On Saturday afternoon Bideford welcome Mangotsfield United to the Sports Ground in Southern League Division One South, weather permitting. Both The Robins and The Mangos have had similarly difficult campaigns with little to choose between them in the league standings. Bideford are three points ahead of their counterparts from South Gloucestershire and are in better form having gone five games without a defeat. Mangotsfield on the other hand have suffered five straight defeats, four of which have come away from home. Their last outing was a 3-1 defeat at Cinderford while Bideford produced a late comeback to draw at Evesham.

Form Guide

Mangotsfield United’s last six (DLLLLL) Pos 17th W8 D4 L15 Pts 28
22/02/20 Cinderford Town 3 Mangotsfield United 1 (League)
11/02/20 Moneyfields 1 Mangotsfield United 0 (League)
08/02/20 Basingstoke Town 2 Mangotsfield United 1 (League)
01/02/20 Mangotsfield United 3 Evesham United 5 (League)
25/01/20 Larkhall Athletic 2 Mangotsfield United 1 (League)
18/01/20 Mangotsfield United 3 Slimbridge 3 (League)

Bideford’s last six (LDWWDD) Pos 13th W8 D7 L11 Pts 31
22/02/20 Evesham United 2 Bideford 2 (League)
08/02/20 AFC Totton 2 Bideford 2 (League)
01/02/20 Bideford 4 Slimbridge 1 (League)
28/01/20 Cinderford Town 1 Bideford 2 (League)
25/01/20 Bideford 1 Thatcham Town 1 (League)
18/01/20 Bristol Manor Farm 2 Bideford 1 (League)

A Brief History of Mangotsfield United FC
Mangotsfield United were formed in 1951 but the original club Mangotsfield FC were established back in 1892 and were founder members of the Bristol & District League. Mangotsfield FC folded after the 1897/98 season and despite numerous attempts to reform the club it wasn't until 1951 that Mangotsfield United joined Bristol & District League Division Seven. It took a couple of decades for the club to work their way up through the divisions and be accepted into the Western League in 1972. The Field were relegated to Western League Division One in 1982 but finished runners-up in 1982/83 to bounce straight back to the Premier Division. In 1990/91 Mangotsfield were crowned Western League champions but were denied promotion to the Southern League as their ground wasn't up to the required standard. In 1995/96 Mangotsfield reached the semi final of the FA Vase but lost out to Clitheroe over two legs. 1999/00 saw Mangotsfield finish as runners up in the Western Premier and this time they were accepted into the Southern League Western Division. They would win the Southern League Western title in 2004/05 and be promoted to the Southern League Premier Division where they finished a club high of 9th in 2006/07 before being relegated to Division One South & West in 2008/09. In 2010/11 Mangotsfield finished 3rd in Division One but lost their play-off semi final to Frome Town. The next five seasons in Division One S&W saw them finish 14th, 13th, 11th, 10th and 14th. In 2016/17 Mangotsfield finished in 8th position and in 2017/18 they dropped to 16th place where they would also finish in 2018/19.

Mangotsfield United FC
Cossham Street
Mangotsfield
South Glos
BS16 9EN
Tel: 0117 956 0119
Website: https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/mangotsfieldunited
Twitter: @MangotsfieldUtd

Most recent meetings:
09/11/19 Mangotsfield United 4 Bideford 2 (Southern League Div 1 South)
30/03/19 Mangotsfield United 0 Bideford 2 (Southern League Div 1 South)
10/11/18 Bideford 0 Mangotsfield United 0 (Southern League Div 1 South)
20/03/18 Bideford 3 Mangotsfield United 3 (Southern League Div 1 West)
31/10/17 Mangotsfield United 1 Bideford 1 (Southern League Div 1 West)
26/11/16 Bideford 0 Mangotsfield United 1 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
06/08/16 Mangotsfield United 2 Bideford 1 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
07/01/12 Mangotsfield United 1 Bideford 3 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
23/08/11 Bideford 2 Mangotsfield United 1 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)