Taunton Team Of The Month

Taunton has been named team of the month for January in the Southern League South and West.

They are the only League team to have defeated leaders Hereford FC.

Under the guidance of manager Leigh Robinson, Taunton Town kicked off 2017 by winning their second monthly honour of the 2016-17 campaign in EVO-STIK League Southern Division One South & West after claiming the award for the first time back in October. To win their second, the Peacocks collected 13 points from a possible 15 points on offer with four wins and a draw.

Up to seventh with as many as five games in hand on the clubs above them now following their history-making run in the Emirates FA Cup, The Viridor Stadium outfit averaged 2.6 points per game while scoring 21 goals and conceding just three in the opening weeks of 2017.

This evening Taunton are set to travel to BishopsCleeve for a league fixture.

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