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FROM THE
DUGOUT
WAYNE JEROME

Good evening and a warm welcome to the                      Add long term injured Joe Smith into the equation
players, staff and supporters of Wells City for this         which makes us very thin on players for tonight’s
Toolstation Western First Division fixture.                 game. Having said that it is a squad game and we
                                                            do have the reserve players to call on tonight as they
Well, what can I say what you haven’t seen with             have no midweek fixture.
your eyes a fourth defeat in five games already this
season and that on the back of only six defeats in the      Our only celebration on Saturday was an Alex
shortened league last season.                               Murphy goal for all our efforts which did very little for
                                                            the final result as we went down 3-1 to table-toppers
What’s going wrong I hear you say. Sloppy defending         Ashton & Backwell.
and not taking our chances is the main reason for our
poor form and it is as simple as that.                      All I will say is that we will be working around the
                                                            clock to get a few new signings in plus non-stop
We as a management team need to find a solution             on the training ground when we can get chance to
and find it fast. If we are struggling to score goals and   train after this mad spell of continuous fixtures in
conceding too many we need to shut up shop first            September.
and then start building up from there.
                                                            Thanks for your support and enjoy tonight’s game
A different formation may be the answer but with a          and hopefully we can turn the corner.
small squad, this sometimes is not viable. Tonight’s
game will not be easy with Josh Williams, Ash Clarke
and Sam Farthing all missing through injury.                Wayne

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FROM THE
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WITH CHAIRMAN JOHN BOWERS

Hello everyone and welcome to tonight’s game             the game going in at half time two one down. I felt
against Wells City. I hope you are all keeping well      we started the second half strongly, but then we had
and I also welcome anyone who is reading this            a heavily disputed penalty awarded against us which
online with a nice cup of tea!                           was superbly saved by our keeper. But this followed
                                                         by what should have been a sending off for their
As always I would like to welcome everyone               striker seemed to break our rhythm. Thus going on
associated with Wells City to Dorset this evening and    to lose three one.
I sincerely hope you enjoy your stay with us and have
a safe journey home.                                     I am sure tonight will be a big challenge as we are
                                                         up against another strong side in Wells City, your
There is certainly an air of deja-vu about our last      support will help the lads out on the pitch.
few games, we continually create goal-scoring
opportunities that we fail to convert. This I am sure    Let’s keep the faith and get behind the lads again
will change and of course, the sooner this happens       tonight.
the better. We are a good side but the run of the ball
is not quite going for us at the moment.                 Finally please remember to socially distance and to
                                                         stay safe COYZ
In our last game at home to Ashton and Backwell, who

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OUR HISTORY
AND HONOURS
The club was founded in 1894, making them one              The clubhouse and stadium was a project due to the
of the oldest clubs in Dorset, they played their           forethought of the then Chairman of the club, Mr.
matches in those early days at Marston Road, on            Ken Mullins, this spacious facility also incorporates
the outskirts of the Town.                                 the dressing rooms, bar, function room, kitchen,
                                                           storeroom and toilets, including disabled facilities.
They played county football with occasional
silverware displayed in the town pubs. Following the       The record attendance at the ground is 1,000 versus
opening of the Terrace playing fields just before the      Eastliegh (featuring ex-Southampton and England
Second World War, this became the new venue for            international Matthew Le Tissier), in the Andy
home games.                                                Shephard Memorial match on July 27th 2003.

The Club then moved across the road from the               Four Football League clubs have played at Raleigh
Terrace playing fields in 1985 to it’s present home        Grove, Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United, Swindon
called “Raleigh Grove” fittingly using Sir Walter          Town and Yeovil Town.
Raleigh’s historical connection with the town.
                                                           In 2001 the committee of Sherborne Town outlined
The Raleigh Grove site was built in 1985 on a grazing
                                                           a 3-phase, 5-year plan for the future development of
field, at the level of the raised banking that exists
                                                           the ground, the plans included a hard standing path
today on the north west side of the ground, this had
                                                           on all sides of the pitch for spectators, a 150-seater
to be leveled, to create a playing area, a task made all
                                                           stand to be erected, relocating the dugouts,
the more difficult as there was a pond in the far right
corner of the ground.                                      improvements to the clubhouse, and the installation
                                                           of floodlights. Expansion and upgrading the stadium
When the site was built the club noted the                 has been ongoing every year.
regulations laid down for promotion from the Dorset
Premier league at the time, so a covered section on        The club joined the Toolstation Western League in
the south west side of the ground was erected for          2006 after gaining runners up spot in the Dorset
supporters, also the pitch had four drains laid to aid     Premier League, exciting FA Cup and Vase runs have
the playing surface.                                       seen the club play from Cornwall to Suffolk.

  Dorset Senior Cup Runners-up - 1973/74, 2006/07            Dorset Reserve League Winners - 2007/08
  Dorset Combination Winners - 1981/82, 1984/85              Toolstation First Division ‘Manager of the Year’
  Dorset Combination Cup Winners - 1981/82, 1984/85          2007/8 Kevin Leigh, 2012/13 Jamie Manley
  Dorset Combination Cup Runners-up - 1982/83, 1993/94       Toolstation ‘Hospitality Award’ Winners - 2009/10
  Dorset Senior Cup Winners - 1982/83, 2003/04, 2007/08      FA Cup Second Qualifying Round - 2010/11
  Dorset Youth Shield Winners - 1989/90, 1990/91             Somerset Floodlit Youth League
  Dorset Combination Runners-up - 1992/93, 2001/02           South Division Winners - 2010/11
  Dorset Premier League Runners-up - 2005/06                 Toolstation First Division Winners - 2012/13
  FA Carlsberg Vase Forth Round - 2006/07                    Dorset Senior Trophy Runners-up - 2012/13
  FA Carlsberg Vase ‘Team of the Round’ - 2007/08            Dorset County Youth League Division 1 Winners
  Toolstation First Division Runners-up - 2007/08            2012/13

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TOOLSTATION LEAGUE
ROUND-UP
Ashton & Backwell United secured their third               helping them win by two goals to nil.
away win on the bounce, capitalising on a fast
start to beat Sherborne Town 3-1 at Raleigh Grove.         Bishop Sutton are the other side with six points from
                                                           six after a late penalty saw them win 2-1 away at
A pair of goals inside the opening ten minutes from        Warminster.
Ben Jones and Jordan Scadding put the Stags in
command, before Alex Murphy halved the deficit.            Sutton were one goal ahead at the interval thanks
A third and final goal midway through the second           to Oaklan Buck’s opener, before Warminster levelled
half from Calum Townsend wrapped up the win for            early in the second half thanks to Francois Allen. It
Ashton & Backwell who now enjoy a five-point lead          was the visitors who claimed the third and final goal
atop the division.                                         from the spot, with Callum Baker keeping his cool to
                                                           finish with aplomb from 12 yards.
Second spot still belongs to Lebeq United despite
their 3-2 defeat at the hands of Wincanton Town. Two       Calne Town are doing even better than those sides
late goals from the visitors made the scoreline a little   on six points, with the Lilywhites now having tasted
less one-sided, with Wincanton dominating for large        victory in all three of their league contests so far this
swathes of the match, and Dan Wise proving to be           term. An own goal midway through the first half
too hot to handle, scoring a match-winning hat-trick.      put them ahead of Longwell Green, before Matty
                                                           Jenkins wrapped up the victory when he scored three
The result of the day definitely belongs to Corsham        minutes from time.
Town who stormed to a 7-2 triumph away at Radstock.
The home side just weren’t at the races, and trailed by    Welton also have nine points from a possible nine,
three goals before finally getting on the scoresheet       after substitute Kyle Box made an instant impact to
after 31 minutes through Scott Gregory.                    lead them to a 1-0 win away at Bishops Lydeard.

For Corsham, Jamal Chevolleau bagged a hat-trick,          After entering the field during the second half, Box
with Leigh Rogers also striking twice for the rampant      took over set piece duties, and curled home an
visitors. A second half effort from James Rustell          excellent free kick from 25 yards out with one of his
stemmed the flow slightly, but Corsham didn’t slow         first touches to clinch the hard-fought win.
down, and ran out big winners with James Vincent
and Gary Higdon also finding the back of the net for       Cheddar were 3-0 winners away at Devizes, with
the Wiltshire side.                                        Adam Wright scoring twice, before Callum Ham
                                                           struck in the closing stages to round out the victory.
Just like Corsham, there are a couple of other sides
who have won both of their league fixtures so far,         Almondsbury followed up their midweek win with
including Wells City.                                      another three points at home to Bristol Telephones,
                                                           with Stuart Alexander, Ashley Knight and Matt Davies
Their second victory came at home to Hengrove on           all scoring during their first half to hand them a
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Wells City Football Club was founded on May 27th            Senior League in 1960-61 with the Reserves competing
1890 when a meeting was held in the Star Hotel in           in the Mid-Somerset Football League.
Wells. Success was immediate winning the first ever
Somerset league title a feat repeated the following         The club finished very much mid –table until 1965-66
year.                                                       when they were third behind Street and Welton Rovers
                                                            Reserves. They were Runners-Up behind Paulton Rovers
In 1892/93 Wells entered the Bristol & District league,     in 1971-82.
the forbearer of today’s Toolstation Western League
of which Wells is a founder member. It was recorded         Between 1977 and 1998 Wells suffered from the yo-
that it was a Wells player who scored the first ever goal   yo effect, promotion to the Premier division one year,
on the opening day of the season in a 2-0 victory Vs        relegation the next. It wasn’t until the 1999/2000 season
Mangotsfield.                                               that Wells once again cemented themselves in the
                                                            County’s premier division.
In 1893/4 Wells re-joined the Somerset Senior league
as well as moving to their present location at Rowdens      Wells City became Somerset Senior Cup champions in
Road. Wells were invited back into the Western League       2006-07 season defeating Burnham on Sea at Weston
in1928/29 and competed in both the Somerset and             super Mare’s Woodspring Stadium 2-1.
Western leagues eventually leaving the county league
in 1931.                                                    After an absence of almost 50 years, Wells City returned
                                                            to the Western League Division 1 in 2008-09 with a mid-
After the war years Wells competed in Div. 1of the          table finish.
Western league eventually winning being crowned
champions in 1949/50 pipping Poole Town on goal             Wells City was crowned Toolstation Western League
difference. Success became more difficult in the              Division One Champions at the end of 2009-10 season.
following years and Wells City re-joined the Somerset       In 2011 Wells reached the 2nd qualifying round of the

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FA Cup with a home tie to Woking FC with the visitors          Champions of Somerset beating Taunton Town, Frome
coming away comfortable winners. That was to be the            Town, Weston S Mare and a thrilling 2 – 1 victory over
highlight for Wells as after only a brief spell of 3 seasons   Larkhall Athletic in the final to lift the Somerset Premier
in the Premier division found them relegated back into         Cup for the first time in the clubs history.
Division 1 in 2012-13.
                                                               This success was yet again short lived, after only a couple
A period of rebuilding was needed and a few seasons            of seasons in the Premier division Wells were again
in the lower mid table positions followed. A change in         relegated to Division 1, and another period of rebuilding
direction late 2014 which has seen a gradual change in         began with a credible mid table finish. Management duo
fortunes resulting in Wells having their most successful       of Tom Clifford-Jones and Nathan Truckle will be looking
season to date; gaining promotion back to the Toolstation      at this as a platform to push onwards for the forthcoming
Western League Premier Division and becoming                   season.

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Hi everyone and welcome to Raleigh Grove, this week I have searched the computer
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BEHIND THE BADGE: HOW AJAX BECAME AJAX

Take a look at the Ajax badge above this paragraph.                 battles, including one with Trojan Prince Hector – and never
You’ve seen it thousands of times before, I bet. But have           lost. One of the aspects that attracted Stempel to Ajax in
you ever thought to stop for a minute and ponder what’s             particular was this invincibility. Unlike the vast majority of
actually going on?                                                  characters in Greek mythology, Ajax remained unbeaten,
                                                                    taking his own life, preserving exactly that.
You see that warrior-type figure? His name is Ajax, too. Now,
get your fingers out and count how many separate lines are          Another major decision that needed making in that café
used to make up his image. What’s so significant about that         was the kit, which would eventually bear the colours of the
number and football?                                                Amsterdam flag – red, white and black. The player you can
                                                                    see in the first Ajax badge in this sequence is wearing one of
Well, it’s pretty self-explanatory. And no, that’s not by chance.   the club’s earliest kits – the red and white striped shirt and
When Ajax were formed 120 years ago in the East India Café          black shorts and socks.
in Amsterdam, various decisions were made. One of the key
ones was the name of the club, with founder Floris Stempel          Upon promotion to the Dutch top flight in 1911, that strip
settling for Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC) Ajax.                was changed to the current format, with a white shirt with
                                                                    a single red stripe down the middle, because Ajax weren’t
The first three bits of this name make sense to you, I’m sure,      allowed to wear the same style as Sparta Rotterdam, who
but where does Ajax come from? The answer lies thousands            were already in the division. Thus, the badge was updated
of years ago across Europe, in Greece. Ajax was a hero of           too.
Greek mythology who was described in Homer’s Iliad as
strong, powerful, fearless and greatly intelligent.                 Enjoy the game

As one of the leaders of the Achaeans, he fought countless          Goody

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RESERVE
TEAM NEWS
 WITH RESERVE TEAM MANAGER NEIL BUDDEN
Good evening everyone, I hope you are all well. Saturday               them with Peter and Ashley’s pace which worked well for us.
saw us travel down to Bridport Town to take on the                     The final 10 minutes of the game we looked dangerous and the
Reserve’s side who were looking to get their first win of the          more likely to get the next goal especially when our midfield
new season and we were looking to bounce back from our                 set Ashley Guppy free in a one on one situation with a Bridport
narrow defeat to Gillingham Town the week before.                      Centre Half which Ashley left in his trails then finding himself
                                                                       through on goal with only the Bridport Goal Keeper to beat but
This looked to be a great opportunity for us to get back to            unfortunately fired his shot wide of the target.
winning ways and get our performance back to the levels that
we had been showing in our first two games of the season.              This ended up being the last clear cut chance for both teams
                                                                       and the game finished with us get the 1-0 win that was
The game got underway way and we immediately started quick             deserved and bringing the 3 points back home.
by pressing the ball high and keeping our shape allowing us
to take control of the game and dictate things. Our passing            All round the lads showed great character and spirit to bounce
was slick and our movement was good whilst we kept our                 back from last week and put together a performance that
shape and discipline well which allowed us to create plenty of         was important for us to do but we know there is still more
opportunities for the majority of the first half however in the last   improvement in us yet.
10 minutes we started to lose our shape and allowed Bridport
back into the game. Missed Opportunities from ourselves and            This week we eventually and thankfully find ourselves back at
several good saves from the Bridport Goal Keeper saw the first         Raleigh Grove after a month on the road where we will host
half end 0-0.                                                          Dorchester Sports in the Dorset Senior Trophy competition.
                                                                       This should be a good game of football and hopefully like our
My talk with the lads at half time was for us to keep our intensity    league campaign we can get off to a good start in the Cup and
off of the ball and remain patient, keep playing our game and          get a good run going.
keep our composure on the ball and we will get the opening
goal, you could see it was coming.                                     For anyone who can’t make it to our first team’s game this
                                                                       Saturday away at Longwell Green we would love to see you up
We started the second half quick and we were looking sharp             at The Grove giving our lads some support and hopefully we
and pressed Bridport high where we were forcing the Bridport           will put on a good game for you with kick-off at 2:30pm.
defence into making mistakes which allowed us to win the ball
back in the right areas. The immediate pressure paid off with us       Stay safe and well and thank you for the continued support.
winning a corner within the first 5 minutes of the second half
where the eventual man of the match Steven Burton latched on
to the corner to head it back across goal to allow Steven Friend       Neil
to fire the ball into the back of the Bridport goal from close
range to put us into the lead, 1-0.                                                          P       W     D    L    GD    P
                                                                       Westland Sports       4       4     0    0    9     12
From the restart Bridport came alive and was beginning to              Merley Cobham Sports 4        4     0    0    7     12
over commit and throw everything at us so we sat back and              Balti Sports          4       3     0    1    6     9
regained our shape and absorbed some of the pressure for a             Sherborne Town Res 4          3     0    1    3     9
third of the second half and again our defending was superb.           Hamworthy Recreation 4        2     1    1    10    7
The group showed a great tenacity and togetherness to                  Blandford United      4       2     1    1    8     7
fight for each other and do everything they could to prevent
                                                                       Gillingham Town       3       2     0    1    3     6
Bridport from trying to get an equaliser.
                                                                       Portland United Res   4       1     2    1    -4    5
                                                                       Bournemouth Sports 4          1     1    2    -4    4
With Bridport having a good spell for 15 minutes of the second
half you could see they began to tire and over commit still and        Sturminster Newton    3       1     1    1    -4    4
leave gaps in between and I saw this as a chance to introduce          Holt United           2       1     0    1    -2    3
fresh lags and pace into our attacking options for the last 15         Dorchester Sports     4       1     0    3    -4    3
minutes. I made two changes and brought Ashley Guppy on                Swanage Town + Herston1       0     0    1    -3    0
for Nick Jacobs and Peter Ireland on for Steven Friend. This           Bridport Reserves     3       0     0    3    -5    0
gave us a quick outlet and the option for our midfielders to           Shaftesbury Town Res 4        0     0    4    -8    0
drop the ball in behind the Bridport back four and expose              Wareham Rangers       4       0     0    4    -12   0

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FIXTURES &
RESULTS
SEPTEMBER 2020                 MARCH 2021
2ND   STREET (FA CUP) W 2-1    6TH   CALNE TOWN                                 H
5TH   PORTISHEAD TOWN L 2-0    13TH CORSHAM TOWN                                A
9TH   RADSTOCK TOWN    L 2-0   20TH HENGROVE ATH LETIC                          H
12TH CLEVEDON (FA CUP) L 2-1   27TH WARMINSTER TOWN                             A
19TH OLDLAND ABBOT W 2-1
22ND WELTON ROVERS     L 3-1   APRIL 2021
26TH ASHTON & BACKWELL L 3-1   2ND    WINCANTON TOWN                            H
30TH WELLS CITY            H   5TH    DEVIZES TOWN                              A
                               10TH LONGWELL GREEN                              H
OCTOBER 2020                   24TH LEBEQ UNITED                                A
3RD   LONGWELL GREEN      A
17TH BRISTOL TELEPHONES   H    MAY 2021
24TH BISHOPS LYDEARD      A    1ST    HENGROVE ATHLETIC                         A
31ST CHEDDAR              H    8TH    WELTON ROVERS                             H
                               15TH BRISTOL TELEPHONES                          A
NOVEMBER 2020                  *Fixtures are subject to change.
7TH  CALNE TOWN           A
14TH DEVIZES TOWN         H
28TH ASHTON & BACKWELL    A    TOOLSTATION FIRST
DECEMBER 2020                  DIVISION TABLE
5TH   ALMONDSBURY         A
12TH WARMINSTER TOWN      H                            P   W      D   L   GD    P
                               Ashton & Backwell       6   5      0   1   7     15
19TH BISHOPS LYDEARD      H    Lebeq United            6   3      1   2   6     10
26TH WINCANTON TOWN       H    Warminster Town         4   3      0   1   5     9
                               Portishead Town         4   3      0   1   5     9
                               Calne Town              3   3      0   0   5     9
JANUARY 2021                   Welton Rovers           3   3      0   0   4     9
2ND   LEBEQ UNITED        H    Almondsbury             5   3      0   2   0     9
9TH   BISHOP SUTTON       A    Corsham Town            2   2      0   0   8     6
                               Wells City              2   2      0   0   3     6
16TH PORTISHEAD TOWN      A    Bishop Sutton           2   2      0   0   2     6
23RD ALMONDSBURY          H    Cheddar                 5   2      0   3   1     6
30TH CORSHAM TOWN         H    Wincanton Town          6   2      0   4   -4    6
                               Radstock Town           4   2      0   2   -4    6
                               Oldland Abbotonians     4   1      0   3   -2    3
FEBRUARY 2021                  Bristol Telephones      5   1      0   4   -5    3
6TH   OLDLAND ABBOT       A    Sherborne Town          5   1      0   4   -7    3
13TH WELLS CITY           A    Hengrove Athletic       2   0      1   1   -2    1
                               Devizes Town            1   0      0   1   -3    0
20TH RADSTOCK TOWN        H    Longwell Green Sports   4   0      0   4   -7    0
27TH CHEDDAR              A    Bishops Lydeard         5   0      0   5   -12   0

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