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Bideford vs Bristol Manor Farm
Southern League Division One South
Saturday 26th January 2019
3:00pm kick off
Sports Ground, Bideford

This Saturday will be our fourth meeting of the season with Bristol Manor Farm having played two games against them in the FA Cup as well as the league fixture at The Creek back in November. The Robins will be looking for a change in fortune as they failed to win any of those three games and will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing defeat last week at Fleet Town. The loss at Fleet marked the end of Bideford’s run of five straight wins in the league and leaves them in 10th place, six points off the last play off spot. After flying high for most of last season, Manor Farm’s campaign so far has been disappointing. Results have been very much hit and miss and they lie in 15th position in Division One South. Farm come into Saturday’s game at the Sports Ground off the back of two narrow defeats at title contenders Moneyfields and last week at home to Melksham.

Form Guide

Bristol Manor Farm’s last six (LDWWLL) Pos 15th W8 D5 L10 Pts 29
19/01/19 Bristol Manor Farm 2 Melksham Town 3 (League)
15/01/19 Moneyfields 1 Bristol Manor Farm 0 (League)
12/01/19 Bristol Manor Farm 4 Barnstaple Town 1 (League)
05/01/19 Paulton Rovers 1 Bristol Manor Farm 2 (League)
01/01/19 Bristol Manor Farm 3 Larkhall Athletic 3 (League)
29/12/18 Cirencester Town 5 Bristol Manor Farm 0 (League)

Bideford’s last six (WWWDWL) Pos 10th W10 D4 L9 Pts 34
19/01/19 Fleet Town 3 Bideford 2 (League)
12/01/19 Bideford 3 Yate Town 1 (League)
08/01/19 Cinderford Town 2 Bideford 2 (League Cup QF) *Cinderford won 4-3 on pens
05/01/19 Evesham United 1 Bideford 3 (League)
01/01/19 Bideford 3 Paulton Rovers 2 (League)
26/12/18 Barnstaple Town 1 Bideford 4 (League)

A Brief History of Bristol Manor Farm FC
Founded in 1960, Bristol Manor Farm began playing in the Somerset County League after securing a permanent home at The Creek in 1965. After progressing through the divisions, Manor Farm joined Western League Division One in 1977. Following five top ten finishes Bristol Manor Farm won the Division One title in 1982/83 and were promoted to the Premier Division where they would remain for the next 19 years. After being relegated in 2001/02, The Farm were promoted back to the Premier in 2003/04. They narrowly avoided relegation finishing 18th in 2012/13 but from there they never looked back with finishes of 2nd, 4th, 3rd and finally becoming Western League champions in 2016/17. In 2017/18 Farm finished a very respectable 9th in their first season in the Southern League.

Bristol Manor Farm FC
The Creek
Portway
Bristol
BS9 2HS
Tel: 0117 968 3571
Website: http://www.bristolmanorfarm.com
Twitter: @ManorFarmFC

Most recent meetings:
20/11/18 Bristol Manor Farm 4 Bideford 3 (Southern Div 1 South)
04/09/18 Bristol Manor Farm 4 Bideford 2 a.e.t. (FA Cup PRr)
25/08/18 Bideford 2 Bristol Manor Farm 2 (FA Cup PR)
27/03/18 Bristol Manor Farm 1 Bideford 0 (Southern Div 1 West)
24/10/17 Bideford 3 Bristol Manor Farm 1 (Southern Div 1 West)
02/03/10 Bristol Manor Farm 2 Bideford 2 (Western Prem Div)
07/11/09 Bideford 2 Bristol Manor Farm 1 (Western Prem Div)
17/03/09 Bristol Manor Farm 0 Bideford 0 (Western Prem Div)
21/02/09 Bideford 0 Bristol Manor Farm 1 (Western Prem Div)
16/02/08 Bristol Manor Farm 1 Bideford 2 (Western Prem Div)
20/10/07 Bideford 1 Bristol Manor Farm 1 (Western Prem Div)