Bideford make their first away trip of the season on Wednesday night as they travel up to Frome Town. Frome, also nicknamed The Robins, were relegated from the Southern League Premier Division last season and this will be the first meeting between the sides since October 2015. Both Bideford and Frome began their campaigns with good wins on Saturday, Bideford beating much fancied Moneyfields 1-0 and Frome taking three points at Highworth Town by the same scoreline. Both sides will be hoping to be in the promotion/play-off mix this season so Wednesday night’s meeting should be a really good contest.

Form Guide

Frome Town (W)
17/08/19 Highworth Town 0 Frome Town 1 (League)

Bideford’s last six (LWWWLW)
17/08/19 Bideford 1 Moneyfields 0 (League)
05/08/19 Taunton Town 1 Bideford 0 (Friendly)
03/08/19 Elmore 2 Bideford 3 (Friendly)
30/07/19 Bridgwater Town 0 Bideford 2 (Friendly)
27/07/19 Bideford 5 Plymouth Argyle XI 0 (Friendly)
23/07/19 Bideford 0 Ilfracombe Town 1 (Friendly)

A Brief History of Frome Town FC
Frome Town were formed in 1904 and began playing locally in the Wiltshire League winning the league title in 1909/10. They were also crowned Somerset Senior League champions on three occasions between 1906 and 1911. Frome joined Western League Division Two in 1919/20 and won the league title in their first season but remained in the division. After World War Two they joined Western League Division One but were relegated back to Division Two after one season. The Robins finished as runners-up in 1954/55 to secure promotion to Division One where they survived for four years before relegation back to Division One and a season later dropping out of the league to join the Wiltshire League. The club returned to the Western League in 1963 in the top flight and remained there for 33 years, winning their only Western League championship in 1978/79. Relegation in 1996 meant six years in Division One before returning to the Premier Division in 2002 as Division One winners. Frome were Premier Division runners-up in 2008/09 and gained promotion to the Southern League for the first time. The Robins finished 4th in their second season in Division One South & West and secured promotion to the Premier Division by beating Sholing in the Play-Off Final. Frome spent eight seasons in the Southern League Premier Division with a club best finish of 8th in 2016/17 before relegation back to Division One South in 2018/19.

Frome Town FC
Badgers Hill
Berkley Road
Frome
Somerset
BA11 2EH
Tel: 01373 464087
Website: http://www.frometownfc.co.uk
Twitter: @FromeTownFC

Recent meetings:
20/10/15 Bideford 2 Frome Town 0 (Southern Premier)
23/09/15 Frome Town 3 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier)
24/01/15 Frome Town 0 Bideford 2 (Southern Premier)
09/09/14 Bideford 4 Frome Town 0 (Southern Premier)
21/04/14 Bideford 2 Frome Town 2 (Southern Premier)
29/01/14 Frome Town 2 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier)
01/04/13 Bideford 0 Frome Town 0 (Southern Premier)
26/12/12 Frome Town 0 Bideford 1 (Southern Premier)
11/12/10 Bideford 1 Frome Town 3 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
18/08/10 Frome Town 0 Bideford 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)