Royal Wootton Flackwell Heath Bassett Town F.C. F.C. ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C.

Played Played Home Team Squad No. Sub Visitors Team Squad No. Sub 1 Luke Kuczynski 1 Aaron Watkins 2 Dan Comer 2 Mitchel Woodward 3 Steve Yeardley 3 Joel Jacobs 4 Adam Corcoran 4 Ashleigh James 5 Nathan Hawkins 5 Jamie Tripp 6 Matt Cheetham 6 Liam Tack 7 Dan Bailey 7 Joe Blount 8 Harvey Scholes 8 Ben Sturgess 9 Steve Robertson 9 Jon Bennett 10 Sam Packer 10 Dan Burnell 11 Stephen Olphert 11 Dan Rapley 12 Dale Richards 12 Chris Hurst 14 George Drewitt 14 Joe Gritt 15 TylerTyler SheppardSheppard 15 RyanRyan MillwardMillward 16 Ryan Thomas 16 Dan Molloy 17 Martin Sinclair 17 Bryan Taylor 18 Chrsty Miller 18 Thomas Day 19 Daniel Smith 19 Dan Weait 20 Joe Hiscock 20 Bandon Eaton 21 Chris Ashton 21 Sabeel Asghar 22 22 23 23 24 24

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(founded 1882) Royal Wootton Bassett Town F.C. New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground Brinkworth Road Royal Wootton Bassett Wiltshire SN4 8DS Tel : (01793) 853880, www.rwbtfc.co.uk President: Mark Smedley Chairman: Andy Walduck Email: [email protected] Vice Chairman: Danny Groom Secretary: Ian Thomas Email: [email protected] Cats HQ Reception Match Secretary: Paul Curtis Treasurer : Dave Topping Club Development Officer: Jeff Tidy Head of Senior Section: Vacant First Team Manager: Paul Braithwaite COLOURDIGITAL COLOURDIGITAL COLOURDIG First Team Assistant Manager: Chris Green First Team Coach: Rich Hunter OPYINGB&W COPYINGB&W COPYINGB&W CO NT24X7 PRINT24X7 PRINT24X7 PRINT24X7 PRINT24 Reserve Team Managers: Dave Terry and Danny Groom Ladies Team Manager: Becky Gammon WEB ORDERINGONLINE WEB ORDERINGONLIN Head of Youth Section: Peter Yeardley SOLUTIONSDIGITAL SOLUTIONSDIGITAL SOLUTIO Deputy Head of Youth: Nigel Deane Youth Section Secretary: Hayley Gillie VICE24X7 SERVICE24X7 SERVICE24X7 SERVICE24 Email: [email protected] TERSWE SELL XEROX COPIERS & PRINTERSWE SEL U18 Floodlit Team Manager: Paul Gerrish Marketing Manager: Vacant Email: Press Officer: Stuart Smedley Cats Solutions Ltd Two Rushy Platt, Swindon, SN5 8WQ Email: [email protected] Website Editor and Designer: Scott Smedley Email: [email protected] Programme Editor: Mark Smedley Email: [email protected] Welfare Officer: Derek Edgington 01793 432913 Life Members: Micky Woolford (1995) Rod Carter (2008) www.cats-solutions.com Roger Williamson (2008) Paul Harrison (2012) Programme Printing & Sponsor Pete Yeardley (2012) Ron Stone (2013) Editorial & RWBTFC News

Welcome to Flackwell Heath A warm welcome to Flackwell Heath who have made the journey up from Buckinghamshire for this afternoon’s Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division fixture. We hope all from Flackwell Meet your local team.... enjoy their visit to our new ground and we wish them a safe journey home. This same fixture was our last game of last season and we lost that game 5-0 to a rampant Richard James are pleased to have recently joined the Flackwell side who had already been crowned champions of the Uhlsport Hellenic League. This Royal Wootton Bassett High Street. As you may or may was expected to be our last game against Flackwell for some time as they progressed up into not know, we have recently taken over the reigns at the Southern League. That the two sides meet again here today is down to the Football Select Properties whilst Andy and Kerry the former Association and yet another one of their silly decisions (this one is up there with our demotion a owners settle in to their retirement (lucky them!). few seasons back). Flackwell had been looking forward to progressing up into Step 4 and playing in the Southern League Central Division One. In the Central Division there would have With our network of six additional o€ ces located been a number of local derbies and the vast majority of games would have been within a 30 throughout Swindon and its surrounding villages, Jo Bunkasem mile radius of their Wilks Park ground. However, in their infinite wisdom the Southern League Richard James have been helping people move in the and the FA decided that Flackwell along with Marlow and Burnham would all be moved to the Southern League South & West Division One in order to accommodate the relegation of Wiltshire area for over 23 years. We have a large team Clevedon Town from the South West Division. Despite protests from all three Clubs the of local experienced sta all looking forward to getting Southern League stuck by their decision which was ratified by the FA. The change of division to know and become part of the Royal Wootton Bassett would have increased the travel for Flackwell from around 1,400 cumulative miles to well over community. 3,000 miles, considerably increasing the financial cost of operating at the Step 4 level. Consequently the club’s committee after very careful consideration took the decision to refuse We are very proud to have been asked to support the promotion and stay in the Uhlsport Hellenic League. In the circumstances this decision was Royal Wootton Bassett Football Club and are looking understandable and should send a message to the FA that they need to spend more time doing forward to a successful season ahead. their Geography revision before doing their league allocation exam each year. For the pyramid to work teams need to be progressing up and down each season but the FA have yet to crack Josh McHugh Alex Hornby the geography question, despite many attempts. Thankfully the stupidity of Oxford City playing in the National League North has been corrected this season and it is good to see Oxford now Managing Director doing so well having switched to the South Division. Unfortunately Gloucester City continues to play in the North, with trips to Bradford, Manchester, Harrogate and Stockport amongst others. It is not surprising that in contrast to Oxford who are in second place they are in the bottom Are you thinking about moving? three. In the other game with Flackwell last season we left Wilks Park with a point when two late goals from Sam English in the August fixture gave us a share of the spoils. The two sides have Whether you are thinking about selling or already met at Wilks Park already this season and we suffered our biggest defeat of the season letting, contact us today for an up to date going down 7-2, Steve Robertson with our two consolation goals. I know Paul will be looking for a reaction from his players to this heavy defeat and we are fortunate to welcome back our three market appraisal of your home, or š nd us Deborah Reay key defenders from suspension today to strengthen the squad. online below and use our online valuation Abingdon United tool to help you start your move. Despite missing suspended defenders Dale Richards, Nathan Hawkins and George Drewitt and with Adam Corcoran also being unavailable we were able to secure all three points last Saturday against an improving Abingdon United. We were certainly helped by Steve Yeardley’s t: 01793 855 117 intended operation being postponed allowing him to play and on the day Matt Cheetham was w: richardjames.info simply outstanding as the stand-in centre half. There was also a great First Team debut for Under 18 player Martin Sinclair and all-in-all I thought it was an excellent performance from the side and three very vital points. In my view the young Abingdon side will certainly take points against a lot of sides before the season is out. In the end the first half header from Dan Bailey 111 High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 7AU and the penalty from the ever reliable Steve Olphert (they always seem to be awarded at the Sales & Lettings: 01793 855117 Rebecca Barrett bottom end of the ground) secured those three points. These notes are being prepared ahead [email protected] of Tuesday’s visit to Longlevens. Hopefully by the time you read this editorial we will have three more points on the board. It was pleasing to see the gate for the Abingdon game creep back up. richardjames.info After having loads of programmes left over the week before for the Ludgershall game I cut the number back by 20 and we then sold out for the Abingdon game! Editorial & RWBTFC News

Reserves The Reserves game last Saturday against Malmesbury Vics was postponed due to their opponents intended involvement in the Wiltshire Senior Cup. I say intended as the game in the Senior Cup was awarded to Chippenham Park presumably because Malmesbury were unable to field a team.

Ladies Team The Ladies Team continue to struggle. On Sunday they led 1-0 in the Cup against AEK Boco thanks to an Emily Bogg penalty. However, Emily then had to go off with a head injury and the visitors scored four times. I am sure that Becky and Woody will be doing all they can to strengthen the squad in what is a very tough this league this Season.

Howard Kendall I was sad to hear the passing of former Everton player and manager Howard Kendall. My first memory of Howard Kendall as a kid was that he was the last sticker I needed to fill my 1972-73 FKS The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars Album. Took me ages to finally get him. He was a fine player starring in that Everton midfield that also included Alan Ball and Colin Harvey. He went on to manage a very good Everton side to the league title. A sad loss to the football world.

Swindon Town Under 16’s On Monday night sees Swindon Town Under 16’s entertain Oxford United here at the New Gerard Buxton Ground. Entrance will be £3 for adults and £1 for Under 16’s.

Soccer Skills Academy Another reminder that the Soccer Skills Academy will be holding a four day holiday camp from Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th October. The camp will take place at the New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, with daily sessions running from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Boys and girls aged 5-12 of all abilities are welcome. Costs are £60 per child for 4 days or £17 per day. Places for additional children from the same family will cost £50 for 4 days or £15 per day. As all Soccer Skills Academy courses are usually oversubscribed and a first come, first served policy operates, parents are advised to book early to avoid disappointment.

Saturday 21st November Social Night 19:30 (Food & Live Band “Hook Street”) The football club will be holding a social night on Saturday 21st November at the Club commencing from 19:30. This will be an adults only night, open to all coaches, parents, adult players, family friends, and all club volunteers. Food will be provided by Ganges Indian Restaurant with live music by Hook Street, whose members are part of the football club. Tickets will cost £5 “only” and can be obtained from behind the bar at the club. It would be nice to see you all there.

County Cup Draw The draw for the next round of the County Cup has been made and we are at home to either New College or Wilts Calne Town (Calne Reserves). Game scheduled for 7th November which means the Bluefin Cup game against Bracknell will need to be re-scheduled.

Programme Looking at what is included in the programme tonight. There is a match report from the game last week against Abingdon United and the player featured in the First Team player profile is Dan Comer. The defunct former opponents feature this week showcases the Swindon based side Walcot Athletic and there is the usual article from a journalist from the Non-League paper. The reminiscing article this week features match reporter Stuart Smedley and he includes his all time dream team. Enjoy the game and hopefully three more important league points for Royal Wootton Bassett Town.

Mark Senior Honours List From The Dugout

Good afternoon and a warm welcome to the management team and players from 1902/03 Wiltshire Senior Cup Runners‐up Flackwell Heath to the New Gerard Buxton Ground for this Uhlsport Hellenic League 1902/03 Advertiser Cup Runners‐up Premier Division fixture. 1903/04 Wiltshire Senior Cup Runners‐up 1905/06 Wiltshire County League Runners‐up I missed last week’s game due to a family function but stayed in touch with Chris via Marcus. Given the difficult circumstances we went into the game with four of our 1930/31 Calne & District League Runners‐up defensive regulars missing this was a tremendous result and defensive performance. 1931/32 Calne & District League Champions I think Scoop in his match report that this was only the second clean sheet of my 1933/34 Vale of White Horse Cup Winners regime. I understand from everyone that Cheets had a fantastic game at centre-back. 1934/35 Calne & District League Champions At the start of the season he was not making the starting eleven, he never moaned Calne & District League Cup Winners but he waited his chance and now is a regular in our starting line up. Similarly Olph’s 1935/36 Calne & District League Champions both are now showing why I brought them both to this football club. Calne & District League Cup Runners‐up These notes are being prepared ahead of Tuesday’s visit to Longlevens. We played 1938/39 Brotherhood Cup Winners them last season in the cup, losing after extra time and would have been looking to 1953/54 Vale of White Horse Cup Winners avenge that defeat in our first league encounter with them. Hopefully by the time you 1957/58 Chippenham & District League Division 2 Champions read these notes we will have three more points to our total. 1958/59 Wiltshire League Division 1 Champions For both Tuesday and today’s game we should have Nathan Hawkins, Dale Richards 1978/79 Wiltshire County League Division 2 Runners‐up and George Drewitt back from suspension and also Adam Cocoran back available for Wiltshire County League Subsidiary Cup Winners selection. Given the result against Abingdon it will be tough to bring them all back in 1982/83 Wiltshire County League Division 4 Runners‐up and it is nice to have that selection challenge. Flackwell will be tough opponents and 1983/84 Wiltshire County League Ghia Senior Cup Winners we have conceded twelve goals against them in our last two meetings. We will be 1984/85 Wiltshire County League Division 2 Champions looking for an improvement on those last two games but know it will again be tough. Wiltshire County League Ghia Junior Cup Runners‐up Flackwell Heath are reigning champions and at the time of writing are again at top of the league. Really Flackwell should be playing Southern League football this season 1987/88 Wiltshire County League Division 1 Champions and it is a shame they were messed around by the Southern League and the FA. It Wiltshire Senior Cup Runners‐up will be interesting to see what they do at the end of this season if they once again win 1988/89 Wiltshire County League Ghia Junior Cup Runners‐up the Uhlsport Hellenic League. 1989/90 Hellenic League Division 1 Cup Winners After today we have five games on the road starting with a trip to Highmoor Ibis on 1993/94 Hellenic League Division 1 Cup Winners Monday, always a tough place to visit and even more so on a Monday night. At the 1994/95 Hellenic League Division 1 Cup Runners‐up moment we do not have a fixture next Saturday and the next fixture would be a 1998/99 Wiltshire Senior Cup Winners midweek trip to Bristol to play Tytherington Rocks in the Floodlit Cup. We then have 2000/01 Wiltshire Senior Cup Winners three away league games in the space of eight days against Bracknell Town, Hellenic League Reserves Division 2 West Champions Brimscombe & Thrupp and Thatcham Town. It would be as good if as many of you as 2004/05 Wiltshire Youth Cup Runners‐up possible could travel to give the lads your support in these tough and important away 2009/10 Hellenic League Division 1 West Runners‐up games. 2010/11 Wiltshire County FA Floodlit League Champions Our next home game here at the New Gerard Buxton Ground is not until Saturday Wiltshire Youth Cup Runners‐up 21st November when we entertain Milton United. We then have a social event in the 2012/13 Hellenic League Division 1 West Runners‐up clubhouse that evening and it would be good to see as many as possible of you Wiltshire County League Junior Cup Runners‐up attending. There will be Indian food available, a band and the cost is very cheap at £5 a head.

Enjoy the game and see you in the bar afterwards.

Paul Opponents - History Hellenic League Sundry Stats

Flackwell Heath • Club History Uhlsport Hellenic League Top Goalscorers (all games) as at 21st October 2015 Flackwell Heath FC was founded in 1907 and the club joined the High Wycombe and 1 Christopher Hurst Flackwell Heath 17 District League for its inaugural season. The Heathens proved to be a major force in local football, having won twelve Wycombe League championship titles and fourteen 2 Stephen Robertson Royal Wootton Bassett 16 High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup finals. 3 T.J. Bohane Highworth Town 14 In the 1950’s Flackwell joined the Great Western Combination League and won this 3 Shane Cooper-Clark Bracknell Town 14 league twice before returning to the Wycombe League. In 1956 the club moved to its 5 Daniel Burnell Flackwell Heath 12 current home, the new ground being donated by the Wilks family. Through the 60s and 70's the club continued their success on and off field and the new clubhouse was built 5 Richard Kear Lydney Town 12 in 1974 as the first stage of their rise into senior football. In 1975 The Heathens won the Berks and Bucks 7 Marcus Mealing Thatcham Town 11 Intermediate Cup and the Reading Senior Cup. In 1977 the club achieved Senior status and moved up into the Hellenic League Division One. Promotion to the Premier Division was achieved at the first attempt. After 8 Anaclet Odhiambo Kidlington 10 five seasons in this league, during which time floodlights were installed at Wilks Park, Flackwell were elected 9 Declan Morley-Lyne Lydney Town 9 into the Athenian League. In 1984 they joined the expanding Isthmian League. The clubs first season in this competition saw them playing in Division Two (North) and against some tough opposition they finished in a 9 Andrew Gledhill Thame United 9 respectable eighth position. The following season Flackwell was switched to Division Two (South) where life 9 Mitchell Parker Highmoor Ibis 9 turned out to be even tougher. At the end of season 1990-91, after finishing below mid-table, The Heathens found themselves placed in the newly formed Ryman League Division Three. 9 Oliver Pitt Brimscombe & Thrupp 9 At this stage the club installed a 150 seater stand to stay in senior football, and new home changing rooms were built to comply with new ground gradings. For the next 10 years the club carried out further ground improvements and they established themselves in senior football. In 2002/03 for the first time in their history Flackwell reached the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup losing 4-1 25 Stephen Olphert Royal Wootton Bassett 6 at home against Crawley and finished third in the newly formed Ryman League Division Two, the highest 53 Harvey Scholes Royal Wootton Bassett 4 position achieved to date. In 2003/04 Flackwell won The High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup for the twelfth time. In season 2004/05 74 Sam Packer Royal Wootton Bassett 3 The Heathens reached the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup for the second time in three years, this time 74 Dan Bailey Royal Wootton Bassett 3 losing 3-0 at Ryman Premier Division Billericay Town and were runners-up in the Ryman League Associate Members Cup, losing 2-1 after extra time to Division Two champions Ilford on their own ground. The Veterans 74 Steve Yeardley Royal Wootton Bassett 3 team won the FA Umbro Sunday Cup, lead by Byron Walton a feat which was repeated in 2006 and 2007. 137 Ryan Thomas Royal Wootton Bassett 1 After winning the National final the lads went to The Bernabeu Stadium and played against Real Madrid veterans for the European Cup and lost by 3-1. 137 Nathan Hawkins Royal Wootton Bassett 1 Flackwell finished fourth in Ryman League Division Two in 2005/06, narrowly missing out on promotion. After the end of 2006/07 the FA reorganised the non-league pyramid and we were due to be relegated into the South Midlands Spartan League until Barking and East Ham United went out of business and we were given the opportunity to take their place in the Ryman Division One (North). Unfortunately we finished bottom of the league and were relegated into the Hellenic Premier Division for season 2008/09. In 2007/08 season we held our centenary game against Wycombe Wanderers with a crowd of 1300 watching Peter Taylors’s first game in charge at Wycombe. In our first season in the Hellenic League we finished in 9th position and lost 2-1 to Chalfont Wasps in the final of the High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup at Adams Park. In 2010/11 we got to two cup finals nut both were lost on penalty shoot-outs, The Berks & Bucks Trophy to Newport Pagnell and the Reading Senior Cup to Newbury Town. The 2014/15 season, managed by Graham Malcolm and assisted by Paul Shone, saw us gain promotion into the Southern League Division 1. However, a late move by the Southern League of us from the Central Division into the South West Division meant FHFC were unable to accept promotion and we stay in the Hellenic League Premier Division for season 2015-16. 2014-15 also saw us with places in the final of the Berks & Bucks Trophy (losing to Windsor FC) and the High Wycombe Senior Challenge Cup (winning against Penn & Tylers Green FC). Earlier that season we reached the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup losing to Conference side Weston Supermare 4-1. For the first time in club history we also reached the last sixteen of the FA Vase losing 3-2 to Shaw Lane Aquaforce. Defunct Opponents Opponents Pen Pics

A look back at former opponents no longer competing, today’s featured team is……… Flackwell Heath Dan Weait Goal Keeper Jorden Eggleton Defence Walcot Athletic A recent signing from Binfield FC. A top rated A new signing previously at Marlow FC will give us keeper who has established himself at this level, great depth in our goalkeeping department. Walcot Athletic started life in the Swindon & District we are very pleased to have him. League and were runners-up in the 1974-75 Swindon and District League Division Two. Soon after they Mitchel Woodward Defence Ryan Millward Defence progressed to the Wiltshire League where they started In his third year at FHFC, he picked up all the Rejoined FHFC at Christmas last season. A to make a name for themselves as they won Division playing awards last year and has made the right competent central defender who gives us much Three of the higher level County League in 1976-77. In back position his own. needed height at set pieces. 1978-79 they finished runner-up in Division Four of the County League, presumably having suffered relegation Jamie Tripp Defence Joel Jacobs Defence somewhere in between, unless the 1978-79 triumph A classy defender who has pace to burn, part of Another who rejoined during last season, a left was their reserve side. In the 1980’s they won both the league winning team of last year back who is very comfortable on the ball and Division Four (1985-86) and Division Three (1989-90) offers us great width during a game. and also finished runners-up in Division Three (1981-82). The 1980’s also saw them as an excellent cup side winning the Ghia Junior Cup in both 1987-88 and 1988-89 and finishing runners-up in the two seasons before and after their cup triumphs. The 1988-89 triumph came at the expense of Wootton Brandon Eaton Defence Jamie Hill Defence Promoted from the Reserves, technically a very Just 18 years old signed from Maidenhead FC. Bassett Town Reserves, the winner coming in extra time. Walcot had recorded convincing victories good player, we will be hoping his development Destined to play at a higher level. against Wootton Bassett Town Reserves in their two league encounters, and took the lead just before continues. the break, despite Wootton Bassett having the majority of the first half chances. Chappell equalised for Wootton Bassett to force extra time midway through the second half, but Wootton Bassett were to be undone by a 106th minute strike. For any side to make four consecutive cup finals is a major Joe Gritt Defence Liam Tack Midfield A new signing from Ascot United FC, a central Burst into the team at 18 and now is looking to achievement. Their greatest achievement came in 1991-92 when they finished runners-up in Division midfielder who is comfortable at this level - a great cement himself in the starting line up. Two of the County League. addition.

They played on pitches at Shrewsbury Road in Walcot and also at Croft Sports Centre. In terms of meetings with Wootton Bassett Town it would have been our Reserve side who would have been regular Carl Withers Midfield Joe Blount Midfield opponents but the First Team were in the same division for a couple of seasons in Division Two of the A recent signing from Binfield FC, the old man of A tireless winger who chases everything. A full County League in the mid 1980’s. In 1983-84 the two sides drew both games. At Rylands Way the two the team but someone who will make a significant backs dream. difference to our team. sides shared four goals and the points, Kevin Bishop and John Small on target for Wootton Bassett. In the return game at Walcot neither side managed to find the net. The two sides also met at the end of the season in the Subsidiary Cup and the two sides again drew a game 2-2 at Rylands Way. Unfortunately Ben Sturgess Midfield Chris Hurst Forward the result of the game at Walcot in this competition is one of the missing results we have not been able Our captain. A centre midfielder who is always A recent signing from Penn & Tylers Green FC. to trace from that season. Whilst Wootton Bassett Town ended the season in fourth place, Walcot involved in the action, rarely has a poor game. Always scores goals and is looking forward to this new challenge in his football development. Athletic were not quite so successful, finishing down in tenth place.

The following season saw Wootton Bassett Town march to the Division Two title and this included a Jamie Handscombe Forward Dan Molloy Forward handsome victory at Rylands against Walcot. Goals from Gary Dixon (2), Brian Fingleton, Kevin Bishop st Another from last season’s league winning side. Joined FHFC last season. A forward thinking and Roger Bishop on the 1 of September 1984 saw Wootton Bassett triumph 5-0. The return at Walcot He offers us strength upfront and fantastic in the player who has settled in really well. in April, as was the case the previous season, ended goalless in what was the final game of the season air. in the league but by then the title had been secured. As Wootton Bassett were promoted to Division One, never to return to Division Two, Walcot Athletic finished in sixth place. Dan Burnell Forward Dan Rapley Forward Like many Swindon sides during the 1990’s, the name Walcot Athletic was to eventually disappear from With over 50 goals last year, Dan is one of the A winger with great skills who can go past people the Wiltshire football scene. The old Walcot Athletic Club is understood to have become Dunbar Athletic, best forwards around and we are delighted to very easy and has an eye for a goal. have him. which then was renamed Dunbar Wills, then became Dunbar Westside upon merging with the Westside youth team and then just plain Westside. Westside were then eventually to become Southbrook FC who today play in what is now the Premier Division of the Wilts County League. The old Walcot Athletic Seb Bowerman Forward Graham Malcolm Manager players are known to hold the occasional team reunion and the Swindon Evening Advertiser carried the Recently signed from Binfield FC, has electric UEFA 'B' qualified coach who took charge of the team after 3 years as coach. story of one such reunion in May 2009. Former top players include the likes of Joe O’Rourke. pace and will no doubt offer something more to us going forward.

Todays Opponents Wilts U18 Floodlit League

Flackwell Heath FC Formed: 1907 Nickname: Heathens Chairman: Terry Glynn Secretary: Jo Parsons

Ground: Wilks Park, Magpie Lane, Heath End Rd, Flackwell Heath, HP10 9EA Tel: 01628 523892 Manager: Graham Malcolm Capacity 2,000 Seats: 150 Covered: 150 Colours: All Red

Ground Junction 4 of M40 follow signs A404 (High Wycombe). Turn right at traffic lights halfway down Marlow Directions: Hill, signposted Flackwell Heath. Ground 3 miles on left.

Isthmian Div 2 / 1North Hellenic Premier League Performance - Last Ten Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 4th 4th 4th 6 WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB 7 SEASON 2015-16 U18TEAM FIXTURES - WILTSHIRE COUNTY FLOODLIT LEAGUE 8 Date Opponents H/A Comp Result Scorers 9 8th 8th Thurs 3-Sep-15 Calne Town H League W 5 - 2 Collins 2, Covey, Harris, OG 10 9th 11 10th 10th Thurs 10-Sep-15 Shrivenham A League W 3 - 0 Covey 3 12 Thurs 1-Oct-15 Chippenham Town H League W 6 - 4 Collins 2, Covey 2, Thompson, OG 13 Thurs 8-Oct-15 New College A League W 3 - 0 Murphy 2, Gregory 14 15 Thurs 22-Oct-15 Shrivenham H League Position in LeaguePosition in 16 Thurs 29-Oct-15 Calne Town A League 16th 17 New College H League 18 Chippenham Town A League 19 20 21 AFC Corsham have withdrawn from the league 22 22nd Season 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 Wiltshire U18 Floodlit League - North Division P W D L F A PTS Top Scorer D. Burnell 10 M.Ramsay/ K. Webb 6 R. Cannon 29 R. Cannon 26 L. Thompson 22 D. Jordan 29 L. Thompson 29 L. Cordice 17 A. Dickens 40 D.Burnell 50 Average Crowd 53 74 48 56 51 49 55 49 53 76 1 Royal Wootton Bassett Town FC 4 4 0 0 17 6 12 Total Crowd 878 1,545 1,015 1,181 1,080 1,022 1,100 829 1,013 1,440 2 Shrivenham FC 5 3 0 2 10 7 9 F.A. Cup Prelim Rnd Prelim Rnd Ex Prelim Rnd Prelim Rnd 2nd Qual Rnd Prelim Rnd Ex Prelim Rnd Ex Prelim Rnd Ex Preim Rnd 3rd Qual Rnd F.A. Vase 1st Qual Rnd n/a 3rd Round 1st Round 3rd Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 1st Round 1st Qual Rnd 5th Round 3 New College, Swindon FC 4 2 0 2 8 9 6

Current Form (Last Six Games) v Wootton Bassett Town (Last Six Games) 4 Calne Town FC 4 1 0 3 7 12 3 Date Date Fixture & Result 20-Oct-15 Ascot United (H) W 2 - 0 22-Aug-15 Flackwell Heath 7 Wootton Bassett Town 2 5 Chippenham Town FC 3 0 0 3 7 15 0 17-Oct-15 Tuffley Rovers (H) W 4 - 3 22-Apr-15 Wootton Bassett Town 0 Flackwell Heath 5 13-Oct-15 Sandhurst Town Res (A) W 7 - 3 23-Aug-14 Flackwell Heath 2 Wootton Bassett Town 2 AFC Corsham withdrew from league 3-Oct-15 Brackley Town Saints (A) W 5 - 2 29-Mar-14 Wootton Bassett Town 1 Flackwell Heath 1 29-Sep-15 Highmoor Ibis (H) D 3 - 3 24-Aug-13 Flackwell Heath 1 Wootton Bassett Town 1 26-Sep-15 Didcot Town Res (H) W 3 - 0 23-Apr-11 Flackwell Heath 4 Wootton Bassett Town 0 Wiltshire U18 Floodlit League - South Division P W D L F A PTS 160 Flackwell Heath Previous Meetings 1 Laverstock and Salisbury FC 3 3 0 0 9 1 9 140 Crowds 120 1 Wootton Bassett 2 Melksham Town FC 4 3 0 1 10 4 9 4 Win 100 3 Pewsey Vale FC 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 Average Crowd Flackwell Heath Win League Average 6 80 4 Bradford Town Youth FC 4 1 0 3 6 13 3 Draw 60 5 Bemerton Heath Harlequins FC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 40 6 Amesbury Town FC 2 0 0 2 3 7 0 Reminiscing - The Good Old Days Todays Opponents - This Season

MS: What do you view as the funniest moment watching, supporting and reporting on Wootton Results Season 2015-16 Bassett Town? Date Result League/Cup Scorers Att 8-Aug-15 W Premier Div Lydney Town 1 Flackwell Heath 3 Bowerman, Taylor, Hurst 87 SS: Probably seeing Mick Byrne lobbed from the halfway line when he had to go in goal against 11-Aug-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 3 Bracknell Town 2 Bowerman, Burnell, Ferdinand 56 Gloucester United. Although it came in defeat, it’s something that sticks in the memory. 15-Aug-15 L FA Cup AFC Hayes 3 Flackwell Heath 2 Hurst, Millward 18-Aug-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 4 Brackley Town S 0 Burnell 2, Hurst, Blount 67 22-Aug-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 7 Royal W.Bassett T 2 Hurst 3, Burnell, Rapley, Woodward, OG 46 MS: You have worked occasionally for the Swindon Advertiser Sports Desk. What was it like working 25-Aug-15 L Premier Div Ascot United 3 Flackwell Heath 0 116 for a group of professional journalists and what did you learn from them that you have brought into 29-Aug-15 W Premier Div Ardley United 0 Flackwell Heath 6 Burnell 3, Hurst 2, Blount 41 your reporting? 31-Aug-15 L Premier Div Thatcham Town 3 Flackwell Heath 2 Blount, Rapley 149 5-Sep-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 4 Wokingham & Em 3 Blount 2, Molloy, Rapley 60 SS: Having witnessed some of their behaviour, ‘professional’ is an interesting adjective to use... But I 9-Sep-15 D Premier Div Oxford City Nomads 2 Flackwell Heath 2 Burnell, Handscombe 63 jest. It has been great working with them throughout the years. All the journalists at the Adver who 12-Sep-15 W Premier Div Highworth Town 1 Flackwell Heath 2 Millward, Rapley 87 I’ve had dealings with have been brilliant – they’re an extremely hard working bunch and they’re 15-Sep-15 W FA Vase Flackwell Heath 4 Aston Clinton 0 19-Sep-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 3 Milton United 0 Hurst 2, Burnell 50 dedication to local sports is something that shouldn’t be taken for granted. I owe a particular debt to 26-Sep-15 W Bluefin Cup Flackwell Heath 3 Didcot Res 0 Hurst, Tack, Bennett 46 Craig Lyus, Steve Butt, Ned Payne – all of who have since moved on elsewhere – and Owen 29-Sep-15 D Premier Div Flackwell Heath 3 Highmoor Ibis 3 Bennett 2, Blount 56 Houlihan for the opportunities they’ve given me. I had my first by-line when I was aged 13 and it was 3-Oct-15 W Premier Div Brackley Town S 2 Flackwell Heath 5 Burnell 3, Hurst, Molloy 110 13-Oct-15 W Floodlit Cup Sandhurst Town R 3 Flackwell Heath 7 Hurst 3, Molloy 2, Sturgess, Taylor always neat to see my name next to a report I’d written in the paper. Opening up the sports section 17-Oct-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 4 Tuffley Rovers 3 Hurst 2, Bennett 2 50 on a Monday afternoon when I got home from school was always exciting because of that. In terms 20-Oct-15 W Premier Div Flackwell Heath 2 Ascot United 0 Bennett, Tack 107 of bringing anything into my own reporting, they taught me the importance of writing with your own Goalscorers Goals Strike-Rate voice and style. That’s something that I’ve particularly picked up from reading reports by the likes of Chris Hurst 17 121.4% Jon Ritson and Sam Morshead, who are two high calibre journalists. Dan Burnell 12 80.0% Jon Bennett 6 150.0% Joe Blount 6 50.0% MS: When you were a young referee you were headbutted by a player which made the national press Dan Molloy 4 28.6% as well as the local press. Sky Sports tried to interview you at the time but your mother wouldn’t let Dan Rapley 4 25.0% you do the interview, they had to do with Mike Benson instead. Could that interview with Sky Sports Ryan Millward 2 22.2% Seb Bowerman 2 22.2% have been your big break in football journalism? Bryan Taylor 2 16.7% SS: It wasn’t that mum wouldn’t let me do the interview; it’s more she answered the phone when they Liam Tack 2 13.3% rang and said I wouldn’t be interested…I can’t recall Mr. Benson appearing in the feature they did, but Jamie Hanscombe 1 100.0% Liam Ferdinand 1 50.0% will take your word for it. All I remember is that they sent a journalist to Lydiard Park – where the Mitchell Woodward 1 5.9% incident happened – and mentioned that on the pitches behind them a young referee had been Ben Sturgess 1 5.6% assaulted. I don’t think it would have been my big break in football journalism, but I like to think I OG 1 would have caused a stir with what I said had I had the opportunity to appear.

MS: In covering Wootton Bassett Town you will have gone to many grounds around the South of England. What do you consider to be the best ground you have visited and what was the worst ground? SS: The best ground I’ve visited is without doubt Rylands Way. In terms of opposition grounds I’d say Didcot’s – great pitch and brilliant facilities and one of the places that helped inspire our new home. There are a number of grounds, which are not all necessarily the prettiest, but that I’ve enjoyed going to: Purton, Brockenhurst, Brimscombe and Thrupp and Shortwood United. The worst would be Trowbridge’s, partly because it’s a bit ramshackle, but mostly because of that game at the end of the 2005-06 Season. Neither Easington Sports nor Pegasus Juniors’ old ground inside the racecourse rank highly too. Saying that, it’s a bit unfair to pick a ‘worst’ ground. We’re fortunate to have a fantastic facility that we now call home, and it’s something I’d like to see all teams we visit benefit from having. As a club, that’s what we should champion.

MS: Finally I ask all the former players about the alleged ‘Bassett Bobble’. As the match reporter who has also played at Rylands Way what are your thoughts on this matter? SS: The ‘Bassett Bobble’ was a fact and caught me out many a time when I was warming up as a sub for our youth team or for the Under 18s…

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Flackwell firepower leaves Bassett shell-shocked MS: A follow-up question that Dip has asked me to ask you. Did Dave “Chogi” Jones pay you to make him man of the match so many times? Wilks Park, 22nd August 2015 SS: No. He was just a quality centre midfielder! Twenty torturous second half minutes set the stage for a crushing defeat for Royal Wootton Bassett Town as Flackwell Heath’s four goal salvo in that period helped the MS: Rumour has it that you scored a winning goal at the County Ground in the pre-match classy reigning champions on their way to a 7-2 victory. entertainment for one of our County Cup wins. How much do you remember of that evening and do you think that win helped inspire the First Team also to win that night? That spell, in which the Buckinghamshire outfit ruthlessly exploited the left side of Bassett’s defence, ensured it was a country mile separating the teams at full time, rather than the width of SS: That’s not a rumour. That’s fact. It was from a long Brett Embling throw-in, and I either volleyed a cigarette paper which could have been placed between the sides an hour earlier at the or headed it in. This was back in the days when I was a striker! I can’t quite remember the details culmination of the game’s opening period. At the stage Flackwell held a slender 2-1 advantage, though seeing as it took place 16 years ago now. I’d like to think it inspired the First Team, but I can’t an entertaining and relatively even opening period having produced opportunities at both ends. say that it did. That was a great evening though, and I can remember going up to the top of the The Heathens were their typical selves, seeking to switch play at every available opportunity to Arkell’s Stand during the First Team’s match with Pewsey and bashing on the steel at the back of the bring dangerous wingers Dan Rapley and Seb Bowerman into the fray, with frontman Dan stands in support of the team, which you probably told me off for… Burnell lurking between the lines to try and drag the Bassett defence out of shape. Largely though the visitors coped with what their opponents threw at them. Indeed, were it not for two MS: You also played in the same youth team as Phil Tearle and Jonny Aitkenhead, two players who instances of Bassett’s defence switching off, and with a bit more luck for frontman Steve would go onto play for the First Team. What are your thoughts of Phil no longer playing and Jonny Robertson, it could even have been the visitors who went into the break in front. Saying that is playing for Highworth Town? pure conjecture though, and likely wouldn’t have prevented the battering Bassett later took. SS: It’s unfortunate that Phil is no longer playing, but he had a bad knee injury a couple of years ago, In the game’s fourth minute, home ‘keeper Dan Weait, attempting to deal with a woeful James which kept him out of the game for a while. He was a fantastic forward: lightning quick with a keen Tripp backpass by sidestepping a pressing Sam Packer, presented Robertson with an open goal, eye for goal and it would be nice if he was still playing for Bassett as he had the talent to be a quality but the forward blazed over from the edge of the area. Minutes later the hosts were in front. player. His hat-trick in a cup match at Letcombe in Crazy’s final year as manager showed what ability Receiving Joel Jacobs’ short corner, Dan Burnell curled a low effort towards the far right corner, he had. With Jonny, it’s fantastic to see him doing well. It’s just a shame that he’s playing for where Chris Hurst – his run unchecked - was on hand to ensure the ball wound up in the back of Highworth and not with Bassett! While not the world’s most skilful footballer, he loves a tackle and the net. However, after surviving a brief period of Flackwell dominance in which Curtis Meare reads the game extremely well. After stepping into the First Team in 2007-08 alongside Phil, he was expertly repelled a rasping Liam Tack drive, Bassett soon restored parity. Seizing on the messed around a bit by Dave Turner the following preseason and left for Shrivenham where he Heathens’ failure to clear from a throw deep in their territory, Dane Moulden stole possession on quickly established himself. He had a year back with Bassett when Jeff Roberts was manager, but the edge of the box. Showing some quick feet, he shuffled the ball out to Robertson, who was frustrated first by an injury and then by Jeff not giving him a fair crack of the whip, so I completely thrashed a stunning left foot drive from an angle into the roof of the net. Having survived scares understand why he’s made his name elsewhere. Also, you forgot I played with George Drewitt and it as Rapley flashed an instinctive strike across the face of goal and Hurst snatched at a header was brilliant to see him do so well last year after a number of years in the Reserves. I’ve got every from close range, it appeared as though Bassett were on course to go into the break on level faith that he’ll continue to perform at a high level now that he’s got that year of First Team experience terms. Another lapse in concentration put paid to that though. When the majority of the home under his belt. side went up appealing for a penalty for an alleged Adam Corcoran handball, the Bassett

defence stopped in their tracks. Hurst didn’t though, and from a narrow angle on the right he MS: What would you view as the greatest game that you have reported on for the club? arrowed into opposite corner. SS: There are a few that stand out. Most recently there were the FA Cup wins under Dave Turner While disappointing to be behind, there were plenty of positives Paul Braithwaite’s team could against Hamworthy United - a real battling display – and then Highworth Town in 2012. Going back to take from their performance in the opening period. How quickly that was undone, however. when Pete was boss, there was the Bank Holiday victory away against the powerful Didcot Town Flackwell’s decision to swap Rapley, perhaps the Hellenic League’s preeminent performer, from when Ben Gascoyne, Matt Bennett and John Magani all scored. Last year’s Vase win at Cove was a the left wing to the right proved inspired and paid immediate dividends. Within three minutes he superb contest too. But probably the greatest game was the FA Cup victory against Bracknell Town, had the ball in the back of the net. Burnell clipped a through pass into the right channel for who were then in the Southern League, in 2007. Beating a team two divisions above us at the time Rapley to run onto as he breezed beyond Dale Richards. Initially it appeared as though the was a stunning achievement, and it was fitting that two Bassett boys – Dip, who scored both goals, winger would not make it, but, outstretched, he was able to guide home beyond Meare. That and Crazy, as manager – were responsible for that triumph. sparked a goal-rush. With 55 minutes on the clock, Rapley and Burnell exchanged passes to

unlock room in the right corner and the former cut back for the onrushing Mitchell Woodward to MS: Conversely what was the game you have reported on that you most like to forget, I assume it steer in for the hosts’ fourth. Flackwell’s tally for the afternoon soon became five: Rapley whipped was that Highworth game? in a cross from the right, which Corcoran was unfortunate to slice into his own net. Their sixth then came from a lightning fast counter. Kalum Youngsam had got in behind the Flackwell SS: Seeing Highworth seal the title at Rylands Way on the day that our relegation from the Hellenic defence only to see Weait smother at his feet. Less than thirty seconds later, play was at the Premier was confirmed wasn’t nice. But the game that I’d most like to forget was when we lost away other end, Hurst racing through the middle, rounding Meare and slotting home. Robertson at Trowbridge Town at the back end of the following season to end our chances of automatically stemmed the bleeding with quarter of an hour to go, diverting Packer’s mishit long range drive bouncing back. We absolutely battered Trowbridge that evening, but failed to take our chances, while beyond Weait. But Burnell made certain that his side’s margin of victory was five, scoring with an Trowbridge got the only goal of the game; we should have had a penalty too. That hurt more than any outrageous arcing chip from 25 yards after having shrugged off the attentions of Moulden. other game, because the team – full of a great bunch of characters and players - had been on a magnificent 13 game unbeaten league run, in which they’d conceded just eight goals. A point at Man of the Match: Sam Packer – his displays so far this season have been positive and Trowbridge, followed by a win against Easington in the final game would have been enough to seal this one was no different for the creative midfielder. It was playing through Packer, wise promotion, but it wasn’t to be. and clever on the ball, that Bassett appeared to threaten most.

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This week with Stuart Smedley Royal Wootton Bassett Town FC • Club History MS: When did you first start doing the match reports for Wootton Bassett Town? Wootton Bassett Town formed in 1882 and are one of the oldest Clubs in Wiltshire. Bassett’s early SS: I began writing reports for the website back in the 2002-03 season, when I was 12. After the success came in the Wiltshire Senior Cup, making the final in both 1902-3 and 1903-4, losing to Warminster 3-1 in a replay before going down 3-0 to Swindon Town the following season. Bassett Holland Tour in April of that year (when I acquired my nickname) we all had to put together a project, folded for a period pre World War 1 before re-forming in the Calne & District League. After which was assessed by Chris ‘Football Grandad’ Kirkland. I enjoyed doing that, which gave me the finishing runners-up in 1930-31 they went one better the following year winning the champion- idea to ask then-first team manager Pete Yeardley if I would be able to write reports for the first team ship. A short unsuccessful spell in the Swindon & District League saw the team return to the Calne games, which would be published on the website, which my brother Scott was designing. I remember League where they were champions again in 1934-35. the first game I reported on: a 2-1 victory at home against Gloucester United at Rylands Way. Back Having won the Calne League for the second time Bassett moved up into Wiltshire League Division 2. Promotion was then we were a side who often found ourselves battling at the foot of a very strong Hellenic Premier achieved in the first season and the team remained in the top division until the start of World War II. After the war Bassett Division, so that victory may have given me false expectations as to what to expect following the recommenced in the County Senior League but struggled. In 1956-57 a reorganisation of football in Wiltshire saw the team. Still, it’s been fantastic fun covering the team since then. creation of a Premier Division and Bassett found themselves in the second tier. Season 1958-59 saw the first title secured when Bassett finished top of Division 1. Back in the top tier the highest place finish was 8th in Season 1967-68. Then,

following another reorganisation, Bassett found themselves in the Wiltshire Combination where they were to remain until MS: Over the years you will have had to deal with a fair few managers, I am thinking Pete Yeardley, 1976-77 when the current Wiltshire County Football League was formed. The second season in the new league saw Bassett Chris Jones, Paul Burke, Dave Turner, Jeff Roberts and Paul Braithwaite. Which manager was the relegated but they were to bounce straight back in 1978-79 when they finished runners-up. Unfortunately momentum could easiest to deal with and why? not be maintained and they were immediately relegated to Division 2 where they remained for 5 seasons. A second league SS: Tough to answer, but I’d probably go for Pete and Braithes. Pete because he, along with Mick title was secured in 1984-85 when Bassett were promoted back to Division 1. This time the team were able to hold their own Byrne and the players at the time, made that weird kid with the notepad hanging out by the dugout at and after finishing 6th and 4th they then achieved their greatest success in 1987-88 when they won the Division 1 title, elevating the Club into the Hellenic League, where they have remained since. each game welcome. Then with Paul, he is great to deal with as he’ll provide me with news and quotes to include in articles that help make my life easier. None of them would probably say that I’m Throughout their first eleven seasons Bassett kept a steady mid table position. In 1999-2000 they finished 3rd in Division particularly easy to deal with though! One West and gained promotion to the Hellenic top flight. First season in the Premier resulted in a respectable twelfth position and a County Cup triumph. The next season they made the first round of the FA Vase but just avoided relegation. MS: On the other hand who was the most difficult to deal with and again why was that? The next two seasons saw Bassett finish mid table but the following season they were relegated, this after making their first SS: It’s hard to decide between Paul Burke and Dave Turner for this one. Both could be difficult, but venture into the FA Cup since 1950-51. Bassett missed immediate promotion back to the Premier by one point in 2005-06 and went close again in 2008-09, finishing fourth. Meanwhile Bassett became the first club in Wiltshire to be awarded Charter in a positive way. They were managers who wore their heart on their sleeve and would never refrain Community Club status by the FA. Promotion back to the Premier Division was secured at the end of 2009-10 as Bassett from airing their opinion (which is how I think I am too). That sometimes led to criticism of my reports finished level on points with champions Slimbridge. and evaluation of performances. Equally, they were both honest people and generally accepting of what l wrote and never stopped me from having an opinion. After Dave’s final game as a manager Bassett finished in a credible 15th place in their first season back in the Premier. However, they harshly found themselves before his tragic death (a 2-1 win for Bassett against his Shrivenham side), he text me to say he demoted back to Division One on a ground grading technicality. They did well to finish in 5th place the following season after thought that my report was an extremely fair one. That sums up his character: it was a nice touch and such heartbreak. In 2012-13 Bassett were never out the top 3 as they marched towards promotion, finishing 2nd. In addition they reached the FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round for the first time. At the end of the season manager Dave Turner decided to will live with me. move on after 5 years in charge. The Club were devastated when shortly after the fixture with his new club Shrivenham Dave tragically passed away. MS: Have any of the players ever got upset with what you have written in your match report and sent an email or confronted you in the clubhouse or up town? With plans for the club’s and Sports Association’s new facility finally moving ahead, the first team began a two year ground SS: I’ve never been confronted in the clubhouse or had any angry emails from players because of share with Cirencester Town in 2013-14, a year in which Bassett finished a comfortable 14th in the Hellenic Premier Division. what I have written, but I’m sure many have got upset before (assuming they read the reports)! I’ve That performance was bettered in 2014-15 under new manager Paul Braithwaite, Bassett’s final year playing its games in Cirencester, with an 11th place finish – the club’s highest ever in the non-league pyramid – and record points haul in the had a couple of arguments with Dip down the years, though that was more for rash comments made division. This season sees the club playing at the New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, which was opened in the summer of during games towards him (I’m thinking mostly of when he got sent off in the FA Vase away at 2015 and with the Royal title now included within the club name. Christchurch for a stamp and when he finally missed a penalty in a cup game at home against Cheltenham Saracens).

MS: Is it right that when people ask you which team you support you tell them Royal Wootton Bassett Town? Surely you must also have a favourite professional team? SS: What else am I going to say?! Sometimes I’ll say that I support Swindon Town when the inevitable follow up question “No, but which team do you really support?” comes up. I always look out for their results and wish to see them do well, but really there’s no professional team that I support. Thank god I’ve avoided falling into the trap of following the blue and white hooped rubbish that you follow…

MS: You will have written about a lot of players but which eleven players would make your dream team? SS: Stewart Thompson in goal. At the back: Steve Yeardley, Stuart Lamont, Chris Oram and Paul Patel. In midfield: Matt Bennett, Mark Vaughan, Dave Jones and Ben Gascoyne. Up front: Shaun Terry and Neil Bridges Steve Robertson. MS: Not a bad team that. Thought Dave Jones would be in there!

Wiltshire Senior Cup Season Winners Runners-Up 1886-87 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1887-88 Swindon Town Swindon Temperance 1888-89 Swindon Town Swindon Temperance 1889-90 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1890-91 Swindon Town Swindon Town Reserves 1891-92 Swindon Town Swindon Town Reserves 1892-93 Swindon Athletic Trowbridge Town 1893-94 Swindon Wanderers Calne 1894-95 Trowbridge Town Calne 1895-96 Swindon Town Reserves West Swindon Joint holders 1895-96 Trowbridge Town Joint holders 1896-97 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1897-98 Trowbridge Town Swindon Victoria 1898-99 Swindon Victoria Devizes Town 1899-00 Chippenham Town Devizes Town 1900-01 Warminster Town Even Swindon United 1901-02 Chippenham Town Swindon Town Reserves 1902-03 Warminster Town Wootton Bassett Town 1903-04 Swindon Town Reserves Wootton Bassett Town 1904-05 Melksham Town Swindon Haydon St W 1905-06 Salisbury City Swindon Haydon St W 1906-07 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1907-08 Devizes Town Trowbridge Town 1908-09 Swindon Town Reserves Cup held by President 1908-09 Trowbridge Town 1909-10 Salisbury City Warminster Town 1910-11 Warminster Town Salisbury City 1911-12 38th Brigade RFA Calne 1912-13 Calne Town Trowbridge Town 1913-14 3rd Wilts Regiment Chippenham Town 1919-20 Swindon Town Salisbury City 1920-21 Swindon Victoria Stratton Reform 1921-22 Trowbridge Town Chippenham Town 1922-23 Salisbury City Devizes Town 1923-24 Spencers Swindon Victoria 1924-25 Chippenham Town Swindon Victoria 1925-26 Trowbridge Town 1st Batt. Wilts Regiment 1926-27 Chippenham Town Warminster Town 1927-28 Swindon Corinthians Chippenham Town 1928-29 Chippenham Town Swindon Corinthians 1929-30 Garrard Athletic Trowbridge Town 1930-31 Chippenham Town Swindon Corinthians 1931-32 Westbury United Swindon Victoria 1932-33 Westbury United Warminster Town 1933-34 Trowbridge Town Westbury Unitrd 1934-35 Swindon Corinthians Swindon Victoria 1935-36 Swindon Corinthians Swindon Corinthians 1936-37 Swindon Victoria Salisbury Corinthians 1937-38 Trowbridge Town 1st Survey Coy R.A. 1938-39 Purton Swindon Corinthians 1945-46 Salisbury Corinthians Chippenham Town 1946-47 Swindon GWR Corinthians Pewsey Vale 1947-48 Westbury United Swindon BR Corinthians 1948-49 Purton Swindon BR Corinthians 1949-50 Devizes Town Calne & Harris United 1950-51 Purton Salisbury City 1951-52 Westbury United Bulford United 1952-53 Pinehurst YC Swindon Victoria 1953-54 Pinehurst YC Warminster Town 1954-55 Purton Bulford United 1955-56 Swindon Victoria Downton FC 1956-57 Devizes Town Swindon B.R. 1957-58 Devizes Town Melksham Town 1958-59 Devizes Town Swindon B.R. 1959-60 Pinehurst Devizes Town 1960-61 Devizes Town Pinehurst 1961-62 Devizes Town Malmesbury 1962-63 Devizes Town Highworth Town 1963-64 Highworth Town Westbury Unitrd 1964-65 Pinehurst Chippenham Town 1965-66 Devizes Town Aldbourne 1966-67 Pinehurst Devizes Town 1967-68 Devizes Town Melksham Town 1968-69 Chippenham Town Melksham Town 1969-70 Melksham Town Devizes Town 1970-71 Devizes Town Pinehurst 1971-72 Devizes Town Sanford Youth 1972-73 Highworth Town Devizes Town 1973-74 Devizes Town Park 1974-75 Chippenham Town Vickers RWBTFC Stats Page 2015-16 Wilts Senior Cup History1975-76 Pinehurst Devizes Town 1976-77 Corsham Town Park 1977-78 Melksham Town Avon Bradford 1978-79 Devizes Town Ferndale Athletic Wiltshire Senior Cup Wiltshire1979-80 Senior Downton Cup FC Park WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB STATS PAGE Season Winners Runners-Up Season1980-81 Winners Downton FC Runners-UpTisbury United Points Progress v Last Season 1886-87 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1886-871981-82 Swindon Avebury Town TrowbridgeMelksham Town Town Season's Progress 2015-16 2014-15 This Last +/(-) 1887-88 Swindon Town Swindon Temperance 1887-881982-83 Swindon Penhill Town SwindonChippenham Temperance Town Relegation Zone 1888-89 Swindon Town Swindon Temperance Brackley Town (H) # 1 3 (2) 1888-891983-84 Swindon Amesbury Town Town SwindonPenhill Temperance Games Played 2015-16 1889-90 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town Promotion Zone Oxford City (A) 3 0 1 1889-901984-85 Swindon Calne Town Town TrowbridgeSupermarine Town Ardley Utd (H) 3 3 1890-91 Swindon Town Swindon Town Reserves 1890-91 Swindon Town Swindon Town Reserves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 1 1985-86 Supermarine Penhill 1891-92 Swindon Town Swindon Town Reserves 1891-92 Swindon Town Swindon Town Reserves 1 Flackwell Heath (A) 0 1 0 1986-87 Penhill Bemerton Athletic 1892-93 Swindon Athletic Trowbridge Town 1892-93 Swindon Athletic Trowbridge Town 2 Lydney Town (A)* 0 3 (3) 1987-88 Purton Wootton Bassett Town 3 1893-94 Swindon Wanderers Calne 1893-94 Swindon Wanderers Calne Ascot United (A) 3 0 0 1988-89 Purton Highworth Town 4 1894-95 Trowbridge Town Calne 1894-95 Trowbridge Town Calne 5 Highworth Town (H) 0 0 0 1895-96 Swindon Town Reserves West Swindon Joint holders 1895-961989-90 Swindon Swindon Town Athletic Reserves WestPewsey Swindon Vale Joint holders 6 Thame United (A) 0 0 0 1895-96 Trowbridge Town Joint holders 1895-961990-91 Trowbridge Pewsey Vale Town Swindon Athletic Joint holders 7 Abingdon Utd (A) 3 1 2 8 1896-97 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1896-971991-92 Swindon Wollen SportsTown TrowbridgeDownton TownFC Binfield (A) 0 0 2 9 1897-98 Trowbridge Town Swindon Victoria 1897-981992-93 Trowbridge Bemerton HeathTown Harl.Swindon Wollen Victoria Sports 10 Wokingham & Em (H)** 3 1 4 1898-99 Swindon Victoria Devizes Town 1898-991993-94 Swindon Amesbury Victoria Town DevizesSwindon Town Supermarine 11 Tuffley Rovers (A)## 1 3 2 1899-00 Chippenham Town Devizes Town 12 1899-001994-95 Chippenham Purton Town DevizesDownton Town FC Abingdon Utd (H) 3 1

League PositionLeague 1900-01 Warminster Town Even Swindon United 13 4 1900-011995-96 Warminster Highworth Town EvenAmesbury Swindon Town United 1901-02 Chippenham Town Swindon Town Reserves 14 Longlevens (A)*** 0 3 1 1901-021996-97 Chippenham Corsham Town Town SwindonMarlborough Town Reserves Town 15 1902-03 Warminster Town Wootton Bassett Town Flackwell Heath (H) 0 1902-031997-98 Warminster Highworth Town WoottonPurton Bassett Town 16 1903-04 Swindon Town Reserves Wootton Bassett Town 17 1903-041998-99 Swindon Wootton Town Bassett Reserves Town Wootton Pewsey Bassett Vale Town 1904-05 Melksham Town Swindon Haydon St W 18 1904-05 Melksham Town Swindon Haydon St W 1905-06 Salisbury City Swindon Haydon St W 1999-00 Pewsey Vale Purton 19 1905-06 Salisbury City Swindon Haydon St W 20 1906-07 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 2000-01 Wootton Bassett Town Shrewton United 1906-07 Swindon Town Trowbridge Town 1907-08 Devizes Town Trowbridge Town 2001-02 Malmesbury Victoria Pewsey Vale 1907-08 Devizes Town Trowbridge Town 1908-09 Swindon Town Reserves Cup held by President 2002-03 Melksham Town Trowbridge Town * Last season comparative Newbury 1908-09 Swindon Town Reserves Cup held by President 1908-09 Trowbridge Town 2003-04 Trowbridge Town Corsham Town ** Last season comparative Shrivenham 1908-09 Trowbridge Town 1909-10 Salisbury City Warminster Town 2004-05 Corsham Town Bemerton Heath Harl. *** Last season comparative Reading Town 1909-10 Salisbury City Warminster Town 1910-11 Warminster Town Salisbury City 2005-06 Corsham Town Melksham Town # Last season comparative Holyport 1910-11 Warminster Town Salisbury City 1911-12 38th Brigade RFA Calne 2006-07 Corsham Town Melksham Town ## 1911-12 38th Brigade RFA Calne Last season comparative Cheltenham Saracens 1912-13 Calne Town Trowbridge Town 1912-132007-08 Calne Melksham Town Town TrowbridgeLaverstock Town & Ford 1913-14 3rd Wilts Regiment Chippenham Town 1913-142008-09 3rd Highworth Wilts Regiment Town ChippenhamWarminster Town Town 1919-20 Swindon Town Salisbury City 2009-10 Calne Town Laverstock & Ford Last Season 1920-21 Swindon Victoria Stratton Reform 1919-20 Swindon Town Salisbury City 2010-11 Bemerton Heath Harl. Bradford Town 1921-22 Trowbridge Town Chippenham Town 1920-21 Swindon Victoria Stratton Reform Appearances 2015/16 Starts As Sub Total Goals Total Goals 2011-12 Calne Town Bemerton Heath Harl. 1922-23 Salisbury City Devizes Town 1921-22 Trowbridge Town Chippenham Town 2012-13 Melksham Town Downton FC 1 Dan Comer 18 18 -- 1923-24 Spencers Swindon Victoria 1922-23 Salisbury City Devizes Town 1924-25 Chippenham Town Swindon Victoria 1923-242013-14 Spencers Melksham Town SwindonBradford Victoria Town 2 Dan Bailey 18 18 3 46 18 1925-26 Trowbridge Town 1st Batt. Wilts Regiment 1924-252014-15 Chippenham Highworth Town Town SwindonBradford Victoria Town 3 Harvey Scholes 15 3 18 4 -- 1926-27 Chippenham Town Warminster Town 1925-26 Trowbridge Town 1st Batt. Wilts Regiment 1927-28 Swindon Corinthians Chippenham Town 1926-27 Chippenham Town Warminster Town Wiltshire Senior Cup 4 Sam Packer 17 17 3 -- 1928-29 Chippenham Town Swindon Corinthians 1927-28 Swindon Corinthians Chippenham Town 1929-30 Garrard Athletic Trowbridge Town List1928-29 of Cup Chippenham Winners TownWins Swindon Corinthians 5 Curtis Meare 15 15 -- 1930-31 Chippenham Town Swindon Corinthians 1929-30Devizes GarrardTown Athletic Trowbridge14 Town 1930-31 Chippenham Town Swindon Corinthians 6 Dale Richards 14 1 15 45 1 1931-32 Westbury United Swindon Victoria Swindon Town 9 1932-33 Westbury United Warminster Town 1931-32 Westbury United Swindon Victoria 7 Nathan Hawkins 14 1 15 1 44 - 1933-34 Trowbridge Town Westbury Unitrd 1932-33Chippenham Westbury Town United Warminster8 Town 1934-35 Swindon Corinthians Swindon Victoria 1933-34Trowbridge Trowbridge Town Town Westbury8 Unitrd 8 Steve Robertson 14 14 16 16 12 1934-35 Swindon Corinthians Swindon Victoria 1935-36 Swindon Corinthians Swindon Corinthians Purton 7 9 Matt Cheetham 10 4 14 -- 1936-37 Swindon Victoria Salisbury Corinthians 1935-36 Swindon Corinthians Swindon Corinthians 1937-38 Trowbridge Town 1st Survey Coy R.A. 1936-37Melksham Swindon Town Victoria Salisbury7 Corinthians 10 Steve Yeardley 13 13 2 40 10 1938-39 Purton Swindon Corinthians 1937-38Highworth Trowbridge Town Town 1st Survey6 Coy R.A. 1945-46 Salisbury Corinthians Chippenham Town 1938-39Corsham Purton Town Swindon5 Corinthians 11 Stephen Olphert 11 2 13 6 -- 1946-47 Swindon GWR Corinthians Pewsey Vale 1945-46 Salisbury Corinthians Chippenham Town Calne Town (& Harris Utd) 4 12 Richie Carter 7 5 12 46 1 1947-48 Westbury United Swindon BR Corinthians 1946-47 Swindon GWR Corinthians Pewsey Vale 1948-49 Purton Swindon BR Corinthians 1947-48Pinehurst Westbury United Swindon4 BR Corinthians 13 George Drewitt 7 5 12 36 1 1949-50 Devizes Town Calne & Harris United 1948-49Swindon Purton Victoria Swindon4 BR Corinthians 1950-51 Purton Salisbury City 1949-50Westbury Devizes United Town Calne4 & Harris United 14 Adam Corcoran 11 11 -- 1951-52 Westbury United Bulford United 1950-51 Purton Salisbury City 15 Kalum Youngsam 5 5 10 -- 1952-53 Pinehurst YC Swindon Victoria 1951-52Salisbury Westbury City (old United club) Bulford3 United 1953-54 Pinehurst YC Warminster Town 1952-53Swindon Pinehurst Corinthians YC Swindon3 Victoria 16 Tyler Sheppard 3 7 10 29 1 1954-55 Purton Bulford United 1953-54Warminster Pinehurst Town YC Warminster3 Town 1955-56 Swindon Victoria Downton FC 1954-55 Purton Bulford United 17 Ryan Thomas 4 5 9 1 12 - 1956-57 Devizes Town Swindon B.R. 1955-56Amesbury Swindon Victoria Downton2 FC 18 Dane Moulden 4 1 5 -- 1957-58 Devizes Town Melksham Town 1956-57Bemerton Devizes Heath Town Harl. Swindon2 B.R. 1958-59 Devizes Town Swindon B.R. 1957-58Downton Devizes FC Town Melksham2 Town 1959-60 Pinehurst Devizes Town 19 Luke Kuczynski 4 4 13 - 1958-59Penhill Devizes Town Swindon2 B.R. 1960-61 Devizes Town Pinehurst 1959-60 Pinehurst Devizes Town 20 Nathan Gambling 2 2 4 1 39 16 1961-62 Devizes Town Malmesbury 1960-61Pewsey DevizesVale Town Pinehurst2 21 Joe Hiscock 1 1 2 31 3 1962-63 Devizes Town Highworth Town 1961-62Pinehurst Devizes YC Town Malmesbury2 1963-64 Highworth Town Westbury Unitrd 1962-63Swindon Devizes Athletic Town Highworth2 Town 22 James Skinner 2 2 37 6 1964-65 Pinehurst Chippenham Town 1963-64 Highworth Town Westbury Unitrd 1965-66 Devizes Town Aldbourne 1964-65Swindon Pinehurst Town Reserves Chippenham2 Town 22 Cristy Miller 2 2 -- 1966-67 Pinehurst Devizes Town 1965-66Wootton Devizes Bassett Town Town Aldbourne2 23 Daniel Smith 2 2 -- 1967-68 Devizes Town Melksham Town 1966-6738th Brigade Pinehurst RFA Devizes1 Town 1968-69 Chippenham Town Melksham Town 1967-683rd Wilts Devizes Regiment Town Melksham1 Town 24 Callum Wright 1 1 27 2 1969-70 Melksham Town Devizes Town 1968-69 Chippenham Town Melksham Town 25 Martin Sinclair 1 1 -- 1970-71 Devizes Town Pinehurst 1969-70Avebury Melksham Town Devizes1 Town 1971-72 Devizes Town Sanford Youth 1970-71Garrard DevizesAthletic Town Pinehurst1 1972-73 Highworth Town Devizes Town 26 Hugo Vivash 1 1 6 1 1971-72Malmesbury Devizes Vics Town Sanford1 Youth 1973-74 Devizes Town Park 1972-73 Highworth Town Devizes Town 27 Jake Covey 1 1 -- 1974-75 Chippenham Town Vickers 1973-74Salisbury Devizes Corinthians Town Park1 28 Scott Walduck 1 1 12 - 1975-76 Pinehurst Devizes Town 1974-75Spencers Chippenham Town Vickers1 1976-77 Corsham Town Park 1975-76Swindon Pinehurst Supermarine Devizes1 Town 29 Jack Ellis 1 1 5 - 1977-78 Melksham Town Avon Bradford 1976-77 Corsham Town Park 1978-79 Devizes Town Ferndale Athletic Swindon GWR Corinthians 1 1977-78 Melksham Town Avon Bradford 1979-80 Downton FC Park Own Goals - 1978-79Swindon Devizes Wanderers Town Ferndale1 Athletic 1980-81 Downton FC Tisbury United 1979-80Wollen Sports Downton FC Park1 1981-82 Avebury Melksham Town 1980-81 Downton FC Tisbury United 1982-83 Penhill Chippenham Town 1981-82 Avebury Melksham Town 1983-84 Amesbury Town Penhill 1982-83 Penhill Chippenham Town 1984-85 Calne Town Supermarine 1983-84 Amesbury Town Penhill 1985-86 Supermarine Penhill 1984-85 Calne Town Supermarine 1986-87 Penhill Bemerton Athletic 1985-86 Supermarine Penhill 1987-88 Purton Wootton Bassett Town 1986-87 Penhill Bemerton Athletic 1988-89 Purton Highworth Town 1987-88 Purton Wootton Bassett Town 1989-90 Swindon Athletic Pewsey Vale 1988-89 Purton Highworth Town 1990-91 Pewsey Vale Swindon Athletic 1989-90 Swindon Athletic Pewsey Vale 1991-92 Wollen Sports Downton FC 1990-91 Pewsey Vale Swindon Athletic 1992-93 Bemerton Heath Harl. Wollen Sports 1991-92 Wollen Sports Downton FC 1993-94 Amesbury Town Swindon Supermarine 1992-93 Bemerton Heath Harl. Wollen Sports 1994-95 Purton Downton FC 1995-96 Highworth Town Amesbury Town 1993-94 Amesbury Town Swindon Supermarine 1996-97 Corsham Town Marlborough Town 1994-95 Purton Downton FC 1997-98 Highworth Town Purton 1995-96 Highworth Town Amesbury Town 1998-99 Wootton Bassett Town Pewsey Vale 1996-97 Corsham Town Marlborough Town 1999-00 Pewsey Vale Purton 1997-98 Highworth Town Purton 2000-01 Wootton Bassett Town Shrewton United 1998-99 Wootton Bassett Town Pewsey Vale 2001-02 Malmesbury Victoria Pewsey Vale 1999-00 Pewsey Vale Purton 2002-03 Melksham Town Trowbridge Town 2000-01 Wootton Bassett Town Shrewton United 2003-04 Trowbridge Town Corsham Town 2001-02 Malmesbury Victoria Pewsey Vale 2004-05 Corsham Town Bemerton Heath Harl. 2002-03 Melksham Town Trowbridge Town 2005-06 Corsham Town Melksham Town 2003-04 Trowbridge Town Corsham Town 2006-07 Corsham Town Melksham Town 2004-05 Corsham Town Bemerton Heath Harl. 2007-08 Melksham Town Laverstock & Ford 2005-06 Corsham Town Melksham Town 2008-09 Highworth Town Warminster Town 2006-07 Corsham Town Melksham Town 2009-10 Calne Town Laverstock & Ford 2007-08 Melksham Town Laverstock & Ford 2010-11 Bemerton Heath Harl. Bradford Town 2008-09 Highworth Town Warminster Town 2011-12 Calne Town Bemerton Heath Harl. 2009-10 Calne Town Laverstock & Ford 2012-13 Melksham Town Downton FC 2010-11 Bemerton Heath Harl. Bradford Town 2013-14 Melksham Town Bradford Town 2011-12 Calne Town Bemerton Heath Harl. 2014-15 Highworth Town Bradford Town 2012-13 Melksham Town Downton FC 2013-14 Melksham Town Bradford Town 2014-15 Highworth Town Bradford Town Wiltshire Senior Cup RWBTFC First Team Pen Pics Royal Wootton Bassett Town Curtis Meare Goal Keeper Adam Corcoran Defence WILTSHIRE COUNTY SENIOR CUP Highly rated young goalkeeper who joins from This will be his 4th season with Bassett having SEASON 2015-16 Forest Green Rovers Academy having played a re-joined the Club from Shrivenham. Previously handful of games for Bassett in Season 2013-14. with Calne Town a player who gives 100% every game. First Round Laverstock & Ford 9 - 0 Shrewton United Nathan Hawkins Defence George Drewitt Defence Westbury United A cultured defender previously with Cirencester Classy defender, product of the Club’s Youth 0 - 3 Melksham Town Town and Fairford. Regular last season who Section. Both Manager and Players player of the Trowbridge Wanderers 1 - 3 Downton formed a great centre-back partnership with season in 2014-15 when he made 36 appearanc- George Drewitt making 44 appearances es and scored 1 goal. Devizes Town 1 - 2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins Saum Youth 2 - 4 Mere Town Dane Moulden Defence Dale Richards Defence Marlborough Town 0 - 4 Trowbridge Town Dependable full back. Member of our U18’s in A product of the Club’s youth section, a classy 2008-09. Still only 24 but brings plenty of Hellenic defender who made the step-up to adult football in Royal Wootton Bassett Town 3 - 1 Ludgershall Sports experience, having featured for Cricklade Town, style last season making 45 appearances. Warminster Town 2 - 3 Amesbury Town Fairford Town and Shrivenham. Calne Town 0 - 2 Pewsey Vale Steve Yeardley Defence Daniel Comer Defence Corsham Town 1 - 0 Purton Bassett lad who starts the season with 373 Young defender, comfortable at both centre half Wroughton appearances before this season and 56 goals for and right back. Joining from Cirencester Academy 1 - 6 Salisbury the club. Battling midfield player or defender with and having been selected to represent Wiltshire Chippenham Park W - L Malmesbury Vics tremendous energy and fans’ favourite Under 18s. We have high expectations for Dan. New College Swindon v Wilts Calne Town Bye but withdrawn from comp Stephen Olphert Midfield Harvey Scholes Midfield Vale of Pewsey Joins from Shrivenham. Previously captained Attack minded midfield player with great technical Bradford Town Bye Clanfield where he made over 300 appearances ability who joins us from New College where he and had reputation as one of Division One West’s was a regular but now keen to step-up to the Highworth Town Bye better players through his all-round game Premier.

Second Round Matt Cheetham Midfield Jack Ellis Midfield Chippenham Park Bemerton Heath Harlequins Hard tackling and skilful midfield player who joins Pacy player who re-joined the club at the back v us from Division One West Clanfield. end of last season from Malmesbury. A product of Downton v Trowbridge Town one of the Club’s most successful U18 sides. Laverstock & Ford v Amesbury Town Melksham Town v Bradford Town Richie Carter Midfield Sam Packer Midfield Pewsey Vale v Corsham Town Cultured midfield player. Last season made 46 Returning to the Club from Shrivenham. Hard appearances and will start the season having working and talented midfield player who played Salisbury v Mere Town played 176 times for the club. Player of Year back for the Club in season 2010-11 and 2013-14. Royal Wootton Bassett Town v New College or Wilts Calne Town in Season 2008-9. Highworth Town Bye Ryan Thomas Midfield James Skinner Midfield Skilful midfield playmaker previously with Regular last season making 37 appearances and Quarter Finals Cricklade Town and Highworth Town. Suffered scoring 6 times. Versatile player who can play v Highworth Town are in danger badly with injuries but on his day capable of either at the back or in midfield. opening up any defence. v of winning this Cup again without playing a game as they get another v Kalum Youngsam Forward Tyler Sheppard Forward v bye which means they are straight Speedy youngster with massive potential who is a Another product of Bassett’s youth section. through to the Quarter Finals. good finisher. Expected to really grow this season Former Swindon Town Centre of Excellence and be a very good player in this division. player who then joined Yeovil Town. Previously Semi Finals also with Highworth Town and Calne Town. v v Dan Bailey Forward Steve Robertson Forward Strong powerful player who can play in midfield or Free scoring forward who re-joined the Club from Final up front and was our top scorer last season with Shrivenham last season. Despite joining part way 18 goals from 46 appearances. Previously with through the season he netted an impressive 12 v Fairford Town. times in just 16 games. Player Profile - Dan Comer Away Travel Season 2015-16

Dan Comer (Defender) The table below shows the addresses of all the grounds we will be visiting this coming 2015-16 Season. With 5 new teams next season the league has moved Comer is a young defender, capable of playing at West a bit during the summer and added over 100 miles to the travel that needs to both centre half and full back, who joins for this be made. The table below includes the postcode to enter into your Sat Nav. A rough season having graduated from Cirencester estimate of the distance from Wootton Bassett is also shown. Academy. His performances there helped merit selection for Wiltshire's Under 18 team. Total away travel = 1,806 miles (2014-15: 1,704 miles)

A hard worker, who is an excellent deliverer of the Average away game travel (return journey) = 95.1 miles (2014-15: 89.7 miles) ball, he has already established a regular first team place as he makes the step up to senior Team Address Postcode Distance football. (Miles) Northcourt Rd Abingdon, Abingdon United OX14 1PL 46 Currently is top of the appearances chart for this Oxfordshire season in his first season in adult football. He has The Playing Fields, Oxford Ardley United OX27 7NZ 52 already received a number of man-of-the match Road, Ardley awards in games this season and must already be Ascot Racecourse, Car Park Ascot United SL5 7RA 59 in contention for the end of season Players Player 10, Winkfield Road, Ascot award. Binfield Hill Farm Lane, Binfield RG42 5NR 56

Comer is the son of former long-time Bassett Bracknell Town FC. Larges Bracknell Town RG12 9AN 56 'keeper Paul Comer. Lane, Bracknell

Brackley Town St James Park, Churchill NN13 7EJ 58 Saints Way, Brackley

Brimscombe & 'The Meadow' ,London Road GL5 2SH 27 Thrupp Brimscombe , Stroud Wilks Park, Magpie Lane, Flackwell Heath HP10 9EA 68 Heath End Road, Flackwell H Palmer Park Stadium Highmoor Ibis RG6 1LF 45 Wokingham Road Reading

Elm Recreation Ground, Highworth Town SN6 7DD 12 Highworth Kidlington Yarnton Road, Kidlington OX5 1AT 43

Saw Mills End, Corinium Longlevens GL4 3DG 42 Avenue, Gloucester Lydney Recreation Ground, Lydney Town GL15 5RU 53 Swan Road, Lydney Milton United Potash Lane, Milton Heights OX13 6AG 40

Oxford City Court Place Farm Stadium, OX3 0NQ 54 Nomads Marsh Lane, Oxford The ASM Stadium, Meadow Thame United View Park, Tythrop Way, OX9 3RN 64 Thame, Waterside Park,Crookham Thatcham Town RG19 4PA 36 Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire Glevum Park Lower Tuffley Tuffley Rovers GL2 5DT 41 Lane, Tuffley, Gloucester

Wokingham & The Triangle Ground Mill RG9 4HB 51 Emmbrook Lane Henley

Fixtures, Results and Tables Season 2015-16 This coming Monday...... Uhlsport Hellenic League

Hellenic League Oxford Premier Season Abingdon Brackley Bracknell Brimscom Flackwell Highmoor Highw'th Lydney City Thame Thatcham Tuffley Woking'm W.Bassett 2015-16 Utd Ardley Utd Ascot Utd Binfield Town Town & Thrupp Heath Ibis Town Kidlington Longl'ns Town Milton Utd Nomads United Town Rovers & E Town Abingdon Utd 1 - 3 0 - 6 2 - 1 3 - 3 0 - 3 1 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 4 Ardley Utd 1 - 5 1 - 3 0 - 6 0 - 4 0 - 2 2 - 1 5 - 0 Ascot United 3 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 4 Binfield 4 - 0 1 - 1 4 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 2 0 - 0 2 - 0 Brackley Town 3 - 0 2 - 5 2 - 4 2 - 5 2 - 2 1 - 2 3 - 2 Bracknell Town 0 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 3 Brimscombe & T 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 4 4 - 2 4 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 1 Flackwell Heath 2 - 0 4 - 0 3 - 2 3 - 3 2 - 1 4 - 3 4 - 3 7 - 2 Highmoor Ibis 6 - 0 2 - 1 0 - 1 3 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 1 Highworth Town 2 - 3 3 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 2 5 - 0 Kidlington 5 - 1 3 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 0 4 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 1 Longlevens 3 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 0 - 1 3 - 0 1 - 4 1 - 2 2 - 1 3 - 2 Lydney Town 1 - 3 0 - 0 3 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 1 3 - 0 3 - 2 Milton United 2 - 1 0 - 2 3 - 3 0 - 1 2 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 1 Oxford City Nom 2 - 0 2 - 2 3 - 1 2 - 0 4 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2 Thame United 2 - 0 0 - 3 1 - 2 5 - 0 2 - 1 0 - 1 3 - 1 Thatcham Town 6 - 2 2 - 1 2 - 0 6 - 2 0 - 0 3 - 2 3 - 2 2 - 1 Tuffley Rovers 1 - 2 4 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 2 Wokingham & E 0 - 3 1 - 2 1 - 4 0 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 2 1 - 6 W.B assett tt T own 2 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 1

2015-2016 Season 2015-2016 Season UHLSPORT Hellenic League UHLSPORT Hellenic League Premier Division as at 21st October 2015 Division One (West) as at 18th October 2015 PWDLF A Pts PWDLF A Pts 1 Flackwell Heath 15 11 2 2 50 25 35 1 Cheltenham Saracens 7 6 1 0 21 8 19 2 Thatcham Town 13 10 2 1 36 16 32 2 Fairford Town 8 5 1 2 21 11 16 3 Kidlington 13 9 3 1 32 13 30 3 Carterton 7 5 1 1 19 11 16 4 Ascot United 17 9 3 5 26 18 30 5 Highworth Town 14 9 1 4 33 14 28 4 Purton 9 3 5 1 20 13 14 6 Oxford City Nomads 15 9 1 5 31 20 28 5 North Leigh United 10 4 1 5 20 27 13 7 Highmoor-Ibis 16 8 3 5 32 21 27 6 Easington Sports 9 3 2 4 17 18 11 8 Binfield 13 7 3 3 24 15 24 7 Clanfield 85' 9 2 4 3 12 16 10 9 Brimscombe & Thrupp 13 7 3 3 25 16 24 8 Hook Norton 4 3 0 1 7 3 9 10 Thame United 14 7 2 5 21 17 23 9 New College Swindon 7 3 0 4 7 8 9 11 Longlevens AFC 15 7 1 7 21 23 22 10 Shortwood United Res' 7 2 2 3 17 17 8 12 Royal Wootton Bassett 14 6 2 6 26 28 20 11 Letcombe 7 2 2 3 8 10 8 13 Lydney Town 14 4 6 4 21 23 18 12 Cirencester Town Dev' 8 1 4 3 14 22 7 14 Milton United 16 3 5 8 18 26 14 13 Tytherington Rocks 8 1 1 6 8 19 4 15 Ardley United 15 4 1 10 18 36 13 14 Shrivenham 4 0 0 4 4 12 0 16 Tuffley Rovers 14 3 3 8 23 31 12 17 Brackley Town Saints 16 3 2 11 23 45 11 18 Abingdon United 17 3 2 12 19 50 11 19 Bracknell Town 12 1 4 7 15 28 7 20 Wokingham & Emmbrook 16 1 1 14 14 43 4 2015-2016 Season UHLSPORT Hellenic League Division One (East) as at 18th October 2015 PWDLF A Pts 1 Finchampstead 10 6 2 2 18 9 20 2 Penn & Tylers Green 8 6 1 1 27 5 19 3 Headington Amateur's 8 4 2 2 10 8 14 4 Rayners Lane 8 4 1 3 18 12 13 5 Henley Town 8 4 1 3 19 16 13 6 Didcot Town Res' 8 3 2 3 15 14 11 7 Bicester Town 7 3 2 2 13 15 11 8 Wantage Town Res' 10 3 1 6 16 23 10 9 Chinnor 6 3 0 3 13 10 9 10 Holyport 6 3 0 3 13 15 9 11 Chalfont Wasps 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 12 Woodley United 8 2 1 5 8 17 7 13 Old Woodstock Town 7 2 0 5 5 19 6 14 Reading Town 6 0 0 6 7 21 0 Royal Wootton Bassett Town will yet again be running a Fantasy Football League for the 2015/16 season. It is available for all to enter and there are prizes to be won.

It is quick and easy to enter. To do so, visit fantasy.premierleague.com and click on sign up. Once you have followed the instructions and selected your team, click on the 'Leagues' tab.

There, click 'Join a League' and in the pop-up box select 'Private League' and then next. Here, you will be asked to enter a code, with the RWBTFC.co.uk League number being: 104142-29036.

Those who competed last season will automatically re-enter if they use their existing log-in details.

Last year there were a record 47 entries. The eventual winner was Andy Guppy, who pipped reigning champion Michael Case to the crown in a close title race.

For all the club's managers and coaches, joining the Fantasy League is the only chance to prove who the pick of the bunch really is, so get entering! And for players, parents or supporters it's an opportunity to find out if you're cut out for a managerial Ladies Section In Focus Fantasy Football career... Youth section players can join too, and if enough do so a prize will be made available Royal Wootton Bassett Town FC Gloucestershire County Womens League Season 2015-16 Fantasy Football Competition - Season 2015-16 for the best placed finisher. Division One Fixtures As at 21st October 2015 Week Total 1 Dirty Oars Andrew Guppy 66 499 It's great fun to play, and, after another successful season last year, it would be brilliant Date Opponents H/A Competition Result Scorers 2 High flying Samuel Case 72 493 if more could enter to make it even bigger and better. Let's make it a half century of 6-Sep-15 Downend Flyers H W FA Cup L 1 - 5 Bogg 2 Inter Minan Joe topping 69 482 entries this season! 13-Sep-15 Bristol Ladies Union Dev H League L 1 - 8 Jefferies 4 Cupid Punts Michael Case 67 481 5 Charlie's Angels Karen Avery 91 480 Previous Winners 20-Sep-15 Cheltenham Town Dev A League L 1 - 5 Jefferies 6 Gotta be my year Becky Gammon 60 478 4-Oct-15 Cirencester Town A League L 1 - 3 Gammon 7 Benford Rejects Benny Brown 70 476 2014/15 – Andy Guppy (Dirty Oars) 18-Oct-15 AEK Boco H L. Cup L 1 - 4 Bogg 8 Square Ball Tel David Topping 87 474 25-Oct-15 Dursley Town A League 9 latorrefc Alejandro Stock 54 463 2013/14 – Michael Case (Cupid Punts) 10 Viva Paul Curtis... SJ Lawro 73 462 1-Nov-15 Forest of Dean H League 11 Coutinho Defence Up Jacob Hayden 65 457 2012/13 – Sam Lawro (Top of the Perch -19) 8-Nov-15 Longlevens A League 12 Fantasy XI Reece Holloway 80 456 22-Nov-15 St Nicholas H League 13 SuarezBitsBack Rockin Robin 55 455 2011/12 – Sam Lawro (19- Top Of Your Perch) 6-Dec-15 AEK Boco A League 14 Gillie's Army FC Ryan Gillie 58 450 15 Michu at De Gea Ba Dane Moulden 45 447 2010/11 – Josh Dimond (Liquidation FC) 20-Dec-15 Almondsbury UWE H League 16 Liverpoor Ethan Joe 48 445 10-Jan-16 Almondsbury UWE A League 17 Tekkerslovakia Ryan Collins 58 442 17-Jan-16 Bristol & West H League 18 Jose Fonte Baby Josh Dimond 55 435 24-Jan-16 Bristol Ladies Union Dev A League 19 Gerrard's Slippers Chris Green 72 432 20 United We Stand Simon Jones 38 430 31-Jan-16 Cheltenham Town Dev H League 20 C-Bomb's Jack Paish 73 429 7-Feb-16 Cirencester Town H League 22 BainesONtoast Oliver Case 59 428 21-Feb-16 Dursley Town H League 23 SMG James Skinner 40 426 28-Feb-16 Forest of Dean A League 24 Wrighty's Warriors Callum Wright 72 423 25 fc barcelona Ethan Alejandro 67 420 6-Mar-16 Longlevens H League 26 Joe's hoe's joe dixon 46 417 13-Mar-16 St Nicholas A League 27 barcaloaner Murcia Guy 39 415 3-Apr-16 AEK Boco H League 28 Largie's Lads Scott Large 52 410 17-Apr-16 Bristol & West A League 28 Shumps Gooner get ya Steven Humphrey 61 409 30 Irish Allstars Sam Jackson 88 408 31 poops thomas haworth 56 406 Gloucestershire County Womens League Season 2015-16 32 REUS krispies Harry Gough 61 406 Division One League Table as at 18th October 2015 33 Mein Bergkampf george Fry 44 405 P W D L F A Pts 34 royal woodpecker utd bryan wood 46 405 35 Spiral Tribe FC joe hockham 71 404 1 Cheltenham Town Development 4 3 0 1 17 7 9 36 Sticks & John Stones Ollie Sinclair 53 404 2 AEK Boco Ladies 3 3 0 0 11 2 9 37 Footysavedmybacon Ken G 26 398 3 Almondsbury UWE 3 3 0 0 6 1 9 38 MerkelsPanzaDivision Helmut Cheese 64 396 39 Halls' Town Tim Hall 40 394 4 St Nicholas Ladies Reserves 3 2 0 1 9 7 6 40 Kids R Utd Paul Gillie 67 394 5 Forest of Dean Ladies 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 41 JoseParksTheBus Jose Moanalot 41 389 6 Longlevens Womens FC 4 1 1 2 2 8 4 42 Who Ate All Depays? JACK HOLDER 70 386 43 Sims United Simon G 46 385 7 Bristol Ladies Union Development 3 1 0 2 8 5 3 44 Swift's bathwater FC Phillip Forster 39 385 8 Cirencester Town Ladies 4 1 0 3 3 1 3 45 MyLittleBony FC Euan Burke 52 381 9 Dursley Town Ladies 2 1 0 1 3 6 3 46 Monye XI hugo vivash 39 379 10 Bristol & West Ladies 2 0 0 2 1 9 0 47 PC's Havin a Party Paul Curtis 52 379 48 Stick The Blue Flag Mark Smedley 43 376 11 Royal Wootton Bassett Town Ladies 3 0 0 3 3 16 0 49 Yoyo XI Scott Smedley 59 375 50 Swagenham&Redbridge Dave Groom 45 372 51 David Beldon's kids Rhys Holdsworth 51 372 The ladies have seen the toughest start to a season yet and are yet to pick up their first win of the 52 Gregs Demons Ian Bull 59 367 season, but they are still continuing to work hard in training, so it's only a matter of time before those 53 Nottingham Florist James Evans 49 366 elusive 3 points are on the board. The team has seen several departures in the close season, but the 54 Crazy's Robins Paul Burke 42 366 new signings have settled in quickly and the team are now starting to gel more and the girls are 55 Le Saux Solid Crew Ryan Thomas 46 360 playing some great football. We just need the goals to start flowing now.... 56 Moves like Agger Andy Tye 29 359 57 The Koeman League Stuart Smedley 39 357 We have played several cup games, but now look forward to getting into some kind of rhythm in the 58 FirstTimeLucky? Keren Broyde 43 356 league and chalking up that first win. With the work we are putting in at training I am confident enough 59 Royal rovers Teresa Andow 40 352 that the players we have can pick themselves up and push on in the league now after a very slow 60 FC United of Wood Ali Wood 45 352 61 ???????? enough!!!! luke jones 34 348 start to the season. 62 Rigs Warriors Paul Haworth 46 343 63 Winning Fc Jayden Handel 49 340 The next 3 games will be crucial for the girls to do well and start picking up points from teams that we 64 bassett legend steve thomas 45 339 beat on several occasions last season. This Sunday we travel to Dursley, before welcoming the 65 Pathetic Athletic Alex Webb 33 324 Forest of Dean to the Gerard Buxton Sports Ground before hitting the road again to visit Longlevens. 66 QPR joe Wych 43 317 67 Hannover Hangover Ben Gerrish 38 310 Becky

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By Sam Elliott

WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB F.A. Cup SEASON 2015-16 RESERVE TEAM FIXTURES - WILTSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE

Date Opponents H/A Comp Result Scorers FA CUP day – not that some in the wider football world have noticed that the grand Sat 15-Aug-15 Ludgershall Sports A League D 2 - 2 Shepherd, Large old competition has even kicked off yet! Anything this side of the first round is often treated as a prelude to the introduction of the Football League clubs and, eventually, Tue 18-Aug-15 Wroughton A League L 2 - 3 Covey, Dixon the Premier League big boys. Sat 22-Aug-15 Melksham Town Res A League L 0 - 1 Tue 25-Aug-15 Chippenham Park Dev H League W 3 - 1 Shaw 2, Clark You can usually set your watch to when the competition begins for those poor souls Sat 29-Aug-15 Trowbridge Wanderers A League L 4 - 5 Clark, Ellis, Shaw, Large unaware of anything except what Sky Sports News force-feed them. It’s usually Sat 5-Sep-15 Wilts Calne Town A League W 4 - 2 Clarke 2, Tidy, Hayden about the same time the tabloids go to town on our Non-League builders, window Sat 12-Sep-15 Shrewton United A League L 1 - 6 Tidy cleaners and waiters but here’s some breaking news to stick on Sky’s yellow ticker - Sat 19-Sep-15 Devizes Town Res H League L 2 - 4 Tidy 2 there’s some fantastic stories already developing. Sat 26-Sep-15 Corsham Town Res A League D 1 - 1 Shepherd Sat 3-Oct-15 Andover New Street Sw H League D 3 - 3 Shepherd 3 Today’s the day the dream-making really begins. The first round is 90 minutes away Sat 10-Oct-15 Vale of Pewsey A League D 1 - 1 Matthews and some brilliant ties will light up the weekend. We’ve already had our fair share of Sat 24-Oct-15 Devizes Town Res A League tales, fabulous games and goals and, you guessed, classic upsets. One of the best Sat 31-Oct-15 Chippenham Park Dev H League may not be beaten. Goalkeeper Ricky Drury has a place in FA Cup folklore as he Wilts Calne Town H Cup There were just four games played in the scored a wonderful injury-time leveller for Holbeach… with a stunning overhead Andover New Street Sw A League kick! His Step 5 side were 1-0 down to National League North Worcester City when League on Saturday as County and League Corsham Town Res H League his bicycle beauty saved the day – it was caught on camera and made him an cup games restricted the league programme. Ludgershall Sports H League online star. Overhead Kick Rick also made the NLP’s front page! Could that goal be Shrewton who went top on Tuesday night Malmesbury Vics H League bettered? Wealdstone fans may think so – Scott Davies’ 70 yarder in the last round following a 4-2 win over lowly Andover New Malmesbury Vics A League has been renamed the Brockenhurst Blockbuster! Some 20-yards into his own half, Street were without a game. The only team in the former Aldershot player took aim to devastating effect. It earned him and his Marlborough Town A League the top five to play were Corsham Town team-mates a visit from the famous cup last week and he told his pals: “I think they Marlborough Town H League should all remember the hype my goal created!” Melksham Town Res H League Reserves and they were not able to take Sarum Youth A League advantage as they went down 3-2 away at The beauty of the Cup is that you can uncover real characters with real stories Sarum Youth H League Devizes Town Reserves. Biggest winners of attached to them. Luke Tuffs, 28, is a key part of Combined Counties League Shrewton United H League the day were bottom of the table Wilts Calne Hartley Wintney’s management team. Nothing unusual or different about a young Trowbridge Town A League Town. They had an excellent 5-2 away win coach making his way. Except Luke is openly gay, and at a level of the game where Trowbridge Town H League against Sarum Youth. Another team who are at social issues are still commonplace he made a stand in a public way to fight from the wrong end of the table having a good day the front. Trowbridge Wanderers H League were Marlborough Town who hit three without Vale of Pewsey H League “I wouldn’t say it was a crusade, but I would love to help other gay people in the Wilts Calne Town H League reply at home to Vale of Pewsey. Ludgeshall game,” he told us. “As a teenager if I had older people in football that were Wroughton H League Sports moved up to seventh place with a successful and ‘out’ it would have been a huge confidence builder. I know so many Wiltshire County Football League narrow 2-1 win at Chippenham Park players and coaches that are gay, including many higher up the Pyramid, but they Premier Division Season 2015-16 as at 17th October 2015 Development. all say it would be impossible for them to come out, so maybe me doing this will P W D L F A PTS help them and others in a small way.” 1 Shrewton Utd FC 13 9 2 2 44 20 29 In the Fountain Trophies Cup it was Trowbridge 2 Malmesbury Victoria FC 13 9 1 3 61 22 28 Town who won the Trowbridge derby defeating 3 Trowbridge Town FC 9 8 1 0 43 8 25 Alex Parsons is a model pro – his two goals for Bognor Regis helped dump 4 Melksham Town FC Res 11 8 1 2 36 10 25 the Wanderers by a solitary goal. National League South Oxford City out… weeks after we had him on page 3 5 Corsham Town FC Res 14 7 1 6 31 32 22 winning The Sun’s ‘Hunk Hunt’ competition. Who doesn’t love a Cup comeback? 6 Devizes Town FC Res 12 6 1 5 16 24 19 The Wiltshire Senior Cup tie between We do, and so do Westfields. Evo-Stik NLP South Kidsgrove were 4-0 up at half 7 Ludgershall Sports FC 9 5 3 1 28 14 18 Chippenham Park and Malmesbury Vics was time against their Midland League opposition. Suddenly, something changed. By the 8 Trowbridge Wanderers FC 9 6 0 3 25 16 18 9 Chippenham Park FC Development 12 5 1 6 27 20 16 awarded to Chippenham Park. time the full-time whistle went after extra-time Westfields won 6-5 to progress. Talk 10 Wroughton FC 10 4 2 4 28 33 14 about getting your money’s worth. 11 Vale of Pewsey FC 11 3 2 6 15 41 11 12 Royal Wootton Bassett Town FC Res 11 2 4 5 23 29 10 Where will we find the stories this weekend? Let the action commence! 13 Marlborough Town FC 10 2 3 5 16 25 9 14 Wilts Calne Town FC 11 1 1 9 18 44 4 15 Sarum Youth FC 11 1 1 9 16 43 4 16 Andover New Street Swifts FC 12 0 2 10 16 62 2

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Southern League Premier Division WBTFC Average Home League Attendances - Last 10 Chippenham Town currently lie in 3rd place in the Southern League table, five points behind leaders Leamington. On Saturday a goal from Ashan Holgate gave Chippenham a share of the Years plus current season points away at Stafford Town. Cirencester Town sit in 8th place four points behind Chippenham. 120 106.2 Southern League South & West Division One Swindon Supermarine’s excellent start to the season continued on Saturday with a 3-0 away win at 100 Bridgwater Town. Luke Hopper fired a hat-trick for the Swindon side who were easy winners on the day. This win lifted Swindon up into second place in the table, two points behind leaders North Leigh but having played two more games than the league leaders. 80 71.8 64.0 63.6 Wessex League 59.6 57.9 59.4 Salisbury continue to lead the Premier Division, their latest win coming at Whitchurch United where 60 54.8 52.9 they hit four without reply. Salisbury are now seven points ahead of second placed AFC

endance Portchester who have one game in hand. Despite losing 5-1 at home to Cowes, Bemerton Heath t t 42.8

At 40.7 Harlequins are in the top half of the table. 40 In Division One Pewsey Vale are still searching for that first point of the season despite a change of manager. So far they have lost all six league games. By contrast Amesbury Town are having a 20 good start to the season and sit in second place following a 3-1 home win over Hythe & Dibden. Downton are one place behind then in 3rd place following a 2-2 draw at Alton. In a good start to the season for Wiltshire sides, Laverstock and Ford are back in 5th place following a 4-1 home win 0 over Ringwood. 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 Season Western League (Average Attendances) The two Wiltshire sides in the Premier Division have had reasonable starts to the season. Last year’s champions Melksham Town are currently in fifth place with seven wins from their opening twelve games. Bradford Town are back in 10th place with five wins from their opening nine games. On Saturday they hit four without reply against league leaders Bristol Manor Farm to show they mean business this season. WBTFC Attendances - Season 2015-16 (and comparison to 2014-15) nd 35 In Division One the current top Wiltshire side are Jeff Robert’s Corsham Town who sit in 2 place Abingdon Utd 78 21 2014-15 level on points with leaders Hengrove Athletic having played one more game. Chippenham Park Ardley United 92 th Ascot United 25 have also started well and are in 6 place in the table. Warminster, Calne Town, Westbury United 2015-16 Binfield 31 and Devizes Town are all struggling in the bottom half of the table. On Saturday Warminster lost 2- 0 away at Cheddar whilst Devizes went down by a solitary goal at leaders Hengrove. Brackley Town 99 Bracknell Town 52 Brimscombe & T 88 Wiltshire League Flack well Hea th 70 To see the latest news on the Wiltshire League see the Reserves page. Highmoor Ibis 32 102 Swindon & District League Highworth Town 204 Kidlington 35 The Premier Division sees Tawny Owl at the top of the table boasting a 100% record with twelve points from their opening four games. In Division One Swindon Spitfires are top of the pile with an Long levens th Lydney Town identical record. Wootton Bassett based Bassett Bulldogs are back in 6 place with eight points Milton United 30 from their opening six games. This last weekend it was cup action with Bassett Bulldogs going Oxford City Nomads 36 down 3-2 against Premier Division side Old Town United. Tuffley Rovers Thame United 26 Cirencester & District League 42 A number of Wiltshire sides now play in the Cirencester & District League. Current leaders in Thatcham Town rd Wokingham & E Division One are Intel FC. Ashton Keynes sit in 3 place, just ahead of Wroughton Reserves and 58.0 Malmesbury Vics Reserves. Highworth Town Development are 2nd from bottom with just one win in Average 42. 8 106.2 their opening five fixtures. In Division Two Blunsdon FC are in 7th place, with Minety back in 9th 0 50 100 150 200 250 place. On Saturday Minety were 6-0 home winners over Sherburne Harriers, whilst Blunsdon were 4-2 winners in the cup away at Lechlade Reserves. Intel and Ashton Keynes also met in teh Cup with Intel winning 5-0. Wroughton Reserves were 4-0 winners against Siddington Sports whilst the other two Wiltshire sides both exited the cup, Highworth losing 2-1 at home to Oaksey and Malmesbury going down 5-3 at South Cerney

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Bulletin No 011/2015-2016 Boot Room Chatter 17th October 2015 Match Reports PREMIER Flackwell Heath retain top spot with a narrower than expected home victory over Tuffley Rovers from the lower reaches. Chris Hurst and Jon Bennett got two apiece for the home side with Jordan Fletcher on target after just five minutes and Mark Ford with two in the last ten, giving the league leaders a fright. Brimscombe and Thrupp fought hard to hold visitors Ascot United, who started the day in second spot to a draw. Ollie Pitt was on target for the home team and Lee Boon for Ascot. This left the way open for in form Thatcham Town to take over the runner up slot. They did this against bottom club Wokingham & Emmbrook. First half goals from Mark Thompson, Yashwa Romeo and Adam Morris made it look easy. The visitors could only reply once through Sam Bateman, but fought to the end. Their keeper Woodward was clapped off the pitch by both sets of supporters. Highmoor IBIS moved up the table with a solid victory at home to Brackley Town Saints. Finding the net were Richard Witt, with an end of the first half penalty kick, and, late in the game, Mo Davies plus Mitchell Parker. Highworth Town and on-the-road Binfield took part in the game of the day. On the hour Highworth led with goals from Callum Parsons and Sam Wadieh against a single reply from Jemel Johnson. Then the game changed and further replies from James Knight and Brad Brown took the points back down the M4 to Binfield. Milton United travelled to Longlevens AFC and put four past them. On target were Matt Biddle, Tom Austin and Harry Dalton twice. Brad Martin got the only goal for the home side. A goal in the first half from Dan Bailey, and one after the interval from Steve Olphert saw Royal Wootton Bassett take the points against struggling Abingdon United. Bracknell Town and entertained Lydney Town and both sides finished the match with ten players, and shared to points. The visitors took the lead with a penalty from Richard Kear and the ever reliable Shane Cooper-Clark equalised.

Division One East Division One West There were 20 goals scored in the four matches. Penn & Tylers Green Leaders Cheltenham Saracens were held to a draw by visitors Purton. got six at Woodley United. On target were Danny Jordan with a brace, Both goals came after the break with Mid-Winter opening the score for Adam Harman, Casey Bacarro, Callum Coull and George Weller. the home side and the equaliser coming from Ben Carter. Fairford Town Six more were equally shared at Wantage Town against visitors Rayners moved into second spot by scoring four without reply against visitors Lane. Finding the net for Wantage were Adam Cashin-Murray, Chris Tytherington Rocks. On target with a couple each were Matt Boucher White and Dan Timbrell, with replies coming from Denzil Ossai- and Luke Corder. In the bottom of the league clast two Charlie Buss Emmanuel, Leon Thomas and Bradley Morris. Both sides scored in the goals for Cirencester Town Development saw off the Shrivenham whose last five minutes of play. only goal came from Jamie Prictor. New College Swindon beat North Didcot Town got four against visitors Holyport with Joel Thompson, Leigh United by the same margin. Their goals came from Alex Fenton Charlie Noble, Arran Gray, and Johnny Eudell all finding the net. The and Cameron Shrubb in reply to the opening goal of the game from Alfie Holyport replies came from Rob Boyd and Paul Rake early in the second Saunders. half. This just leave two goals. Greg Alexander and Freddie Barron got these for Finchampstead at home to Reading Town. Cup Competitions Oxfordshire Senior Cup Round One There were UHL winners in three of the four ties played today. Only Henley Town went out and that was to a very strong OUP team. In the other three, which were all UHL games, Chinnor went through after scoring three times at home to Easington Sports. Carterton proved too strong for Old Woodstock Town. Their four goals came from Chris Gilkes, Jack Dunmall, Sean McKeon, Ryan Curtin with just a single reply from Charlie Dunmall. Hook Norton scored in the 88th minute to win a seven goal thriller at home to Bicester Town. Home scorers were Luc Thornton, Joe Eyre, Jamie's Wyatt and Steve Howkins. For Bicester the goals came from Murray Nichols, Lee Prpa and an OG.

Berks & Bucks Junior Cup Round 2 Three matches were played and our clubs found the net sixteen times in total. Penn & Tylers Green struck ten times at home to Real Saracens. On the score-sheet were Andrew Parry with 4, Owen Wood with 3, Simon Gray, James Lousion, and Charlie Barratt. Holyport struck six times at home to FC Reading Dons through Callum Gardiner twice, Ben Baker, Matt Murphy, Ben Baker, and Elliot Horne. Sadly Letcombe lost at Faringdon by the only goal of the game. Stroud Charity Cup 1st Round On Sunday Brimscombe & Thrupp Res lost 2-1 away to Cam Bulldogs

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WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C. 27 YEARS IN THE HELLENIC LEAGUE 22nd 21st 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st Season Div Pld Won Drew Lost For Agst Pts Position Manager Top Scorer 1988/89 1 28 11 7 10 50 41 40 5 out of 15 Mick Woolford Damon York 1989/90 1 30 13 8 9 52 35 47 7 out of 16 Mick Woolford Damon York 25 1990/91 1 30 11 8 11 32 36 41 8 out of 16 Mick Woolford Damon York Hellenic League ……… ……. 1991/92 1 32 10 8 14 45 59 38 12 out of 17 Mick Woolford Not known 1992/93 1 30 8 6 16 40 53 30 12 out of 16 Mick Woolford Scott Vincent FIXTURES 1993/94 1 34 15 8 11 65 57 53 9 out of 18 Mick Woolford Scott Vincent UHLSPORT Hellenic League matches kick-off at 3.00 pm on Saturday and 7.45 pm midweek, unless stated 1994/95 1 38 18 5 15 67 68 59 9 out of 20 Mick Woolford Scott Vincent/Darren Jell otherwise. For “outside” cup competitions, if not shown, check with home club if in doubt. 1995/96 1 34 12 9 13 50 64 45 10 out of 18 Kevin Maloney Scott Vincent With the unique situation of clocks being turned on back 25th October, prior to the last Saturday in 1996/97 1 32 9 8 15 37 50 35 11 out of 17 Kevin Maloney Ian Curtis/Gary Ashford 8 OCTOBER, 31st, ‘HOME CLUBS’ without Floodlight facilities are required to start play at 2.30PM on 1997/98 1 32 12 6 14 67 58 42 10 out of 17 Dave Warren Lee Stoddart/Peter Dearlove 10 st

1998/99 1 32 17 7 8 64 43 58 5 out of 17 Dave Warren Lee Stoddart 17 31 October. FULL-TIME is being amended to indicate the changed KO time.

1999/00 1 28 15 7 6 54 32 52 3 out of 15 Barry Giles Lee Stoddart 2000/01 P 38 14 10 14 54 60 52 13 out of 20 Barry Giles Lee Stoddart 25 Saturday 24 October Division Two East 2001/02 P 42 11 9 22 39 75 42 19 out of 22 Pete Yeardley Mark Vaughan 14 Premier Division Flackwell Heath v Bracknell Town Dev 2002/03 P 40 10 10 20 36 70 40 15 out of 21 Pete Yeardley Geoff Swatton 9 Abingon United v Brackley Town Saints Stokenchurch v Holyport 2003/04 P 42 11 5 26 38 73 38 16 out of 22 Pete Yeardley Geoff Swatton 16 Ardley United v Brimscombe & Thrupp Wokingham & Emmb v Ascot United 2004/05 P 42 6 9 27 30 85 27 21 out of 22 Pete Yeardley /Chris Jones Matty Bennett 10 Ascot United v Oxford City Nomads Gloucestershire Senior Amateur North 2nd Round 2005/06 1W 34 17 10 7 58 30 61 5 out of 18 Paul Burke Matty Bennett 12 Binfield v Thame United Cheltenham Saracens 2006/07 1W 34 14 5 15 64 62 47 11 out of 18 Paul Burke Matty Bennett/Steve Yeardley 11 Bracknell Town v Highmoor Ibis Res v Lydbrook Athletic 2007/08 1W 34 11 3 20 43 66 33 15 out of 18 Paul Burke Richie Saunders 12 Churchdown Panthers v Brimscombe & Thrupp 2008/09 1W 32 17 9 6 61 31 60 4 out of 17 Dave Turner Shaun Terry 26 Highworth Town v Longlevens AFC Monday 26 October 2009/10 1W 30 20 7 3 74 34 67 2 out of 16 Dave Turner Sam Collier 22 Kidlington v Lydney Town 2010/11 P 42 13 7 22 55 87 46 15 out of 22 Dave Turner Sam Collier 26 Milton United v Thatcham Town Premier Division 2011/12 1W 32 15 7 10 69 47 52 5 out of 17 Dave Turner Matt Bown 18 Tuffley Rovers v Wokingham & Emmb Highmoor Ibis v Royal Wootton Bassett 2012/13 1W 30 22 3 5 75 40 66 2 out of 16 Dave Turner Mark Barnes 32 Royal Wootton Bassett v Flackwell Heath Tuesday 27 October 2013/14 P 38 11 12 15 60 60 45 14 out of 20 Jeff Roberts Levi Cox 14 Division One West Premier Division 2014/15 P 38 14 9 15 66 80 51 11 out of 20 Paul Braithwaite Dan Bailey 18 Easington Sports v Fairford Town Abingdon United v Bracknell Town 2015/16 P 14 6 2 6 26 28 20 12 out of 20 Paul Braithwaite Steve Robertson 16 Ascot United v Kidlington Total 942 363 204 375 1,471 1,524 1,287 North Leigh v Purton Division 1 Premier Division Longlevens AFC v Ardley United Won:Drew:Lost Ratio 38.5% 21.7% 39.8% Shortwood United v Clanfield Shrivenham v Carterton Thame United v Milton United Nickname Bassett Tytherington Rocks v Letcombe Thatcham Town v Brackley Town Saints Record Gate 2,103 v Swindon Town (1991) Division One East Tuffley Rovers v Highworth Town Best Gate - 2014/15 102 v Highworth Town Wokingham & Emmb v Flackwell Heath Average Hellenic Attendance 2014/15 42.8 (13/14 = 40.7) Chalfont Wasps v Woodley United Division Two West Top Scorer - 2014/15 Dan Bailey - 18 Goals Chinnor v Bicester Town Record Known Win 16 - 0 v Clyffe Pypard (1933/34) Henley Town v Didcot Town Shrivenham v Fairford Town Record Known Defeat 1 - 16 v Warminster T (3/11/1945) Holyport v Finchampstead Wednesday 28 October Penn & Tylers Green v Wantage Town Premier Division Lydney Town v Brimscombe & Thrupp % of Games Won, Drawn & Lost in % of Games Won, Drawn & Lost in Reading Town v Headington Amateurs Hellenic League (Total) Hellenic League (Premier Division) Wiltshire Senior Cup 1st Round Oxford City Nomads v Binfield New College Swindon v Calne Town Division Two West Oxford City Nomads Division Two West Hook Norton v Dev 28.6% Clanfield v Hook Norton 39.8% 38.5% 49.7% Won Won Letcombe v Moreton Rangers Old Woodstock Town v Shrivenham Drew 21.7% Drew 21.7% Oxford City Nomads

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Match Reports Royal Wootton Bassett Town F. C. Defence make their case in comfortable win would like to thank our New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, 17th October If one criticism could be made of Royal Wootton Bassett Town under Paul Braithwaite's sponsors for this season: stewardship it would be the lack of clean sheets that the team have been able to keep. Only twice in 38 league games last season did Bassett not concede, while, going into their return league encounter with Abingdon United, they had pitched just one shutout so far this campaign. Senior Section They now have double that number - and another three points to boot following a 2-0 victory, Gold Sponsor - Steele Davis despite missing Adam Corcoran, George Drewitt, Nathan Hawkins and Dale Richards from their back line. The selection dilemma posed by that quartet's absence – three were missing through Gold Sponsor - Allen & Foxworthy suspension – meant shifting to a back three consisting of regular full back Dan Comer, Steve Yeardley, who has made most of his appearance this season in midfield, and central midfielder Gold & Shirt Sponsor - Richard James Matt Cheetham. And they didn't put a foot wrong all afternoon, nullifying any threat posed by the visitors, who, although struggling in the league, looked much sharper and well drilled than in the teams' meeting a month ago and enjoyed long periods of possession. Cheetham especially was imperious. A player who was frequently an unused substitute at the beginning of the season, he continued the trend of making the most of the opportunities afforded to him with a quality performance in an unfamiliar position. The defensive trio made sure it was a quiet afternoon for 'keeper Luke Kuczynski, who was only brought into action once – in the contest's 64th minute – when he had to tip over John Dennis' powerfully struck long range drive. Their efficiency and organisation meant that a pair of bookend goals, the first ten minutes in, the second ten minutes from time, were all that Bassett needed to secure victory on their return to league action. First Team Shirt Sponsors - Richard James They went ahead with the first opportunity of the game. A well worked attack was kept alive by First Team Training Kit Sponsor - Area Windows Joe Hiscock and, after receiving a neat set back from impressive debutant Martin Sinclair in the left corner, Harvey Scholes delivered a towering cross which Dan Bailey was on hand to bravely Reserve Team Shirt Sponsor - Richard James head in at the far post. The rest of the opening period was something of a slow burner as a Ladies Team – Roberts & Sons, Aftech and TWB Scrap Metal midfield battle emerged. But at no point did the hosts look likely to concede. At the other end, meanwhile, Steve Robertson twice failed to find the target from difficult angles after being slipped U18 Floodlit - Philips Electronics UK Limited through by Sam Packer. Shortly before the break Scholes was presented with a good opening too as a defensive header failed to sufficiently clear the danger posed by a speculative ball into the box from Packer. However the Bassett wide man, after cutting in onto his favoured right foot failed to test 'keeper Jack Griffiths with a curling shot. Youth Section The woodwork was next to deny the hosts. Three minutes after the restart Steve Olphert Under 16 – TBA intercepted an attempted clearance before Yeardley threaded a pass to Robertson, who saw his Under 15 - Colonnade Conservatories Ltd weighted shot cannon off the bar. Proceedings had begun to open up and, after Kuczinsky's lone save, Sinclair snatched at a header from ten yards as he connected with Hiscock's floated cross. Under 14 - TBA Midway through the second period, Bassett's job was made somewhat easier when Tom Booker Under 13 - TBA picked up two yellow cards within a matter of seconds. His first came for his reaction to a foul from Robertson, who was treading a fine line himself after being cautioned in the opening period. Under 12 - TBA The reason for Booker's second yellow wasn't immediately apparent, though it was likely for dissent aimed at the referee. That numerical advantage led to a flurry of chances for the home Under 11 - J.Rouse and Son and Swindon Grab Hire side. Bailey saw a close range strike deflected wide following a twisting run inside from the right Under 10 - Bevirs Solicitors before Scholes was denied at point blank range by Griffiths as he this time got on the end of a Hiscock delivery. The points were finally made fully secure by Olphert, who swept home from the Under 9 - TBA penalty spot for the fifth time this campaign following a trip on Robertson by Abingdon captain Under 8 - Homelands Fencing and Landscaping Jamie Essex. It could then have been three late on as a Scholes daisy-cutter had an outstretched Griffiths beaten, but his effort only found the left upright. Another goal would only have added a Under 7 - TBA slight extra touch of glass on the performance. Instead, it was the clean sheet that stood out most in a good afternoon's work. Programme Printing & Sponsor – Cats Solutions

Man of the Match: Matt Cheetham – although not in his most comfortable position, he made it look as though he was a natural centre half. Dominant in the air and in the tackle, Cheetham also All our advertising board sponsors and all our First Team kit player sponsors sought to play the ball out from the back in another impressive display. Football Pyramid 2015-16 Bluefin Hellenic Challenge Cup

HELLENIC LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP SPONSORED BY BLUEFIN SEASON 2015-16 Step League/Division First Round Ardley United 1 - 2 Carterton National League (24 clubs) Ascot United 1 - 0 Wokingham & Emmbrook 1 (Vanarama National) Bracknell Town 1 - 0 Chinnor Chalfont Wasps 0 - 4 Thatcham Town Promoted to League Two of The Football League: Champion and winner of 2nd-5th playoff. Cheltenham Saracens 1 - 2 Longlevens Relegated to either National League North or National League South: 4 clubs. Cirencester Town Dev' 2 - 2 Kidlington ( 4 -2 on pens) Fairford Town 3 - 3 Highworth Town (3-2 on pens) National League North (22 clubs) National League South (22 clubs) Flackwell Heath 3 - 0 Didcot Town 2 (Vanarama National North) (Vanarama National South) Henley Town 1 - 2 Binfield Hook Norton 2 - 1 Tytherington Rocks Promoted to National League: Champions of each division; New College Swindon 5 - 3 Purton the winners of a 2nd-5th playoff in each division will also be promoted. North Leigh United 2 - 0 Shrivenham Relegated to Step 3 leagues: 3 clubs from each division. Old Woodstock Town 0 - 7 Highmoor Ibis Northern Prem. League (24 clubs) Southern League (24 clubs) Isthmian League (24 clubs) Oxford City Nomads 4 - 0 Abingdon United Penn & Tylers Green 2 - 0 Bicester Town 3 (Evo-stick League) (Evo-stick League) (Ryman League) Rayners Lane 2 - 1 Stokenchurch Premier Division Premier Division Premier Division Reading Town L - W Holyport Wantage Town 1 - 8 Lydney Town Promoted to National League North or South: Champion and winner of 2nd-5th playoff for each league. Relegated to Step 4 leagues: 4 clubs from each league. Second Round Brackley Town Saints v Headington Amateurs Northern Northern Southern Southern Bracknell Town v Royal Wootton Bassett Town Premier League Premier League Football League Football League Isthmian League Isthmian League Brimscombe & Thrupp v Woodley United Cirencester Town Dev v Letcombe (Evo-stick (Evo-stick (Evo-stick (Evo-stick (Ryman League) (Ryman League) Finchampstead v Fairford Town 4 League) League) League) League) Division One Division One Flackwell Heath v Highmoor Ibis Division One Division One Division One Division One South North Longlevens v Clanfield bfin_fp.pdfMilton United 1 09/07/2013v Tuffle y 16:03Rovers North South Central South & West Moreton Rangers v Binfield *All divisions of 22 clubs except Isthmian League divisions which have 24 teams in each New College Swindon v Lydney United Promoted to Step 3 leagues: Champion and winner of 2nd-5th playoff for each league. North Leigh United v Thatcham Town Relegated to Step 5 leagues determined by NLS Committee: 2 clubs from each league. Penn & Tylers Green v Ascot United Rayners Lane v Hook Norton Combined Counties League Premier Division | Eastern Counties League Premier Division | Essex Senior League | Hellenic League Premier Holyport v Oxford City Nomads Division |Southern Counties East League Premier Division |Midland League Premier Division| Northern Counties East League Premier Shortwood United Res v Carterton Division | Northern League Division One | North West Counties League Premier | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | Southern Thame United v Easington Sports Combination League Premier Division One | United Counties League Premier Division | Wessex League Premier Division | Western League Premier Division Third Round 5 v Promoted to Step 4 leagues determined by NLS Committee: Total of 12. v Clubs must have applied to the Football Association for promotion to Step Four for the 2016/17 season by 31 December 2015, must then pass v ground grading requirements and must finish in the top two places in their league to be eligible for promotion. If there are more clubs applying v for promotion than places available, priority is given to champion clubs of the respective leagues. v Relegated: Arranged according to separate agreements with Step 6 leagues, as approved by the FA. v Combined Counties League - Division One | East Midlands Counties League | Eastern Counties League - Division One | Hellenic League - v Division One East | Hellenic League - Division One West | Kent Invicta League | Midland League - Division One | Northern Counties East - v 6 Division One | Northern League - Division Two | North West Counties League - Division One | Southern Combination League - Division One | Quarter Finals South West Peninsula League - Premier Division | Spartan South Midlands League - Division One | United Counties League - Division One | v Wessex League Division One | West Midlands (Regional) League - Premier Division | Western League - Division One v Promotion and relegation: Arranged according to separate agreements with appropriate leagues. v v Anglian Combination - Premier Division | Cambridgeshire League - Premier Division | Central Midlands League - North Division | Central Midlands League - South Division | Cheshire League - Premier Division | Dorset Premier League | Essex Olympian League - Premier Division | Semi Finals Essex & Suffolk Border League - Premier Division | Gloucestershire County League | Hampshire Premier League - Senior Division | v Hertfordshire Senior County League - Premier Division | Humber Premier League - Premier Division | Leicestershire Senior League - Premier v Division | Liverpool County Premier League - Premier Division | Manchester League - Premier Division | Middlesex County League - Premier Division | Midland League - Division Two | Northern Alliance - Premier Division | Nottinghamshire Senior League - Premier Division | Final v 7 Peterborough and District League - Premier Division | Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League - Premier Division | Somerset County League - Premier Division | South West Peninsula League - Division One East | South West Peninsula League - Division One West | Staffordshire County Senior League - Premier Division | Suffolk and Ipswich League - Senior Division | Wearside Football League | West Cheshire Amateur League - Division One | West Lancashire League - Premier Division | West Yorkshire League - Premier Division | Wiltshire Football League

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2015-2016 Season Tables as at 18th October 2015 Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League Premier Division PWDLF A Pts THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY FOR WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C. 1 Ashford Town (Middx) 14 11 0 3 31 16 33 Date Round Opponents H/A Result Prize Money 2 Camberley Town 13 9 3 1 21 10 30 15-Aug-15 Extra Preliminary Round v Bracknell Town H L 0 - 2 £1,500 3 Horley Town 12 8 1 3 32 13 25 4 Hartley Wintney 8 8 0 0 33 6 24 29-Aug-15 Preliminary Round v Brimscombe & Thrupp A £1,925 5 Epsom & Ewell 11 7 3 1 26 9 24 12-Sep-15 First Qualifying Round v Shortwood United A £3,000 6 Hanworth Villa 11 7 1 3 20 11 22 26-Sep-15 Second Qualifying Round v Oxford City A £4,500 7 Knaphill 12 6 1 5 22 14 19 8 Raynes Park Vale 12 6 0 6 29 26 18 14-Oct-15 Third Qualifying Round v Bogner Regis Town A £7,500 9 Chessington & Hook Utd 12 5 2 5 22 20 17 24-Oct-15 Fourth Qualifying Round v Wealdstone Town A £12,500 10 Spelthorne Sports 13 5 2 6 23 27 17 11 Colliers Wood United 13 5 1 7 26 22 16 7-Nov-15 First Round v £18,000 12 Westfield 11 4 4 3 12 12 16 5-Dec-15 Second Round v £27,000 13 AFC Hayes 12 5 1 6 14 15 16 9-Jan-16 Third Round v £67,500 14 Guildford City 13 5 1 7 22 34 16 15 Windsor 12 3 6 3 16 23 15 30-Jan-16 Fourth Round v £90,000 16 Farnham Town 10 4 1 5 19 13 13 20-Feb-16 Fifth Round v £180,000 17 Sutton Common Rovers 12 3 1 8 21 32 10 12-Mar-16 Sixth Round v £360,000 18 Badshot Lea 12 3 1 8 17 37 10 19 Chertsey Town 12 2 3 7 9 19 9 23-Apr-16 Semi-Final v Wembley £900,000 20 Redhill 12 2 2 8 18 30 8 21-May-16 Final v Wembley £1,800,000 21 Bedfont Sports 9 1 4 4 11 13 7 22 Cove 12 1 0 11 6 48 3 Total Prize Money Won £Nil

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Vase 2015-2016 Season 2015-2016 Season Toolstation Western Football League Sydenhams Wessex Football League Premier Division Premier Division PWDLF A Pts PWDLF A Pts 1 Bristol Manor Farm 14 8 4 2 38 17 28 1 Salisbury 13 10 2 1 41 5 32 2 Odd Down (Bath) 11 8 2 1 29 12 26 2 AFC Portchester 12 7 4 1 30 12 25 THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY FOR WOOTTON BASSETT TOWN F.C. 3 Buckland Athletic 12 8 2 2 22 7 26 3 Horndean 10 7 2 1 24 11 23 Date Round Opponents H/A Result Prize Money 4 Barnstaple Town 11 8 1 2 28 6 25 4 Andover Town 10 7 1 2 29 14 22 5-Sep-15 First Round Qualifying v Binfield H £600 5 Melksham Town 12 7 2 3 25 10 23 5 Sholing 12 6 3 3 28 18 21 6 Street 14 7 2 5 26 27 23 6 Lymington Town 11 5 3 3 17 14 18 3-Oct-15 Second Round Qualifying v Windsor A £800 7 Shepton Mallet 11 7 1 3 17 9 22 7 Bemerton Heath Harlequins11 5 2 4 23 19 17 31-Oct-15 First Round Proper v Croydon H £900 8 Willand Rovers 12 6 1 5 13 17 19 8 Moneyfields 13 5 1 7 23 29 16 21-Nov-15 Second Round Proper v £1,200 9 Bitton 10 5 2 3 18 12 17 9 Hamworthy United 10 4 3 3 22 20 15 10 Bradford Town 9 5 1 3 24 13 16 10 Fareham Town 10 4 3 3 20 18 15 12-Dec-15 Third Round Proper v £1,500 11 Hallen 10 5 1 4 15 19 16 11 Cowes Sports 10 4 3 3 19 20 15 9-Jan-16 Fourth Round Proper v £2,000 12 Gillingham Town 10 4 3 3 17 12 15 12 Blackfield & Langley 8 4 2 2 19 9 14 30-Jan-16 Fifth Round Proper v £2,500 13 Brislington 10 4 2 4 13 13 14 13 Team Solent 9 4 1 4 20 17 13 14 Bridport 8 4 1 3 13 13 13 14 Newport (IoW) 12 4 1 7 21 29 13 20-Feb-16 Sixth Round Proper v £4,500 15 Winterbourne United 10 3 0 7 17 23 9 15 Verwood Town 13 3 4 6 14 27 13 12-Mar-16 Semi-final v Two legs £6,000 16 Longwell Green Sports 10 1 5 4 13 26 8 16 Fawley 11 2 3 6 13 20 9 22-May-16 Final v Wembley £25,000 17 Cadbury Heath 10 1 4 5 13 19 7 17 Brockenhurst 8 2 2 4 11 19 8 18 Welton Rovers 13 1 4 8 18 35 7 18 Folland Sports 11 2 1 8 18 31 7 Total Prize Money Won £600 19 Cribbs 12 2 1 9 11 31 7 19 Bournemouth 9 2 1 6 11 24 7 20 Sherborne Town 11 1 2 8 8 24 5 20 Whitchurch United 11 2 1 8 9 31 7 21 21 Clevedon Town 12 0 1 11 7 40 1 Alresford Town 12 1 3 8 9 34 6 Royal Wootton Bassett Town F.C. Season 2015-16 First Team Line-ups, Results and Fixtures Royal Wootton Bassett Town FC Season 2015-2016 First Team Fixtures, Results, Teams & Scorers Date Opponents H/A Result Crowd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 Sat 8-Aug Brackley Saints H D 1 - 1 99 Meare Comer Richards Wright Hawkins Packer Olphert (1) Bailey Youngsam Sheppard Carter Thomas Scholes Moulden Wed 12-Aug Oxford City Nomads A W 2 - 0 72 Meare Comer Richards Moulden Hawkins Packer Olphert Bailey Youngsam Corcoran Carter Thomas (1) Scholes (1) Cheetham Sat 15-Aug Bracknell (FAC EP) H L 0 - 2 121 Meare Comer Corcoran Moulden Drewitt Packer Scholes Bailey Youngsam Sheppard Carter Thomas Richards Cheetham Wed 20-Aug Ardley United H W 2- 1 92 Meare Comer Richards Moulden Drewitt Packer (1) Scholes Bailey (1) Robertson Thomas Carter Ellis Skinner Youngsam Sat 22-Aug Flackwell Heath A L 2 - 7 46 Meare Comer Richards Moulden Corcoran Packer Sheppard Bailey Robertson (2) Yeardley Carter Youngsam Gambling Cheetham Wed 26-Aug Lydney Town A L 2 - 3 87 Meare Comer Richards Hawkins Corcoran Packer Scholes Bailey Robertson (1) Yeardley (1) Carter Youngsam Gambling Olphert Sat 29-Aug Ascot United A W 4 - 1 67 Kuczynski Comer Richards Hawkins Corcocran Packer Scholes Bailey Robertson (3) Yeardley Gambling (1) Olphert Sheppard Carter Mon 31-Aug Highworth Town H L 0 - 2 204 Kuczynski Comer Richards Drewitt Corcoran Packer Scholes Bailey Gambling Yeardley Carter Youngsam Hawkins Cheetham Sat 5-Sep Binfield (FAV 1st QR) H D 1 - 1 83 Meare Comer Richards Hawkins Corcoran Packer Scholes Bailey Robertson (1) Yeardley Youngsam Thomas Drewitt Sheppard Mon 7-Sep Binfield (FAV 1st QR Rep) A W 4 - 3 84 Meare Comer Richards Drewitt Hawkins (1) Packer Scholes (2) Bailey (1) Youngsam Cheetham Olphert Skinner Vivash Sheppard Sat 12-Sep Thame United A L 1 - 3 67 Meare Comer Richards Cheetham Hawkins Packer Scholes Bailey Robertson (1) Yeardley Olphert Youngsam Drewitt Sheppard Wed 16-Sep Fairford Town (F/L1) H W 3- 1 84 Meare Comer Richards Drewitt Hawkins Packer Scholes Thomas Robertson (3) Yeardley Cheetham Carter Sat 19-Sep Abingdon United A W 4 - 2 49 Meare Comer Thomas Drewitt Hawkins Cheetham Scholes Bailey Robertson (3) Yeardley Olphert (1) Carter Sheppard Mon 21-Sep Binfield A L 0 - 2 92 Meare Comer Richards Drewitt Hawkins Packer Scholes Bailey Robertson Cheetham Olphert Carter Covey Miller Sat 26-Sep Wokingham & Emmbrook H W 2 - 1 58 Meare Comer Yeardley Corcoran Hawkins Packer (1) Scholes Bailey Robertson Cheetham Olphert (1) Carter Drewitt Tue 29-Sep Tuffley Rovers A D 2 - 2 60 Meare Richards Yeardley Corcoran Hawkins Packer (1) Scholes Bailey Robertson Cheetham Olphert (1) Thomas Drewitt Sheppard Sat 3-Oct Windsor (FAV 2ndQR) A L 1 - 2 106 Kuczynski Comer Yeardley (1) Corcoran Hawkins Packer Scholes Bailey Richards Cheetham Olphert Thomas Drewitt Sheppard Sat 10-Oct Ludgershall Sports (CC1) H W 3 - 1 54 Kuczynski Comer Yeardley Corcoran Hawkins Thomas Scholes Bailey Robertson (2) Cheetham Olphert (1) Miller Hiscock Smith Sat 17-Oct Abingdon United H W 2 - 0 78 Kuczynski Comer Yeardley Hiscock Sinclair Packer Scholes Bailey (1) Robertson Cheetham Olphert(1) Smith Walduck Sheppard Tue 20-Oct Longlevens A L 2 - 3 47 Meare Comer Yeardley Corcoran Hawkins Packer Richards Bailey Robertson Cheetham Olphert Scholes (1) Drewitt Sat 24-Oct Flackwell Heath H Mon 26-Oct Highmoor Ibis A Wed 4-Nov Tytherington Rocks (F/L2) A Sat 7-Nov New College or Wilts Calne (CC2) H Tue 10-Nov Brimscombe & Thrupp A Sat 14-Nov Thatcham Town A Sat 21-Nov Milton United H Sat 28-Nov Bracknell Town H Tue 9-Dec Kidlington H Sat 12-Dec Ascot United H Sat 19-Dec Brackley Saints A Mon 28-Dec Highworth Town A Sat 2-Jan Brimscombe & Thrupp H Sat 16-Jan Ardley United A Sat 23-Jan Oxford City Nomads H Sat 6-Feb Wokingham & Emmbrook A Sat 13-Feb Kidlington A Wed 17-Feb Tuffley Rovers H Sat 27-Feb Lydney Town H Wed 2-Mar Highmoor Ibis H Sat 5-Mar Milton United A Tue 8-Mar Bracknell Town A Sat 19-Mar Binfield H Sat 23-Mar Thame United H Mon 28-Mar Longlevens H Sat 2-Apr Thatcham Town H TBA Bracknell Town (BCC2) A FAC - FA Cup, F/L - Floodlight Cup, FAV - FA Vase, CC - County Cup, BICC - Challenge Cup, SC - Supplementary Cup

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