Willand Rovers Football Club ~ Western Football League

About our Football Club

Willand Rovers - ' very much a family club'

WILLAND ROVERS is a Football Club based on the main road than runs through the Mid Devon village of Willand.

Willand has grown considerably over the past two decades with lots of new housing built and the Football Club has grown with the local community. The club has a thriving social club that is open most nights of the week and provides a home to Skittles, Pool and Darts Teams.

On matchdays the club is open before, during, and after matches, be they 1st team, Reserve team or Youth team games.

On matchdays, entry to the 1st team games is £6.00, this includes a matchday programme which always contains at the very least, twelve pages of news on the oppositon and includes a club by club guide to all the other Western League top flight clubs.

THE ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AT SILVER STREET IS:

Willand Rovers FC, Silver Street, Willand, Devon. EX15 2RG: Telephone 01884-33885

The make up of the off-field Management at the Club is:

President: Peter Ward
Hon. Vice Presidents: Ray Jones, Michael Mares, Reg Vile, John Carnell, Andy Jarrett and Graham Mitchell.
Chairman: Mike Mitchell
Vice-Chairman: Tony Williams
Football Secretary: Tony Baker
General Secretary: Barry Sowden
Treasurer: Carole Quigley
Bar Manager/Membership Secretary: Mary Sowden
Youth Team Rep. Rob Mitchell
Groundsmen: Dave Spargo and Rob Mitchell
Programmes/website: Steve Birley Club Photographer Rob Mitchell

General Committee: Paul Andrews, Sadie Andrews, Terry Jones, Rob Mitchell, David Cork and Trevor Stamp.

Merchandise sales (Rovers branded): Rob Mitchell e-mail: bobthebako@aol.com or phone 07882180927

1st Team Manager: Clive Jones
1st Team Asst. Manager: Gary McCauley

2nd Team Joint managers: Paul Andrews & Shaun Devine

THE ROVERS YOUTH SECTION

Under-16 Team Joint Manager: Rob Mitchell
Under-16 Team Joint Manager : Trevor Stamp

Under-15 team Manager: Kai Jones

Under-15 Girls Manager/Coach: Nev England

Under-12 (Saturdays) Manager/Coach: Matt Mitchell

Under-12 (Sundays) Manager/Coach: Steve Birley

GETTING TO SILVER STREET:

From the North - M5 Motorway southbound until Junction 27 - having left the motorway at the roundabout, take the FIRST LEFT and travel past the service station area and continue for short distance until arriving at a T-Junction. On you right will be the Waterloo Cross Inn and ahead of you will be a garden centre - TURN RIGHT and stay on this road into WILLAND. At the first roundabout you reach keep straight on and the ground will appear on your LEFT after a short time - parking is in the local streets.

From the South - You cna leave the M5 motorway at Junction 28 (Cullompton), take 1st left off slip road from M5, drive past Weary Traveller Pub on your left and, at the first mini rounadbout, take the 2nd exit right following signs to WILLAND. Keep veering right until you arrive in Willand, continue passing a garage on your left and the ground is about half a mile up that road on your right.

By Train - get off the train at Tiverton parkway Station and hail a taxi - the short journey will cost in the region of £3 -£5.




		Dumper! The Rovers half-time draw ace Dumper - as he is so affectionately known, was pictured here in the stand at Hallen in early March. Dumper can often been seen on matchdays helping with that all important fund raising initiative - the match day draw.



		Pitch Inspection at Silver Street Mike Mitchell and Russell Gee take a look at the pitch on the eve of the FA Vase 4th Round tie with Causeway United.



		The January 2010 snow - an iglooo in the car park!



		The Silver Street pitch in the snow - January 2010



		The Silver Street Grandstand The Grandstand at Silver Street pictured on a frosty December morning.



		The Silver Street entrance board



		Rovers President - Peter Ward The Silver Street figure head! President Peter Ward wears his Rovers colours very much on his sleeve. Is there a job at Silver Street he has not been involved in? Unlikely! Quite simply Peter is the sort of chap EVERY club needs amongst their number!



		Chairman - Mike Mitchell He's the man at the Rovers helm Mike Mitchell is the Willand Rovers chairman, a smashing man, totally devoted to his football club, and no mean player himself in his playing days. You will find 'Mitch', as he is more affectionately known as, in many of the archived Rovers team pictures.



		Football Secretary - Tony Baker The man with the magic pen Rovers Secretary Tony Baker is another of those, 'football is in the blodd' individuals. It is he who is charged with ensuring that the administrational matters of all things football at Silver Strreet, are all singing and dancing - he can also ofetn be found supporting all manner of projects in and aroudn the Silver Street clubhouse.



		Rovers Club Stewardess - Mary Sowden The Lady of the Club Bar



		Rovers Commercial Team - Dave Spargo One of the fund raising team



		Social Club Secretary - Barry Sowden Also 'the voice' of the Rovers tannoy.



		Gateman - Mike Mares The Man who counts 'em in! Mike Mares is the Rovers gateman, to be found in all weathers ensuring that those coming in to the ground on matchdays put their hands in their pockets to cough up the entrance fee. Mike is also the guy responsible for organising some magnificent fund raising Bingo sessions in the village. Our picture shows Mike taking money fro a Rovers follower on a matchday at Silver Street.