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3 FROM THE EDITOR S DESK Tonight s Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup Semi-Final, sees us host our close Calor League rivals YATE TOWN, and we extend a warm welcome to Players, Officials and fans alike. We are the current holders of the trophy, having defeated Cinderford Town last season, this being the second occasion that we have held it, but The Bluebells themselves have been winners of this competition on three occasions, so there is plenty to play for this evening. Whoever progresses to the Final, will meet either Bristol City Reserves, FGR, Gloucester City or Cheltenham Town Reserves. Our last home match against TIVERTON TOWN proved that our work on our pitch over the last couple of seasons is paying dividends. Tivvy manager John Clarkson was full of praise for the condition of the surface, considering the weather in the previous week. So, a big thankyou to JON TUCK & PETE CROWLEY for their hard work and devotion. It proved to be an entertaining game, which was deservedly won by The Yellows who seemed to be just that little bit stronger. Sam Malsam bagged the all important strike after 64 minutes, with a low shot from almost 30 yards. Whether we can hold on to a play-off place remains to be seen, but I feel sure that Tiverton will be in the mix. Coming on the heels of our defeat at SWINDON SUPERMARINE another promotion-chasing side, these were two big results going against us, which may prove crucial at the end of the season. On Saturday, we were due to make our firstever visit to the DCS Stadium, Knights Lane, and home of STRATFORD TOWN FC. Unfortunately, the weather overnight on Friday, finished off any chances of play on a surface which was reportedly already very wet. No surprise really, as the Division One South programme was virtually wiped out. MERTHYR TOWN crushed CLEVEDON TOWN 6-0 before 402 fans and tonight s visitors YATE TOWN went one better by hammering bottom club FLEET TOWN 7-0. That pushes The Bluebells closer to a playoff spot. EVESHAM UNITED are the visitors to The Glass Consultants UK Stadium, next Saturday, February 1 st, and then on Tuesday 4 th, PAULTON ROVERS will be here in the re-arranged game from New Year s Day. This is followed by two difficult games on the road, to NORTH LEIGH (8 th ) and GUILDFORD CITY (Wed 12 th ). A coach will be running to both games and should you wish to book seats, then you should contact DANNY WEST on BRIDGWATER TOWN are here on Saturday 15 th, with KYLE TOOZE and several other ex- Mangos lining up against us. There has been a big turnaround of players at Fairfax Park since the summer, and it s still continuing, but their biggest problem is being able to host a game due to the flooded Somerset levels. We finish the month at CINDERFORD TOWN on Saturday 15 th. A definitive month, I feel, which will go a long way to deciding whether we stay in the top five. Some tough games there, amongst promotion-chasing rivals and will test us fully. Thankyou everyone for your support. So, remember the cry COME ON THE FIELD Or, if you prefer COME ON THE MIGHTY MANGOS EDITOR Cirencester started against Godalming Town but the game was abandoned, and the two games played produced 13 goals. FIELD REVIEW -1

4 Tuesday 28th January 2014 Kick-off 7.45pm The Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Trophy - Semi Final Mangotsfield United v Yate Town FC "The Field" - Maroon & Sky "The Bluebells" - All Yellow Squads Kevin Sawyer Martin Horsell Neil Arndale (capt) Mitch Tippins Shaun Lamb Jacob Cox Alex Kite Joe Chandler Matt Sysum Billy Fletcher Jamie Reid Brad Abraham Aron Robbins Connor Clifford Ashley Williams Michael Bryant (capt) Ryan Bath Jordan Rogers Lewis Powell Lewis Haldane Luke Ballinger Ross Staley Charlie Hitchings Jake Jackson Tom Parrinello Danny Lane Adnan Hiroli Mitch Harrison Josh Egan Martin Lenihan Ben Hunt Michael Meaker Darren Edwards James Harmer Tom Seery Richard Thompson MANAGER Rob Cousins Lee Jefferies ASSISTANTS AND Michael Meaker Lee Barlass COACHES Doug Pringle / Hayley Smith PHYSIO Steve Carter Today's officials Assistant (Yellow Trim) REFEREE Assistant (Red Trim) Martin Pates Brian Durie Oliver Spender Cheltenham, Glos Tewkesbury, Glos Gloucester, Glos Next at Cossham Street - Saturday 1st February 2014 The Calor League - Division One South & West Programme No pm Evesham United FC FIELD REVIEW - 2

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7 SPOTLIGHT Everything looked on course for a possible play-off spot last season, as The Bluebells raced up the table, but with six games remaining, a couple of unexpected defeats meant that they could only finish 6 th, and six points behind Paulton Rovers. Bluebell fans had been happy as the club s FA Cup exploits of 2012/13 exceeded everyone s expectations and they reached the First Round Proper. The first shock came in the Preliminary Round when the highly-rated POOLE TOWN Dolphins were crushed 5-0 at Lodge Road. The Bluebells then travelled to WINCHESTER CITY in the First Qualifying Round and came away with a 2-1 victory. When the 2QR draw gave them a home tie with Conference North OXFORD CITY, most people saw it as the end of the adventure, but the Lodge Road boys had their tails up and Oxford were depatched 2-1. Division rivals NORTH LEIGH were the next visitors to Lodge Road in the 3QR, but they suffered a defeat of the same scoreline. NEWPORT COUNTY were current leaders of the Conference when the draw for the 4thQR was made and by now, everyone were sitting up and taking notice. Surely, this really was the end of the journey? Incredibly, with five minutes remaining, The Bluebells were 3-1 ahead, but two dramatic very late goals pulled the score to 3-3 and a replay in Wales was needed. A truly incredible result happened over the bridge, as The Bluebells stunned everyone by winning 3-1, after extra-time. For the first time in their history, Yate Town made national headlines and featured in national newspapers. They were in the draw for the First Round Proper and they were off to CHELTENHAM TOWN. Despite the 0-3 scoreline, in front of 3,055, the players did their club proud and The Robins survived a few anxious moments before their fitness took its toll. Its was difficult to understand why then, their league form had been so poor at the start of the campaign. This is Manager ROB COUSINS third full season in charge at Lodge Road. He took over in a caretaker capacity in February 11, from Dave Mogg and saw the club safely complete 2011/12, just below halfway in the table. However, Rob and his Assistant, MICHAEL MEAKER, have had a major rebuilding job in the summer as most of his successful squad moved on. The club began life as Yate Rovers in 1906 and in 1946, they were re-formed and were known as Yate YMCA, playing in the Bristol & District League and the Avon Premier Combination. Yate YMCA were amongst the founder members of the Gloucestershire County League in 1968 and in the following year, they dropped that title in favour of the name, Yate Town. A major step forward in the club s progression occurred in 1983, when they obtained membership of the Hellenic League, moving on to the first step of the non-league pyramid system. Promotion to the Premier Division was soon accomplished when at the conclusion of the 1984/85 season, the club finished runners-up behind Pegasus Juniors in Division One. They won the Hellenic Premier League, the following season, when they remained unbeaten at home. That successful formula continued into the 1988/89 season when they retained the Championship crown, losing just one league game. They also won the Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy. In the quest for further football prestige, the club were granted election to the Southern Football League (Southern Division), in Yate Town moved to their present ground in Lodge Road in 1984, having previously played at Yate Aerodrome ( ), Newmans Field ( ) and Sunnyside Lane ( ) to prepare for the higher standard of football. Covered accommodation was erected in 1987 and floodlighting came in FIELD REVIEW -3

8 SPOTLIGHT continued. The 1993/94 season was disappointing as The Bluebells finished second from bottom in the Midland Division. Luckily, relegation was avoided but re-structuring of the Southern League meant that the club was again switched back to the Southern Division after just three seasons in the Midland. 1994/95 saw the club make a terrible start to the campaign, which led to long-serving manager, Pete Jackson, being relieved of his duties and the appointment of former Bristol Rovers favourites, Ian Alexander and Phil Purnell, brought about an immediate change in the club s fortunes. They enjoyed a good end to the season to finish 16 th. They again reached the final of the Gloucestershire Senior Cup, losing on penalties, after extra-time, to Cheltenham Town but their young squad finished in the top half of the table. Golden Jubilee season was in 1996/97 and during the 1997/98 close season, John Freeguard was appointed manager, but he resigned after two victories in seventeen games and was replaced by Martin Durnell, who had been manager of the Youth team. However, the club still finished in bottom place, but once again, were saved from relegation, by further re-structuring. They returned to the Midland Division in 1999/2000, which was re-structured and re-named, but were relegated back to the Hellenic League. The Bluebells returned to the Southern league in 2002/03 and finished 16 th in the Western Division in 2003/04 and won promotion to the Premier Division, along with rivals Mangotsfield, at the end of 2004/05. Their four seasons at that level saw them finish 6 th, 14 th, 10 th and 21 st. They won the Gloucestershire Senior Trophy twice during that time, with victories over Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham Town. They won the trophy again in 2010/11, winning 3-2, again against Cheltenham Town. Their return to the Division One South & West One, saw them finish in 13 th place, in 2009/10, whilst they finished 14 th in 2010/11. They recovered from their poor start in 2011/12 and ended in 13 th spot. As mentioned, they were 6 th in 2012/13. INTRODUCING THE BLUEBELLS ROB COUSINS PLAYER / MANAGER Rob took on the role of Caretaker/Manager following the departure of Dave Mogg in February 11 and accepted the post of Player/Manager permanently in mid April. His spell with Mangotsfield United saw him make 61(2) appearances, after being released by Tiverton. A former England semi-professional, he started his career with Bristol City and signed for Bath City in He moved to Yeovil Town in 1996, when he won three caps for the semi-pro side and then moved to FGR and Tiverton. He left Mangotsfield for Paulton Rovers and whilst there, made his 1,000 th senior appearance in football. Nicknamed Trigger. D.O.B 09/01/71 Aged 42. MICHAEL MEAKER PLAYER/COACH Michael had three spells at Cossham Street, before moving to Yate Town. Born 18 th August 1971, so now 42, he has played in the Hellenic league with Henley Town and was also a prominent goalscorer at Hounslow. Also appeared for Southall Town & Northwich Victoria. Born in Perivale, he has a wealth of Football League experience with QPR, Reading, Sheffield United, Bristol Rovers Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United. Whilst at QPR in the Premier League, his transfer fee to Reading was for 550,000! Before his last Cossham Street spell, he helped Bitton to the Western league title. His career at Mangotsfield saw him make 53(7) appearances and score 21 goals FIELD REVIEW - 4

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11 INTRODUCING THE BLUEBELLS Brad Abraham 30/07/90, Bristol Central midfield player who joined us during the close season from Cadbury Heath (Toolstation Western League), having previously appeared for Bristol Manor Farm. Michael Bryant 12/03/90, Berkeley Joined us at the start of last season from Slimbridge (Hellenic League), and immediately became a regular with us. Michael is a hard working midfield player who scored some important goals last season, and is now our captain. Joe Chandler 02/04/92, Bristol Highly rated central defender who was captain of Cadbury Heath last season, when he was also their supporters choice as player of the season Connor Clifford Full back who was transferred from Bideford FC in November Had been a regular member of their team for 2-3 seasons, having previously played for Plymouth Argyle and Barnstaple Town. Jacob Cox 11/04/89, Bristol Rejoined the Club at the start of season, Jake is an industrious midfielder or full back with an eye for goal, some of which have been truly memorable. Billy Fletcher 31/07/91, Bristol Highly regarded central defender who joined us from Cadbury Heath (Toolstation Western League) in November. Lewis Haldane 13/03/85, Trowbridge Joined us in the close season, having previously had considerable Football League experience as a winger with Bristol Rovers (15 goals in 147matches) and Port Vale (3 goals in 63 matches). Made one appearance for Wales Under 21 in a 0-0 draw against Turkey in Earlier in his career he also had loan spells at Weston Super Mare, Forest Green Rovers and later at Oxford Utd. His Football League career was curtailed by an injury sustained at the start of the season. James Harmer 22/04/94, Cardiff Midfield player who first joined us in September 2012, and was an integral part of our squad until leaving to join Llanwern FC in the Welsh League in January 2013, and has now rejoined us. Started his career as a Youth team player at Newport County where he was capped for Wales Schools Under 18 s, and also made sporadic appearances in County s Senior side. Martin Horsell 10/12/86, Torbay Goalkeeper who signed pro forms for Bristol Rovers in 2005 before moving to Torquay Utd where he made 6 Football League appearances. First played for us on loan from Torquay in season, when he played 33 games for us. Then had spells at Salisbury City, Dorchester Town, Tiverton Town and Weymouth, as well as RRFC Montegnee in Belgium. Played for Bristol Academy last season after recovering from injury. Also started in 2012/13 pre-season for Mangotsfield and played 3 Southern League games for them. FIELD REVIEW -5

12 INTRODUCING THE BLUEBELLS Jake Jackson 03/05/94, Bristol A striker who played for our Youth team three seasons ago, before moving to Bristol Academy where he represented English Colleges, and has now returned to Yate. Danny Lane 14/06/86, Bristol Midfield player who started his career at Almondsbury Town, before spending several seasons with Taunton Town. Danny then joined Almondsbury UWE midway through the season, and has joined us in the close season. Mitch Harrison 14/02/95, Bristol New signing this season; a central defender who was a regular member of Bath City s Under 21 development squad last season, when he also made his debut for their First team Martin Lenihan 13/05/94 Another new signing, a midfield player who was a regular at Radstock Town (Toolstation Western League) last season Jordan Rogers 15/12/90, Bristol A striker who joined us in the close season from Almondsbury UWE (Toolstation Western League) Tom Seery 15/04/93, Bristol Defender, who was transferred from Chippenham Town in November 2012, and immediately became a regular in our team. Tom started his career with Bristol Rovers Ross Staley 16/06/94, Bristol Attacking wide midfield player with a sweet left foot, who was surprisingly released by Bristol Rovers at the end of last season, but still hopes to make a career in League football. Mitch Tippins Transferred from Chippenham Town in September, having previously played for Mangotsfield Utd, Bristol Manor Farm and Bitton FC. Mitch made 23 (11) appearances for The Field in 2007/08 and 2008/09 and scored 3 goals. Stephen Carter Physiotherapist An experienced and well qualified physio, Stephen joined us in the season, having previously worked at Bath City and Yeovil Town. Stephen is married to Collette, herself a former member of our Committee, and they have two children, Bethany and Thomas. When not in the Physio Room, you will find Stephen in the Kit Room looking after our First and Reserve Team kits. In the FA Cup this season, Yate Town started as though they might emulate last season s success. They defeated Cowes Sports 2-1, at Lodge Road, and then overcame Chippenham Town 3-2, in the 1 st Qualifying Round, also at home. The draw was also kind to them in the 2 nd Qualifying Round, again at home, and this time Bideford AFC were beaten 2-1. Incredibly, they had another home draw against Gloucester City in the 3 rd Qualifying Round, which finished 2-2. Unfortunately, it all went wrong in the replay as The Tigers won 7-0. A brave effort again though, by The Bluebells. FIELD REVIEW -6

13 AND ANOTHER THING!! Just a 1-pager tonight & loads to chat about, as usual, so let s crack on without further ado: FIRST BATCH OF QUICKIES: Credit to any West Ham fans, who travelled to both Forest (0-5) & Man City (0-6) inside 3 days, and at the end of the Man City game, manager Sam Allardyce was straight down the tunnel after the final whistle so much for thanking the fans for their support then.in a later radio interview, he also said he saw nothing to apologise to the fans for! Huh? Not even to the young boy crying his eyes out on TV at the Forest game? Bye, bye, Big Sam And which game simply epitomised what the FA Cup is all about? Not Forest v West Ham. Not even Aston Villa v Sheffield United. No, it was ROCHDALE 2, LEEDS UNITED 0, no question. It even looks highly unlikely as I type it, because to us older fans, Leeds United is still a huge name in the game, despite mid-table Championship status these days (and losing 6-0 at Sheffield Wednesday!) & that win for the Dale was a huge advert for the FA Cup, the greatest competition in the world, which is why us non-leaguers love to take part in it too.. And meanwhile, Bristol City major shareholder/owner/former chairman Steve Lansdown recently wiped 35m off the club s total debts of 55m, just like that gone. That is one amazing gesture by Mr Lansdown & it doesn t matter how wealthy he is, that is one heck of a sum of money to write off in an instant. Even though, Mr Lansdown will still have his critics, but one can only wonder where Bristol City would be now if Mr Lansdown had not come on to the scene all those years ago.. IT S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOTBALL!! 2 things today: (1) YOU COULD NOT MAKE IT UP 1: Spotted this on ITV News back on 7 January, as their reporter at Langport in Somerset was on air live to report back on all the flooding in & around the town. The reporter s name was Dan RIVERS!!! (Chuckle, chortle..) (2) YOU COULD NOT MAKE IT UP 2: Totally unbelievable how a driver last week in Aberystwyth, who already had 11 points on his license, pleaded guilty to a string of further offences & those 11 points instantly became 29.. and yet the magistrates allowed him to keep his licence because he would lose his job & become homeless. TWENTY NINE POINTS. No further comment necessary. SECOND BATCH OF QUICKIES: Now cricket fans have, understandably, been hurting this winter thanks to England s dreadful show in Australia for the Ashes & 1-day games, but I wonder how football fans would have re-acted if the England football team had performed as c**p as this? Perhaps it would have been like 1966 when Italy tried to sneak home (in the early hours) on the quiet (in disgrace) after losing 1-0 to North Korea, but they were still met at the airport by irate fans who pelted them with tomatoes and some of them were still in the tins Meanwhile, credit to the 2,358 Rovers fans & 1,000+ City fans who followed their teams in the FA Cup to Birmingham & Watford respectively, only for both teams to put the FA Cup on the back-burner until next season. It s been a c**p season for both Bristol clubs & yes, there have been signs of improvement, but a bit of Cup glory would have given either one of them a huge lift as well as national media interest, especially if City had gone to the Etihad but avoiding relegation now is all that really matters! FINAL BATCH OF QUICKIES: So Blackpool decided to sack Paul Ince last week by TEXT MESSAGE. That is a truly shoddy way of dealing with such a decision & if you or I were to be fired by any employer, it would be done in a proper, HR sort of way. Didn t the Blackpool chairman have the bottle to tell Ince to his face?...meanwhile, former boss Roberto Mancini said last week that he made the current Manchester City side, who are enjoying much success right now & scoring goals for fun. Yes, he signed a lot of those players & helped to mould them into a unit, but if they were a car, then he only got then them into the first 2 gears. Manuel Pellegrini came along, gave them an MOT, tweaked a few things, made an addition or two, changed their oil & plugs & he now has them running nicely in 3 rd, 4 th & 5 th gears Now it had to happen sooner or later former Ipswich, Swansea & Barnsley striker Jason SCOTLAND has finally moved to SCOTLAND! He joined Hamilton Accies last week. Get the shortbread out, Jason And guess how many Southport fans went to Luton for a Tuesday night Conference game around Christmas?? Just SIXTEEN. But fair play to them for such a long trip south in midweek! THE FIELD MARSHALL FIELD REVIEW -7

14 WHERE THEY PLAY.2012/13 Evo-Stik League Southern - Division One South & West ABINGDON UNITED Grd Northcourt Road, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 1PL Tel Col. Yellow / Yellow/ Yellow BISHOPS CLEEVE Grd Kayte Lane, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 3PD Tel Col. Blue & White / Blue / Blue BRIDGWATER TOWN Grd Fairfax Park, College Way, Bath Road, Bridgwater. TA6 4TZ Tel Col. Red & White /White/ White CINDERFORD TOWN Grd Causeway Ground, Edge Hills Rd,Hilldene, Cinderford GL14 2QH Tel Col. White / White / White CIRENCESTER TOWN Grd The Corinium Stadium, Kingshill Lane, Cirencester GL7 1HS Tel Col. Red & Black Stripes / Black / Red CLEVEDON TOWN Grd The Hand Stadium, Davis Lane, Clevedon, North Som. BS21 6TG Tel Col. Royal Blue&White Stripes /Royal Blue /Royal Blue DIDCOT TOWN Grd Loop Meadow Stadium, Bowmont Water, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7GA Tel Col. Red / White / White EVESHAM UNITED Grd The Jubilee Stadium, Cheltenham Road, Evesham, Worcs WR11 2LS Tel Col. Red & White Stripes/White/Red HUNGERFORD TOWN Grd War Memorial Grnd, Bulpit Lane, Hungerford, Berks RG17 0AY Tel Col. White / White / White MERTHYR TOWN Grd Penydarren Park, Park Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8RF Tel Col. White& Black / White & Black / Black NORTH LEIGH Grd Eynsham Hall Park, Woodstock Rd, North Leigh, Witney. OX29 6SL Tel Col. Yellow / Black / Yellow PAULTON ROVERS Grd Athletic Grnd, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Nr. Bristol BS39 7RF Tel Col. All Maroon POOLE TOWN Grd. Tatnam Grnd, Oakdale Rd, School Lane, Poole, Dorset. BH15 3JR Tel Col. Red/White Halves/ Red /White SHOLING FC Grd VT Group Sports Grd, Portsmouth Rd, Sholing, Hants SO19 9PW Tel Col. Red& White Stripes / Black / Red SHORTWOOD UNITED Grd Meadowbank, Shortwood, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire GL6 0SJ Tel Col. Red&White Stripes / Black / Black SWINDON SUPERM'NE Grd Webb's Wood Stdm, Supermarine Road, South Marston SN3 4SY Tel Col. Blue & White /Blue/Blue TAUNTON TOWN Grd Wordsworth Drive, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2HG Tel Col. Sky / Claret / Sky TIVERTON TOWN Grd Ladysmead, Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon EX16 6SG Tel Col. All Yellow WIMBORNE TOWN Grd Cuthbury, Cowgrove Road, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 4EL Tel Col. Black & White Stripes /Black /Black WINCHESTER CITY Grd The Denplan Stadium,, Hillier Way, Abbots Barton Winch'tr SO23 7SR Tel Col. Red / Black / Red YATE TOWN Grd Lodge Road, Yate, Nr. Bristol, South Gloucestershire BS37 7LE Tel Col. White/Navy/White

15 FIXTURES/RESULTS/SCORERS 2013/14 THE CALOR LEAGUE Div.1 South & West 17/08 GUILDFORD CITY TCL/1SW H Hunt 2, Reid, Williams, Stone 20/08 Merthyr Town TCL/1SW A /08 Fleet Town TCL/1SW A Stone 26/08 CLEVEDON TOWN TCL/1SW H Monelle 31/08 BITTON AFC FAC PR H Reid, Egan, Lamb 07/09 Cirencester Town TCL/1SW A Reid 11/09 BRISTOL ROVERS X1 FRIENDLY H 1-3 Hunt 14/09 Winchester City FAC-1QR A Arndale (pen), Stone 21/09 SWINDON SUPERM NE TCL/1SW H Powell 24/09 TAUNTON TOWN TCL/1SW H Tooze 28/09 Eastleigh FAC -2QR A /10 Tiverton Town TCL/1SW A Ballinger 2, Sysum 05/10 THATCHAM TOWN FAT-PR H Powell 2, Reid 12/10 NORTH LEIGH TCL/1SW H Bennett 19/10 Shortwood United FAT-1QR A Egan 2 26/10 Bridgwater Town TCL/1SW A Hunt 2, Sysum 29/10 Evesham United TCL/1SW A Bath, Hunt, Egan 02/11 Tiverton Town FAT-2QR A Hitchings 05/11 Bishops Cleeve GFAST -QF A Ballinger, Powell 09/11 Wimborne Town TCL/1SW A Powell 16/11 BISHOPS CLEEVE TCL/1SW H Powell 2, Sysum, Reid 19/11 STRATFORD TOWN TCL/1SW H Reid, Arndale (pen) 23/11 Godalming Town TCL/1SW A Arndale (pen), Powell, Bath 26/11 SHORTWOOD UNITED TCL/1SW H Bath 30/11 Thatcham Town TCL/1SW A Bath 03/12 CINDERFORD TOWN TCL/1SW H Powell 07/12 YATE TOWN TCL/1SW H Ballinger 14/12 Didcot Town TCL/1SW A Powell 2 21/12 MERTHYR TOWN TCL/1SW H Ballinger 2, Powell, Robbins 26/12 Clevedon Town TCL/1SW A Robbins, Williams, Hunt 28/12 FLEET TOWN TCL/1SW H Powell, Hunt 11/01 Swindon Supermarine TCL/1SW A Lamb 18/01 TIVERTON TOWN TCL/1SW H /01 YATE TOWN GFAST-SF H 01/02 EVESHAM UNITED TCL/1SW H 04/02 PAULTON ROVERS TCL/1SW H 08/02 North Leigh TCL/1SW A 12/02 Guildford City TCL/1SW A 15/02 BRIDGWATER TOWN TCL/1SW H 22/02 Cinderford Town TCL/1SW A 01/03 WIMBORNE TOWN TCL/1SW H 08/03 Bishops Cleeve TCL/1SW A 15/03 GODALMING TOWN TCL/1SW H 22/03 Shortwood United TCL/1SW A 29/03 THATCHAM TOWN TCL/1SW H 05/04 Yate Town TCL/1SW A 12/04 Taunton Town TCL/1SW A 19/04 CIRENCESTER TOWN TCL/1SW H 21/04 Paulton Rovers TCL/1SW A 26/04 DIDCOT TOWN TCL/1SW H TBA Stratford Town TCL/1SW A FIELD REVIEW -8

16 DIVISION ONE SOUTH & WEST Up to and including Monday 27th January 2014 Pos Team P W D L F A Pts GD Results 1 Merthyr Town x Cirencester Town x MANGOTSFIELD UTD x x x 4 Paulton Rovers x 5 North Leigh x 6 Tiverton Town x YATE TOWN x 8 Swindon Supermarine x Shortwood United x 10 Wimborne Town x Taunton Town x 12 Bridgwater Town x Stratford Town x 14 Cinderford Town x 15 Evesham United x Thatcham Town x Clevedon Town x Didcot Town x Godalming Town x Bishops Cleeve x 21 Guildford City x 22 Fleet Town x 1-1 FIELD REVIEW - 9

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19 YOUTH TEAM NEWS & STATS 2013/14 SOMERSET FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE FIXTURES 04/09 WESTON-SUPER-MARE SFYL H 2-2 Monelle, Broughton 12/09 KEYNSHAM TOWN RSMC-1` H 2-0 Rhys-Jones, Josh Bennett 25/09 BRISTOL ACADEMY FAYC 1QR H 1-2 Justin Lee 30/09 TAUNTON TOWN SFYL H 6-1 Broughton 2, Hemmings 2, Rhys-Jones, Henry 09/10 BRISLINGTON SFYL H 7-0 Hemmings 3, Henderson, Monelle, Rhys-Jones, Henry 13/10 Gotherington GYFAS-R1 A 8-0 Monelle 3, Stevens 2, Broughton 2, White 16/10 Ashton & Backwell SFYL A 6-1 Broughton 2 (1p), Henry, Lee, Dodimead, Hemmings 24/10 ASHTON & BACKWELL SFYL H 6-1 Lee 2, Broughton, Hemmings, Dodimead Shamrock 14/11 LYDNEY TOWN GYFAS-R2 H W/O 19/11 Gillingham Town SFYL A 2-1 Broughton, Dodimead 27/11 PAULTON ROVERS RSMC-QF H 2-1 Dodimead, Josh Bennett 01/12 Cinderford Town GYFAS-R3 A 3-1 Dodimead 2, Rhys-Jones 04/12 BRIDGWATER TOWN SFYL H 3-2 Hemmings, Dodimead, Shambrook 22/01 GILLINGHAM TOWN SFYL H /01 GLOUCESTER CITY GYFAS-QF H 04/02 Bridgwater Town SFYL A 18/02 Tiverton Town SFYL A 24/02 Taunton Town SFYL A 06/03 Odd Down Athletic SFYL A 10/03 Weston-super-Mare SFYL A 13/03 ODD DOWN ATHLETIC SFYL H 18/03 Brislington SFYL A TBA TIVERTON TOWN SFYL H SFYL Table Premier Division MANGOTSFIELD UNITED Bridgwater Town Gillingham Town Weston-super-Mare Tiverton Town Taunton Town * Brislington Odd Down Ashton & Backwell Point Deducted* Weather has disrupted the league programme throughout the latter part of December and J anuary 14. The last set of results saw Weston-s-Mare win 7-0 at Odd Down Athletic and Taunton Town defeat Brislington 4-0. Gillingham Town won at Odd Down by 2-0, and Bridgwater Town won 2-1 at Ashton & Backwell United. Our youngsters took a big step towards the League title by hammering Gillingham Town 6-1 at Cossham Street last week, although Tiverton Town have four games in hand. Their next test comes as GLOUCESTER CITY are here in the quarter-final of the GYFA Shield. This is the website for all the information you need. Go to the letter S and click on the SOMERSET FLOODLIGHT YOUTH LEAGUE.

20 PHOTOCALL MARCUS DUHARTY MARCUS DUHARTY STRIKER Now in his third spell at Cossham Street, 25 year old Marcus first signed for The Field in mid September 08, from Toolstation side, Cadbury Heath, where he found the net 48 times in 68 appearances. Left Cossham Street for Bridgwater Town in early January 2009, scoring 7 goals in 14(2) appearances. Scored regularly for The Robins and in was at Weston-super-Mare where he scored 8 goals from 20 (11) appearances. Came to us on loan during 2011/12, in order to regain his fitness after injury. At the start of 2013/14, Marcus has totalled 25 goals for The Field in 53 (6) appearances. Not forgotten injured striker, who only played in pre-season, and was forced to take a rest from football for a while. Come back soon Marcus. FIELD REVIEW - 11

21 THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP 2013/14 ROUND ONE Bristol Rovers Res 3-1 Cirencester Town Shortwood United 0-2 Bristol City Res Gloucester City v Cheltenham Town Res QUARTER FINALS Yate Town 3-0 Bristol Rovers Res Cinderford Town 0-2 Bristol City Res Bishops Cleeve 0-2 Mangotsfield United Forest Green Rovers v Gloucester C/Cheltenham T. Res SEMI-FINALS MANGOTSFIELD UTD v YATE TOWN Bristol City Res v FGR / Gloucester C / Cheltenham T R PREVIOUS WINNERS 2012/13 MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 2011/12 Bristol City Reserves 2010/11 Yate Town 2009/10 Bristol City Reserves 2008/09 Btistol City Reserves 2007/08 Bristol City Reserves 2006/07 Cheltenham Town Reserves 2005/06 Yate Town 2004/05 Yate Town 2003/04 Bristol City Reserves 2002/03 MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 2001/02 Bristol City Reserves 2000/01 Cinderford Town 1999/00 Forest Green Rovers WELCOME BACK DARREN After just over 9 years away, DARREN EDWARDS has returned to Cossham Street, after playing with GLOUCESTER CITY in the Conference North for several seasons. Now aged 33, he made 126 (11) appearances for The Tigers and scored 54 goals, over the course of four campaigns.. He first came to us in August 1998 and when he played his last game for us at Bedworth United on 8 th December 2004, he had made 210 (34) appearances for us and scored 136 goals. He has also played for Yate Town, Tiverton Town and had several seasons at Bath City. FIELD REVIEW -12

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