Assistant Manager: Steve Giles Assistant Manager: Marc Revell Physios: Pete Morgan & Paige Burrows Colours: All Yellow

Referee: Stuart Kane - Saltash Assistant Referee: Ryan Cornelius - St Austell Assistant Referee: Neil Hunnisett - Saltash

ODD DOWN (BATH) Ed Baldy Rich Dawley Jamel Fisher Matt Durbin Luke Hall-Cousins Dave Gould Caelen Simpson Ash Mcgrane Kye Simpson Ben White James Dunn Lewis Dunn Adnan Hiroli Jamie Symonds Ryan Hayter Joshua Riccio David Hare Charlie Wiles Richards Jack Jones Cam Shipway Manager/Coach: Lee Rendall Assistant: Dean Horseman Colours: All Blue

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