Bideford host Mangotsfield United on Saturday in the Southern League Division One South. The Robins head into the fixture off the back of four straight wins in all competitions. Last week’s 4-3 win in a thrilling encounter at Highworth Town was followed up in mid-week with an excellent 5-2 victory in the League Cup at Tiverton Town of the Southern Premier Division South. The Robins have scored 13 goals in their last three outings. The season has been a struggle so far for Mangotsfield who only have one win in their last six games, a comprehensive 3-0 win over Kidlington in the FA Trophy. Prior to that they did manage back to back victories over fellow strugglers Barnstaple Town and Fleet Town. Last time out The Mangos went down by the odd goal in three at Melksham.

Form Guide

Mangotsfield United’s last six (LWLDLL) Pos 17th W3 D0 L7 Pts 9
03/11/18 Melksham Town 2 Mangotsfield United 1 (League)
30/10/18 Mangotsfield United 2 Didcot Town 4 (FA Trophy Q1r)
27/10/18 Didcot Town 1 Mangotsfield United 1 (FA Trophy Q1)
20/10/18 Mangotsfield United 0 Moneyfields 4 (League)
13/10/18 Mangotsfield United 3 Kidlington 0 (FA Trophy PR)
09/10/18 Cheltenham Town Res 6 Mangotsfield United 0 (Glos Senior Cup R1)

Bideford’s last six (LLWWWW) Pos 6th W5 D2 L3 Pts 17
06/11/18 Tiverton Town 2 Bideford 5 (League Cup R2)
03/11/18 Highworth Town 3 Bideford 4 (League)
20/10/18 Bideford 4 Cirencester Town 0 (League)
16/10/18 Street 1 Bideford 2 (League Cup R1)
13/10/18 Bideford 2 Street 3 (FA Trophy PR)
06/10/18 Street 4 Bideford 1 (League)

A Brief History of Mangotsfield United FC
Mangotsfield United were formed in 1951 but the original club Mangotsfield FC were established back in 1892 and were founder members of the Bristol & District League. Mangotsfield FC folded after the 1897/98 season and despite numerous attempts to reform the club it wasn't until 1951 that Mangotsfield United joined Bristol & District League Division Seven. It took a couple of decades for the club to work their way up through the divisions and be accepted into the Western League in 1972. The Field were relegated to Western League Division One in 1982 but finished runners-up in 1982/83 to bounce straight back to the Premier Division. In 1990/91 Mangotsfield were crowned Western League champions but were denied promotion to the Southern League as their ground wasn't up to the required standard. In 1995/96 Mangotsfield reached the semi final of the FA Vase but lost out to Clitheroe over two legs. 1999/00 saw Mangotsfield finish as runners up in the Western Premier and this time they were accepted into the Southern League Western Division. They would win the Southern League Western title in 2004/05 and be promoted to the Southern League Premier Division where they finished a club high of 9th in 2006/07 before being relegated to Division One South & West in 2008/09. In 2010/11 Mangotsfield finished 3rd in Division One but lost their play-off semi final to Frome Town. The next five seasons in Division One S&W saw them finish 14th, 13th, 11th, 10th and 14th. In 2016/17 Mangotsfield finished in 8th position and in 2017/18 they dropped to 16th place.

Mangotsfield United FC
Cossham Street
Mangotsfield
South Glos
BS16 9EN
Tel: 0117 956 0119
Website: http://www.mufc-online.co.uk
Twitter: @MangotsfieldUtd

Most recent meetings:
20/03/18 Bideford 3 Mangotsfield United 3 (Southern League Div 1 West)
31/10/17 Mangotsfield United 1 Bideford 1 (Southern League Div 1 West)
26/11/16 Bideford 0 Mangotsfield United 1 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
06/08/16 Mangotsfield United 2 Bideford 1 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
07/01/12 Mangotsfield United 1 Bideford 3 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)
23/08/11 Bideford 2 Mangotsfield United 1 (Southern League Div 1 S&W)