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Tytherington Rocks. The 1st team finished 18 points clear to win the
Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 [West] title, followed by a 3rd place and
then champions again in 2013-14, this time by 5 points. However, once
again, in 2014, as in previous years, a transfer request to move to the
Toolstation Western League was rejected by the FA.
This refusal had a devastating effect on the club with players and team
management of both 1st team and Reserves leaving en masse.
History will record that several managers and committee members worked
tirelessly to ensure the survival of the club during the following four
seasons.
The 2018/19 season ran its course, with all three teams completing their
programmes, although they all finished in the penultimate positions in their
respective league divisions.
The U18 squad were competitive in the Somerset Youth Floodlit League,
arriving from an U16 League, whilst the re-formed Reserves joined the
Bristol Suburban League in Div 2.

The First Team avoided bottom place on goal difference in an ever
diminishing Division 1(West) of the Hellenic League.

With the prospect of a Ladies team arriving at the Rocks, and the 3 existing
management teams all still in place for the new season, the Hardwicke Field
was due to see a busy 2019/20 season.

The Coronavirus pandemic abruptly ended the season in the Spring. All four
teams were competing with real enthusiasm until their campaigns finished.

The First Team had a change of managerial staff in October, and finished
confidently several places off the bottom. However the FA reorganisation
that would have seen the team join the Toolstation Western League was put
on hold for a year.
The Reserves showed promise in Div 2 of the Bristol Suburban League, but
despite everyone's best efforts, and a mid-table place, the team folded in
January.

The U18 squad competed strongly in their second season in the Somerset
Youth Floodlit League and, frustratingly were close to the top of their
league.
However, the stars of the season had to be the Ladies Team. They were
running away with the Div 3 title in the Gloucestershire Women’s League
and reached 2 Cup Quarter-Finals.

Football will return to the Hardwicke Field in some form, but 2020/2021 will
be very different for many reasons.