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WELCOME TO THE PLAYING FIELD Saturday 19th October 2019 TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION WELLINGTON versus CADBURY HEATH WELLINGTON AFC North Street Car Park, Wellington, Somerset TA21 8LY Telephone: 01823 664810 www.wellingtonafc.co.uk Affiliated to the Somerset FA Members of: Toolstation Western League Macron Devon & Exeter League Invest Southwest Taunton Saturday League Somerset County Women’s League Western Counties Floodlight Youth League Taunton Youth League & Mini League Somerset Girls Football League CLUB OFFICIALS ALAN SHIRE - President MIKE HALL – Chairman GRAHAM ASPIN - Vice-Chairman JEFF BROWN - Secretary REG OXBY - Treasurer JANE BROWN – Assistant Secretary/Membership Secretary REG & JENNY OXBY – Clubhouse Managers COLIN WALLER - Welfare Officer/Youth Team Co-ordinator KEN BIRD – Website and Social Media Officer TIM LEGG - First Team Manager SEAN BUTTLE - Reserve Team Manager LUKE O’HARA – A Team Manager WELLINGTON AFC Club History Formed in 1892 we are proud to be an FA Charter Standard Community Club. Initially the Club played in leagues based around Taunton and Tiverton. In the early 1960s it gained promotion to the Somerset Senior League and succeeded in achieving Western League status in 1978 which has been retained ever since, making the Club one of the League’s longest continuously serving members. The First Team entered the Western League in the First Division in 1978/79 season and has played at Premier Division level from 1981/82 to 1984/85 and 2008/09 to 2010/11. The team were promoted as First Division Champions at the end of the 2016/17 season. In their first season back in the in Premier Division the team finished a creditable 15th, they also reached the semi-final of the Somerset Premier Cup losing 4-1 away to Southern League Paulton Rovers. Last season the team finished in 16th place but are hoping to improve on this in the forthcoming season. All other seasons were played at Division One level. The Club’s Reserve side play in the Devon and Exeter League Division One. Having finished eighth for two seasons, unfortunately, the team struggled during the 2017/18 season and last season improved to once again finish in eighth place and will play at the same level this year. Having played in the Devon and Exeter League for a number of seasons the A Team transferred to Division Three of the Taunton Saturday League last season where they finished a very creditable third and could be promoted to Division Two for the forthcoming season. The Club’s Ladies side finished ninth in the Somerset County Women’s League First Division last season but, with the introduction of new players are hoping to improve this season. The team play a full role in both the playing and non-playing aspects of the club. This season the Club will be running 21 teams in its Youth and Mini Sections. These teams see both boys and girls playing from the age of eight right through to eighteen. The Club also has three Disability teams. Six of the Youth Teams won the Sportsmanship Awards for their Age Groups last season and the Disability Teams won the Somerset FA Award for Disability Club of the Year. During the last year the Club launched its new website – www.wellingtonafc.co.uk and is making full use of its Facebook and Twitter accounts which have all proved very successful. We continue to work with the local Council’s and Wellington Sports Federation on the Taunton Deane Pitch Strategy which will hopefully result in the Club moving to a larger ground and bring the majority of football pitches in the town to one site. Outside of its core footballing activities the Club is home to several darts and skittles teams and it runs a full programme of social events for members and non-members alike. The Function Room and Lounge are available for hire. (Please contact the Clubhouse Manager – Jenny Oxby on 01823 665410 for details) NEXT GAMES AT THE PLAYING FIELD SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER – KO 3.00pm TOOLSTATION WESTERN LEAGUE – PREMIER DIVISION WELLINGTON v STREET SUNDAY 27TH OCTOBER – KO 2.00pm SOMERSET COUNTIRES WOMEN’S LEAGUE WELLINGTON v BISHOPS LYDEARD RESERVES Man of the Match Joe Chamberlain was named man- of-the-match for the game against Odd Down and received the award from supporter and former player Bob Trott. MATCH REPORT WELLINGTON 5 0 ODD DOWN Wellington bounced back from their heavy midweek cup defeat with a morale-boosting victory over Odd Down at the Playing Field. Manager Clive Jones was able to field his strongest line-up for several weeks, with the return of a number of key players, and the result was a much-improved all-round performance. There wasn’t much to choose between the sides in an entertaining first half although Wellington went into the break in front thanks to a moment of pure quality after 14 minutes. Central defender Tom Hawkings pumped forward a free-kick into the opposition area and the ball was headed back for Joe Chamberlain to strike a stunning volley which gave keeper George Dorrington no chance whatsoever. Odd Down, who won the reverse fixture 3-1 back in August, nearly equalised seven minutes later as defender Darius Davey hooked the ball against the home bar but the Wellington lead remained intact until the turnaround. After the break, it was a different story as the hosts produced some scintillating attacking play to demolish the visitors with four more goals. They doubled their lead after 55 minutes when Jack Bryant played in Matt Dawson and the striker thumped home his second goal in successive games since joining the club. Keeper Tom Welch kept the score at 2-0 with an excellent double save before Wellington went further ahead on 65 minutes, Chamberlain sending over a perfect cross from the right for Tom Hawkings to rise and head home. Three minutes later it was game over when some fine Wellington play ended with Dawson crossing for the irrepressible Chamberlain to smack home number four. Wellington still weren’t finished and, with three minutes remaining, Conor Bryant – who had an excellent game having dropped back into midfield – played in sub Ollie Holman to produce a cool finish. It could have been six from the last attack of the game as Holman’s shot came back off the inside of the post before the final whistle blew. TODAY’S VISITORS CADBURY HEATH We extend a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Cadbury Heath for today’s Toolstation League Premier Division game. The Club was first established in 1894 by Cadbury Heath Adult School when Cadbury Heath was just a little narrow, one-street village, outside the boundaries of Bristol. Their first pitch was situated at Mill Lane, changing in the Social Club and heating up water for tin baths. With a break for the War years, they progressed from the Bristol & District League to Division Two of the Bristol Premier Combination, and then to Division One in 1961. In the 60’s the team built their own baths at the Social Club. This period of success coincided with the renting of their present ground – Springfield – for £10 per annum from a local farmer and President Jim Warner. The offer to purchase for £250 was short-sighted declined, as the field was later sold as part of major development land and only intense lobbying led by the then Chairman, Mike Packer persuaded the Council to allocate Springfield as part of Public Open Space leased to the Football Club for dual use. They won the Gloucestershire county League championship in three times and were runners up 74/75 at the same time winning the GFA Senior Amateur Cup three times. The success pushed the club into joining the Midland Combination after being turned down by the Western League due to ground conditions. A stand was built for the requirement of the Midland Combination. After finishing fifth and reaching the quarter finals of the FA Vase with a crowd of 2,000 at Springfield, for the tie against Billericay Town from Essex, the Manager left after a disagreement with the committee, and took most of the players, to Cinderford Town. This shook the club to the core, and they were relegated and had to drop two divisions to the Avon Premier Combination. A slow recovery took place, during which time the facilities at the ground were improved. Elected back into the Gloucestershire County League in 1984 a reserve team was started in 1988 the first team finished as runners-up in the County League in 1990. They celebrated their Centenary by winning the League Championship for the fifth time in 1994, and continued to dominate the league once again. Improvements to the club facilities continued and a youth academy was started. After winning the Gloucestershire County League for a record sixth time, an application to join the Western League was again turned down due to the lack of a fence. After a public open meeting and a long battle with the Council, the fence was finally erected at a cost of £15,000 funded by Cadbury Heath Football Club. Steve and Lee’s first season in charge got runners up spot, of which consequently secured their election to the Toolstation Western League at long last! The club consolidated their position with Glen Smart as manager for four seasons. Further changes took place in the club management structure and after five years of planning tribulations floodlights were successfully installed at the end of season 2008/2009. At the end of the 2010/11 season they won the first division championship and promotion to the Premier Div.