Bishops Cleeve are back at Kayte Lane this weekend, as they take on Bashley.

By Billy Taylor

The Mitres have only won one in their last five, with a 0-0 draw to Melksham last Saturday seeing the Mitres stuck out in sixth on their journey to the play-off spots.

Cleeve are looking to put their home form right after defeat to Malvern Town in their last outing at the Everyone's Energy Kayte Lane Stadium, this leaves the Mitres with two home wins from four games so far in 2026.

It will be boss Paul Collicutt’s 350th game in the Southern League as Cleeve manager this weekend, a remarkable achievement for someone that’s given so much to the club in his two spells in the dugout at Kayte Lane.

Meanwhile, for Bashley, the visitors haven’t won in seven games and currently sit 21st, eight points from safety. The Bash haven’t had the best of campaigns since their mid-table finish of 14th, and they will be hoping to turn it around this weekend.

The two sides have already played each other this season, and it resulted in Colly’s men getting the win thanks to a Ross Langworthy strike, coming away as the 1-0 victors.

Bishops Cleeve have never lost to Bashley in their 11 fixtures against the side, and they’ll be hoping to make it 12 on Saturday and put more pressure on fifth-place Shaftesbury, whom the Mitres currently sit one point behind.