A Brief History of Yate Town
Yate Town were originally formed in 1906 as Yate Rovers before becoming Yate YMCA in 1946 and played at local league level. In 1968 they became founder members of the Gloucestershire County League and changed their name to Yate Town in 1969. They joined Hellenic League Division One in 1983 and were promoted to the Premier Division in 1985. Yate Town were Hellenic League Champions in 1987/88 and again in 1988/89 before accepting promotion to the Southern League Southern Division for season 1989/90. They switched between the Southern, Midland and Western Divisions in the coming years but were relegated back to the Hellenic Premier Division in 2000. Yate soon returned to the Southern League after finishing runners-up in 2002/03 and another 2nd place finish in 2004/05 meant promotion to the Southern League Premier Division. After four seasons in the Premier Division they were relegated in 2008/09 to Division One South & West where they remain to this day. In 2012/13 Yate reached the 1st Round proper of the FA Cup where they were beaten 3-0 by Cheltenham Town. Last season saw Yate Town finish in 18th position.

Yate Town FC
Lodge Road
Yate
South Gloucestershire
BS37 7LE
Tel: 01454 228103
Web: http://www.yatetownfc.com
Twitter: @YateTownFC

Form Guide
Yate Town kicked off their season with a decent 2-2 draw away at Kidlington on Saturday. Yate only suffered one defeat in pre-season to Bath City, winning five and holding a Bristol Rovers XI to a goalless draw.

Yate Town's last six (WWWLWD)
20/07/17 Longwell Green 1 Yate Town 2 (Friendly)
22/07/17 Stonehouse 0 Yate Town 1 (Friendly)
25/07/17 Lydney Town 0 Yate Town 5 (Friendly)
29/07/17 Yate Town 0 Bath City 3 (Friendly)
01/08/17 Yate Town 2 Chipping Sodbury 0 (Friendly)
12/08/17 Kidlington 2 Yate Town 2 (League)

Bideford began their league season with a win and a good performance against Didcot Town. The Robins will be hoping to make it two wins out of two tonight at Lodge Road and should welcome back captain Matt Bye and Brian Levien who were both unavailable against Didcot.

Bideford's last six (WWWWWW)
22/07/17 Bideford 2 Cardiff City XI 1 (Friendly)
25/07/17 Buckland Athletic 0 Bideford 1 (Friendly)
28/07/17 Bideford 2 Bodmin Town 0 (Friendly)
31/07/17 Dorchester Town 1 Bideford 2 (Friendly)
04/08/17 Bideford 3 Appledore 0 (Friendly)
12/08/17 Bideford 1 Didcot Town 0 (League)

Recent meetings:
11/02/17 Bideford 2 Yate Town 0 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
15/10/16 Yate Town 1 Bideford 2 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
19/11/13 Bideford 0 Yate Town 1 (Southern League Cup R2)
28/09/13 Yate Town 2 Bideford 1 (FA Cup Q2)
31/12/11 Yate Town 3 Bideford 3 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
27/08/11 Bideford 2 Yate Town 2 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)

Bideford scored a league double over Yate Town last season but both fixtures proved to be tight contests. Bideford had to come from behind to win 2-1 at Lodge Road last October with two goals in two minutes from Billy Tucker and Chris McGrath. At the Sports Ground in February first half goals from McGrath and Sean Downing gave The Robins a 2-0 victory.