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Today’s Visitors
Charles Lovell - Regular goalkeeper for the Under-18 side in 2019/20
who made his first team debut at Tavistock, in the Les Phillips Cup in
January 2020 and had a spell at Nailsea United.
Elliott Nicholson - Signed in July 2018 from Shepton Mallet having also
appeared at Under-18 level for Weston-super-Mare and for Clevedon
United.
Mitch Osmond - After a spell at Cardiff City Academy, Mitch joined the
Under-18 squad at Clevedon, making his first team debut in August 2018,
before leaving to captain Portishead and returning to the Seasiders in
July 2020.
Josh Pitt – Promoted to the first team squad after playing in last
season’s Under-18 squad.
Cameron Salmon – Initially signed on work experience from Bristol City
where he was a member of their Under-23 and subsequently signed on
a permanent basis in January 2022.
Luca Smith – Goalkeeper signed from Bristol City Under-18s on long-
term work experience. Has won the Welsh Schools Cup in 2018 and has
Welsh Schoolboy caps.
Alex Twiggs - Rejoined the club in September 2021 from Hallen after
an earlier spell at Clevedon between 2018 and 2020; has also played for
Portishead and Bridgwater Town.
Dylan Gould, Tom Kemble, Josh Morgan, Declan Popham & Ewan
Williams have all appeared for Clevedon Under-18s recently while Ewan
and Tom have also played at Nailsea United.
The Management Team
Alex White (Manager) - Alex was appointed club manager in October
2021 after initially serving as assistant to previous Micky Bell until he left
to join Bristol City. An experienced player Alex, who first signed for the
club in July 2015, spent the 2014/15 season coaching with the North
Somerset Development Team and at Clevedon with the Under-18 and
first team squads. He also made an emergency debut as a goalkeeper in
the 2016/17 season.
Ryan King (Assistant Manager) – Ryan played for Clevedon’s reserve
side as a youngster back in the early 1990s and then went on to play for
Nailsea before turning to coaching at the club and later to become club
chairman. He re-joined us in October 2019 to help out the existing
coaching team and made a surprise substitute’s appearance in August
2021 before being appointed as Alex White’s assistant in October 2021.
Hannah Lewis (Physio) – Hannah joined the club just after the start of
the 2015/16 season and has done a sterling job for the club in that time.