A Brief History of Larkhall Athletic
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
The Plain Ham Ground
Charlcombe Lane
Bath
Somerset
BA1 8DJ
Tel: 01225 334592
Web: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/larkhallathleticfc
Twitter: @LarkhallAFC

Form Guide

After suffering two defeats in their first three games, Larkhall have now gone four unbeaten in all competitions. In the league The Larks gained two good points on the road at Melksham and Slimbridge either side of a home win over Thatcham. Larkhall also secured a safe passage through to the second round of the league cup with a win at neighbours Mangotsfield.

Bideford picked up an important win last week at home to Fleet after suffering back to back defeats against Slimbridge in the league and Bristol Manor Farm in the FA Cup. Bideford’s only other win so far came over neighbours Barnstaple Town. The Robins have yet to pick up a point on the road so will hope to put that right on Saturday.

Larkhall Athletic’s last six (LLDWWD)
15/09/18 Slimbridge 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (League)
04/09/18 Mangotsfield United 1 Larkhall Athletic 2 (League Cup R1)
01/09/18 Larkhall Athletic 2 Thatcham Town 0 (League)
27/08/18 Melksham Town 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (League)
25/09/18 Plymouth Parkway 1 Larkhall Athletic 0 (FA Cup PR)
22/08/18 Larkhall Athletic 0 Street 2 (League)

Bideford's last six (LDWLLW)
15/09/18 Bideford 2 Fleet Town 1 (League)
04/09/18 Bristol Manor Farm 4 Bideford 2 (FA Cup PRr)
01/09/18 Slimbridge 3 Bideford 2 (League)
27/08/18 Bideford 1 Barnstaple Town 0 (League)
25/08/18 Bideford 2 Bristol Manor Farm 2 (FA Cup PR)
21/08/18 Yate Town 2 Bideford 0 (League)

Previous meetings:
18/08/18 Bideford 1 Larkhall Athletic 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
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)