A Brief History of Yate Town
Yate Town were originally formed in 1906 as Yate Rovers before becoming Yate YMCA in 1946 and played at local league level. In 1968 they became founder members of the Gloucestershire County League and changed their name to Yate Town in 1969. They joined Hellenic League Division One in 1983 and were promoted to the Premier Division in 1985. Yate Town were Hellenic League Champions in 1987/88 and again in 1988/89 before accepting promotion to the Southern League Southern Division for season 1989/90. They switched between the Southern, Midland and Western Divisions in the coming years but were relegated back to the Hellenic Premier Division in 2000. Yate soon returned to the Southern League after finishing runners-up in 2002/03 and another 2nd place finish in 2004/05 meant promotion to the Southern League Premier Division. After four seasons in the Premier Division they were relegated in 2008/09 to Division One South & West where they remain to this day. Last season saw Yate Town finish in 16th position. In 2012/13 Yate reached the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup where they were beaten 3-0 by Cheltenham Town.

Form
Yate Town are without a league win in ten games drawing three and losing seven since their last victory on 3rd December against Didcot Town. They are currently 18th in the division (W6 D5 L17) but are a healthy 13 points above the relegation zone. Last time out they earned a creditable draw against second placed Evesham United.

Yate Town's last six (DLLLDD)
04/02/17 Yate Town 1 Evesham United 1 (League)
28/01/17 Salisbury 4 Yate Town 0 (League)
21/01/17 Yate Town 0 Hereford 2 (League)
10/01/17 Yate Town 0 Tiverton Town 1 (League)
07/01/17 Yate Town 1 Wantage Town 1 (League)
02/01/17 Larkhall Athletic 1 Yate Town 1 (League)

Bideford stretched their unbeaten run to four last week with a hard earned 1-0 win at Larkhall Athletic. It equals their best unbeaten run of an inconsistent season. Bideford are currently 10th (W12 D7 L10).

Bideford's last six (WLDWDW)
04/02/17 Larkhall Athletic 0 Bideford 1 (League)
28/01/17 Bideford 2 Didcot Town 2 (League)
14/01/17 Bideford 1 Slimbridge 0 (League)
07/01/17 Bishop's Cleeve 3 Bideford 3 (League)
02/01/17 Bideford 2 Taunton Town 4 (League)
26/12/16 Barnstaple Town 0 Bideford 1 (League)

Most recent clashes
15/10/16 Yate Town 1 Bideford 2 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
19/11/13 Bideford 0 Yate Town 1 (Southern League Cup R2)
28/09/13 Yate Town 2 Bideford 1 (FA Cup Q2)
31/12/11 Yate Town 3 Bideford 3 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
27/08/11 Bideford 2 Yate Town 2 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)

Bideford vs Yate Town
Southern League Division One South & West
Saturday 11th February 2017
3:00pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

Yate Town FC
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