The Robins are back on the road this Saturday as they travel over to Somerset to take on Larkhall Athletic. The Larks have started well in the league with wins over Totton and Evesham and picked up a good point at Bristol Manor Farm on Easter Monday. The only blot on their record so far was the minor FA Cup upset they suffered at the hands of Western League Premier Division side Bradford Town.

Bideford bounced back from their disappointing defeat at Frome Town with back to back wins over the August Bank Holiday weekend. While the performance wasn’t great at Cribbs in the FA Cup the result was the right one and an improved display in the Devon derby with Willand ended with a 2-1 victory thanks to a late James Mayne strike. Bideford remain without suspended duo Billy Tucker and Josh Wadham as well as injured Sean Downing and Ben Carter who is unavailable.

Form Guide

Larkhall Athletic’s last six(WDWWLW) Pos 5th W2 D1 L0 Pts 7
26/08/19 Bristol Manor Farm 0 Larkhall Athletic 0 (League)
24/08/19 Bradford Town 3 Larkhall Athletic 1 (FA Cup PR)
21/08/19 Larkhall Athletic 3 Evesham United 2 (League)
17/08/19 AFC Totton 1 Larkhall Athletic 3 (League)
03/08/19 Cambrian & Clydach Vale 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Friendly)
27/07/19 Larkhall Athletic 5 Bristol Rovers Academy 0 (Friendly)

Bideford’s last six (WLWLWW) Pos 7th W2 D0 L1 Pts 6
26/08/19 Bideford 2 Willand Rovers 1 (League)
24/08/19 Cribbs 0 Bideford 1 (FA Cup PR)
21/08/19 Frome Town 3 Bideford 0 (League)
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)

A Brief History of Larkhall Athletic FC
Larkhall Athletic were founded in 1914 and played local football until joining Western League Division One for the 1976/77 season. They were twice Division One champions, first in 1988/89 but elected not to be promoted and again in 2008/09 when they did accept promotion to the Premier Division. In 2010/11 Larkhall were Western League Champions but were unable to move up to the Southern League due to ground requirements. However they were able to be promoted after winning a second Western League title in 2013/14 and joined Southern League Division One South & West for 2014/15. In that season they finished an impressive 5th before comfortable finishes of 11th and 13th in 2015/16 and 2016/17 respectively. In 2017/18 Larkhall finished in 15th position then improved slightly to finish 13th in 2018/19.

Larkhall Athletic FC
The Plain Ham Ground
Charlcombe Lane
Bath
Somerset
BA1 8DJ
Tel: 01225 334592
Web: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/larkhallathleticfc
Twitter: @LarkhallAFC

Previous clashes:
22/09/18 Larkhall Athletic 2 Bideford 3 (Southern Div 1 South)
18/08/18 Bideford 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Southern Div 1 South)
07/04/18 Larkhall Athletic 0 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
18/11/17 Bideford 4 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
04/02/17 Larkhall Athletic 0 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
17/10/16 Bideford 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
14/09/13 Bideford 3 Larkhall Athletic 0 (FA Cup Q1)