A Brief History of Paulton Rovers FC
Paulton Rovers were founded in 1881 and joined the Western League way back in 1900. They competed in Division One and Division Two for 60 years before moving to the Somerset County League when Division Two was disbanded. Paulton rejoined the Western League in 1974 when it expanded back to two divisions (Premier Dvision and Division One) and spent all but three of the next 30 seasons in the Premier Division. After finishing runners-up in 2003/04, Paulton were promoted to the Southern League. They achieved a second place finish in Division One South & West and were promoted in 2013/14 after winning the play-offs beating Merthyr in the final. Paulton achieved their highest ever league finish of 10th in the Southern Premier Division in 2014/15 but finished bottom in 2015/16 and were relegated back to Division One South & West. Arguably Paulton's finest achievement was reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup in 2009/10 where they hosted Norwich City live on ITV. The match drew a record crowd of 2,070 to the Athletic Field and Norwich ran out 7-0 winners.

Paulton Rovers FC
Athletic Field
Winterfield Road
Paulton
Nr Bristol
BS39 7RF
Tel: 01761 412907
Web: www.paultonroversfc.co.uk
Twitter: @PaultonRoversFC

Form Guide
Paulton Rovers have had a difficult season after coming down from the Southern Premier winning just five of their first 23 league games. They have picked up a bit since Christmas with big wins over Taunton Town and Swindon Supermarine. Rovers have only one defeat in their last six and sit in 16th position (W11 D6 L19) but well clear of the relegation zone.

Paulton Rovers' last six (WDDLWW)
25/03/17 Swindon Supermarine 0 Paulton Rovers 1 (League)
21/03/17 Paulton Rovers 4 Barnstaple Town 3 (League)
18/03/17 Slimbridge 2 Paulton Rovers 0 (League)
14/03/17 Paulton Rovers 2 AFC Totton 2 (League)
11/03/17 Paulton Rovers 1 Yate Town 1 (League)
07/03/17 Bishop's Cleeve 1 Paulton Rovers 4 (League)

After going nine unbeaten Bideford have now lost two on the trot but will be hoping to get back to winning ways tonight at Paulton with the aim of securing a top ten finish. Joe Moore will return in goal after being unavailable on Saturday and Matt Andrew will be available again after serving a two game suspension. Bideford are 9th in Division One S&W (W15 D9 L12).

Bideford's last six (LWDDLL)
25/03/17 Bideford 0 North Leigh 2 (League)
18/03/17 Swindon Supermarine 4 Bideford 1 (League)
11/03/17 Bideford 0 Hereford 0 (League)
28/02/17 Winchester City 0 Bideford 0 (League)
25/02/17 Bideford 2 Wimborne Town 0 (League)
21/02/17 Tiverton Town 3 Bideford 1 (St Luke's Bowl QF)

Most recent clashes
22/10/17 Bideford 1 Paulton Rovers 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
26/12/15 Bideford 0 Paulton Rovers 1 (Southern Premier)
31/08/15 Paulton Rovers 0 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier)
06/04/15 Paulton Rovers 2 Bideford 1 (Southern Premier)
01/01/15 Bideford 3 Paulton Rovers 0 (Southern Premier)
31/03/12 Bideford 0 Paulton Rovers 0 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
10/12/11 Paulton Rovers 1 Bideford 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)