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Bishops Cleeve are boosted by the return of Captain Kirk Layton who will be playing his first game of the season having missed the first 3 with an ankle injury picked up in pre season. The injured quartet of Chris Pates (thigh) Joel Hobbs (ankle) Anthony Burton (hamstring) and Aaron Drake (knee)
Are all still missing although Hobbs Pates and Burton could feature in the not too distant future while Drake will be sidelined for some time as he's still awaiting a scan on his knee

"Injuries early on in any season aren't ideal
but with four of our senior players it's hard to deal with but it's huge to have the skipper back as he's our captain for a reason both on and off the field and managerless or not Mangotsfield will be a difficult game and we will need his leadership" Jacob sloggett is missing through suspension and Kieran alder is away with his family