AFC Keynsham

AFC Keynsham enjoyed their finest ever year in 2011 as the Saturday's completed their first season and Sundays broke all of their records.

January 2011

8/1/11 The year started perfectly for the K's when the Saturday won their first match of the year 3-2 over Coupland Insulation with goals from Danials, Powell, and Jefferies.

9/1/11 Sunday's involved in a mass controversy that saw the K's make the back page of the Bristol Evening Post when we are removed from the GFA Cup Quarter Final after being caught fielding a cup tied player in the 3-1 win a The Railway. Ben Purdy is banned from turning out in the rest of the cup competitions.

23/1/11 Manager Greg Turner gets his eye socket broken after putting his head in where the boots are flying during a 4-0 defeat to Lloyd Utd.

30/1/11 AFC Keynsham Sunday records what is generally considered the clubs best ever win by turning over eventual League Winners Blackhorse Boys 3-2 on their own patch with Auchterlonie, Swanson, and Lock scoring the goals.

February 2011

21/2/11 Chris Bessex scores his first goals in a decade with a brace in a 4-0 win over Filton All Saints

Much of February was lost to Bristol's largest snow fall in memory.

March 2011

7/3/11 K's suffer worst ever weekend by losing a Saturday double header to Old Cott's 4-1 and 3-1, before being thrashed 8-1 by Downend Reserves on Sunday.

14/3/11 Darren Wesson writes his name in to AFCK folk law with "the Pensioner incident" at the Civil Service Club after a 4-4 draw with Brandon Sports.

17/3/11 AFCK Online breaks 1m hits.

April 2011

2/4/11 A last minute free kick from Jay Powell earns K's a shock 3-3 draw with Stoke Rangers to cost them their automatic promotion spot.

After the second game of the double header Craig Sutton infamously chased referee Mike Swanson around the pitch trying to "discuss" his red card for fighting.

18/4/11 Martin Withey completes game despite breaking his leg in Saturday’s season ender at Oldbury.

24/4/11 Sunday's sign off in style with a 13-1 win over Sporting Bristol, in a match that saw Steve "Lurky" Russell score his first and only goal for the K's from the spot.

This allowed AFCK Sunday's to finish a record high of 6th, with a record 23 points, as well as recording their first ever positive goal difference.

May 2011

6/5/11 AFC Keynsham sent 12 men on the clubs first ever tour to Dorothy’s in Weymouth. The vast majority of incident will never be discussed by the travellers as frankly it is too offensive to be remembered.

9/5/11 AFC Keynsham defend the Manor Road Jug with a brutal 8-1 thrashing of Spartans, including Lewis Turner opening his account for the season with a special brace.

20/5/11 Jamie Dooley was voted the players player and the manager’s player of the year after a great season converting to centre back.

Jay Powell picked up best newcomer and top scorer after his early season transfer from South Glos.

Craig Sutton picked up most improved in the most competitive category

Chris Bessex was voted clubman of the year (presumably for things like this)

June 2011

June was most notable for the bad news that Gary Brooks and Darren Wesson's careers had been ended after losing the fight against their mounting injuries.

July 2011

July saw Adam Waples hand in his notice as his partner had their baby, though he did suggest he would be back when the lad was a little older.

There was also a massive transfer coup as Turner managed to resign Danny Cardy after "Salt'n'Vinegargate", the classy centre back didn’t come alone, bringing winger Ash Allen with him from the Minors.

August 2011

2/8/11 K's start pre season by breaking Spartans hearts when Lewis Turner (later to be discovered Tom Edwards) scored a last minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw that could have seen Spartans win handsomely.

14/8/11 Jay Powell records the most spectacular ever goal keeping performance by punching a strikers lights out, saving his penalty, then jogging the length of the pitch to curl in a 25 yard free kick in a 8-2 win over AC Bristol.

19/8/11 Will Fuller decides he has had enough of being on the bench and leaves the club via a facebook rant/hissy fit.

20/8/11 Nicky Bull and Ben Purdy make their annual commitment to the club before disappearing after the season kicked off competitively.

September 2011

3/9/11 K's start new season with a 3-0 thrashing of Brandon Sports.

4/9/11 Wesson returns after around 2 months in retirement

18/9/11 Wesson blows his top and chases ref in to dressing room after 4-0 Cup exit with Sartan, bring disrepute charge against club.

October 2011

October saw K's go a month without a win after both sides just couldn’t see out games in a truly awful run.

October did see the debut of Spanish sensation and Matt Goddard look a like Paco, a young man that made a big impact both on the pitch and the pubs and clubs of Bristol.

Other good news was The Good Property Company agreed to buy the K's a new kit.

November 2011

2/11/11 The K's were disgusted to hear young full back Rob Lee had been stabbed in his shoulder after a attempted mugging in his local park.

27/11/11 K's Sundays beat the Argonauts 7-2 to record their first win in 8 games, the game also brought an end to Chris "Face" Freeman's goal drought recording his first for the club.

30/11/11 Movember also saw Andrew "Oscar" Edwards and Gary White produce to awful Gary Penrice style moustaches.

December 2011

5/12/11 Greg Turner brings back the themed weekends starting with the worst knitted jumper.

10/12/11 K's debut their new Maroon kit in a 4-2 home win over Wessex Wanderers.

16/12/11 Rain cancels last game of the year after a torrential down pour at Manor Road.

26/12/11 Paco returns to Spain to live out his days in the Sun.

31/12/11 AFCK waves good bye to long time servant Nial Woodruff who is taking a job in Gibraltar.

These were the highlights of another great year for the K's, if you can think of some more feel free to add them in the comments section at the bottom of this page.