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Training Tops Details

Due to overwhelming popular demand Bridgwater Grasshoppers FC are about to commission an initial production run of exclusive Grasshoppers branded training tops.

They will come in a range of sizes and will cost £20.00 each. This all-inclusive bargain price includes a colour reproduction of the world famous Bridgwater Grasshoppers logo on the breast plus the initials of the wearer.

Please click on the photo (see right) to review the proposed design and get ready to place your order!

Cup Draws Produce Away Tests

The draws for the Hoppers' two biggest cup competitions of the campaign have now been made.

Following our relatively comfortable 6-1 home victory in the first round of the Somerset Cup over Taunton 5th Division side Carhampton Rovers, the Hoppers will now face a far sterner test in the second round as we have been drawn away to Taunton 1st Division outfit AFC Legends, who knocked Railway Club out in the first round having fielded what has been reported to be no less than nine senior players. The game will take place in Taunton on Sunday 15th October 2006.

The draw has also been made for the first round of the Uxella League's own all-divisions cup competition, the Dave Hobbs Cup.

Grasshoppers '05 have been drawn to play away to Woolavington Reserves while Grasshoppers '04 have been given a bye into the next round. The '05 game will take place on 8th October.

Hoppers Bring Home Silverware From Overseas Tour

A twenty-man squad from Bridgwater Grasshoppers FC recently returned triumphant from their pre-season "overseas" tour to Cardiff, Wales.

An action-packed weekend saw them first contest the annual "Undisputed Masters Of The Universe Trophy" final, which the Hoppers duly went on to win again for the third consecutive year!

This was followed by a "sports science research field trip" into Cardiff city centre where the Hoppers methodically and enthusiastically experimented with various means for refuelling an athlete's body with liquids after strenuous exertion in the midday heat. The result of this mass experiment can be seen by clicking on the above photo.

Hoppers just miss out on Jevons

It appears that Bridgwater Grasshoppers were in the running to sign former Everton striker Phil Jevons from Yeovil Town during the close season before Bristol City nipped in at the last moment with a better package.

Intrepid Hoppers' player-boss Dean Waghorn tracked down Jevons to the Waldstadion in Frankfurt (click on photo right) during the recent World Cup 2006 encounter between England and Paraguay.

However, despite learning of the many positives that the up-and-coming Bridgwater Sunday League outfit have to offer, in the end the 26-year-old hotshot chose to make Ashton Gate his home for the 2006-07 campaign. Only time will tell whether he has made the right choice...