Cattle could have opened the visitors account on 5 minutes, but shot wide. The Swans had numerous chances with were not capitalised upon before Smyth had a chance for The Bluebells, but his effort was cleared for a corner.
Slimbridge scored their first goal on 38 minutes when a Chandler free kick from deep inside his own area was nodded forward by Roberts to debutant Nash who in turn fed Craig Cole to slot the ball past the advancing Crowcott. The lead was short-lived as Cattle punished sloppy defending on 40 minutes to equalise.


The Swans regained the lead on 59 minutes when Nash fed Craig Cole whose cross was met by defender Wellon to slot home from 20 yards for a rare goal. On 69 minutes Nash got his first goal for the club, powerfully shooting home from 20 yards after a strong run.
On 72 minutes Thomas Cole got the fourth goal when his direct free kick from 25 yards struck the crossbar and was correctly adjudged to have crossed the line by assistant Bowen. 12 minutes from time, Cattle got his second goal from the spot after Preece was adjudged to have fouled in the penalty area. Yate had a few chances in the last 10 minutes to put pressure on the Swans, but they were not converted.

Manager James Cole was obviously pleased with the result. " We tended to take our foot off the pedal after we scored our fourth goal, but we are still in second place. We now have three away games on the bounce, including leaders Kings Stanley. It would be nice to take maximum points from these games."

Leading striker Carl Brown has left the club joining BGB South & West side Cirencester Town, we all wish him the best with his new club and thank him for his contribution to the club during his time with us.

A Carl Brown brace secures the points to keep Slimbridge in second place in the league behind local rivals Kings Stanley.

October 4th B & W Avonside 1 - 0 Slimbridge [League]
October 15th Slimbridge 2 - 1 Hallen [County Cup]
October 18th Slimbridge 7 - 0 Bishops Cleeve [League]
October 25th Ellwood 1 - 1 Slimbridge [League]

Slimbridge 5 - 0 D.R.G. Stapleton
Slimbridge went to the top of the table courtesy of a hat-trick of penalties from Craig Cole and goals from Roberts and Wilton. Cole opened his spot kick account on 4 minutes after Brown's shirt had been pulled in the box. DRG could have equalised on 11 minutes when Hignott found Bishop who shot well over the bar. Number two for Cole came on 15 minutes when Brown was unceremoniously felled in the box, which cost Bishop a booking. Further chances fell to the Swans before a King free-kick was headed across the six yard box by Preece for Roberts to head home.

In the second half Slimbridge took the foot off the pedal with the only chances going to DRG on 52 minutes when Chandler saved from Brown and on 55 minutes when Chandler pushed Hignott's lob for a corner. Cole's hat-trick came on 80 minutes after Roberts was bundled down in the box. Wilton struck number five on 82 minutes.
The games was excellently refereed by Brian Durie.

Manager James Cole was obviously pleased with the result. "The only down side of the game was that with the game safe at half time, the lads took their feet off the pedal. But DRG only had two chances in the second half. As I say to the lads, you don't get anything for being top of the table at the end of September, there is still a long way to go."

Slimbridge are away at B & W Avonside on Saturday 4th. With a blank week on October 11th, their next home game is on Wednesday October 15th in the Challenge Trophy against Hallen, K/O 7.30pm.

Slimbridge returned to winning ways again today with a well earned victory over local rivals Taverners, goals came from Lewis Wilton, Carl Brown and a bullet header from Ian Preece.

Following chances from both teams, slack marking allowed O'Sullivan to read Simpson who coolly finished from 20 yards. The pattern of the game continued until the Swans equalised in the dying embers of the half, a King cross looped off defender Simons for an own goal.
B & W scored what was to be the deciding goal on 56 minutes, when the ever dangerous Simpson was scythed down in the box. Reuben netted the resultant penalty.

This defeat was the first teams first league defeat since April 2007.
Manager James Cole reflected. "It had to happen some time, but to go over two seasons without a league defeat is some feat. This being a re-arranged game, we only have to wait three weeks before we visit B & W to hopefully put the records straight. On reflection, they were probably the better side in most departments, but we missed a load of chances and their keeper had a great game."

First team defender Jamie Inch recently took part in a tandem parachute jump in aid of the MS Speakeasy charity, raising over £800 in the process. Well done Jamie..

Details on the MS Speakeasy charity can be found here.

The reserve team fixtures for the 2008-2009 season are now on-line, see reserves menu above...

A brace from leading scorer Carl Brown maintains Slimbridge's 100% start to the season, and are currently sharing the league top spot with local rivals Kings Stanley.

Our interest in this years Les James League Cup ended with a 4 - 3 defeat away to Thornbury, whilst progress has been made in the Stroud Charity Cup where Slimbridge beat Berkeley Town for the second time this season running out victors by a 4 - 2 score line.

Due to Axa's involvement in the GFA Trophy on September 13th, the game against B&W Avonside has been brought forward from February 7th.

The Stroud Charity Cup match away at Berkeley Town has been arranged for Tue 2nd September with a 6:30pm start.

Goals from Marvyn Roberts and Carl Brown maintain Slimbridge's 100% start to the season.
Unconfirmed reports that the Reserve team lost 2-4 away to Taverners.

Progress has been made in the first round proper of the Les James League Cup with two goals from Carl Brown and one from Steve Badham.

Slimbridge start their County League season with a hard fought win at Bristol side Hanham Athletic after going down 2-0 in the first half, goals from Marvyn Roberts, Carl Brown and substitute Lewis Wilton in the second half gave the visitor a well deserved victory.

The 2008 / 2009 Surridge Gloucestershire County League fixtures have now been published, see first team fixtures page for the full list of fixtures. Reserve team fixtures have also been released but are subject to a few changes (due to clashes with the first team fixtures), these will be published here shortly.

The following list of friendly fixtures have been arranged by the club:

Thursday July 24thFirst Team - Ramblers - Home - K/O 7.00pm.
Monday July 28thReserve Team - Coaley Rovers - Home - K/O 7.00pm.
Thursday July 31stFirst Team - Sharpness - Home - K/O 7.00pm.
Saturday August 9thReserve Team - Whitminster - Away - K/O 6.30pm.
Wednesday August 20thReserve Team - Cashes Green - Home - K/O 6.30pm.

The club started it's pre-season training last week in preparation to life in the County league next season.

News on forthcoming friendly matches and a full list of fixtures for the 2008/09 season are due to be published soon, and will be listed here when they become available.

Slimbridge social club is to play host to an open meeting of the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club.

The meeting is open to all and will be attended by representatives of the Supporters Club executive and of the Football Club. The meetings have been arranged in the period between the start of pre season and the opening league game of the new season. Supporters will be able to take the opportunity to hear first hand the latest developments and plans from the football club, ask questions and express their own views and opinions in an open forum session.

This is to take place on Friday 18th July, starting at 7:30pm, for further information and enquires please contact Ken Masters by calling Pirate Leisure at the Bristol Rovers Stadium.

Slimbridge have entered a new reserve team into the Stroud & District League, the team has been elected into Division 4 alongside Taverners Reserves.

Welcome to the all new Official Slimbridge Football Club web site.

Over the forthcoming weeks all the latest pre-season club news will be announced here, while your waiting why not browse the archives and see what has happened on the pitch over the last few seasons.
Alternatively take a step further back in time and read about the past glories and history of how the club came to be today.

Program Collectors, are you missing a vital item in your collection?
Take a look at the club shop, we have many past programs for sale.