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Bideford vs Moneyfields
Southern League Division One South
Saturday 24th November 2018
2:15pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

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It’s no wins in three for Bideford after Tuesday night’s 4-3 defeat at Bristol Manor Farm but The Robins did show a lot of fight in the second half coming back from 4-0 down and almost snatching an unlikely point. Things are not about to get any easier on Saturday with the visit of the division’s form team, Moneyfields. The Hampshire side are without defeat in their last nine games in all competitions (barring a penalty shootout loss to Fawley in the Russell Cotes Cup) and have not been beaten in the league since August. They also reached the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup before going out to Worthing in a close game.

Form Guide

Moneyfields’ last six (DWWDWW) Pos 3rd W7 D3 L2 Pts 24
20/11/18 Moneyfields 1 Baffins Milton Rovers 0 (Portsmouth Cup R3)
17/11/18 Moneyfields 1 Slimbridge 0 (League)
14/11/18 Fawley 1 Moneyfields 1 (Russell Cotes Cup R1) *Fawley won 9-8 on pens
10/11/18 Thatcham Town 0 Moneyfields 2 (League)
03/11/18 Moneyfields 1 Cinderford Town 0 (League)
30/10/18 Moneyfields 3 Melksham Town 3 (League)

Bideford’s last six (WWWDLL) Pos 9th W5 D3 L5 Pts 18
20/11/18 Bristol Manor Farm 4 Bideford 3 (League)
17/11/18 Blackfield & Langley 4 Bideford 1 (League)
10/11/18 Bideford 0 Mangotsfield United 0 (League)
06/11/18 Tiverton Town 2 Bideford 5 (League Cup R2)
03/11/18 Highworth Town 3 Bideford 4 (League)
20/10/18 Bideford 4 Cirencester Town 0 (League)

A Brief History of Moneyfields FC
Moneyfields FC are based in Portsmouth and were founded in 1987 as Portsmouth Civil Service. The club joined the Hampshire League in 1991 winning Division Three in their first season. In 1992/93 they were Division Two champions and were promoted to Division One where they finished 3rd in 1993/94. The club then changed their name to Moneyfields in 1994 and were crowned Hampshire League champions in 1996/97. Moneyfields then joined the Wessex League in 1998. In 2016/17 Moneyfields finished top of the Wessex League Premier Division but were demoted to runners-up after being deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player. Despite this, Moneyfields were promoted to the Southern League Division One East for the 2017/18 season where they finished 10th before transferring to Division One South (formerly West) for 2018/19.

Moneyfields FC
Moneyfields Sports Ground
Moneyfield Avenue
Copnor
Portsmouth
PO3 6LA
Tel: 07900 808552
Website: http://www.moneyfields.co.uk
Twitter: @MoneyfieldsFC

Previous meetings:
07/10/2017 Moneyfields 4 Bideford 2 (FA Trophy PR)

The only previous meeting between the sides came last season in the FA Trophy where Moneyfields came out on top despite goals from Ben Seymour and Ryan Turner.