Toolstation Western Football League Bulletin Number 11 Latest News Ground Hop Weekend: There was marvellous weather throughout the weekend for the annual seven match Toolstation Western League Ground Hop. Starting the event off in Division One at Lakeview on the Friday evening in front of 247 spectators saw Keynsham Town take all the points with a 1-0 win against Bishop Sutton helped by an injury time goal by Ben Harris. Saturday morning started off at Bowdens Park which saw many of the Hoppers in the crowd of 222 enjoy their full English breakfast laid on by the home club. Cheddar sprinted in front with goals from Callum Ham and Billy Vaughan to finally win 2-1 against a battling Portishead Town. The Hop moved on to the Athletic Ground for a match which saw Wells City succumb to a 5-2 defeat against Cadbury Heath. Lee Pitman and Daniel Spill were both on target for the home side whilst Matthew Huxley grabbed a hat trick with further goals from Simon McElroy and Sam Bailey sealed the win in front of the 219 crowd. The fourth match back in Division One, moved on to Meadow Lane where a crowd of 233 saw an Ed Wilkins header settle the match for visiting Malmesbury Victoria over hosts Westbury United by 1-0. The evening match took place at Bremhill View which drew 257 spectators and saw Calne Town, helped with goals from Mark Dolman, Neurin Jones and Oliver Webb defeat visiting Corsham Town by 3-2 who had Benjamin Pring score a brace for the Southbank club. Calne Town take on Corsham Town at Bremhill View. (Picture John Cuthbertson).
The final two matches on the Sunday saw another excellent breakfast laid on by Chard Town at the Denning Sports Field for the Hoppers before the morning kick off against Bishops Lydeard. After a rousing speech over the clubs Public Address System by the Leagues President Brian Beer to the 240 spectators the match got underway. Goals from Joseph Chamberlain, Ashley Phillips and Ryan Brereton helped the visitors to a 3-2 win over their hosts who had both James Boyland and Stephen Friend reply for the home club. The last match in the saw the largest attendance of 291 for the Hop turn up at the Tannery. A Steven Murray hat trick and a Craig Herrod goal helped Street to a 4-2 win over Chipping Sodbury Town. Chard v Bishops Lydeard. (Mark Edmonds). Westbury United v Malmesbury Vics. (Cader Esoof). : Goals from Anthony Herrin and Kameron Andrews gave Sherborne Town their first league win of the season and lifted the club off the bottom of the table in their 2-0 win away at Brislington. Replacing them is Bitton who went down 0-3 at Homers Heath to Buckland Athletic. Daine O Connor was on target for Clevedon Town who gained a point away at Bradford Town in a 1-1 draw. Bristol Manor Farm are the new leaders with a 2-1 win away at Gillingham Town, Jacob Cox and Dean Stamp both scoring for the visitors who got revenge for their FA Cup defeat earlier in the season. Willand Rovers dropped three vital points as they went down at Silver Street to Melksham Town, a brace from Leigh Rogers and a George Pawley goal earned the visitors a 3-0 victory. Odd Down lost their fourth home match of the season as Cribbs took all the points in a 3-1 win. A handy win for Bridport at Hallen by 3-1 with goals from Mark Salter (2) and Elliot Mann keeps the club clear of the relegation zone. Longwell Green picked up all the points with a 3-2 win at Shellards Road over Shepton Mallet with new signing Tom Fry, Ben Lewis and Liam Oswin all hitting the back of the net. Division One: Josh Hemmings and Craig White were both among the goals as Hengrove Athletic defeated Radstock Town 2-1 at Norton Lane. Wellington kept in the hunt for a promotion place as they won 3-0 at Oldland Abbotonians. A Matthew Peters goal gave Wincanton Town a home 1-0 win over a struggling Almondsbury UWE. An unfortunate own goal helped Roman Glass St George with their 1-0 win over Devizes Town whilst two goals from Malick Jammeh and another from Shakeil Green gave Welton Rovers a 3-2 win over Chippenham Park.
Western Football League Nostalgia: Picture of the Week Mangotsfield United FC 1990/91 Season. August and September Respect Awards League Director Sue Merrill presents both awards to the Keynsham Town Captain in front of the Match Officials. (Picture Mark Edmonds)
LEAGUE STATISTICS PREMIER DIVISION TOP ATTENDANCES Street v Chipping Sodbury Town 291 Wells City v Cadbury Heath 219 Longwell Green Sports v Chipping Sodbury Town 162 DIVISION ONE TOP ATTENDANCES Calne Town v Corsham Town 257 Bishop Sutton v Keynsham Town 247 Chard Town v Bishops Lydeard 240 PREMIER DIVISION TOP GOAL SCORERS (League Matches only) NAME CLUB TOTAL Luke Ballinger Melksham Town 16 Gary Higdon Melksham Town 11 Issac Reid Clevedon Town 10 DIVISION ONE TOP GOAL SCORERS (League Matches only) NAME CLUB TOTAL Matthew Brown Keynsham Town 13 Asa White Hengrove Athletic 12 Jack Fillingham Hengrove Athletic 10 REGISTRATIONS AND TRANSFERS TOTAL NUMBER OF LEAGUE REGISTRATIONS 1613 TOTAL NUMBER OF LEAGUE TRANSFERS 61 LATEST TRANSFERS PLAYERS NAME CLUB LEAVING CLUB JOINING Keelan Mastouras Portishead Town Radstock Town Philip Baker Corsham Town Calne Town Zayn Alime Welton Rovers Hallan Samuel Deane Calne Town Welton Rovers Daniel Heavey Chippenham Park Corsham Town Scott Gregory Bitton Bishop Sutton Tom Fry Cadbury Heath Longwell Green Sports Christopher Humpries Bradford Town Cribbs FA Vase Draw involving Western League Clubs Ties to be Played 22 nd October Bournemouth v Melksham Town, Calne Town v Torpoint Athletic, Clevedon Town v Willand Rovers, Cribbs v Odd Down, Cullupton Rangers v Hengrove Athletic, Devizes Town v Gillingham Town, Sholing v Buckland Athletic, Street v Blackfield & Langley, Tuffley Rovers v Sherborne Town
Results Tuesday 4 th October 2016 Bristol Manor Farm 4-1 Bitton 93 Gillingham Town 4-3 Cribbs 46 Shepton Mallet 1-2 Chipping Sodbury Town 96 Wells City 1-0 Hallen 40 Cheddar 3-0 Calne Town 74 Chippenham Park 2-0 Bishop Sutton 45 Portishead Town 2-3 Malmesbury Victoria 34 Radstock Town 0-1 Keynsham Town 36 Welton Rovers 2-3 Wincanton Town 65 Wednesday 5 th October 2016 Cadbury Heath 2-3 Odd Down (bath) 72 Ashton & Backwell Utd 1-4 Hengrove Ath 85 Chard Town 3-0 Oldland Abbotonians 72 Friday 7 th October 2016 Bishop Sutton 0-1 Keynsham Town 247 Saturday 8 th October 2016 Bradford Town 1-1 Clevedon Town 108 Brislington 0-2 Sherborne Town 30 Buckland Ath 3-0 Bitton 126 Gillingham Town 1-2 Bristol Manor Farm 86 Hallen 1-3 Bridport Town 50 Longwell Green Sports 3-2 Shepton Mallet 76 Odd Down (Bath) 1-3 Cribbs 38 Wells City 2-5 Cadbury Heath 219 Willand Rovers 0-3 Melksham Town 67 Calne Town 3-2 Corsham Town 257 Cheddar 2-1 Portishead Town 222 Hengrove Ath 2-1 Radstock Town 50 Oldland Abbotonians 0-3 Wellington 40 Roman Glass St George 1-0 Devizes Town 25 Welton Rovers 3-2 Chippenham Park 45 Westbury Utd 0-1 Malmesbury Victoria 233 Wincanton Town 1-0 Almondsbury UWE 68 Sunday 9 th October 2016 Street 4-2 Chipping Sodbury Town 291 Chard Town 2-3 Bishops Lydeard 240 Click here to view the upcoming fixtures
LEAGUE TABLES P W D L F A GD PTS Bristol Manor Farm 14 11 2 1 36 11 25 35 Bradford Town 15 9 6 0 41 15 26 33 Melksham Town 14 10 2 2 48 20 28 32 Buckland Athletic 13 10 2 1 38 12 26 32 Willand Rovers 12 9 1 2 27 9 18 28 Odd Down (Bath) 15 8 2 5 45 28 17 26 Street 11 8 2 1 28 11 17 26 Chipping Sodbury Town 14 7 0 7 26 28-2 21 Cribbs 12 5 1 6 23 22 1 16 Shepton Mallet 13 4 2 7 25 23 2 14 Wells City 13 4 2 7 25 36-11 14 Gillingham Town 12 4 1 7 21 24-3 13 Longwell Green Sports 11 4 0 7 11 37-26 12 Clevedon Town 12 3 2 7 29 31-2 11 Cadbury Heath 10 3 2 5 22 25-3 11 Brislington 9 3 1 5 12 16-4 10 Bridport 12 2 4 6 17 26-9 10 Sherborne Town 14 1 2 11 15 64-49 5 Hallen 12 1 1 10 12 32-20 4 Bitton 12 1 1 10 11 42-31 4 P W D L F A GD PTS Keynsham Town 15 12 0 3 37 9 28 36 Hengrove Athletic 14 10 1 3 44 9 35 31 Wellington 13 10 1 2 30 13 17 31 Malmesbury Victoria 15 9 3 3 35 22 13 30 Cheddar 12 8 0 4 28 14 14 24 Bishops Lydeard 14 7 2 5 27 25 2 23 Wincanton Town 15 6 3 6 24 27-3 21 Radstock Town 15 5 5 5 25 19 6 20 Chippenham Park 14 6 4 4 37 33 4 19* Oldland Abbotonians 15 6 1 8 17 20-3 19 Roman Glass St George 15 6 1 8 23 30-7 19 Ashton & Backwell United 12 6 0 6 22 23-1 18 Chard Town 14 5 3 6 22 26-4 18 Calne Town 14 6 0 8 16 25-9 18 Westbury United 12 6 0 6 14 24-10 18 Devizes Town 15 5 3 7 25 38-13 18 Portishead Town 12 5 1 6 14 17-3 16 Warminster Town 14 4 3 7 21 28-7 15 Corsham Town 14 4 2 8 21 30-9 14 Welton Rovers 15 4 0 11 14 40-26 12 Bishop Sutton 15 3 2 10 15 25-10 11 Almondsbury UWE 14 2 3 9 20 34-14 9 *POINTS DEDUCTED
AUGUST MONTHLY AWARDS Sarah Edmonds of Nord-Lock presenting Keynsham Town with the Sportsmanship Award. League Director Julian French presenting Portishead Town the Team of the Month Award.