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In Town today Weston super Mare F.C.

In 2000 Weston secured the purchase of the Westlands Site only a stone’s throw
away from Woodspring Park.

During the last month of the season2015/6, the Seagulls once again turned on
the style and ended the season with 6 unbeaten games from 7, with Scott Wilson
and Dayle Grubb netting in a 2-0 win over Maidstone to spark manic celebrations
from the home fans at The Woodspring knowing that the Seagulls had avoided
relegation. With the season ending in a party atmosphere in Havant on the 30th
April, with fan favourite Scott Wilson sliding home at the far post to ultimately send
Havant down and keep Margate down. The 2016/17 league season started off
promisingly, with three wins and a draw from the first four games, putting Weston
at the top of the table. Shawn McCoulsky, who joined the Seagulls on loan from
Bristol City days before the season began, scored four goals in the opening four
games to see Weston start off stronger than ever expected. Then, a run of seven
league games and a 2-1 defeat to North Leigh in the Second Qualifying Round of
the FA Cup, despite the re-signing of Brad Ash on loan from Barnsley in the middle
of the run, saw the sacking of Head Coach Ryan Northmore, with his replacement
being former Weston player and current Forest Green Rovers Head of Youth Scott
Bartlett as his replacement, with Chris Barker joining the side as Player/Assistant
Manager. Bartlett and Barker were given the task of keeping the Seagulls in the
National League South, and a tricky November saw things look bleaker than before,
despite a 4-3 win away to Eastbourne Borough. The defensive signing of Rollin
Menayese in December saw an upturn in Weston’s form, with new signing Gethyn
Hill poking home away to Truro on Boxing Day for a vital three points. As 2017
rolled around, Weston got into their stride thanks to Dayle Grubb’s two trademark
free-kicks against Truro on New Year’s Day, with the team going on a good run of
form to start off the second half of the season, a 3-2 loss away to Dartford in
January being the only blemish to their good form. March saw the games come
thick and fast, with the majority of the fixtures against teams at the top end of the
table. Weston lost out to Bath 2-1 thanks to McCoulsky’s 88th minute winner for
the Romans, but Weston still had survival to secure after the trickiest month the
club endured all season. Grubb turned on the style heading into April, scoring four
times in a 5-0 rout against Bishops Stortford, before Ash was at the double to
relegate Margate on Good Friday, with a 3-0 loss to St Albans, and results going
Weston’s way, enough to keep the side up on Easter Monday. Weston ended the
league season with a 5-0 win away to Hemel Hempstead, with Grubb being named
the National League South Player of The Month for April. In his final game in
charge, Bartlett saw Weston lose 4-2 to Taunton Town in the Somerset Premier Cup
Final. Rollin Menayese left to join the Bristol Rovers U23 side, with him appearing
to be the U23s captain, with Bartlett then taking up a full-time role as FGR Head of
Youth upon their promotion to League Two. Barker opted to terminate his contract
as well and has since joined FGR as Head of Academy to Bartlett, with Weston
appointing new manager and former player Marc McGregor two days after Bartlett’s
departure. Rob Boyd joined Weston as first-team coach and assistant to Macca. The