Address

Marcliff

Unit A1-A2

The Badminton Centre

Station Road

Yate, Bristol

BS37 5HT

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday

8.30am - 5.00pm

Saturday

8.30am - 12.30pm

Sunday - Closed

A warm welcome to Arnall Drive to the players, spectators, and management team of this afternoon’s visitors Mangotsfield Rocks.

Mangotsfield Rocks are a club that were formed similarly to ourselves where two existing clubs came together to form an even stronger single club and we wish them well, but perhaps not this afternoon.

The last two Saturdays have seen the results go against us, both games by a single goal. I believe that Broadwell Amateurs and the University of Bristol are the strongest two sides we have faced this season so whilst not a disaster they were both games we ‘could’ have come away with points and I know Sledgey and his backroom staff are working hard to turn narrow defeats into draws and wins.

Please come and search me out or contact me through our website if you can help with sponsoring a match, player, or pitch side advertising board, or would just like to help and get involved with the running of the club in whatever area interests you. We are always looking for more help with match days, pitch works, fundraising or just being part of an active committee.

Finally remember ‘We win together, lose together but more importantly we stick together’.

Andrew Myland
Chairman

#UTHR

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2027

AFC Mangotsfield Rocks team in the County League began as Tytherington Football Club. It was formed in 1896 by local Headmaster, Mr Emanuel, and others including the Rev John Bingley. Rev. Bingley stipulated that, to gain his support, the club should play in amber and black, his old college colours at Brasenose, in Oxford.

The club played in the Wotton-Under-Edge League and travelled to away matches by waggonette, a four-wheeled horse drawn cart, with seats along both sides. The club played at many different grounds in the early days, including Mill-Leaze Fields behind the village shop. They eventually found a permanent home at the Hardwicke Playing Fields. The club used the Swan Inn as their changing rooms until a new pavilion was erected by the Parish Council, on the playing fields in 1938.

In the 1920s the club was suspended by the Gloucestershire Football Association for non payment of a fine. The fine followed a referee being jostled into an adjoining brook after what the home side felt were some dubious decisions! No pay - no play, so Tytherington disbanded until 1932 when Tytherington Rocks FC was formed, joining the Bristol & Suburban League. War disrupted the local leagues and Rocks re-joined Division 1 in 1947. The same year a youth team called the Pebbles was formed and played in the Gloucestershire Junior Boys' League.

The 1960s were spent between Division 3 and Division 5. Facilities were upgraded in 1979 80, with new showers and toilet block together with electricity! The Reserves reformed in Division 7 and the first team reached Division 1 for the 1987-88 season.

1987-88 saw the formation of the third team joining Division 7 and at the same time Streamside Juniors were adopted as Tytherington Rocks Juniors. A floodlit training pitch was opened in 1988. Rocks entered Premier Division 2 and by 1993 arrived in Premier Division 1. Ground improvements continued with dugouts and perimeter fencing. As Champions of the Bristol & Suburban Premier League in 1997, it was shock and disappointment when an application to the Gloucestershire County League was rejected. Following rejection, a new bar, separate changing facilities, referees room and a spectator stand raised the profile of the club and, in 1998, the County League application was successfuL The team survived a difficult first season but, during the next four years, enjoyed top half finishes and were GFA Challenge Trophy Finalists, League Cup Finalists and, in 2004, were County League Runners-up. Hellenic League football and Hellenic League status Division 1 [West] arrived in 2004-05. Season 2011-12 was to prove to be the first of three outstanding years for Tytherington Rocks. The 1st team finished 18 points clear to win the Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 [West] title, followed by a 3rd place and then champions again in 2014, this time by 5 points. Following this success, a transfer request to move to the Toolstation Western League was rejected by the FA. This refusal had a devastating effect on the club with players and team management of both 1st team and Reserve teams leaving in their numbers. History will record that several managers and committee members worked tirelessly to ensure the survival of the club during the following four seasons;The 2018/2019 season ended with all three teams (U18, Reserves and 1st team) all completing their programmes, although they all finished in the penultimate positions in their respective League divisions. Between August 2019 and now, Rocks have experienced major changes both on and off the field. 

Reserve sides have folded mid-season, an U18 team had run its course and a Ladies team arrived and left. Numerous committee, management, and playing staff departures and arrivals took place during the two seasons destroyed by the Coronavirus.

One welcome achievement did however materialise. Rocks won the Beaufort Cup, an end of season competition run by the Bristol Premier Sunday League. Recent years saw the club admitted into the Toolstation Western League with commendable league finishes following. Tytherington Rocks then were moved laterally to the Hellenic League before taking voluntary relegation back to County League for the 2025-26 season.

In the 2026-27 season, Tytherington Rocks had to leave their ground at Hardwicke Playing Field. They combined with AFC Mangotsfield, a club founded in 2011 and played in the Bristol Premier Combination League. The club now are called AFC Mangotsfield Rocks and their new home ground is the excellent 3G facility at Cossham Street in Mangotsfield

LUKE BAKER - GOALKEEPER

Dependable shot stopper. Made 29 appearances for “The Rocks” last season Kept four clean sheets and earned himself man of the match on one occasion

ALFIE BRITTON

Made ten appearances last season,started 3 matches and coming off the bench 7 times. youngster who is ytying to become one of the starting xi on a weekly basis

ANTHONY BATT - WINGER

Left sided utility player(capable of playing anywhere along the left flank) Strong technical abilities, specialized left footed delivery, and tactical versatility. Joins from Bromley Heath.

OLLIE BRIGGS - FOWARD

An unconventional attacker whose actions and decisions help him find the back of the net. Made 30 appearances last season and scored 11 goals for the team.

ENDRIT DOSTI - FORWARD

A plumbing and heating engineer by trade. Endrit joins us from Suburban Premier side Easton Cowboys where he has scored on a regular basis

ATRAI ELLISTON SACKETT - MIDFIELDER

He plays aas an energetic, box to box nidfielder known for his wwork rate,pressing ability and regular goal contribution from the midfield. Joins us from Bromley Heath

JAKE HAYNES - MIDFIELDER

A dynamic and skilled box to box midfielder known for his physicality and flair. He truly “dominates the midfield with his strength and style”

Jack Watkins

Kris Burnard

Malcom –

Rhys Mac

Quedgeley Wanderers, Bishops Cleeve Development, University of Bristol, and Broadwell Amateurs still going strong at the top whilst Totterdown United remain at the bottom despite a vastly improved performance against Bishops Cleeve Development this week.

Quedgeley Wanderers secured a hard fought 1-0 win over Chalford at Waterwells in a closely contested game. Chalford started brightly and were close to taking the lead in the opening minutes striking the crossbar. Quedgeley grew into the game and gained the lead in the 26th minute with Alfie Pledger’s beautifully struck shot. Quedgeley created more opportunities with Fin Jenner and Riley Stokes both seeing their efforts saved by Henry Owen. Chalford came out strongly after the break putting the hosts under pressure with Travis Cooke testing the QW defence and keeper Steve Sparrow. Quedgeley had their own chances with Harry Furniss seeing two shots well saved and Luca Horrocks came close with a shot off the post. The standout moment of the second half came during a frantic spell in the Quedgeley area with Sparrow producing a superb double save to keep Chalford out, before another shot struck the post as Quedgeley somehow survived, and despite the late Chalford pressure Quedgeley held out for a valuable win.

Up at Ruardean Rec. Stoke Gifford SGS United were the visitors to play Ruardean Hill Rangers and the first chance went to Hill when a perfect through ball from Clark to Stephens saw him shoot and Ferguson did well to tip wide. Gifford had a lot more of the ball in the next 15 minutes but it was Hill with the next chance with Clark’s free kick which was well held by Ferguson.

Wick then got back into the game and had the next 15 minutes of pressure, although they never really tested Trett other than to test his ability to deal with long crosses. On 75 minutes Jordan Buckett rattled the post from a yard out with a header from Bangoura’s corner and then, just a minute later, Mannings hit the post again reaching for a ball across the six-yard box. Both teams huffed and puffed for the last 15 minutes without creating any real chances and they both settled for a draw as the sun came out and set on what was an exciting 1-1 game for the 71 spectators in attendance.

On 33 minutes Hill were in front as the ball popped to debutant Toskov who poked home. On 39 minutes Hill doubled their lead as Max Telling gambled on a ball whipped in by Clark and with the defence flat footed, he took the ball past Ferguson and rolled it into an empty net. Just into the second half Oscar Cox had a point-blank header brilliantly saved by Underwood. On 55 minutes it was 3-0, a deep free kick from Barrett saw Alex Stephens arrive at the back post to head across Ferguson and into the back of the net. Two minutes later a brilliant curling free kick from Clark almost made it four but an equally great save from Ferguson kept it out. On the hour Gifford were awarded a penalty but Tom Manley smashed it against the bar and then put the rebound over. Three minutes later Gifford did pull one back as a deep cross was met by Cox and despite Underwood’s best attempt, he couldn’t keep it out, and on 70 Hill got their fourth as Clark’s corner was not dealt with and Telling smashed his second in. On 80 Gifford got their second as Louis Ward’s strike wrong footed Underwood and right at the end Underwood made a great save from his own player to preserve the two-goal advantage with a 4-2 win.

University of Bristol welcomed close neighbours Henbury & Rockleaze to Coombe Dingle as both teams looked to maintain positive starts to the season. The hosts had the majority of possession early on, but H&R were looking threatening in their purple kit, and it was they who took the lead midway through the half with the students failing to clear their lines, Abdul Bangoura finished from a cutback. The second half was a different story with the students stepping their energy levels up a notch and were rewarded with an equaliser as Seb Tolosa capitalised on a spilled shot from Harry Trett. Trett did, however, keep H&R in the game with a number of fantastic saves, but there was nothing he could do with Toby Smith’s volley after a lovely lofted pass from Edgar Van Parys. The hosts made it 3-1 from the spot after Ethan Earnshaw was dragged down at a corner, with Tolosa making no mistake firing into the top corner. H&R pulled another back with 10 minutes to go which led to a tense finish but, the students held on to claim the three points with a 3-2 win.

At the Barbarians RFC Totterdown United met Bishops Cleeve Development and the game had a fast start with Totterdown going a goal up from an excellent Charlie Latham corner with Alex Silvester crashing the ball home at the back post. Cleeve drew level 10 minutes later when Will Hawes shot from 30 yards, after cutting in from the left, managed to bounce past Taylor in the Totts goal. Totterdown hit back when a Godfrey clearance was missed by the Cleeve defence and Jack Waldron latched on to it for 2-1. Cleeve responded when a great cross delivered from the right, which Totterdown made a right mess, of allowing New to tap home for 2-2. Totterdown again took the lead on 35 minutes when some good play down the left saw Matt Baker beat his man and then get pulled down for a penalty which Lovell buried.

Two minutes before the break a ball was played through to New in an offside position, but the linesman missed it as members of the home crowd were talking to him!! and the resulting situation saw New taken down for a penalty which Davis tucked home for 3-3. The second half was, again closely contested, with not much going on in the opening 15 minutes outside of Waldron’s shot well saved by Parry. On the hour Cleeve went down to 10 for a second yellow but, this seemed to spur Cleeve on as Totterdown didn’t rise to the man advantage. Another ball into the box saw Totts struggle to deal with it and it ended up with New finishing well at the back post. Totterdown huffed and puffed with a shot spilled by Parry to Waldron who saw his effort cleared off the line by a recovering defender. Shortly after Waldron was brought down in the box which led to huge appeals from players and supporters …. not given! The game finished 4-3 to Cleeve which was an improved Totterdown performance despite a large injury/unavailable list.

It was a sunny day at the Hawthorns with a good crowd watching Broadwell Amateurs against Frampton United. Broadwell started the brighter and should have taken the lead early on but Liam Brain’s was strike was straight at Moroney. Against the run of play Frampton took the lead following missed chances to clear Kieran Marks bundled the ball in.The goal spurred Frampton on and they took control of the possession for the next 10 minutes, before Jamie Creed’s quick throw to Kian Skidmore whose pinpoint out swinging cross was met by Jamie Belfitt who nodded down into the corner for 1-1. Shortly after Broadwell won the ball deep in their own half and broke at pace with a slide rule pass by Harry Malcolm in behind for Jamie Belfitt to race away and lift the ball over a committed Moroney for 2-1. Just before the break there was time for a third following good work in closing Frampton down deep in their own half, a low cross by Belfitt was not dealt with and the ball fell to Creed 8 yards out who powered his low first time shot into the corner. Into the second half Frampton were out of the blocks with a quickfire goal with a free kick deep in their own half, hit long and flicked on and allowing the runner to finish for 3-2.

Broadwell restored their two-goal cushion quickly, Belfitt picking the ball up in the centre circle played Creed into the channel, who took it to the by-line and cut back to the edge for the arriving Malcolm to make it 4-2. The fifth came for Liam Brain following a driving run down the wing and cutting inside, letting a low drive go from 20 yards which slipped through Moroney’s hands. The final goal for Well followed a good run by Connor Smith who was felled in the area and dusted himself off to take the spot kick and straight down the middle for a comprehensive 6-2 victory. Wick welcomed Filton Athletic to the nest, with both teams needing to kick start their season. Unfortunately for Wick it wasn't the start they wanted, after Filton strike immediately following their kick off, with a ball down the left, which is crossed into the Wick box, which they fail to effectively clear, and the ball falls to Taylor Anderson to skip inside the Wick defence, and bury his shot into the corner, after only 30 seconds on the clock. Wick regroup and press Filton for the next 15 minutes with their neat passing football, without creating anything of note. On 20 mins, Wick concede a cheap foul wide on the right. The Filton free kick is whipped dangerously into the Wick box and finds a Filton head, which goes over the Wick bar. after a half hour Wick lose possession in midfield, gifting Filton an opportunity to shoot, which Gigov in the Wick goal saves well.On 35 mins Wick's Ellis Clark lays the ball off for Bailey Rudge to shoot, but his effort curls just wide. With the game mainly being fought in midfield, goalmouth action was few and far between, with only a snap shot by Filton on 40 mins, which is wide of the Wick goal, worthy of a note.

So the half finishes with Filton a goal to the good, and Wick edging the possession without looking dangerous in front of goal. The second half begins much the same as the first half ended, with little goalmouth action. Ten minutes in a Wick cross is fizzed across the Filton box, narrowly missing a Wick touch. On the hour a great delivery from wide right finds a Wick head, which smashes against the Filton crossbar, before being safely claimed by the Filton keeper. Five minutes later Filton knock a ball over the Wick defence, which Filton latch onto, but their effort is well saved by Gigov who is quickly off his line. On 75 mins Wick are penalised for another cheap foul, and the resulting Filton free kick, is pumped into the Wick box, which isn't cleared , and the ball falls to Trey Merritt who finds the bottom corner of the Wick net to increase Filtons lead. Wick push in an attempt to salvage something from the game, with Rudge finding the Filton side netting on 85 mins, and a minute later Ty Fudgell finds Rudge in the Filton box with a superb cross, which Rudge heads into the far corner to claw one goal back. Into added time and a Wick free kick is headed just over the Filton bar, and a minute later a Wick flicked shot flashes just wide of the Filton upright. The game finished with Filton taking home three points, and with Wick disappointed not to take anything from the game.

I am still having sleepless nights over the football, which is crazy.”

It will be some day in Redcar. With Town taking on Darlington at lunchtime for the BBC cameras, the afternoon will see Athletic host last year’s giantkillers Macclesfield.

Town were competing in the North Riding Senior League as recently as 2022, so to be going head-to-head with a former EFL that are managed by a former Premier League star Steve Watson is a truly historic moment.

“This is only our fifth season in the Northern League and now we are in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup and facing Darlington,” explained joint-manager Mitchell Morris to Mark Carruthers.

“We didn’t really expect to beat Bridlington or Blyth Spartans and now we want to try and knock Darlington out if we can. 

“Steve Watson had an unbelievable career with the likes of Newcastle and Everton and it’s just surreal that we will be going up against their side.  It will be a tough day for us but one we will enjoy.”

As for Athletic boss Carl Jarrett, whose side were promoted to NPL Premier in style last season, said: “They are second in their division, favourites to go up, they beat Palace last year, a massive club, before getting knocked out by Brentford.

“To get them is a massive draw for the club, we are hoping we get a big crowd and I am sure the fans are on cloud nine at the moment.”