Following on from Tuesday night’s dramatic comeback at Falmouth where Bideford earned themselves a point, the Robins now head to Somerset to take on runaway league leaders Frome Town.

Frome are in red hot form – unbeaten in 18 games with 16 wins and two draws. They’ve won their last seven games in a row, lastly beating Larkhall 4-1. Incidentally, it was Larkhall who last inflicted a loss on Frome, way back on 29th October.

While it’s somewhat of a free hit for Bideford on Saturday, they are still looking over their shoulder as the gap to the bottom four has been reduced to five points after Willand’s surprise win over Shaftesbury on Wednesday night.

The sides met at the Sports Ground earlier in the season with Frome winning 2-0.

Bideford’s last six (LWWDLD) Pos 15th Pld 30 W8 D7 L15 Pts 31
24/02/26 Falmouth Town 4 Bideford 4 (League)
21/02/26 Bideford 1 Portishead Town 2 (League)
14/02/26 Bideford 2 Tavistock 2 (League)
17/01/26 Bideford 2 Didcot Town 0 (League)
13/01/26 Bideford 2 Cullompton Rangers 1 (St Luke’s Cup QF)
10/01/26 Malvern Town 3 Bideford 1 (League)

Frome’s last six (WWWWWW) Pos 1st Pld 31 W25 D4 L2 Pts 79
21/02/26 Larkhall Athletic 1 Frome Town 4 (League)
14/02/26 Frome Town 2 Brixham 0 (League)
31/01/26 Frome Town 1 Willand Rovers 0 (League)
24/01/26 Bristol Manor Farm 2 Frome Town 3 (League)
17/01/26 Frome Town 2 Malvern Town 1 (League)
10/01/26 Winchester City 1 Frome Town 3 (League)

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. In 2019/20 they were in 2nd position and hopeful of a return to the Premier Division when the season was abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021/22, Frome looked destined to be headed for promotion before being pipped to the title by Plymouth Parkway. The Robins then suffered a surprise home defeat to Bristol Manor Farm in the play-off semi finals. After an 8th place finish in 2022/23, Frome were promoted via the playoffs the following season but were relegated back to Division One in 2024/25.

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

Recent meetings:
30/03/24 Frome Town 4 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 South)
09/03/24 Bideford 0 Frome Town 1 (Southern Div 1 South)
04/04/23 Frome Town 0 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 South)
25/02/23 Bideford 2 Frome Town 0 (Southern Div 1 South)
29/01/22 Frome Town 2 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 South)
23/11/21 Bideford 2 Frome Town 2 (Southern Div 1 South)
06/10/20 Bideford 0 Frome Town 1 (Southern Div 1 South)
04/01/20 Bideford 2 Frome Town 1 (Southern Div 1 South)
12/10/19 Frome Town 2 Bideford 1 (FA Trophy PR)
21/08/19 Frome Town 3 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 South)