Gosport Borough

 

Gosport Borough FC is a non-league football club formed in 1944 in the Hampshire town of Gosport, which is located on the south coast peninsula on the west side of Portsmouth Harbour. The club was originally formed as Gosport Borough Athletic Club.

The clubs’ formation was initiated to bring organised football, athletics, swimming, and cycling after World War II. Former Southampton player Stan Cribb was put in charge of the football section, with the team including future international players Jimmy Scoular and Peter Harris.

Gosport won Portsmouth and District League Division One in 1944-45, their inaugural season, which led to a move to the Hampshire League, in which the club won the Division One title at the first attempt. The team settled as a force in non-league Hampshire football without repeating the feat.

In 1966, the club became Gosport Borough and focused on football, remaining as members of the Hampshire League and going on to win consecutive titles under the management of Tony Brickwood and Peter Edgar in 1976-77 and 1977-78.

The triumphs led to election into Division One South of the Southern League for the 1978-79 season. Their first four seasons saw top four finishes, leading to a place in the Premier Division for the 1982-83 campaign as the Southern League was restructured.

Boro were relegated to the Southern Division at the conclusion of the 1983-84 season, where they finished as runners-up and reclaimed their Premier Division status at the first attempt, winning their final home game against Salisbury in front of 1,500 fans. After avoiding relegation in 1987-88 and winning the Hampshire Cup in the process, Gosport went on to finish in a best-ever seventh place in the Premier Division of 1988-89. 

Unfortunately, a change of management saw many players depart Privett Park, which led to relegation in 1989-90. Boro suffered a further relegation from the Southern Division to the Wessex League in 1991-92. Roger Sherwood was appointed as manager and settled the ship for three seasons before former players John Hawes, Dave Pitt, and Barry Cook were put in charge of the side.

The trio's brief was to develop the club's youth policy and to build a team of locally based players. An affiliation was formed with successful local youth side Gomer FC. However, the team's Wessex League form didn’t improve.

The club was restructured financially off the pitch, with reserve team boss Mick Marsh taking control of the first team in December 1999. Marsh halted the decline with his side putting in four top four finishes and reaching the last eight of the FA Vase in 2003-04.

Marsh retired in the summer of 2005, with John Robson coming in to take his place, but only lasting a few months before being replaced by Alex Pike. The new manager arrived with a great reputation, having led Wimborne Town to win the FA Vase in 1992.

Boro won the Wessex League in 2006-07 to reclaim their position in the Southern League, where they were placed in Division One South & West. A mid-table finish in Gosport’s first season back before the 2011-12 season saw them reach the play-offs.

Sholing were defeated at Privett Park before Boro sealed promotion to the Premier Division by winning 3-1 away to Poole Town, as the goals of Justin Bennett led the way. In 2012-13, the club matched the feat of 1980-81 by reaching the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup.

The run ended in a replay against Slough Town before league form picked up to again reach the play-offs. Boro did it the hard way by winning away to Stourbridge and then defeating Hemel Hempstead Town at Adeyfield on penalties to reach the Conference South.

In 2013-14, Boro eventually finished in twelfth position, but it was in the FA Trophy that the team excelled. Wins against Dorchester Town, Concord Rangers, Nuneaton Town, Hungerford Town, North Ferriby United, and then a semi-final victory over Havant & Waterlooville took them to the final.

Gosport went down 4-0 to Cambridge United at Wembley in front of an attendance of 18,120. The following season saw further glory; this time in the FA Cup. Boro reached the first round for the first time before losing 6-3 at home to Colchester United in front of over 2,000 fans.

The team went on to finish just outside the play-off places in the Conference South season of 2014-15, before the competition was retitled as the National League South. Financial problems in 2015-16 led to players departing and the club being hit with an embargo.

Among those to go was legendary striker Bennett. The troubles continued into the 2016-17 as a potential financial backer pulled out. The club was to be hit with four winding-up orders from HMRC throughout the season. A traumatic campaign ended in relegation back to the Southern League.

Pike was sacked in September 2017, after a dozen years as manager, with Boro sitting bottom of the Premier Division. His former assistant, Mick Catlin, took over at the helm. The former Portsmouth chairman, Iain McInnes, took control of the club a few months later and reinstalled Pike as manager.

The team's form didn’t improve, despite the returning boss being able to bring in players. He was sacked for a second time in March 2018 as striker Rowan Vine was put in temporary charge, while the HMRC threatened to dissolve the club at the end of the season if accounts weren’t forthcoming.

Gosport survived relegation on the final day of the season before Ryan Northmore was appointed as manager in May 2018. However, the new man decided to resign within a month after his Colombian wife was refused entry into the UK. Experienced and well-travelled striker Craig McAllister was appointed as player-manager, with Matt Tubbs, a man of similar credentials, coming in as assistant. 

The Southern League added a secondary top flight, with Gosport being placed in Premier Division South. Boro escaped relegation on the last day of the 2018-19 season, leading to the appointment of Lee Molyneaux as manager. He departed in June 2020 to be replaced by Shaun Gale, who lasted until November 2022 in the post. 

He was eventually succeeded by head coaches Pat Suraci and Joe Lea. Their side reached the playoffs in 2023-24, losing in their semifinal clash with Salisbury. They headed to Poole Town to be replaced by the duo of Danny Hollands and Glen Howes in January 2025, with Howes taking sole control from the following October.

Simon Lane was appointed as Borough boss in May 2026.

Gosport Borough FC will play in the Southern League Premier Division South in the 2026-27 season.

My visit

Gosport Borough 3 Hendon 1 (Saturday 24th November 2018) Southern League Premier Division South (att: 201)

I’d arrived back in the UK on a cold, dark, and damp Friday lunchtime after a couple of weeks in the beautiful weather of Thailand. Despite that, I was desperately keen to follow Hendon to another new ground on my tick list. I must have been keen, or else I’d have had an extra day or so in the heat. 

Steve Barnes was also up for the trip, and he had kept his eyes on any possible disruptions on the train owing to the continuing strikes on South West Trains. I’d tried to reacclimatise with a few pints, a good feed, and a long kip on my return before heading to Wetherspoons in Kingsbury for a decent feed. I met Steve at the station at 9.30am as we headed to Waterloo, where I updated my Network Rail pass and bought the day’s tickets.

Some other regular Dons fans had related the tale of virtually empty trains on their trip to Salisbury a few weeks previously, as customers were put off by the strikes. It was the same on this occasion, as it was a case of choosing wherever you want. Steve proved to be a good travelling companion as ever, listening to my cricketing and Thai adventures while also trying to plan our real ale stops for the day. 

The journey was bang on time when we alighted at Portsmouth Harbour station. There was a bit of confusion regarding buying tickets for the Gosport Ferry, but we were soon crossing the water and finding the bus station ready for our real adventures to commence. I was soon in for an inadvertent surprise as we jumped off our first bus ride.

The stop was right outside Siam Thai Market, a shop selling Thai produce as well as selling and displaying Thai league football club shirts on the wall. The staff let me take a photo, which I got a good response to when I posted it on Facebook. A couple of doors along, we found the Four-Ale Taproom, where John Rogers, a fellow Hendon fan and reporter for the day, was already enjoying a pint. 

It was a decent enough establishment with the lass serving being bored rigid by a bloke talking about historical wars. We left them to take the Eclipse E2 bus to Station Road, where we found the Queen’s Arms. This pub had a magnificent traditional frontage, but was lacking in a choice of ale. After a pint, we decided to get our steps in for the day by walking along a footpath that was once a rail track.

It brought us out at the Junction Arms, where the welcome was warm and the beer in top nick, even with the limited options. A fella, who I presumed was a Gosport fan, recognised my Hendon scarf. We sat with him. It turned out that Andy was a Lewes fan who formerly ran the Gardeners Arms, an excellent boozer that Steve and I had enjoyed visiting around a year earlier. 

He was in absolute awe when I mentioned that my mate was the publican of the Wenlock Arms for many years. It was like a pub deity.  Andy, like many football fans over 50, had fallen out of love with the professional game. For many years, he never missed a Swindon Town game, but a mixture of overpaid egotistical players, admission prices, and dodgy owners had taken its toll. He now groundhopped non-league games.

Our new friend went on his way while we decided to have another beer; such was its quality. The landlady rang us a cab and a friendly Indian cricket mad driver dropped us at the gates of Privett Park for just £3.20 ten minutes before kick off. Admission was £10, which included a basic four-page programme. 

A more comprehensive issue could be downloaded from the club website free of charge. It was an initiative that a few clubs seemed to be favouring. The weather was closing in, with the predicted heavy rain beginning to fall, as well as the winds picking up. I grabbed a bacon cheeseburger with onions and Bovril for a very reasonable £4.40 before we took shelter in the Main Stand.

This magnificent raised wooden seated structure was the showpiece of Privett Park. The pillars obstructed one or two views, but it exuded character and had a warmth that the smaller modern seated structure on the far side could only dream of. Both ends were predominantly open flat standing, save for some cover provided with a lean-to roof on the side of the clubhouse at the Privett Road End of the ground. 

It was a neat and tidy venue, if a little open at the Park End to the winds. Hendon set off in the game like a house on fire with the diagonal cross-pitch wind in their favour. The conditions were to make it difficult for both sides. Danny Boness, in the Don's goal, struggled with a punch. It fell to Sam Lanahan, whose effort was blocked close in.

Then the visitors took control. Pat O'Flaherty was to make the first of several fine stops when he denied Shaun Lucien in seven minutes. The same player was denied shortly after from twenty-five yards as the custodian completed his save at the second attempt. Connor Calcutt and Ricardo German both bought the best out of O’Flaherty as he produced fine low saves. 

We felt that Hendon had to take advantage while they could, taking into consideration the slightly favourable conditions and their dominance. Hendon’s in-form Shaquille Hippolyte-Patrick was fortunate not to be booked for a blatant dive, while his teammate Lucien perhaps paid the penalty of the inconsistency of referee Stu Kyle when he was blatantly brought down by a defender in the box but received a yellow card for supposed simulation.

Lucien saw O’Flaherty keep him out for a third time before the keeper somehow managed to deal with a Taishan Griffith cross. Boro’s player-manager Craig McAllister and then Lanahan responded for efforts as the hosts began to get into the game. German was correctly cautioned for an act of petulance in kicking the ball away. 

Tony Lee saw Boness punch away a fierce effort before Hippolyte-Patrick opened the scoring seven minutes before the interval with a good low shot that skipped off the wet surface from outside the box. The advantage lasted less than two minutes before Luke Tingey slipped in the box to allow McAllister to finish expertly. 

Somehow Lee put a simple chance wide following another Tingey slip as the match followed a similar pattern to Hendon’s game at Salisbury a few weeks before. The ref failed to book Lee for kicking the ball away in the same fashion as German to raise the ire of the Dons bench. At the break, we went for a wander and had a look inside the vibrant clubhouse before taking a seat in the newer stand for the second period with other away fans.

McAllister nearly made it 2-1 when he really should have scored with a header shortly after the restart. Patrick Suraci saw a free kick brilliantly saved by Boness as Gosport turned up the pressure against a Hendon defence missing a couple of regular centre-backs.

Joe Lea came close for Boro before they inevitably took the lead as Boness badly misjudged a long ball, to allow it to bounce over his head, where Lee followed up to tap into an empty net. While it was a blow, it wasn’t good to see one or two too many Hendon players' heads drop.

With twenty minutes remaining, Gosport had a goal disallowed for the second time in the game before Lee saw an effort come back off the bar as Hendon manager Jimmy Gray made a couple of substitutions to little effect. Eventually, the pressure deservedly told in the last few minutes of the game when lively sub Ryan Pennery laid the ball square for Suraci to finish at the back post. 

We headed round towards the exit past the cock a hoop home fans who were relieved to see their side win after five consecutive losses. The Gosport fans were passionate, knowledgeable, and fair, from those we came across. I managed to have a spat on Twitter with someone who only went occasionally and was mainly a Pompey fan, but saw fit to try and wind me up. Wrong person in the wrong mood, I’m afraid.

We caught a bus back into the town centre, catching up with Andy again, who offered a fair and accurate summary of proceedings. Steve had located somewhere to cheer the pair of us up, even if it did take a bit of finding! The Fallen Acorn Brewing Co. was in a cul-de-sac on a small industrial estate. It served the public on a weekend inside the actual brewery. 

We enjoyed a good chat and a couple of pints. The only issue was that the building needed to be cold, and I was already wet from the game and adjusting after my holiday. We took the ferry back into Portsmouth in driving rain. The Ship Anson was busy, including the East Cowes Victoria FC squad awaiting their ferry back to the Isle of Wight, and wasn’t offering anything too exciting beer-wise, so we headed to The Old Customs House.

This was a fine Fuller's house in the redeveloped Gunwharf Quays. Again, it was very busy, but the ale was good, and we got warm. Finally, we braved the conditions to walk along Park Road, where memories of seeing Hampshire’s final county cricket game in the city came flooding back.

We were very damp when we entered the Brewhouse and Kitchen on Guildhall. We managed to get some seats to enjoy the ale that was brewed on the premises. It was soon time to walk up the street and catch the London-bound train at Portsmouth & Southsea station. I’d comment on the journey back, but to be honest, I remember very little of it. 

The jet lag, weather, and booze had taken effect, and I was shattered, sleeping much of it. I must have been done for, as I even turned down a nightcap back in Kingsbury! Summing up, it was a top day out in good company in some excellent pubs, spoiled by a shocking hour on the pitch by Hendon, but that’s football! Well played, Gosport. 

Broadfields United

Broadfields United FC is a non-league club based in Harrow, northwest London, that was formed in 1993 and joined the Southern Olympian League from their Broadfields Sports & Social Club base on Headstone Lane.

The club soon grew, running many Saturday and Sunday teams, with United winning Division Four of the Southern Olympian League in 1994-95, moving to join Division One of the Middlesex County League.

Division One was renamed the Senior Division, with Broadfields winning the title in 1996-97, winning promotion to the Premier Division. After two bottom finishes in consecutive seasons, United left the league before returning for the 2007-08 campaign, after the devastation of fire to the club’s complex.

‘The Fighting Cocks’ were placed in Division One West, before winning promotion to the Premier Division in 2008-09 under manager Chris Webster. The club left the Middlesex League again in 2009-10 before returning to the Premier Division the following season with Dene Gardner in charge of the side.

Ryan Duffy was appointed manager for the 2011-12 season, going on to win the Premier Division Cup. The trophy was retained the following season. Duffy’s team finished fourth in the Premier Division in 2014-15.

Preston Park, Harefield. Where Broadfield were previously tenants

An injury-time Sam Horan goal against Cricklewood Wanderers led to United winning promotion to Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League, while midfielder James Brophy was snapped up by Swindon Town.

United became tenants of Harefield United at Preston Park, with Mark Barham joining the club coaching staff before taking over as manager in 2016-17, with Broadfields lifting the Middlesex Premier Cup after victory over Hillingdon Borough.

The Middlesex Premier Cup was retained in 2017-18 after defeating Harefield United in the final, with United finishing in fourth place in the league. Liam Bird took over as manager in the summer of 2018.

The team continued their ascendancy and won promotion to the Premier Division in 2018-19 as runners-up behind landlords Harefield United. The 2019-20 season ended early owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, with Broadfields sitting in seventeenth place.

The club tied up a deal to move nearer their traditional base to share the artificial surface at Tithe Farm with Rayners Lane from the start of the 2020-21 season, which again ended early with United near the bottom of the table once again. 

David Fox came in as manager just after Christmas in 2021, before Sunny Tailor took over the reins from March 2023, initially being joined by Ryan Duffy. This was during the Fighting Cocks first season as a Combined Counties League club after a sideways move.

Broadfields United FC will play in the Combined Counties League Premier Division North in the 2026-27 season.

My visits

At Preston Park, Harefield

Broadfields United 2 Edgware Town 0 after extra time (Sunday 16th September 2018) FA Vase Second Round Qualifying (att: c100)

It was a lovely, if windy day as I awoke after my night shift around 1pm. I’d contemplated heading to Lord’s for the National Village Knock Out Final, featuring Folkton & Flixton CC from the outskirts of Scarborough.

It was tempting, but I knew that it would be a very ‘social’ day. Work restricted me from partaking in drinks, and I knew I could easily become rattled if tired and sober around those imbibing, especially if it led to high jinks.

I’d have only caught the second innings anyway, so I decided upon the alternative of some beautiful scenery, exercise, and to cheer on Edgware Town, who had an affinity with as joint tenants of Silver Jubilee Park.

A bus and tube took me to Northwood station, from where I caught the 331 bus in the nick of time for the pleasant route to Harefield, from where I walked a few hundred metres down Breakspear Road North to Preston Park.

The clubhouse was busy on arrival. I had a quick chat with two fellow ‘hoppers’ from Northampton over a quick drink before paying £6 admission, including a programme to enter the ground.

Preston Park looked in beautiful nick. The wide pitch looked pristine but would later prove to be a little firm and have a few bobbles under the lush green covering. I was about to have a walk around when I came across another familiar face.

Mishi Morath, the loyal Dulwich Hamlet fan, also fancied this match. We had a good chat about all things Hendon and Hamlet, the new divisions we found our teams in, and the infamous play-off final from the previous May.

Harefield United’s PA man had received some uncomplimentary reviews on the Non-League Matters website in the past. The same fella was on the mic for Broadfields. The substitutes received a reprimand from him for warming up on the pitch before the game.

The ground had two warm-up pitches outside the main arena. Before kick-off, our announcer made a few mistakes when trying to read out the two teams. Some of the foreign names had him struggling! He then gave the good news that extra programmes had been sourced for those who’d missed out.

There were plenty of familiar faces in the crowd as Wares started slightly the better of the sides. The visitors plied their trade in the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League, one above the hosts.

A good move put in Edgware’s Onalolu Onabolu, but his low shot was kept out by the feet of United keeper Matt Faley, before both sides squandered chances with the ball finding the high netting behind the goals.

A diligent Broadfields' official was busy counting the crowd in small sections and writing it down. An Edgware fan suggested we keep moving to bolster the gate and their half of the receipts!

In thirteen minutes, Wares stopper Sam Irish made a fine save from a powerful Ronny Mfinda effort. The game was becoming stretched from an early stage in warm conditions, with both sides stringing some nice moves together.

Edgware boss Fergus Moore shouted instructions from the bench as though he was kicking every ball. His counterpart, Liam Bird, barked his order rather more vociferously and with much less subtlety.

Just before the half-hour mark, Broadfields mounted an excellent fast move, but Dene Gardner dragged his effort wide. The teams cancelled each other out for the remainder of the half, when I grabbed a cuppa from inside the bar.

The second half became rather scrappy with lots of poor ball retention, not helped by the firm surface. It mirrored the Aylesbury United v Marlow game I’d seen seven days previously, which coincidentally featured teams also playing in green and white, and all blue.

The hosts began to gain the upper hand, with Rex Kimona seeing his shot saved by Irish after being put in by Mfinda. Faley scuffed a clearance at the other end, redeeming himself by tipping over a shot from Wares’ Tomasz Siemiemzuck.

A foray from the Fighting Cocks full back Paul Sommer saw his low cross attempted to be put in by a combination of Mfinda and Kimona, but they made a bit of a hash of the opportunity.

An excellent long low ball from the hosts' other full back, Damion Cruickshank, sent in Kiona, who blasted his effort high over the bar when in on goal. The game looked destined for extra time, with half-chances being wasted.

A huge scramble in the United six-yard box somehow saw the ball kept out by several defenders and the keeper as Edgware seemed certain to break the deadlock with five minutes remaining.

United wasted the best chance of the game in the last few minutes after skipper Harry Henry had a shot saved by Irish. Mfinda put the rebound over from just eight yards. The decent referee Thomas Baines blew his whistle for full-time shortly after to signal extra time.

The intrepid announcer continued to amuse himself, but not many others, by giving out the West Ham score and generally waffling on. It was a great excuse to put my earplugs in and listen to the live game, although Dion Dublin's punditry made that tiresome after a while.

Broadfields' ascendancy continued when Sam Horan saw his cross bounce off the top of the Edgware bar before the visitors got a foothold and produced their best spell of the encounter without creating a clear-cut chance aside from Onabolu hitting the side netting.

United went ahead just before the turnaround when Irish dropped a corner. The ball eventually fell to Kimona. The keeper got a good hand on the shot but could not keep it out. Players were becoming tired in the second period as the one goal looked like it would decide the tie.

Cruickshank put any doubts to bed late on as he summoned the energy to go on a fantastic long run, playing a one-two with a colleague before hammering the ball across into the far corner to make it 2-0.

Edgware’s day was summed up when substitute Rio Beach miscued a pass that inadvertently found fellow replacement Stanley Anum, whose weak effort was gathered at the second attempt by Faley. United thoroughly deserved to progress.

There was quite a bit of time before my return bus, so I walked into the centre of the pretty village to grab some water and relax, taking in the scene. I had a chat with the Northants fraternity and Mishi at the bus stop before my return journey, in time for some shut-eye before work.

Details of my visits to Preston Park for Harefield United can be seen here.

At Tithe Farm, Rayners Lane

Broadfields Utd 0 Oxhey Jets 3 (Thursday 20th February 2020) Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division (att: 68)

Rayners Lane offered Broadfields a temporary home as their shared ground with Harefield United was underwater following the recent storms. I’d been meaning a return visit to Tithe Farm for a few months, so this offered a good opportunity.

It was better than ideal, as it was the first of two rest days from work. It was a blustery evening as I stepped out into the night sky and made my way by tube and then the H12 bus, which dropped me near where the gate used to be.

Things had changed since my previous visit. New blocks of flats were against the road. The entrance was now around the corner, past a small-sided court and the car park where the clubhouse previously stood.

A new two-storey building had gone up with a gym and community facilities upstairs and a bar downstairs, along with offices and changing rooms. I paid my five-pound admission plus another quid for a decent programme before heading to the bar.

A couple of United officials commented that there may be confusion, as some paid to go into the ground and then enter the bar at the front like I did, while others were going straight to the bar and may go out the front into the ground without paying.

Inside the bar, I found Bob, a regular Hendon home and away mate, and another gent I recognised from other local venues. Another good pal, Lee Cousins, was also inside getting ready to play pool.

He was with friends and family who were playing an away game in the league at the venue, so it turned into a nice social occasion to sit alongside the match. The bar was certainly neat, with two pool tables, multiple dart boards, and a large screen showing live football.

The complex opened at normal times, so it was doing well from local residents becoming regulars. My only slight disappointment was the lack of hand-pulled ale and a poor selection of bottles as an alternative, but it was top class aside from that.

The new 3G pitch looked to be of good quality with its smart fence surround. An area of open seating had been retained out the front, while the stand on the far side had been upgraded and named in honour of Tom Lynn and Tony Pratt.

Broadfield came into the game at the foot of the table following their promotion the previous campaign, with Oxhey sat in mid-table. The Jets started off on the front foot as top scorer Reece Cameron burst forward, but misjudged his square pass to top scorer Reece Cameron, which allowed the ‘home’ defence to snuff out the danger.

Jets continued to push forward, but Broadfield played their part two. Their big forward went close on a couple of occasions and hit the woodwork. I didn’t recognise who it was as I was enjoying a decent game, which was played at a good pace.

It was also being played in a decent competitive spirit until about ten minutes before the interval. It could have been argued that referee Chay Hathway had been a little lenient up to that point.

A rash tackle went in on Jets midfielder Nick Kerley, who had to be replaced. The Oxhey bench was incandescent with rage that Mr. Hathway only showed a yellow card. Two minutes later, it was the turn of the Broadfields bench to go spare.

Cameron went up with a defender in an aerial challenge, who went to the ground screaming and indicating that he thought he’d been elbowed. The forward tried to appeal his innocence. Another yellow was shown. Personally, I think both cards were of the correct colour, but that’s the beauty of neutrality.

At the break, I retired to the bar with the score blank for a Guinness and to catch up with Lee, who’d watched little bits when not involved with the pool. It was he who’d spotted the identity of the big Broadfields striker.

It was former Hendon and Edgware Town player Tyriq Hunt who I’d seen bag a hat-trick for North Leigh in their FA Cup tie at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos at the start of the season. I should have spotted him a mile away with his unique gait.

Jets opened the scoring three minutes after the break when Jamie Speer saw his shot come back off the post with Andrew Brennan following up to smash home. It was 2-0 shortly after when a long-range shot was spilled by keeper Mike Anguzu, with Andre Lopes capitalising on the mistake to pounce.

The frustration was too much for Hunte, who was sin-binned for his protestations for ten minutes. He came along the touchline to stay warm with stretches and had a nice chat. However, Tyriq played he always had a smile on his face. He was a thoroughly nice young man.

That said, he needed to get himself fit and lose some weight. He’d piled it on since I’d last seen him. His team could have done with his assistance as Jets continued to dominate and saw two efforts of their own come back off the frame of the goal.

The first went in near the end of the match as Cameron hit his twenty-first goal of the season, again after Anguzu could not hold the initial shot to make it 3-0. I headed off for a bus shortly after and heard the full-time whistle before boarding.

I later read that Eddie O’Connor, veteran of 830 Jets appearances, nominated Cameron as his man of the match just ahead of teammate Giordmaina. I tended to agree with his decision. Meanwhile, I headed back to JJ Moons at Kingsbury for a few pints and to catch up with my pal Steve Barnes to round off an excellent evening.