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Evesham United vs Bideford
Southern League Division One South
Saturday 5th January 2019
3:00pm kick off
Jubilee Stadium, Evesham

Bideford and Evesham’s form over the last six games has been identical with both coming into Saturday’s fixture off the back of three straight wins. Evesham are once again having a good season and currently sit in 3rd position in Division One South. They’ve won seven of their last nine games and last time out hammered Highworth 7-1. After a really poor run, Bideford have picked up significantly with four wins out of their last five in all competitions. The Robins (from Devon) began 2019 with a 3-2 win over Paulton which followed victories over Totton and Barnstaple. Craig Allan is out through injury but Toby Down has returned to the squad. Louis Roberts will not be available again this season and Jordan Dyer has returned to Exeter City following his emergency loan.

Form Guide

Evesham United’s last six (LWDWWW) Pos 3rd W12 D3 L6 Pts 39
01/01/19 Highworth Town 1 Evesham United 7 (League)
29/12/18 Evesham United 3 Melksham Town 0 (League)
26/12/18 Evesham United 2 Cinderford Town 1 (League)
15/12/18 Evesham United 1 Street 1 (League)
08/12/18 Fleet Town 1 Evesham United 4 (League)
30/11/18 Bristol Manor Farm 2 Evesham United 1 (League)

Bideford’s last six (LWDWWW) Pos 12th W8 D4 L8 Pts 28
01/01/19 Bideford 3 Paulton Rovers 2 (League)
26/12/18 Barnstaple Town 1 Bideford 4 (League)
22/12/18 Bideford 3 AFC Totton 2 (League)
15/12/18 Winchester City 2 Bideford 2 (League)
11/12/18 Wimborne Town 1 Bideford 2 (League Cup R3)
08/12/18 Bideford 0 Thatcham Town 1 (League)

A Brief History of Evesham United FC
Formed in 1945, Evesham United spent the majority of their first forty competitive years in the Worcestershire Combination League (later renamed the Midland Combination League) where they were champions on six occasions. In 1992/93 Evesham joined the Southern League Midland Division where they played until winning promotion to the Premier Division in 2005 before being relegated after one season. In 2008/09 Evesham were crowned champions of Division One Midland Division and spent a further four years at Premier Division level but were relegated to Division One South & West in 2012. 2016/17 marked Evesham's 25th season as a Southern League club. Last season Evesham finished 5th and were beaten in the play off semi finals by Salisbury. Like ourselves Evesham are nicknamed "The Robins".

Evesham United FC
The Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee Stadium
Cheltenham Road
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 2LZ
Tel: 01386 442303
Website: http://www.eveshamunitedfc.com
Twitter: @EveshamUnitedFC

Previous meetings:
2017/18 Evesham United 3 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 West)
2017/18 Bideford 1 Evesham United 3 (Southern Div 1 West)
2016/17 Bideford 1 Evesham United 1 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
2016/17 Evesham United 2 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 S&W)
2000/01 Evesham United 3 Bideford 1 (FA Cup PR)

Bideford don’t have a good record against Evesham losing four out of five meetings with the side from Worcestershire, the other being a 1-1 draw. Last season Evesham won 3-1 at the Sports Ground in September and then ran out 3-0 winners at the Jubliee Stadium in March.