Devizes Town Tuesday 29Th September 2020 7.30Pm Ko
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
“THE GROVE” Official matchday programme of Hengrove Athletic FC Toolstation Western League Division 1 Devizes Town Tuesday 29th September 2020 7.30pm ko Hengrove Athletic Football Club Founded 1948 The AVB Stadium, Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 0BT *Main Club Sponsor for season 2020/21 - AVB Commercials* Club Officials Club Honours Chairman Mike Greatbanks Alf Bosley Cup winners Treasurer Jemma Greatbanks 1958/59 and 1963/64 Secretary Martin McConachie Somerset Junior Cup winners Groundsmen Nigel Gray 1964/65 Dave Fear Somerset League Cup winners Ref. Liaison Off. Graham Close 1979/80 Manager Jamie Hillman Somerset Senior Cup winners Assistant Man. Jon Berry 1979/80 Coach Ian Jones Promoted to Somerset County Prem Kit Manager Pete Stenner 1995/96 Committee Jon Berry Somerset Senior Cup runners-up Alan Burton 2003/04 and 2004/05 Dave Fear Somerset County Prem winners Mike Greatbanks 2005/06 Jamie Hillman Western League Div 1 runners-up Paul Hynam 2012/13 and 2016/17 Ian Jones Les Phillips Cup winners Giorgio Mancini 2015/16 Martin McConachie FA Vase 3rd Round Pete Stenner 2015/16 web: www.hengroveathletic.com Phone: 07884 492217 (chair) email: [email protected] Phone: 07432 614494 (sec) A warm welcome to our visitors… Devizes Town F.C. Tonight, we offer a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Devizes Town Football Club as well as the match officials too. We hope they enjoy their brief stay in the village and have a safe journey home. To say this has been a mixed and eventful start to the season would be an under statement! It’s nearly the end of September and we’ve still only played two league games due to one match being abandoned, another being postponed and having only one midweek league game despite the good weather and last season’s fixture pile up. First of the sequence was the home game with Bishop Sutton which was halted due to a serious injury to former Hengrove player Brendan Abood. The Grove were losing 4-1 at the time and will now play the rearranged fixture on Tuesday 20th October, three weeks time. Another match that has a new date (though for happier reasons) is Portishead at home which will now be on Tuesday 13th October. This is because we triumphed in our FA Vase Cup tie at Wellington after a penalty shootout. The scores were level at 2-2 after 90 minutes and with no extra time in FA competitions this season, the clash went straight to penalties. With Carl Bush injured, Luke Crewe had stepped in between the sticks and then stepped up magnificently by saving two Wellington spot kicks and scoring his own penalty. When you bear in mind that Luke scored an FA Cup hat trick against Welly three seasons ago, the rumours that he is now banned from the town may have some substance! We now have another tough looking trip to a Western League Premier Division side, this time to Street on Saturday 10th October. Your support at the Tannery would indeed be very welcome. Finally, we would ask you to consider using the services of our kind sponsors featured in this programme and also the advertising boards around the ground. If you do so, please could you kindly mention that you saw their advert on your visit to the AVB Stadium. Many thanks and enjoy the match! Martin McConachie Club Secretary Proud to be Hengrove Athletic’s new official club partner….. The specialists in truck & trailer servicing, maintenance & repairs 39, Third Way, Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 9YL Tel: (0117) 982 2660 FIRST DRAW - SATURDAY 5th SEPT 5.45pm COMPETITION STARTS - FRIDAY 11th SEPT HENGROVE ATHLETIC PLAYER STATS 2020/2021 (max 3 games) Player Starts Sub On Goals Yel/Red MOM Jackson Brown 3 0 0 0/0 0 Regan Burton 1 2 0 0/0 0 Carl Bush 1 0 0 0/0 0 Kye Callaghan 2 0 0 2/0 0 Danny Constable 2 1 0 0/0 0 Minas Constantinou 2 0 0 1/0 0 Luke Crewe 3 0 0 1/0 0 Jack Godfrey 1 2 0 0/0 0 Will Harvey 1 0 0 0/0 0 Jack Jones 3 0 1 1/0 0 Giorgio Mancini 3 0 1 1/0 0 Mickey Parsons 1 0 1 0/1 0 Sam Payne 2 0 0 0/0 0 Pete Sheppard 3 0 0 0/0 0 Louis Snailham 0 1 0 0/0 0 Gary Shorney 3 0 0 0/0 0 Adrian Thompson 2 1 0 1/0 0 Craig White 0 2 0 0/0 0 Statistics include only yellow & red cards from abandoned Bishop Sutton game. 184 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2DL Sat 3 Oct - Premier Division Bitton v Odd Down (Bath) Bradford Town v Exmouth Town Bridport v Chipping Sodbury Town Brislington v Buckland Athletic Clevedon Town v Keynsham Town Cribbs v Cadbury Heath Hallen v Wellington Plymouth Parkway v Shepton Mallet Tavistock v Roman Glass St George Westbury United v Bridgwater Town Tue 6 Oct - Premier Division Buckland Athletic v Tavistock Odd Down (Bath) v Cadbury Heath Shepton Mallet v Bradford Town Street v Bitton (all 7.30pm) Bridgwater Town v Wellington Chipping Sodbury Town v Cribbs (both 7.45pm) Wed 7 Oct - Premier Division Exmouth Town v Plymouth Parkway Roman Glass St George v Clevedon Town Westbury United v Keynsham Town Sat 3 Oct - Division One Ashton & Backwell United v Radstock Town Bishop Sutton v Bishop’s Lydeard Calne Town v Wells City Cheddar v Corsham Town Devizes Town v Bristol Telephones Hengrove Athletic v Wincanton Town Lebeq United v Oldland Abbotonians Longwell Green Sports v Sherborne Town Portishead Town v Warminster Town Welton Rovers v Almondsbury Tue 6 Oct - Division One Devizes Town v Wells City Longwell Green Sports v Welton Rovers (both 7.30pm) Bristol Telephones v Calne Town (7.45pm) CLUB SHOP (situated in the clubhouse & online at www.hengroveathletic.com) Mugs - £4.50 Mousemats - £4.00 Pens - £1.00 Keyrings - £2.50 Coasters - £1.25 Car stickers £1.00 Fridge magnets £2.00 Replica shirts & polo shirts to order New stock arriving in September Larger club shop planned in 2021 & EVENTS What’s going on at the AVB Stadium (www.hengroveathletic.com) CLUB COMMITTEE MEETINGS 2020/2021 Monday 12th October Monday 9th November Monday 14th December Monday 11th January Monday 8th February Monday 8th March Monday 12th April Monday 10th May NEXT FIXTURE AT THE AVB STADIUM WINCANTON TOWN Saturday 3rd October 3.00pm TONIGHT’S Hengrove Athletic Green & White Shirts Green Shorts Green Socks Carl BUSH Luke CREWE Gary SHORNEY Minas CONSTANTINOU Kye CALLAGHAN Aidan JONES Jackson BROWN Sam PAYNE Adrian THOMPSON Will HARVEY Regan BURTON Jack GODFREY Jamie GODFREY Giorgio MANCINI Lewis BOND-KENDALL Craig WHITE Sam JACKSON Mickey PARSONS Danny CONSTABLE Jack JONES Pete SHEPPARD Danny LOCK Manager Jamie HILLMAN Assistant Jon BERRY Coach Ian JONES Referee Jon BATTESON LINE-UPS Devizes Town FC Blue & White Shirts Blue Shorts Blue Socks Martin MITCHELL James SALKELD Charlie BUCKINGHAM Davin SELKRIDGE-CARTY Dan HARVEY Ali BRADLEY Ashley LOCK © Dan HEAVEY Sam DODDS Kian FULFORD Matt SWAN Charlie STRICKLAND James STOBBART Jack WOODS Ben TYLEE Luke ENDERBY Dan SLOAN Jack SWAN Manager Nigel TRIPP Assistant Lee DODDS Coaches Luke ENDERBY Dan SLOAN Assistants Ian PURCHASE Andy DAVEY Focus on… Devizes Town Football in Devizes was recorded to have been first played in 1876 when Devizes Rangers played out a goalless draw against local rivals Holt. In those days the games were played under both Association Football and Rugby Union rules. Devizes Rangers existed in tandem with Devizes Football Club (Rugby) and the two clubs swapped players as well as codes, until Rangers disbanded in the late 1880s. The origins of Devizes Town Football Club itself stretch back to 1884 when Southbroom Football Club was formed by the members of Southbroom Cricket Club as a winter activity. Games were played in a field behind the vicarage in Brickley Lane until 1886 when the 'blues' as they were known joined forces with the cricket and tennis clubs and formed Devizes Recreation Club based in London Road. In 1896 the club tasted success for the first time in winning the Wiltshire League Championship. In 1898 Southbroom and other smaller clubs amalgamated to form a much larger club, and so Devizes Town Football Club was born. The new club leased a playing field in Quakers Walk and in their first season won the Wiltshire League as well as reaching the First Round Proper of the FA Amateur Cup and the Wiltshire Cup Final. The elusive Wiltshire Cup finally came to Devizes in 1908 when they defeated Trowbridge 3-1 to lift the trophy for the first time. In the aftermath of the Second World War the club had to find a new ground to play, thankfully due to the generosity of the Jennings family they were offered a free 21-year lease on a ground at Nursteed Road. The first competitive game there was against Purton in 1945. In 1949 the Wilts League Champi- onship came to Nursteed Road for the third time, and then the following year this was followed by the capture of the Wiltshire Senior Cup for the first time since 1908 in front of a crowd of over 4000. The late 1950s and 60s were a golden period for the club with numerous league and cup triumphs, includ- ing several good runs in the FA Amateur Cup - the most notable bring reaching the Third Round Prop- er in 1958. In the Wiltshire Senior Cup, the team appeared in every final between 1956/7 and 1962/3 winning 6 out of the seven finals.