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JEWSON WESTERN LEAGUE - PREMIER DIVISION
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2026 · 3:00PM · POPLAR INSULATION STADIUM
Brislington
VLiskeard Athletic
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Chapter 01

The Build-Up

Chairman looking over Brislington FC pitch at sunset
JACK ROGERS · CHAIRMAN

From The
Boardroom

Good afternoon and welcome back to the Poplar Insulation Stadium for today’s Jewson Western League – Premier Division fixture against Liskeard Athletic. A warm welcome to their players, management, officials and supporters who have made the journey up from Cornwall.

Liskeard currently sit 10th in the table, with ourselves 15th. We met very early in the season, in just our third league game, when a seven-goal contest in Cornwall unfortunately saw us return home on the wrong side of a 4–3 result. A lot has happened since then, and today gives us an opportunity to put that result right.

A special welcome and thank you also goes to Lost and Grounded Brewers, today’s Match Sponsor, whose support and partnership with the club continues to grow.

On the Pitch

Tuesday
At The Lane

Tuesday saw us welcome unbeaten league leaders Bridgwater to Ironmould Lane. The 4–2 defeat wasn’t the result we wanted, but it came against a side who have set the early pace in the division and followed some really encouraging performances from Josh and the team.

Our U18s also began their competitive campaign this week, unfortunately exiting the FA Youth Cup following a 3–1 defeat away to Slimbridge. It wasn’t the start Scott and the team would have hoped for, but this is another new group beginning their journey in senior youth football, and we look forward to watching them develop throughout the season.

A Big Sunday for Briz

Two League
Campaigns Begin

Tomorrow marks another exciting step in the continued growth of the club, with two Brislington teams beginning their league campaigns here at Ironmould Lane.

Our new Women’s team play their first league fixture, welcoming Stockwood Wanderers for a 2pm kick-off. After the work that has gone into bringing women’s football back to Brislington, it will be a particularly proud moment to see them representing the club competitively for the first time.

Our Vets also begin their Bristol Corinthians League Division Two campaign, at home to Whitchurch Vets. Good luck to everyone representing the Foxes tomorrow – and if you can get along and support them, please do.

Briz, Backing Briz

Briz Lager
In The Can

We’re delighted that today also sees the latest step in our partnership with Lost and Grounded and the continued growth of Briz Lager. Following its introduction on draught, our new Briz cans launch today and are available from the clubhouse. Brewed right here in Brislington, it’s a collaboration between two organisations proud to call BS4 home, so please give one a try.

Looking Ahead

Sharpness
In The Vase

Looking ahead, we welcome Sharpness to Ironmould Lane next Saturday in the FA Vase, and Match Sponsorship remains available for what promises to be an exciting cup afternoon. We also still have a small number of Player & Staff Sponsorships available for anyone wanting to get behind an individual Fox this season.

From The Chairman

Thank You
For Your Support

Thank you, as always, to our sponsors, volunteers and supporters for everything you do.

JackJack Rogers · Chairman
From the Dugout

Coaches Corner

Coaching staff watching from the touchline
JOSH EGAN · FIRST TEAM MANAGER

From the
Dugout

Firstly, I’d like to welcome everyone from Liskeard Athletic to Ironmould Lane today, and I hope their players, staff and supporters enjoy their visit.

We come into today off the back of a strange game against Bridgwater in the week. To come away losing 4-2 was disappointing and, looking back at the game, I definitely feel we could and should have done better. There were some positive moments, but ultimately we didn’t perform to the standards we’ve set ourselves.

Today gives us a great opportunity to put that right.

We know Liskeard are a good side, and when we travelled down to their place earlier in the season, we probably produced our worst performance of the season so far. We know we’re capable of giving a much better account of ourselves than we did that day, and the boys are determined to show that today.

We’ve got a good group here and there’s plenty of belief in the dressing room. It’s about putting in a performance from the first whistle, competing for everything and showing what we’re about.

Hopefully we can put things right, get a positive result and give everyone at Ironmould Lane something to shout about.

As always, your support makes a massive difference, so get behind the boys from the first whistle.

Up the Briz!

Josh
Match Day Sponsor Main Club Sponsor
Special edition Briz Lager cans from Lost and Grounded Brewers and Brislington FC
Lost and Grounded Brewers

Rooted
In BS4

Today’s Match Day Sponsor

Briz Lager.
Special Edition.

Today we celebrate Lost and Grounded Brewers as Match Day sponsors and Main Sponsors of our club, and to do so we’re marking the occasion with special edition cans of Briz Lager.

Rooted in BS4

More Than
A Brewery

It’s a partnership between two organisations rooted in BS4, representing our community across the South West.

Based just down the road near St Anne’s, Lost and Grounded have spent the last decade building more than a brewery. They’ve become part of the fabric of our area, brewing exceptional beer while championing the people, places and creativity that make this corner of Bristol unique.

Shared Values

Community
Comes First

Those values mirror what we’re trying to build at Brislington FC. Community comes first. Creating memorable experiences matters. Investing in the place we call home is something we both believe in.

The Partnership

The Next
Chapter

Many of our supporters will already know Lost and Grounded through Keller Pils, and plenty will have enjoyed a Briz Lager in the clubhouse – brewed together as our first collaboration.

This partnership is the next chapter in that relationship, and we’re incredibly proud to have them alongside us as we enter our 70th anniversary season.

Representing BS4
Together, we’ll be representing BS4 every time Brislington FC takes to the pitch.
Briz Lager · In The Can

Take Briz
Beyond Matchday

Limited edition cans are available at the Lost and Grounded taproom on Whitby Rd, the brewery webstore, as well as rolling out to selected bottle shops and venues across BS4 and beyond.

Cheers to a great local partnership.

First Team Squad

Meet the Foxes

21 PLAYERS IN THE FIRST-TEAM SQUAD
Today’s Foxes

Today’s Matchday Squad

Today’s confirmed lineup will appear here once it is released. Until then, explore the full first-team squad.

Team news pending · Check back closer to kick-off.

From the benchSubstitutes
Squad published for today’s fixture
First Team Squad

Goalkeepers

GK
GD George Dorrington
Photo coming soon
George Dorrington
GK
APAdam Parkes
Photo coming soon
Adam Parkes

Defenders

DF
CA Charlie Ames
Charlie Ames
Charlie Ames
DF
AC Charlie Sweet
Photo coming soon
Charlie Sweet
DF
LD Lewis Dunn (C)
Lewis Dunn (C)
Lewis Dunn (C)
DF
LM Louie Millard
Photo coming soon
Louie Millard
DF
LS Lewis Saunders
Photo coming soon
Lewis Saunders
DF
BW Ben Withey
Ben Withey
Ben Withey
DF
MO Mircea Ilea
Photo coming soon
Mircea Ilea

Midfielders

MD
FC Frankie Chillcott
Photo coming soon
Frankie Chillcott
MD
JMJay Malpas
Jay Malpas
Jay Malpas
MD
JB Joe Budd
Photo coming soon
Joe Budd
MD
CL Charlie Latham
Photo coming soon
Charlie Latham
MD
CM Charlie Maddison
Photo coming soon
Charlie Maddison
MD
JMAsh Kington
Photo coming soon
Ash Kington
MD
TD Tyller Davis-Whitlock
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Tyller Davis-Whitlock
MD
JGJack Goddard
Photo coming soon
Jack Goddard
MD
JS Jordan Scadding
Jordan Scadding
Jordan Scadding
MD
NHJordan Barker Da Silva
Photo coming soon
Jordan Barker Da Silva

Forwards

FW
GJ George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
FW
MW Matt Wearne
Photo coming soon
Matt Wearne
FW
SW Spike Weaver
Photo coming soon
Spike Weaver
FW
MGMatt Groves
Photo coming soon
Matt Groves

Management & Staff

MANAGER
Josh Egan
ASSISTANT
Tommaso Parrinello
ASSISTANT
Matt Groves
ASSISTANT
Richard Ford
PHYSIO
Everett Welch
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Brislington players celebrating together
Player Sponsorship

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Chapter 02

Matchday

Today's Visitors

Liskeard
Athletic

Liskeard Athletic crest
The Blues · Lux Park · Cornwall

The Blues are back

For Liskeard Athletic, 2026/27 represents something of a homecoming. After more than three decades away, the Cornish club are back in the Western League following last season’s South West Peninsula League Premier West title triumph.

The modern Liskeard Athletic was formed in 1946, although the town’s football story stretches much further back. An earlier incarnation reached the Cornwall Senior Cup final four times around the turn of the 20th century before lifting the trophy in 1905.

Football under the Liskeard Athletic name returned after the Second World War, with the newly formed club making Lux Park its home in 1946. Twenty years later the Blues joined the South Western League, and by the late 1970s had become one of the leading sides in Cornish football.

Rise of the Blues

1946

Modern club formed

Liskeard Athletic is re-established after the Second World War and makes Lux Park home.

1976/77

South Western champions

The Blues claim the South Western League title after finishing runners-up the previous season.

1978/79

Champions again

A second South Western League title opens the door to Western League football.

1979/80

Immediate impact

Third in Division One in their debut Western League season and promoted to the Premier Division.

1987/88

Western League champions

Liskeard reach the summit and win the Western League Premier Division title.

2025/26

The road back

South West Peninsula League Premier West champions, securing promotion back to the Western League.

Home since 1946

Lux Park

Sport has been played at Lux Park for considerably longer than the modern club has called it home. The site was purchased for use as a sports ground in 1912, with an adjoining field acquired a decade later. Dressing rooms were constructed in 1961, with new covered accommodation and seating following during Liskeard’s successful Western League years.

The honours board

Champions & cup winners

Western League Premier: 1987/88
SW Peninsula Premier West: 2025/26
South Western League: 1976/77, 1978/79
Cornwall Senior Cup: 1904/05, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 2002/03

FA Cup best: Third Qualifying Round
FA Vase best: Fourth Round

2026/27 squad

Meet the Blues

The Liskeard Athletic player group supplied for today’s programme.

Club coloursAll blue
17-player squad
Management team
ManagersDarren Gilbert & Wayne Gamble
CoachSimon Parnell
GK CoachLee Hunter
PhysioEllen Lambert
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Form Guide

How They Arrive

Last five league matches

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Liskeard Athletic

The Blues

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Head to Head

Foxes v Blues

Rarely acquainted

A new league rivalry

Brislington and Liskeard Athletic have spent much of their histories competing in different regional leagues, so competitive meetings have been rare. That changes in 2026/27 following Liskeard’s return to the Western League Premier Division.

The record below covers the known competitive meetings supplied for this programme, rather than claiming to be a certified all-time record.

KNOWN MEETINGS2League + FA Cup
BRISLINGTON WINS12005/06 FA Cup
LISKEARD WINS1Opening day 2026/27
DRAWS0Known meetings
BRIS GOALS5Known meetings
LISKEARD GOALS4Known meetings
The known meetings

Two trips to Lux Park

1 Aug 2026Liskeard Athletic 4–3 BrislingtonA Western League Premier · Lux Park
2005/06Liskeard Athletic 0–2 BrislingtonA FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round · Lux Park

Historical note: the clubs have usually competed in different regional leagues. These figures are based on the known competitive meetings identified for this edition and are not presented as a definitive all-time archive.

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Today's Officials

Match Officials

The officials appointed for today’s Jewson Western League Premier Division fixture.

SP
Assistant Referee

Steven Pegler

Assistant Referee Lucy Matthews
Assistant Referee

Lucy Matthews

A shout-out to our good friend Andy Stone, who continues his fantastic engagement with the non-league community.

Footywatch supporting non-league football and the Cystic Fibrosis Comfort Fund Bristol
Chapter 03

The Club

Jewson Landscaping Made Easier advert for Western League clubs
Brislington Match Centre

Fixtures. Results.
The League Table.

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News

Four latest stories
Latest four from brislingtonfc.net
01 / 04
Since 1956

Our Story

Six eras. Seventy years of ambition, setbacks, silverware and renewal. Scroll the highlights, or open any era to explore the fuller story.

Brislington AFC team with trophies in 1961–62
1956—1988
Brislington A.F.C. · 1961–62
ERA 01
Reborn and rising

From youth football
to senior contenders

Brislington FC was reborn in 1956 through an Under-16 side managed by former player Bill Parsons. Three county cups quickly followed, before the club steadily climbed into senior football and the Somerset Senior League.

1962 First county cup1964 Junior Cup winners1977 League Cup winners
ERA 02
The breakthrough years

Champions. Cup winners.
Promoted.

The club’s rise accelerated dramatically. The 1988–89 league-and-cup double secured Western League football, before another historic double in 1994–95 carried Brislington into the Premier Division.

1989 League & cup double1995 Champions by 11 points1995 Premier Division
Brislington Somerset Senior Cup winners 1993 archive photograph
1988—1995
Archive · Somerset Senior Cup winners, 1993
ERA 03
1995—2010
Established contenders

A place among the
Western League’s best

Fred Hardwell pictured with a Brislington FC team
Fred Hardwell

Brislington became an established Premier Division presence: third in 1999–2000, runners-up and Les Phillips Cup finalists in 2002–03, before chairman Fred Hardwell led the club into its 50th-anniversary season and a special heritage kit.

2000 Premier Division third2003 League runners-up2008 Heritage season
ERA 04
Growth, success and remembrance

A club growing
together

The Ladies Team was formed, ties with Brislington Juniors strengthened and success spread across the club. The era also brought profound sadness with the passing of chairman Fred Hardwell.

2012 Ladies formed2013 Ladies treble2014 Best FA Cup run
ERA 05
Setback and resurgence

Down by choice.
Back by determination.

COVID brought financial strain and the loss of teams. Voluntary relegation followed—but so did an emphatic response: 130 goals, a Division One title and a dramatic play-off return to the Premier Division.

2022 Voluntary relegation2023 130 goals & champions2024 Play-off winners
Brislington players celebrating after the 2023–24 play-off final
2020—2024
0–22–293'PROMOTED
Play-off final celebration · 2023–24
ERA 06
2024—ONWARD
Transition and the next chapter

Changing on the pitch.
Transforming off it.

Lee Perks’ final campaign closed one chapter. Youth success, further management change and an evolving club environment now shape the story still being written at Ironmould Lane.

2025 U18 League Cup winners2026 Continued rebuild2026–27 A new chapter
THE NEXT CHAPTER IS BEING WRITTEN NOW.
Chapter 04

Across Brislington

Across the Club

More Than One Team

Brislington is more than the First Team. Explore the senior and youth sides representing the Foxes across the city and beyond.

Brislington are proud to once again have a women’s team, following the transfer of the side from AFC Brislington into the Brislington FC structure.

Pre-season is still ongoing as the squad continues its preparations, with the new campaign due to get under way on 6 September.

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WEAR THE FOX.

Official Brislington FC clothing, training wear and club merchandise.

Take the red and black beyond matchday. Browse official Brislington FC clothing, training wear and club merchandise.

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Administration

Established 1957 · Poplar Insulation Stadium, Ironmould Lane

Officers

President
Chris Elston
Chairman
Jack Rogers JP
Vice Chairman
Lee Williams
Club Secretary
Phil Wiltshire
Treasurer
Jeff Forster

Matchday & Ground

Clubhouse Mgr
Sharon Whelan
Groundsman
Steve Rogers
Matchday Food
Ginny Elston
Matchday Food
Laura Ames & Rhi Redman
Programme Editor
Phil Wiltshire

Team Management

1st Team Mgr
Josh Egan
Res Team Mgr
Zaki Elgahmi
U18’s Manager
Scott Harding
Women’s Manager
Scott Williams
Vets Manager
Dave Rogers

Vice Presidents & Board

Vice Pres.
Paul Bishop, Phil Brake, Richard Ollis, Bob Perrott, Steve Jenkins, Phil Vicary
Board
Jay Whelan, Dave Rogers, Neil Graydon, Kevin Hazell, Richard Dennis
Chapter 05

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Club Statement

Brislington Football Club will not accept any liabilities for accidents to spectators or their property either within the ground or on its premises. Children and spectators must not sit or stand in front of the railings surrounding the pitch at any time.

Please assist the club with this request — serious injury could occur. Spectators are asked to comply with the following:

  1. Anyone within the stadium must comply with club officials’ instructions and must not use foul, abusive or racist language or offensive gestures towards anyone.
  2. No alcohol may be consumed outside of the clubhouse, before or during a match, and no glasses are to be taken outside of the Charlie Garland Bar at any point.
  3. No person(s) shall enter onto the playing field before, during, between or after a match. The pitch surface is out of bounds at all times.
  4. Only authorised personnel are permitted to enter the changing rooms and hospitality suites on matchdays.
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