Silvio Dante Posted February 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 5 hours ago, spudski said: Great away win for Yate today at league leaders Farnborough. Certainly grinding out results. The recent game against Weston was very entertaining and a little bit fiesty. How Weston's LB never got sent off I'll never know. Love the banter you get between managers, players and fans at this level. Yate will also be hosting a BCFC legends team again Man Utd legends in July. Whether it's Leg ends or Legends that play will be questionable. Anyone else got into following their local team more recently? I've been on and off over the years depending on circumstances. It was pretty much an assault by Weston’s LB! Thought on that game a 1-1 draw was just about fair, Yate started superbly. Weston’s keeper kept them in it for me, but then the second half was a bit of a damp squib. Fantastic result today. Yate are small at this level and Paul Michaels done a fantastic job. Been down about 5 times this season and will no doubt add by season end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 19 hours ago, joe jordans teeth said: So not near Bristol at all,Forest green is only 2 miles shorter than Newport county I think you missed the point - the OP mentioned Weston as being a club in our catchment area, so I merely pointed out that Forest Green Rovers is only 4 miles further from Bristol than Weston ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 To update as Truro City were mentioned on this thread the chap who bought them ?two years ago is retiring from sports ownership. Dicky Evans is the long term owner of the Cornish Pirates rugby team, over twenty years, and has said that he will step down in three years and has capped his funding in that time at £2.5m. Truro City barely rates a mention but he's pulling out of those as well but presumably without a similar financial guarantee. And as Dicky was providing, through those teams, two thirds of the private funding for the unstarted "Stadium for Cornwall" then that will have gone for a Burton as well. Mind it was planned in a stupid location where the traffic is already a nightmare. Which leaves Truro City ownerless, groundless, potless and playing home games in Devon at Plymouth Parkway's ground. I think the club will revert to what it was before Kevin Heaney bought what wasn't even one of the top amateur football teams in Cornwall and funded a huge rise through the leagues by secretly selling the ground to a developer. https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/dicky-evans-end-funding-cornish-6807815 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutton Caveman Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 20/01/2022 at 08:10, Silvio Dante said: …but what about a third? I’ve posted here before about Yate Town - pretty much smallest club in their league at level 7, and last night won their 4th game on the bounce to hit the playoffs. Weston Super Mare are one place behind, and the game at Lodge Road in two weeks looks set to be a cracker. Anyhow, it got me thinking. Yate are punching above their weight now, and although there are plans to improve the infrastructure, getting anywhere higher than Conference South seems optimistic - unless there was a Salford style takeover. So, if there was something of that nature to Yate, Weston or another club in our catchment area, could the Bristol area sustain a third league club, and where? I’d assume attendances of 2k-5k tops and the question becomes if that’s new fans or taken from us/Rovers. Would it impact? Is it sustainable? It would, however, be a fantastic laugh to see Yate beat Rovers in a League 2 or Conference match! To be honest I wouldn't fancy playing Rovers at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Clutton Caveman said: To be honest I wouldn't fancy playing Rovers at the moment. I wouldn't even fancy playing Barnsley! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Treating this now as a thread on this league … I see that Yate have dropped to eighth, Weston remain in the play offs, but Taunton have continued their surge up the table. Tonight they play a game in hand, where a win would put them three points clear in first, with two games to go. The automatic promotion place still looks open to four teams though, ie Hayes, Taunton, Farnborough and Met Police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Just now, Leveller said: Treating this now as a thread on this league … I see that Yate have dropped to eighth, Weston remain in the play offs, but Taunton have continued their surge up the table. Tonight they play a game in hand, where a win would put them three points clear in first, with two games to go. The automatic promotion place still looks open to four teams though, ie Hayes, Taunton, Farnborough and Met Police. Some very bad results for Yate lately especially at home. As an example, somehow managed to lose to 10 men lower midtable Tiverton who had Craig Woodman of all people sent off in about the 20th minute. Still in with a shout of the play offs though with some games in hand still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 28 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Some very bad results for Yate lately especially at home. As an example, somehow managed to lose to 10 men lower midtable Tiverton who had Craig Woodman of all people sent off in about the 20th minute. Still in with a shout of the play offs though with some games in hand still But they are tonight’s opponents at Taunton - so that’s a tough one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 12, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Weston travel to Truro this weekend, make or break for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, phantom said: Weston travel to Truro this weekend, make or break for them And Truro have recently beaten Taunton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Yeah, Yate have had some awful results recently - 3-0 defeat at home to Swindon Supermarine sticks out, and the current fixtures haven’t been kind as postponements are made up - Hayes and Yeading (top) away on Saturday was a 4-0 defeat after being 1 down with 5 minutes left (and several players missing), and 2nd placed Taunton tonight. Unlikely they’ll make it but still a great season. Garnished by a fantastic own goal against Walton Casuals last Tuesday… (Skip to 1:19) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Silvio Dante said: Yeah, Yate have had some awful results recently - 3-0 defeat at home to Swindon Supermarine sticks out, and the current fixtures haven’t been kind as postponements are made up - Hayes and Yeading (top) away on Saturday was a 4-0 defeat after being 1 down with 5 minutes left (and several players missing), and 2nd placed Taunton tonight. Unlikely they’ll make it but still a great season. Garnished by a fantastic own goal against Walton Casuals last Tuesday… (Skip to 1:19) That truly is a corker of an OG! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Only came for the bluebells.., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: Only came for the bluebells.., Fair play...enjoy. Hopefully more corner flag celebrations tonight. Don't know whether you know about the Man Utd game friendly? Wes Brown is ' managing' them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, spudski said: Fair play...enjoy. Hopefully more corner flag celebrations tonight. Don't know whether you know about the Man Utd game friendly? Wes Brown is ' managing' them. Yeah did see that. I think he’s the biggest name involved - Gillespie, Beardsmore, Lee Martin as opposed to Beckham, Neville and Scholes. Still worth a watch though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: Yeah did see that. I think he’s the biggest name involved - Gillespie, Beardsmore, Lee Martin as opposed to Beckham, Neville and Scholes. Still worth a watch though Indeed...should be fun. Enjoy the game. Hopefully 3 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Leveller Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 A good chance for Taunton now to reach Tier Six for the first time ever in their history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Just got back from Taunton's win against Yate this evening in front of a crowd of 1,068. The Peacocks are on the verge of promotion to National League South (step 2) for the first time in their history. As fate would have it, their next game is at bitter rivals Tiverton Town this Bank Holiday Monday, where they can all but seal promotion with a win. Always been a feisty fixture and I'd expect at least 500 Taunton will travel down for the game. Will be good for the region if Taunton get promoted as National League South is very South East centric. Good to bump into a few City tonight who were supporting Taunton too ! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Glad somebody went - we’ve actually been discussing this league in the other thread “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us”. Taunton’s my local team though I can’t claim to be a supporter. Their recent run has been pretty phenomenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 Will Buse in goal for Taunton as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 It was a pretty good game wasn't it, plenty happening all the time and Taunton look high on confidence. I've certainly enjoyed watching Taunton more this season than City. Anyone know if there is a ground standard for stepping up to that level? I'm not sure when you have to have segregation or changing rooms in anything but the corner of the ground that everyone enters and leaves from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burhou Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 Was told by someone who seemed to be in the know that Taunton only have to install another turnstile at the other end of the side stand to qualify for the division above. The game last night was delayed 15 mins due to the size of the crowd coming through the two turnstiles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) Thats great news. I've been watch Dulwich Hamlet in the conference south a few times this season and I've been surprised at how high the standard is now at the level. A few names you might recognise in their squad, James Dayton (ex Palace), Michael Timlin (ex Swindon) and Bristol City LEGEND Andre Blackman. Edited April 13, 2022 by DaveF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Leveller said: Glad somebody went - we’ve actually been discussing this league in the other thread “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us”. Taunton’s my local team though I can’t claim to be a supporter. Their recent run has been pretty phenomenal. Yep same. City will always be first for me but I’ve been to a few taunton games and went last night! And may knock derby on the head of taunton v farnborough is a title decider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 10 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Just got back from Taunton's win against Yate this evening in front of a crowd of 1,068. The Peacocks are on the verge of promotion to National League South (step 2) for the first time in their history. As fate would have it, their next game is at bitter rivals Tiverton Town this Bank Holiday Monday, where they can all but seal promotion with a win. Always been a feisty fixture and I'd expect at least 500 Taunton will travel down for the game. Will be good for the region if Taunton get promoted as National League South is very South East centric. Good to bump into a few City tonight who were supporting Taunton too ! Came on to start a thread, you beat me to it haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 Can't wait for these to replace Yeovil as BBC Bristol's third team 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 6 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: Can't wait for these to replace Yeovil as BBC Bristol's third team What? After us and Manor Farm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 18, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 After today's results next weekend is looking interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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