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ROBINS BACK TO FORM WITH AWAY POINT AT THATCHAM Posted on: Tuesday 9th March 2010 Frome Town put in an excellent performance away to Thatcham Town to put the last two games behind them and pick up a useful point on the road. Missing Jack Winter through injury and Callum Henry who had been called up by Forest Green Rovers first team squad the Robins took a first half lead from Mark Salter and then had further chances to increase the lead including a header from Ashley Caldwell that hit the bar. The hosts however equalised from a long range free-kick that Tom Pass struggled to get across his line to collect after suffering a dead leg in an earlier incident. Frome still had chances to win the game but a draw was a fair result in an open and entertaining game. TOWN WELL BEATEN AWAY IN THE FOREST Posted on: Saturday 6th March 2010 The Robins recorded their biggest defeat of the season in all competitions with a 4-0 defeat away at North Leigh. The game saw Frome create very little in the way of chances and the hosts could have notched more in a game that Frome will want to forget in a hurry. CLUB TO LAUNCH OWN YOUTH SECTION Posted on: Friday 5th March 2010 Frome Town Football Club is delighted to announce that they are to launch a youth section for the forthcoming season. This is the next step towards gaining FA Community Club status and will be available to anybody that wants to play or to be involved in football. Gary Collinson, Community Development Officer said “We believe it is time to bring youth football in Frome together for the benefit of everybody as we suffer currently from a chronic lack of facilities in the area. Community Club status, with the backing of the Somerset FA, will enable us to push for training facilities, match pitches and changing rooms that are currently not available. It is not acceptable for youngsters to be unable to change, or use toilets where they are expected to play football. Our vision is for youngsters of all ages and abilities to be able to represent their Town, and play at their appropriate level and to this end we are inviting all the existing youth football clubs to become part of this scheme. We are also keen to support and encourage coaches to achieve their potential and there will be lots of opportunities to get involved” A Youth Development team has been put in place to move things forward and the club are to hold an open meeting at Frome Town Football Club on Saturday 20^th March at 1pm. Attendees are welcome to stay and enjoy the first team game against Bedfont Green after the game free of charge. There will be a short presentation regarding the proposals, and some time for questions and answers. Anybody with an interest is welcome to attend whether they are players, parents or coaches. In the meantime if you have any questions please email gary@frometownfc.co.uk who will be happy to answer where possible, or pass on to the appropriate person for response. TOWN CRASH OUT OF PREMIER CUP Posted on: Wednesday 3rd March 2010 Frome Town’s defence of the Somerset Premier Cup ended at the quarter-final stage with a 2-0 home defeat against Bridgwater Town. Goals either side of the break by Nat Pepperrell gave the visitors the win with the first goal being a soft penalty. WHITESIDE WOWS PACKED ALDERSMITH STADIUM CROWD Posted on: Saturday 27th February 2010 Manchester United and Northern Ireland legend Norman Whiteside wowed a packed AlderSmith Stadium club in the latest after dinner speaker event held by Frome Town. The 140 people in attendance enjoyed a three course meal provided by the excellent Silverspoons Catering the speech by the superb Whiteside and followed it up with an auction of sporting memorabilia and the outstanding talents of comedian and impressionist Aaron James. CLARKE & PERRO DEPART BUT CALDWELL SIGNS ON Posted on: Saturday 27th February 2010 Midfielder Ashley Clarke has left Frome Town and signed for Toolstation First Division side Gillingham Town after snubbing a move to Sherborne Town while Mike Perrott’s loan deal from Bath City has now expired after his three month period ended. Meanwhile Darren Perrin has strengthened his squad with the capture of Ashley Caldwell from Bath City - the midfielder was previously dual-registered with Paulton Rovers and was formerly at Forest Green Rovers. One player not joining the Robins will be striker Dave Bailey after Perrin pulled out of talks: “I only want players at the Club for the right reasons and not necessarily other ones. It’s no problem though - we will just move on and if somebody of the right quality comes along we might do something but I am happy with what we have as well”. TOWN PICK UP ANOTHER HOME POINT Posted on: Wednesday 24th February 2010 Frome Town continue to stay with the chasing pack at the top of the table with an excellent home point against second placed AFC Totton. The visitors scored first but a Ricky Hulbert goal midway through the second half sealed a very credible draw. CHEESO & BALLY COMMIT TO CLUB Posted on: Monday 22nd February 2010 Frome Town are delighted to announce that Jamie Cheeseman has signed a contract with the Club until the end of the season and also have the option for a further season while Luke Ballinger has signed a new contract that will keep him at the AlderSmith Stadium until the end of 2010/11 campaign. CLARKE APPROACHES + INJURIES + NEW STRIKER? Posted on: Monday 22nd February 2010 Midfielder Ashley Clarke is the subject of approaches from two Toolstation League sides with both Gillingham and Sherborne Town both fighting for his signature while Darren Perrin also hopes he remains at the AlderSmith Stadium. Meanwhile Ben Thomson and Craig Fullam may be available for selection again after injuries last week against Windsor while Jon Crowley has also stepped up his recovery and could be in line for a recall in the near future. However Matt Minnis will be out for the next six weeks after being diagnosed with a broken bone in his leg and Matt Peters is due to see doctors this week regarding a possible fracture to his foot while Alex Lapham continues to be absent with suspected Gilmores Groin and is due to see a specialist on Thursday. Other news regarding players includes Steve Hunt, Simon Millard and Iain Carr who have all joined Melksham Town on loan while Dafyyd Jones has joined Winterbourne United to gain match practice but is on instant recall to Frome. Meanwhile Darren is hopeful of adding a new striker to the squad in this week after making an approach to Larkhall Athletic for David Bailey who notched 30 goals last season in the Larks promotion season while midfielder Jordan Metters has been released and has joined Longwell Green. HULBERT GRABS FOUR AS ROBINS RUN RIOT Posted on: Saturday 20th February 2010 Frome Town recorded their biggest away win of the season with a 5-0 demolition job on Abingdon United. Ricky Hulbert scored four times as well as hitting the post and cross-bar while David Thompson scored Frome’s other goal with a long range low effort. Frome were always in control and new signing Jack Winter put in an impressive display on his debut at full back. EXCELLENT ROBINS HELD BY LEAGUE LEADERS Posted on: Wednesday 17th February 2010 The Robins bounced back from their defeat against Bridgwater with an impressive display against league leaders Windsor and Eton. Luke Ballinger gave Frome the lead with a deflected goal but the visitors struck a 70th minute equaliser to return home with a point. Once again there was an excellent crowd as 240 watched FTFC deservedly take something from the game. FROME COMPLETE SIGNING OF WINTER Posted on: Wednesday 17th February 2010 Frome Town are pleased to announce the signing of defender Jack Winter from Conference National side Forest Green Rovers. The former Hartbury College student has been close to the Wales Under 19’s squad and was on stand-by for their squad back in October. TOWN SLIP TO HOME DEFEAT OVER OLD RIVALS Posted on: Saturday 13th February 2010 Frome Town lost their long unbeaten home run which stretched back to October with a 3-1 defeat against old Western League rivals Bridgwater Town. Jamie Price and Chris Young gave the visitors a 2-0 half time lead before substitute Ricky Hulbert pulled one back with a superb strike. However Marcus Duharty added a third to complete the win near the end. ROBINS COMPLETE SIGNING OF PAWLEY Posted on: Saturday 13th February 2010 Frome Town are pleased to announce they have completed the signing of former Bolton Wanderers scholar George Pawley from Toolstation Premier Division side Radstock Town. The midfielder was released from the Reebox Stadium before Christmas. GREG LEAVES ROBINS NEST TO BECOME A TIGER Posted on: Thursday 11th February 2010 Left back Greg Lake has left Frome Town to join Conference North side Gloucester City. Everybody at FTFC wishes Greg all the best for his future career and thanks him for his efforts and commitment since being with the Robins. TOWN BACK TO WINNING WAYS WITH 3-0 WIN AT PEACOCKS Posted on: Tuesday 9th February 2010 Frome Town returned to winning ways with a 3-0 win at struggling Taunton Town. Luke Ballinger gave Frome an 11th minute lead with a close range effort after good work by Mark Salter and then both teams proceeded to miss several chances in an open first half. The Robins finally made the game safe as substitute Matt Minnis scored with his first touch after 69 minutes and then Salter completed the scoring with a goal after 73 minutes. FROME COMPLETE SIGNING OF OSMAN Posted on: Sunday 7th February 2010 Frome Town are pleased to confirm the signing of midfielder Ben Osman from Forest Green Rovers. Ben is the son of former England international Russell Osman and has previously played for Exeter City, Salisbury City and Weston-super-Mare. ROBINS UNBEATEN RUN COMES TO AN END Posted on: Saturday 6th February 2010 Frome Town’s long unbeaten run finally came to an end with a 1-0 defeat at Cirencester Town. The Robins were missing Tom Pass through injury with Steve Perrin deputising and Luke Ballinger who was on England Futsal duty while they lost Alex Lapham at half-time through injury. TOWN UP TO FOURTH WIN ANOTHER HOME WIN Posted on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010 Frome Town notched up another important home victory as they beat a very good Uxbridge side 3-1 at the AlderSmith Stadium. Luke Ballinger gave Frome the lead after 39 minutes but a long range free-kick from Mark Dennison equalised after 70 minutes. Jamie Cheeseman restored the lead within sixty seconds with his first goal of the season before an excellent run by Ballinger set up Ben Thomson to score the third with 5 minutes left. The win lifts Frome up to fourth in the table. TIGERS IN FOR GREG WHILE ROBINS MAKE PAWLEY APPROACH Posted on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010 Frome Town have received a seven day approach for left back Greg Lake from Conference North side Gloucester City. This follows the recent approaches for Mark Salter from both Tiverton Town and Bitton which he has turned down. Meanwhile Darren Perrin has submitted an approach of his own for former Bolton Wanderers youth team player George Pawley who has recently been playing for Radstock Town following his release from the Premier Division side. ROBINS NAB FOUR BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE Posted on: Saturday 30th January 2010 Frome Town picked up a 4-0 home win over Bracknell Town but missed several chances to have made it more comfortable. Ricky Hulbert opened the scoring with a well placed shot after just 2 minutes before the visiting ‘keeper but the ball into his own net after 28 minutes. Within 60 seconds Hulbert added the third and Mark Salter completed the scoring after 49 minutes. Mike Perrott hit the post twice while Luke Ballinger, Simeon Allison and Salter all had chances to extend the lead but they couldn’t find the back of the net in front of an excellent crowd of 234. PERROTT EXTENDS LOAN TO THIRD MONTH Posted on: Saturday 30th January 2010 Frome Town are delighted to confirm that Mike Perrott has extended his loan from Bath City for a third month. TOWN BACK IN ACTION WITH NARROW WIN IN TOUGH GAME Posted on: Saturday 23rd January 2010 The Robins finally got back in action when they made the trip to West London to play a much changed AFC Hayes side. The hosts fielded six new faces signed over the last week but it was Frome who opened the scoring as Mike Perrott scored from close range after an excellent ball across the box from Mark Salter. Hayes fought back though and equalised with a well worked corner which was finished by Tomkins. The goalscorer was lucky to stay on the pitch just before the break as he dangerously lunged in on Luke Ballinger but was only shown a yellow card. Perrott regained the lead for Frome straight after the half-time interval as he turned in the box and fired past the home ‘keeper. Hayes once again got themselves level as Tomkins fired home a penalty after Jamie Cheeseman had been judged to have fouled Lovell. However the winner came with two minutes left as substitute Ricky Hulbert scored from close range to the delight of the visiting supporters who made up the majority of the 52 crowd. DARREN SIGNS ROBINS CONTRACT Posted on: Saturday 9th January 2010 Frome Town are delighted to announce that they have secured the services of manager Darren Perrin until at least the end of the 2010/11 season. Since being appointed in September he has guided the Club from the relegation zone into a top six side and both parties were pleased to be able to strike a deal. Darren said of the contract: “I am delighted to be offered the opportunity to manage the Club for the next 18 months and I can assure everybody that I will give it everything to try and make Frome Town as successful as possible. It’s been a good four months so far but we are under no illusions that we still have a lot of hard work ahead of us but we have a good group of players here and the Club is always looking to push forward and I am happy to be at a Club that has ambitions”. New Chairman Jeremy Alderman was also pleased to have secured the manager’s future: “We are always trying to look forward as a Committee and with Darren happy to commit to us for the next 18 months it will give us the stability on the pitch we need so we can continue to work on increasing our professionalism off the pitch. Since our promotion we are learning new lessons all the time and as a Club we need to continue to make sure that we keep developing every aspect of the Club - Darren’s signature is just a part of the ongoing plans we have to transform Frome Town for the better”. GOMES DEPARTS TO BIG CITY Posted on: Thursday 7th January 2010 Frome Town have lost the regular services of local lad Joe Gomes as the creative midfielder was offered a job in London just before Christmas. The midfielder told FTFC Online: “We’ve come along way this season and it’s disappointing that I won’t be a part of it but I’m still going to keep up to date with whats going on and may be back in time for pre-season training as it’s only a short term contract”. Gomes will remain registered for the Robins and will be available to Manager Darren Perrin if he is needed in an emergency. The Club would like to place on record their thanks for Joe’s efforts while at FTFC. Home | News | First Team | Reserves | Ladies | FT Sports | Club | Commercial | Community | Forum | Links | Downloads | Contacts