Bideford vs Yate Town
Southern League Division One South
Saturday 12th January 2019
3:00pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

Two of the leagues in-form teams clash at the Sports Ground on Saturday as we welcome league leaders Yate Town. Yate are in excellent form taking 16 points from a possible 18 in their last six games with only Thatcham Town being able to take a point from them including wins at fellow high flyers Blackfield & Langley, Melksham Town and last time out at home to Street. Bideford are unbeaten in their last seven games discounting a loss on penalties in the League Cup after a 2-2 draw at Cinderford Town. The Robins have won their last four league games including an excellent 3-1 win at Evesham United last Saturday.

Form Guide

Yate Town’s last six (WWWDWW) Pos 1st W14 D5 L2 Pts 47
05/01/19 Yate Town 1 Street 0 (League)
01/01/19 Melksham Town 0 Yate Town 2 (League)
29/12/18 Yate Town 1 Thatcham Town 1 (League)
26/12/18 Yate Town 4 Mangotsfield Town 3 (League)
22/12/18 Blackfield & Langley 1 Yate Town 2 (League)
15/12/18 Slimbridge 1 Yate Town 4 (League)

Bideford’s last six (DWWWWD) Pos 11th W9 D4 L8 Pts 31
08/01/19 Cinderford Town 2 Bideford 2 (League Cup QF) *Cinderford won 4-3 on pens
05/01/19 Evesham United 1 Bideford 3 (League)
01/01/19 Bideford 3 Paulton Rovers 2 (League)
26/12/18 Barnstaple Town 1 Bideford 4 (League)
22/12/18 Bideford 3 AFC Totton 2 (League)
15/12/18 Winchester City 2 Bideford 2 (League)

A Brief History of Yate Town FC
Yate Town were originally formed in 1906 as Yate Rovers before becoming Yate YMCA in 1946 and played at local league level. In 1968 they became founder members of the Gloucestershire County League and changed their name to Yate Town in 1969. They joined Hellenic League Division One in 1983 and were promoted to the Premier Division in 1985. Yate Town were Hellenic League Champions in 1987/88 and again in 1988/89 before accepting promotion to the Southern League Southern Division for season 1989/90. They switched between the Southern, Midland and Western Divisions in the coming years but were relegated back to the Hellenic Premier Division in 2000. Yate soon returned to the Southern League after finishing runners-up in 2002/03 and another 2nd place finish in 2004/05 meant promotion to the Southern League Premier Division. After four seasons in the Premier Division they were relegated in 2008/09 to Division One South & West where they remain to this day. In 2012/13 Yate reached the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup where they were beaten 3-0 by Cheltenham Town. 2016/17 saw Yate Town finish in 18th position and in 2017/18 they were 14th.

Yate Town FC
Lodge Road
Yate
South Gloucestershire
BS37 7LE
Tel: 01454 228103
Web: http://www.yatetownfc.com
Twitter: @YateTownFC

Most recent clashes:
21/08/18 Yate Town 2 Bideford 0 (Southern League Div 1 South)
16/12/17 Bideford 1 Yate Town 2 (Southern League Div 1 West)
15/08/17 Yate Town 0 Bideford 1 (Southern League Div 1 West)
11/02/17 Bideford 2 Yate Town 0 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
15/10/16 Yate Town 1 Bideford 2 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
19/11/13 Bideford 0 Yate Town 1 (Southern League Cup R2)
28/09/13 Yate Town 2 Bideford 1 (FA Cup Q2)
31/12/11 Yate Town 3 Bideford 3 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
27/08/11 Bideford 2 Yate Town 2 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)