first of all i hope the young bs4 lad makes a full recovery sounds a terrible injury (please keep us updated ian) im sure he will recover from this and he is a young lad so hopefully it will heal quicker!

Welton 2-1 Gordano

Craig maidment (2)

wasnt a great game to watch wasnt pretty and very difficult at times to play on due to the pitch not being in any great shape due to the terrible weather recently!!

went a goal behind which was deserved and thankfully the bristol churches league div 3 top goalscorer pounced on a mistake the keeper made to make it 1-1 and thankfully managed to score just before half time to make 2-1

2nd half should of really wrapped the game up and had it buried just couldnt get that 3rd goal credit to gordano as they were always in it as well with some chances but we just about edged it

gordano seemed a much improved side now with a bit of organisation so it seems which is i think is paying off now as you can see results wise

was quite a low key celebration not like the 1 a few seasons ago glad we have officially been promoted and look forward to coming back up to div 2 and hopefully staying there 2 promotions and 2 relegations in 4 seasons isnt good for the health lol mid table would be nice next season

obviously we would still like to win the league so there is still plenty of work to do on that side and still a few games to go to do that so will see! but its nice to take the weight of your back and get the job done credit to the squad they deserve it this season has been a real squad effort

cheers for the messages lads much appreciated and congratulations woodlands hopefully you can win the cup

Thanks Dave, I'll pass this on. I heard about 3 hours ago he was about to to go into theatre for surgery, just waiting to hear the news

To a certain extent someone's job doesn't matter, but I think that one of the criteria they would look at is whether the injury prevents someone working. In this case it would obviously have a really serious impact, less so with an accountant or other desk-job. Si, assuming you're still with the GFA then I think the application may need your approval if Luke chooses to go ahead with it.

No surprise that "BCFA veteran" Dave Peregrine is the first to bring up the possibility of benefits........

Seriously though, hope Luke recovers fully and as quickly as possible, and congrats to Welton on their promotion (definitely expected I think).

Ooh, so I could have claimed back my recent physio expenses?

I have new on Luke and I have started a fresh thread in the football section

A really enjoyable game against SAS on saturday, who in the first half showed why they've beaten BSXI and caused a stir in the top league and I thought they have some very useful players (even though Nathan was struggling to get a team together!?). The league remains tight and the battle against relegation is very much alive, Thornbury have shown that they have a few match winning performances in the bag and Sanctuary have games left to make up the gap at the bottom. CC have been temporarily pulled down and I don't think we're out of the woods just yet.

It's going to be interesting to see how Woodies fair when they return to leaue action and attempt to make up all of their games in hand (11!) although in my opinion if they pick up a few wins in a row they won't be stopped. Although they still have to play us and bogey team Slip twice (potential bannana skins).

Able to give any more info? What is their gameplan? Where are they weak? Watched them last year and they basically seemed pretty organised and were all about getting the ball out to the flanks and using their pace there.

Interestingly, for all our fixture problems it seems like St George also have quite a tough run-in as well (though not quite as bad, as their league finishes later). They still have another 13 league games to play this season and not sure if they're in any other cup competition at the moment.

Actually, they are having to play 6 games in a fortnight at the end of the season so I would say that's worse than any team in our league.

However, they have made things worse for themselves, they haven't arranged any mid week games til late April whereas we are starting early April. They still have one less game to play than us between now and the end of the season but have over a week (including 2 Saturdays) more than us to fit the games in.