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.

Larkhall Athletic FC
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Twitter: @LarkhallAFC

Form Guide
Larkhall’s season has been middling so far as they sit in 13th position in the West Division (W5 D3 L6). Six of their eight wins in all competitions this season have come on the road at places such as Cirencester, Wimborne and most impressively Salisbury last week. Larkhall come into Saturday’s fixture off the back of two league wins, the aforementioned success at Salisbury and at home to Paulton. They were however beaten in midweek by Welton Rovers in the Somerset Senior Cup after extra time.

Larkhall Athletic’s last six (LLLWWL)
14/11/17 Welton Rovers 5 Larkhall Athletic 3 (Somerset Cup R2)
11/11/17 Salisbury 1 Larkhall Athletic 2 (League)
04/11/17 Larkhall Athletic 2 Paulton Rovers 1 (League)
31/10/17 Swindon Supermarine 4 Larkhall Athletic 2 (League)
28/10/17 Larkhall Athletic 1 Farnborough 3 (FA Trophy Q1)
25/10/17 Larkhall Athletic 2 Didcot Town 3 (League)

After three games without a win Bideford returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory at Paulton Rovers on Tuesday night. The win moved The Robins up to 5th place (W8 D2 L4) in the West Division, a point behind Salisbury and ahead of Swindon Supermarine on goal difference.

Bideford's last six (WWDLDW)
14/11/17 Paulton Rovers 1 Bideford 3 (League)
11/11/17 Bideford 2 Cinderford Town 2 (League)
04/11/17 North Leigh 4 Bideford 3 (League)
31/10/17 Mangotsfield United 1 Bideford 1 (League)
28/10/17 Bideford 3 Slimbridge 1 (League)
24/10/17 Bideford 3 Bristol Manor Farm 1 (League)

Previous clashes:
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)

Last season Bideford took four points from Larkhall Athletic, first with a 1-1 draw at the Sports Ground thanks to a Billy Tucker penalty and then winning 1-0 at Charlcombe Lane with a goal from Sean Downing.