On Saturday we make the trip up to Larkhall Athletic as we try to get our play-off push back on track.
Larkhall Athletic vs Bideford
Evo-Stik League South – West Division
Saturday 7th April 2018
3:00pm kick off
Plain Ham Ground, Bath
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
The Plain Ham Ground
Charlcombe Lane
Bath
Somerset
BA1 8DJ
Tel: 01225 334592
Web: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/larkhallathleticfc
Twitter: @LarkhallAFC
Form Guide
Larkhall are having a difficult 2018 winning just two of their 13 league games having won eight out of 19 before the turn of the year. Their two wins both came on the road at Kidlington and Paulton Rovers. Larkhall did however have a really good run in the League Cup eliminating Frome and Weymouth of the Premier Division before losing out to Didcot in the semi finals on penalties. Last time out they were beaten 2-0 at home by Mangotsfield in the league. Larkhall are 15th in the West Division (W10 D5 L18).
Larkhall Athletic’s last six (LLWLLL)
05/04/18 Larkhall Athletic 0 Mangotsfield United 2
27/03/18 Cinderford Town 3 Larkhall Athletic 1
24/03/18 Taunton Town 5 Larkhall Athletic 2
20/03/18 Paulton Rovers 1 Larkhall Athletic 3
17/03/18 Larkhall Athletic 0 Bishops Cleeve 2
13/03/18 Yate Town 3 Larkhall Athletic 1
Bideford are now on their worst run of the season picking up just two points from their last five games. Three straight defeats have seen The Robins fall to 10th in the West Division (W15 D9 L10) and seven points off the play-offs, albeit with a couple of games in hand on most. The Robins now really must start to pick up victories if they are to stand any chance of reaching the play-offs.
Bideford's last six (WDDLLL)
02/04/18 Bideford 0 Taunton Town 1 (League)
31/03/18 Evesham United 3 Bideford 0 (League)
27/03/18 Bristol Manor Farm 1 Bideford 0 (League)
24/03/18 Bideford 2 Salisbury 2 (League)
20/03/18 Bideford 3 Mangotsfield United 3 (League)
17/03/18 Shortwood United 0 Bideford 6 (League)
Previous meetings
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)
27/03/10 Bideford 4 Larkhall Athletic 0 (Western Prem)
06/03/10 Larkhall Athletic 1 Bideford 3 (Western Prem)
Larkhall have never beaten Bideford having met six times previously with The Robins winning five of the encounters. Earlier this season Bideford ran out 4-1 winners at the Sports Ground with goals from Ryan Turner, Billy Tucker, Sean Downing and Ben Seymour. The last meeting at the Plain Ham Ground was won by The Robins back in February of last year thanks to a Sean Downing goal.