Club News

One of our very own DAN FOWERACRE picked up a nasty hip injury playing for Exwick Villa in their 5-0 Exeter and District Youth League win over Dawlish and so will now join OLIVER ELSWORTHY who is also side lined through injury. This all means that since the CUP FINAL win of last season we are sending just five of that famous night’s cup final squad to MINEHEAD for our latest league game! Baddsie is

We start a busy and probably pivotal November with a Sunday trip to MINEHEAD. Players please to meet at Silver Street at 12.45pm (it’s a good hour to get there – unless the Exeter-based players would prefer to make their way to Minehead from Exeter – which is fine): Manager Clive Jones has a near full except for vice-captain Ollie Elsworthy who is injured. Squad; Harrison Burton, Tom Badcott (Capt) Ryan Harder, Owen Buxton, Connor

The Under-16s have been given a game this coming SUNDAY (November 2) with a visit to MINEHEAD for a Taunton and District League Under-16 Division One meeting. The squad will appear here on WEDNESDAY at 6pm

Willand Rovers under 18s, captain Ash Matthews, playmaker Jordan Bastin as well as strikers Tarji Jones and Alex Gibbins have been selected to represent Devon FA’s County under 18s team in a County Cup match at Coach Road versus Gloucester City on November 8th. Ash, Jordan and Tarji starred in a County 3-2 win at Oxfordshire on Saturday before, turning out on Sunday for Willand Rovers in a tight 2-1 win over Apollo in the Devon County Youth League. Alex

Simon Fry’s all-conquering (this season) Under-15s are at Silver Street this coming SUNDAY (November 2) with the Taunton and District League Match of the Day when they host the one side who could deny them going on to be crowned champions this season. Fry says: “Bishops Lydeard are a very good side and I do feel that this is THE game for us to win. If we do then I think they will have a

Sunday, October 26th 2014 Devon County Youth League Willand Rovers 2 Apollo 1 HT 1-1 Bastin 2 (1 pen). The day before, Willand Rovers first team signed out of their best ever FA Cup run with a battling performance against a good Gosport Borough and today, the White Ravens would need at least the same attitude to overturn Apollo’s unbeaten record. Brian Holmes got the game underway, on a slightly heavy but relatively dry pitch. Willand had

The Under-16s have had their game at BRIDGWATER VPR cancelled this morning after the host club contacted us to apologise but owing to a number of players being injured playing the day before they CANNOT put a team out today, writes Steve Birley. This is frustrating and we are concerned that other club may feel it is ONCE AGAIN us asking for the cancellation. The facts are – THREE times this season opposition have called

Rovers out of the FA Cup – post match comment. Rovers assistant boss Hedley Steele summed up the post match mood at Silver Street on BBC Radio Devon, saying: “It’s disappointing, we have mixed emotions. Never liked losing football matches and there was a big prize on the end of today. We genuinely felt we could make the next step and be in the draw, but that’s football. It simply wasn’t to be.” “Losing Scott