TTHHEE MMII TTRREE Versus AAtt KKaayyttee LLaannee,, BBiisshhooppss CClleeeevvee SSaattuurrddaayy 1111tthh JJaannuuaarryy TThhee UUhhllssppoorrtt HHeelllleenniicc LLeeaagguuee PPrreemmiieerr DDiivviissiioonn BBiisshhooppss CClleeeevvee FFoooottbbaallll CClluubb Kayte Lane Bishops Cleeve Glos. GL52 3PD Tel; 01242 676166 Email; [email protected] Website; www.pitchero.com/clubs/bishopscleevefc Affiliated to; Gloucestershire County F.A. Members of The Hellenic League Cheltenham Football League Cheltenham Youth League Chairman David Walker Cleeve Colts Vice Chairman Hanif Tai Chairman – Jon Symons Secretary – Nigel Green Secretary – Geoffrey Ketching Board Members Hilary Green Marc Blackford Cleeve Colts Managers Jon Symonds U6 – Jim Wyatt – [email protected] Welfare Officer Daryl Fields U7 – Liam Beames – [email protected] Press Officer Matt Jones U8 – U9 Colts – Kevin Debonis – [email protected] First Team U9 Rovers – Ian Fletcher – [email protected] U10 Colts – Darly Field – [email protected] Manager Stephen Cleal U10 Rovers – Stephen Dolman – Asst. Manager Matt Jeynes [email protected] Coach Mike Rhodes U11 Colts – Andrew Hyatt – [email protected] Physiotherapist Pat Cleal U11 Rovers – Paul Bignell – [email protected] U12Colts – Tony Debonis – [email protected] “A” Team U12 Rovers – Jason Burge – [email protected] Manager John Hunt U12 United – Louis Averiss – [email protected] Match Secretary John Hunt U13 Colts – Andy Moss – [email protected] U14 United – Rich Gill – [email protected] Development Team U15 Colts – Becky Verhoest – [email protected] Manager Nicki Debonis Girls Teams Asst. Manager Keith Carter U10 Colts – Anjie Winter – [email protected] U12 Colts – Rob Winter – [email protected] Under 18 Youth U12 Rovers – Toby Harris – [email protected] Manager Richard Gill U14 Colts – Dipak Karadia – [email protected] Asst Manager Jon Symonds U16 Colts – Chris Gough – [email protected] Physio Ladies Manager Chris Gough Asst Manager Rob Winter Good Afternoon and welcome to all players, staff, officials and supporters of Lydney Town FC I hope you enjoy your visit to Kayte Lane and wish you a safe trip home after. Just for a change we have another Gloucestershire derby (this is now our 5th in a row!) as we welcome tough opponents in Lydney Town to The Lane. We are unbeaten in our last 5 games in 90mins and the fact that we have drawn our last 4 is pleasing but also slightly annoying as we would have expected and hoped for a better points return from those games! We know the pitches aren’t going to suit our style of play at the moment and most games are a war of attrition (especially derby games) so we need to be stronger!! If we want to achieve our promotion ambitions, we need to win today and go on a streak of winning games! We welcome back Steve Davies, Ash Davies and Ieuan Crowe for the game who all missed the midweek penalty defeat to Forest Green Rovers so we are getting close to full strength. Ben Maguire (Broken Nose) will be missing but we are hopeful at the time of writing this of Rich Thwaite making the squad and recovering from the ankle he rolled Tuesday. We had a tough game at Lydney drawing 1-1 and they have also drawn twice with the runaway league leaders Westfields so although 3poitns is our desire we cannot under estimate the size of the task in hand but the lads are up for it and hopefully we can turn these draws into wins and start climbing the table. After today we play Tuffley Tuesday in another derby (cup game this time) so we really do appreciate all your support. Thanks again Soots PPllleeaassee vviiissiiittt oouurr wweebbssiiitttee ffoorr uuppccoommiiinngg ffiiixxtttuurreess,,, rreessuullltttss,,, iiinnttteerrvviiieewwss aanndd eevveenntttss::: wwwwwwppiittcchheerroo...ccoomm//cclluubbss//...bbiisshhooppsscclleeeevveeffcc BISHOPS CLEEVE FOOTBALL CLUB BRIEF HISTORY Founded 1905 County Members Gloucestershire Football Association Southern League History 2006 – present day Hellenic League History 1983 – 2006 Principal honours 2011/12 & 2015/16 Glos. Senior Challenge Trophy Runners-Up ===== In their long history Bishops Cleeve have led a much more nomadic existence than many clubs, but have now been settled in the impressive Kayte Lane ground since 1997. For many years the club played on a ground in Stoke Road – with facilities rebuilt and reopened in 1971 by the then secretary of the Football Association, Ted Croker. The enforced move to Kayte Lane came about due to the old ground being sold by the landlord. The club enjoyed a brief period of success in the late 60s – gaining promotion from the Cheltenham League and winning four Championships in their six seasons in the Glos. Northern Senior League. After dropping back to the Cheltenham League, Cleeve gained promotion into the Hellenic League in 1983, quickly becoming a force in that division, finishing fourth in their first two seasons in Div. One. This great start was followed up with a third place finish, then winning the Championship and gaining promotion to the Premier Division at the fourth attempt, and winning the ‘double’ by adding the Glos. Amateur Cup. A fantastic achievement. The five seasons in the Premier Division proved to be a struggle for the Club, although the team followed up their Cup success by adding another trophy to their collection, winning the Premier Cup at the first attempt. The return to Division One proved the catalyst for a period of rebuilding, on and off the pitch. The Club needed to enter into a number of ground share agreements to preserve their League status – Forest Green Rovers, Moreton Town, Wollen Sports and Highworth all allowed us to use their grounds. This difficult period galvanised our club members, and the club was kept running by the dedicated efforts of a few stalwarts – notably Cheltenham Town legend, Dave Lewis, whose efforts were recognised by Carling Brewery, awarding him their ‘Clubman of the Year’ accolade (and a year’s supply of beer!) After approval for the Kayte Lane site was given in 1997, club members started the building of the clubhouse and changing rooms – using materials kindly donated by Smiths Aerospace (now GE Aviation) There followed a great transformation in the team’s fortunes, and they duly secured another promotion in 2001 back to the Hellenic Premier Division. In order to take this opportunity the club entered into another ground share at Evesham United! 2003 & 2004 proved to be a landmark period for the club – returning to ‘The Lane’ after the new Stand and floodlights were approved, achieving FA Charter Standard for Football in the Community, and the completion of the building and facilities. In 2006 the team gained promotion to the Sothern League, joining the Midland Division before being moved to the South & West Division a few seasons later, where the club currently reside. The club has enjoyed mixed fortunes in their Southern League time, generally enjoying mid-table security, with the highlight being season 2011/12 when the club finished with their best ever points haul (in a creditable 11th) and reached the Gloucestershire Senior Cup final, played at Bristol City’s Ashton Gate ground, where we unfortunately succumbed to a Bristol City side featuring two Full Welsh Internationals! With the departure of Alex Sykes to County rivals Shortwood United, the ex-Cheltenham Town professional John Brough took the helm but left towards the end of the season to join Cinderford Town. 2013/14 saw local lad Stephen Cleal take charge with Derek Lightstone, as his assistant, both had a long history with the club and they forged a close link with our Second and Third teams – as well a community tie to Bishops Cleeve Colts Youth section – the future of the club seemed much more secure on and off the field of play. After surviving relegation in their first season they put together a competitive team finishing 12th in the league and losing 1-0 to Forest Green Rovers in the County FA Senior Cup. 2016/17 saw another first for Steve winning the club’s first FA Trophy game. 2017/18 saw the arrival of Matt Jeynes to the management team another who had played for the club in recent years and they later joined by Alex Lumsden Unfortunately a number of players left the club and the season didn’t get off to a good start. The team did rally towards the latter part of the Season but were relegated after losing the last game. So after 12 years the club looked for a speedy return to Step 4 of the NLS. However, having retained most the players, the team had a few slip ups on the run in to the end of the season and finished, they also were runners-up in the County Trophy BBiisshhooppss CClleeeevvee 22001199--2200 Lydney Town FC • Club History Although Lydney is one of the main towns of the Forest area the Severnsiders have always led a very nomadic existence. With the town very much a Rugby stronghold the football club has always found it difficult to exist and although the club can trace its roots back to 1911 it never has had a sound base. The club competed in the local leagues until 1952 when they were elected to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. In 1969 the club folded due to lack of committee. In 1971 the soccer lovers of the town pulled together and the club re- formed and in 1974 the appointment of Harold Elliott as player/coach saw many layers from Lydney Juniors introduced with the resulting effect of promotion to Senior League Division One in 1976. During this period the club switched from Bathurst Park onto the Recreation Ground using the changing facilities at the neighbouring Cricket Club. In 1979-80 after twice finishing Runners-Up they finally lifted the Senior League Division One Championship.