Tuesday 2nd July 2024
Royal Wootton Bassett Town's match day programmes continued to receive outstanding recognition in the annual Soccer Club Swap Shop Programme Awards. And in the 2023-24 edition of the awards the Women's First Team programme was again selected as the best in all of women's football, while the Men's First Team programme came second in the non league category.
After finishing fourth last season, the Men's First Team programme climbed another two places from last year, being rated as the second best in all of non-league football.
The results means that Bassett have now achieved a top ten placing in this section of the awards for nine consecutive seasons, with twelve consecutive seasons in the top twenty.
This continued excellence means the programme was again voted best in the Hellenic League Premier Division.
This season's prize was won by Western League Premier Division outfit Torpoint Athletic with last year's winners Portland United of the Wessex League Premier Division in third.
That means the top three positions are all occupied by teams at step five of the non league pyramid.
Since first being produced for the 2019-20 season - when it was rated as fourth best, the Women's First Team programme has always scored highly in the awards.
And for an extremely impressive third season in a row, Bassett's programme was rated the best in all of Women's Football - a fantastic achievement given the competition included teams in the Women's Super League.
The consistent recognition that Bassett's programme receives reflects the time and effort put in to producing the publications, which are designed and edited by club President Mark Smedley.
Huge thanks also go to club sponsors Interprint, who kindly print the club's programmes. They have provided quality service from start to finish and the print quality of the programmes has been exceptional. The club is extremely grateful of the valuable support Interprint have provided and look forward to continuing to partner with them in the seasons to come.
The programmes have further benefited from the contributions of Steve Green, whose excellent photographs have featured throughout the programmes, as well as managers Sam Collier and Adam Wood, the various Women's First Team players writing guest columns each week, Chairman Paul Gerrish, Head of Women's Section Bryan Wood, Sam Wood and club Press Officer Stuart Smedley, who have all provided regular content.
2011-12: Joint 50th in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Division One West
2012-13: 20th in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Division One West
2013-14: 19th in Non-League Section, third best in Hellenic League Premier Division
2014-15: 12th in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2015-16: 1st in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2016-17: 3rd in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2017-18: 6th in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2018-19: 4th in non-league, Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2019-20: 4th in Non-League Section, Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division; 4th in Women's Section
2020-21: joint 10th in Non-League Section; Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2021-22: 1st in Women's section; 6th best in Non-League Section; Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2022-23: 1st in Women's section; 4th best in Non-League Section; Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
2023-24: 1st in Women's section; 2nd best in Non-League Section; Best Programme in Hellenic League Premier Division
Men's First Team programmes from the 2023-24 season are available to view and download here.
Those produced in 2023-24 for the Women's First Team are available to view and download here.
Last modified on Tuesday 2nd July 2024 at 22:19.