A Brief History of Paulton Rovers FC
Paulton Rovers were founded in 1881 and joined the Western League way back in 1900. They competed in Division One and Division Two for 60 years before moving to the Somerset County League when Division Two was disbanded. Paulton rejoined the Western League in 1974 when it expanded back to two divisions (Premier Dvision and Division One) and spent all but three of the next 30 seasons in the Premier Division. After finishing runners-up in 2003/04, Paulton were promoted to the Southern League. They achieved a second place finish in Division One South & West and were promoted in 2013/14 after winning the play-offs beating Merthyr in the final. Paulton achieved their highest ever league finish of 10th in the Southern Premier Division in 2014/15 but finished bottom in 2015/16 and were relegated back to Division One South & West. In 2016/17 Paulton finished in 15th position. Arguably Paulton's finest achievement was reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup in 2009/10 where they hosted Norwich City live on ITV. The match drew a record crowd of 2,070 to the Athletic Field and Norwich ran out 7-0 winners.

Paulton Rovers FC
Athletic Field
Winterfield Road
Paulton
Nr Bristol
BS39 7RF
Tel: 01761 412907
Web: http://www.paultonroversfc.co.uk
Twitter: @PaultonRoversFC

Form Guide
Currently sitting 17th in the West Division (W4 D2 L5), Paulton are in a bit of a false position having played four or five games less than most other teams in the division. The reason for this is because Paulton have played eleven cup games so far this season (winning seven of them) including reaching the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup before going out to National League Premier side Sutton United. Rovers have lost their last two fixtures 2-1, at Larkhall in the league and at home to Shortwood in the FA Trophy.

Paulton Rovers’ last six (WWDWLL)
11/11/17 Paulton Rovers 1 Shortwood United 2 (FA Trophy Q2)
04/11/17 Larkhall Athletic 2 Paulton Rovers 2 (League)
31/10/17 Cirencester Town 0 Paulton Rovers 4 (FA Trophy Q1r)
28/10/17 Paulton Rovers 2 Cirencester Town 2 (FA Trophy Q1)
24/10/17 Paulton Rovers 1 Wimborne Town 0 (League)
21/10/17 Shortwood United 2 Paulton Rovers 3 (League)

After winning four games on the bounce, Bideford are now without a win in three after Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Cinderford Town. Two points from a possible nine has halted The Robins’ march up the table as Bideford now lie 8th in the league (W7 D2 L4) going into Tuesday night’s game at Paulton.

Bideford's last six (WWWDLD)
11/11/17 Bideford 2 Cinderford Town 2 (League)
04/11/17 North Leigh 4 Bideford 3 (League)
31/10/17 Mangotsfield United 1 Bideford 1 (League)
28/10/17 Bideford 3 Slimbridge 1 (League)
24/10/17 Bideford 3 Bristol Manor Farm 1 (League)
17/10/17 Bishop’s Cleeve 1 Bideford 2 (League)

Most recent clashes
28/03/17 Paulton Rovers 2 Bideford 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
22/10/16 Bideford 1 Paulton Rovers 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
26/12/15 Bideford 0 Paulton Rovers 1 (Southern Premier)
31/08/15 Paulton Rovers 0 Bideford 0 (Southern Premier)
06/04/15 Paulton Rovers 2 Bideford 1 (Southern Premier)
01/01/15 Bideford 3 Paulton Rovers 0 (Southern Premier)
31/03/12 Bideford 0 Paulton Rovers 0 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
10/12/11 Paulton Rovers 1 Bideford 2 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
07/03/11 Paulton Rovers 0 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
16/11/10 Bideford 3 Paulton Rovers 0 (Southern Div 1 S&W)

Bideford have not beaten Paulton in their last five meetings and haven’t won at Winterfield Road since 2011 when Sean Downing scored a last minute winner for The Robins. Last season the sides played out a 1-1 draw at the Sports Ground in October with Kevin Squire equalising for Bideford, while Paulton won the return fixture 2-1 in March of this year.