Paulton Rovers Celebrate 16 Years in the Southern League

Paulton Rovers huddle at Swindon Supermarine

Since joining the Southern League in 2004/5 Rovers have played 93 different clubs in the league alone.

In that time having played in Midlands, West, South and West plus 2 years in the Premier Division, away games have taken Paulton to trips as far away as Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall and Warwickshire and many more counties in between.

The full list of the 93 opponents:

Abingdon United, Andover, Ashford Town (Middlesex), Almondsbury Town, Arlesley Town, AFC Hayes (ex Brook House)), AFC Totton

Burnham, Bracknell Town, Brackley Town, Bromsgrove Rovers, Bedworth United, Beaconsfield SYCOB, Bridgwater Town, Bishops Cleeve, Bedfont Green, Bashley, Bideford, Banbury United, Barnstable Town, Bristol Manor Farm, Basingstoke Town, Blackfield and Langley, Biggleswade Town

Corby Town, Clevedon Town, Cinderford Town, Cirencester Town, Chesham United, Chippenham Town, Cambridge City

Dunstable Town, Didcot Town, Dorchester Town

Egham Town, Evesham United,

Frome Town, Fleet Town, Farnborough

Guildford Borough, Godalming Town

Hemel Hempstead Town, Hungerford Town, Hanwell Town, Hillingdon Borough, Halesowen Town, Hereford United, Histon, Highworth Town, Hitchin Town

Kings Lynn Town, Kettering Town, Kidlington

Leighton Town, Lymington and New Milton, Larkhall Athletic, Leamington

Mangotsfield United, Marlow, Merthyr Town, Melksham Town, Moneyfields

Oxford City

Newport (IOW), North Leigh

Poole Town

Rothwell Town, Rushall Olympic, Redditch United

Stratford Town, St Neots Town, Slimbridge, Salisbury, Street, Sholing (ex VT),
Slough Town, Solihull Borough, Sutton Coldfield Town, Stourport Swifts,
Shortwood United, Swindon Supermarine

Truro City, Taunton Town, Tiverton Town, Thatcham Town

Uxbridge

Willenhall Town, Wantage Town, Weymouth, Winchester City,
Windsor and Eton, Wimborne Town

Yate Town

Willand Rovers (in the division 20/21 but Paulton did not play a league game against them)

We have had excellent hard working managers in our Southern League campaigns with Darren Perrin, Andy Jones, Mark Harrington, Nick Bunyard, Richard Fey, Tony Ricketts and John Rendell, as well as some great coaches from Mike Kilgour, Steve Tovey, Paul Milsom, Aaron Brown, Nathan Rudge, Martyn Grimshaw, Kye Mountford and Paul Tovey.

If anyone has kept records of appearances and goalscorers over the years or any further information
e mail - ciaranlskinner@gmail.com and/or tony.walsh1948@gmail.com