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Frome Town vs Bideford
FA Trophy Preliminary Round
Saturday 12th October 2019
3:00pm kick off
Badgers Hill, Frome

On Saturday Bideford take to the road once again for an FA Trophy Preliminary Round tie with Frome Town at Badgers Hill. The Devon Robins are in poor form having lost six of their last seven games and have been beaten in five of their seven away games so far this season. Last time out Bideford did put in a solid display against the league’s form side Slimbridge and were unfortunate to come away empty handed. Frome on the other hand are having a really good start to the season and sit in second place in the league. The Somerset Robins did go four games without a win but have picked up again with wins in their last two outings at Totton and Melksham. The sides have already met in the league back in August at Badgers Hill with Frome winning comfortably by three goals to nil.

Form Guide

Frome Town's last six: (DLDLWW) Pos 2nd W6 D3 L1 Pts 21
07/10/19 Melksham Town 1 Frome Town 3 (League Cup R1)
05/10/19 AFC Totton 2 Frome Town 3 (League)
01/10/19 Frome Town 0 Bridgwater Town 2 (Somerset Cup R1)
28/09/19 Frome Town 1 Highworth Town 1 (League)
24/09/19 Frome Town 1 Slimbridge 2 (League)
14/09/19 Frome Town 1 Willand Rovers 1 (League)

Bideford’s last six (LLLWLL) Pos 12th W3 D1 L4 Pts 10
05/10/19 Slimbridge 2 Bideford 1 (League)
01/10/19 Bideford 2 Taunton Town 5 (League Cup R1)
28/09/19 Bideford 2 AFC Totton 1 (League)
18/09/19 Plymouth Parkway 4 Bideford 3 (St Luke’s Cup R1)
14/09/19 Thatcham Town 4 Bideford 3 (League)
07/09/19 Cinderford Town 5 Bideford 3 (FA Cup Q1)

A Brief History of Frome Town FC
Frome Town were formed in 1904 and began playing locally in the Wiltshire League winning the league title in 1909/10. They were also crowned Somerset Senior League champions on three occasions between 1906 and 1911. Frome joined Western League Division Two in 1919/20 and won the league title in their first season but remained in the division. After World War Two they joined Western League Division One but were relegated back to Division Two after one season. The Robins finished as runners-up in 1954/55 to secure promotion to Division One where they survived for four years before relegation back to Division One and a season later dropping out of the league to join the Wiltshire League. The club returned to the Western League in 1963 in the top flight and remained there for 33 years, winning their only Western League championship in 1978/79. Relegation in 1996 meant six years in Division One before returning to the Premier Division in 2002 as Division One winners. Frome were Premier Division runners-up in 2008/09 and gained promotion to the Southern League for the first time. The Robins finished 4th in their second season in Division One South & West and secured promotion to the Premier Division by beating Sholing in the Play-Off Final. Frome spent eight seasons in the Southern League Premier Division with a club best finish of 8th in 2016/17 before relegation back to Division One South in 2018/19.

Frome Town FC
Badgers Hill
Berkley Road
Frome
Somerset
BA11 2EH
Tel: 01373 464087
Website: http://www.frometownfc.co.uk
Twitter: @FromeTownFC

Recent meetings:
21/08/19 Frome Town 3 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 South)
20/10/15 Bideford 2 Frome Town 0 (Southern Premier)
23/09/15 Frome Town 3 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier)
24/01/15 Frome Town 0 Bideford 2 (Southern Premier)
09/09/14 Bideford 4 Frome Town 0 (Southern Premier)
21/04/14 Bideford 2 Frome Town 2 (Southern Premier)
29/01/14 Frome Town 2 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier)
01/04/13 Bideford 0 Frome Town 0 (Southern Premier)
26/12/12 Frome Town 0 Bideford 1 (Southern Premier)
11/12/10 Bideford 1 Frome Town 3 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
18/08/10 Frome Town 0 Bideford 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)