Match Preview

Saturday's visitors to the Sports Ground in Southern League Division One South & West are AFC Totton.

A Brief History of AFC Totton
AFC Totton were originally founded as Totton FC back in 1886. They were founder members of the Hampshire FA in 1887 and of the New Forest League in 1904. Following World War Two, Totton also played in the Southampton Senior League. In 1975 Totton were amalgamated with Totton Athletic. After winning the New Forest League on seven occasions, AFC Totton became Hampshire League champions in 1981/82 and again in 1984/85. They became founder members of the Wessex League in 1986/87 but it wouldn't be until 2007/08 that they lifted the league title. A year previous to that they were FA Vase runners-up losing the final 3-1 to Truro City at Wembley. The Stags joined Southern League Division One South & West for the 2008/09 season and finished third. They lost the play-off final to Didcot Town and after finishing runners-up a season later they lost out in the play-offs again, this time to Cirencester Town in the semi final. In 2010/11 AFC Totton were Division One S&W champions and were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division. In 2011/12 The Stags finished a club high of third before losing the play-off final to Oxford City. They also reached the second round proper of the FA Cup where they lost to Bristol Rovers after hammering Bradford Park Avenue 8-1 in the first round. AFC Totton were relegated from the Premier Division in 2013/14 and have finished 15th in Division One S&W in the last two seasons.

Form Guide
AFC Totton are having a difficult season and currently lie in 20th position winning just three of their twenty league games so far (W3 D4 L13). They are unbeaten in two though after a 2-2 draw with Wantage Town and a Hampshire Cup win over Horndean. They have also earned creditable league draws at Larkhall, Evesham as well as a win at North Leigh.

AFC Totton's last six (LDLLDW)
06/12/16 AFC Totton 3 Horndean 2 (Hampshire Senior Cup)
03/12/16 AFC Totton 2 Wantage Town 2 (League)
29/11/16 AFC Totton 1 Swindon Supermarine 2 (League)
26/11/16 Hereford 5 AFC Totton 0 (League)
23/11/16 Larkhall Athletic 0 AFC Totton 0 (League)
19/11/16 AFC Totton 0 North Leigh 3 (League)

Bideford's inability to put away their chances means they have only taken one point from their last three games. The Robins will need to start picking up points more consistently over the Christmas period if they are to stay in touch with the play-off chasing teams. Bideford now have three home games in a row starting with AFC Totton before Bridgwater Town visit on Tuesday night and Winchester City next Saturday.

Bideford's last six (LWWLDL)
03/12/16 North Leigh 2 Bideford 1 (League)
29/11/16 Tiverton Town 1 Bideford 1 (League)
26/11/16 Bideford 0 Mangotsfield United 1 (League)
19/11/16 Wantage Town 0 Bideford 2 (League)
12/11/16 Bideford 4 Swindon Supermarine 0 (League)
08/11/16 Bideford 1 Barnstaple Town 4 (League Cup R2)

Most recent previous meetings:
28/12/13 AFC Totton 2 Bideford 2 (Southern Premier Division)
20/08/13 Bideford 4 AFC Totton 0 (Southern Premier Division)
19/01/13 Bideford 1 AFC Totton 1 (Southern Premier Division)
29/09/12 AFC Totton 2 Bideford 0 (FA Trophy Q1)
18/09/12 AFC Totton 2 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier Division)

Bideford vs AFC Totton
Southern League Division One South & West
Saturday 10th December 2016
3:00pm Kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

Admission Prices
£8 - Adults
£5 - Concessions
£2 - Under 16s
FREE - Under 12s (Accompanied by an adult)

AFC Totton
Web: http://www.afctotton.com
Twitter: @AFCTotton