Bristol & Suburban Prem 2

Saturday 13th April 2013

Mangotsfield Sports 1 – 3 Bristol Athletic Saturday

Things are looking so much better for Athletic now as they overpowered  Mangotsfield to go 7 games unbeaten with 19 points out of a possible 21. Earlier in the week it was Rockleaze Rangers that got the brunt of Athletics midweek form as they went down by 3 goals to nothing

Some erratic form from Athletic earlier in the season caused the club some real concern but players, staff and management worked together to underpin the playing philosophy and turn it into a winning formula that also top of the table Tytherington Rocks beaten last week and six straight wins.

Mangostfield were no pushovers though, they were a constant threat and in fact took the lead early in the second half but the Jaguars persistent attacks and flowing possession caused too many problems for the mango’s as Shah Bhakerd Singh hit a hat rick despite some dubious offside calls.

Great work from Marcus Hanson in goal formed the backbone of a defence marshalled by Rayan Wilson.  Moby Bhakerd, Romano Chambers and David Wright made up the back four whilst captain Kelvin Williams once again led by example with an impressive display of strength and vision in central midfield alongside Leandro Smith and the lively Adrian “Yardie” Thompson. Kieran Miller and Dazell Young both terrorised Mangotsfield from the flanks and Shah Bhakerd Singh was simply inspirational up top with an array of runs and chances that had the home team often just watching and hoping as he persistently ran the back four ragged and netted a well deserved hatrick in the process. Kanwarpreet Singh also looked lively as he replace Miller on 68 minutes.

Three of Athletics players including Shah, arrived straight from the temple from celebrating the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi and what an amazing way to celebrate !

New sponsors Carib-Asian.com saw the new kit christened in style with a victory. Athletic now face Mangotsfield again this Thursday (18th April) at home and then travel to Ridings high the following Saturday.

Bristol & Suburban Prem 2 – Saturday 8th September 2012

Wessex Wanderers 0 – 3 Bristol Athletic

After much hard work & preparation the BAFC season finally got underway on Saturday against newly promoted Wessex who had already gained three points the week before.

Chairman & current Manager Pat Hart teamed up with Veteran Robbie Collins to select a side ready to take on the new formation and systems of coach Dazell Young whose company Top Performance has been working with the players throughout the summer break. Dazells company works for an array on national Football Associations and was away on International duty for the first match, but he need not have worried as the players performed confidently against a well organised and match ready opposition.

Athletic though looked in complete control when after only 6 minutes “yardie Ricky” nipped a driving cross from the right that met Kanwarpreet Singh’s head perfectly to put the lads ahead.  From then on it was Athletic all the way with Kadeem Sinclair proving a real force upfront and Bene “Harry” Serle a consistent threat from a midfield that boasted Simon Smart & Kelvin  “Corned Beef” Williams. It was difficult to chose any real heroes in this game as Athletic kept great shape throughout and were Captained by max Jones who kept it calm and organised at the back.

Two crossbars, two posts and a string of superb saves kept the score to a modest three , with our additional goals coming from the royal “Harry”. Efforts from Kanwarptreet Singh, Kelvin Williams, Kadeem Sinclair & Simon Smart all looked goal bound but in the end a clean sheet for Debutant keeper Marcus Hanson gave a well deserved three points to the Jaguars.

After the game Hart said ” It’s a really exciting time for us with Rose Green our new home and the planned partnership with Bristol Central Youth football. We hope to develop facilities here to County standard and that’s our aim over the next 4 years. Alongside Dazell & Rayan from Top Performance we’ve managed to amass a promising squad here and we still have some of last years Under 18′s to come so I’m not afraid to say that promotion is our intention this season, anything less and we’ll be bitterly disappointed. If we continue to work hard and focus on our objectives then I’m sure we’ll achieve our goal”

Kanwapreet Singh & Ben “Harry” Serle (2) Athletics scorers