After last week’s setback at Basingstoke Town, The Robins return to action at the Sports Ground on Saturday for the visit of Highworth Town. In contrast to their away record, Bideford’s home form isn’t too bad with four wins, a draw and two defeats in the league so they will be hoping to build on that this weekend in an effort to pull away from the lower reaches of the division. Highworth are having a decent season so far and currently sit in 8th position. They’ve lost their last two but against good opposition in Thatcham Town (league) and Chippenham Town (Wiltshire Shield).

Form Guide

Highworth Town’s last six (DWDWLL) Pos 8th W6 D3 L6 Pts 21
07/12/19 Highworth Town 0 Thatcham Town 1 (League)
04/12/19 Highworth Town 0 Chippenham Town 1 (Wiltshire Shield)
30/11/19 Highworth Town 2 Barnstaple Town 1 (League)
23/11/19 Mangotsfield United 0 Highworth Town 0 (League)
16/11/19 Highworth Town 5 Moneyfields 1 (League)
09/11/19 Evesham United 2 Highworth Town 2 (League)

Bideford’s last six (LLLWDL) Pos 17th W4 D2 L8 Pts 14
07/12/19 Basingstoke Town 3 Bideford 2 (League)
03/12/19 Bideford 2 Evesham United 2 (League)
30/11/19 Bideford 3 Cirencester Town 0 (League)
09/11/19 Mangotsfield United 4 Bideford 2 (League)
19/10/19 Sholing 3 Bideford 2 (League)
15/10/19 Bideford 0 Bristol Manor Farm 2 (League)

A Brief History of Highworth Town FC
Highworth Town were formed in 1893 and played for a long time at local league level. They played in the Cirencester & District League in the early 1900s before joining the Swindon & District League. After working their way up the divisions, Highworth went on to win the Swindon & District Premier League title nine times in eleven seasons between 1958 and 1968. They then went on to play in the Wiltshire Combination League which later became the Wiltshire County League. In 1984 Highworth were accepted into the Hellenic League where they played in Division One for ten years before being promoted to the Premier Division in 1993/94. Highworth were crowned Hellenic League champions in 2004/05 and in 2011/12 were winners of the Hellenic League Challenge Cup. The club reached the semi finals of the FA Vase in 2014/15 before losing out to North Shields. In 2017/18 Highworth finished third in the Hellenic Premier Division which meant promotion to the Southern League for the first time. In their first season in Division One South Highworth finished in 14th position.

Highworth Town FC
The Elms Recreation Ground
Highworth
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN6 7DD
Tel: 01793 766263
Website: http://www.highworthtownfc.com
Twitter: @HighworthTownFC

Previous meetings:
23/02/19 Bideford 1 Highworth Town 0 (Southern Div 1 South)
03/11/18 Highworth Town 3 Bideford 4 (Southern Div 1 South)