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Bideford vs Larkhall Athletic
Southern League - Division One South
Saturday 18th August 2018
3:00pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

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. In 2017/18 Larkhall finished in 15th position.

Larkhall Athletic FC
Web: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/larkhallathleticfc
Twitter: @LarkhallAFC

Form Guide

Larkhall Athletic’s last six (WDLWWD)
11/08/18 Larkhall Athletic 0 Cwmbran Town 0 (Friendly)
03/08/18 Larkhall Athletic 2 Frome Town 1 (Friendly)
24/07/18 Larkhall Athletic 3 Roman Glass 0 (Friendly)
21/07/18 Longwell Green 1 Larkhall Athletic 0 (Friendly)
17/07/18 Wells City 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Friendly)
14/07/18 Cambrian & Clydach 0 Larkhall Athletic 5 (Friendly)

Bideford's last six (WWDDWW)
14/08/18 Bideford 3 Park United 0 (Friendly)
10/08/18 Bideford 3 Boca Seniors 0 (Friendly)
03/08/18 Bideford 1 Tavistock 1 (Friendly)
31/07/18 Willand Rovers 2 Bideford 2 (Friendly)
27/07/18 Bideford 3 Torridgeside 0 (Friendly)
24/07/18 Bideford 6 Shamwickshire Rovers 4 (Friendly)

Previous clashes:
07/04/18 Larkhall Athletic 0 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
18/11/17 Bideford 4 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
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)