The Old Bordenian Association

The current five a side season finished for the Old Bordenians Veterans on 1st May. We believe that we finished 6th out of 8 teams in division 2 which is not bad for a team consisting of players largely over the age of 50. More accurately, it’s not bad for a team consisting of large players over the age of 50. Having spent most of the season at the bottom of the table we had a good run towards the end of the season and picked up quite a few points and I think 6th place is about right.

The reason that we cannot be certain of our final position is that the League is still in turmoil following the mid season resignation of the one man who ran the whole thing. One of his roles was to update the website tables but those who stepped in to administer the League until the end of the season haven’t got around to doing that yet; nor have they provided a league table since February. So we’re all in the dark but all will become clear at the AGM in a couple of weeks time. We can then post the final Division 1 and 2 leagues onto this website.

We added yet another two father/son combination to the squad this season in the form of Mark and Kit Spree with Julian Cork being persuaded by his father, Cliff Cork, to join us. However, we are also likely to lose a couple of players in the close season including our goalkeeper (shot knees and stiff back from picking the ball out of the net). So we are on the look- out for a new ‘keeper and one or two outfield players to bring our squad up to 10 for next season which will be enough to mount a strong challenge domestically and, in the unlikely event of a major administrative catastrophe by UEFA, in Europe.

We have added a few younger players in the squad and so will drop the ‘Veterans’ tag and play as Old Bordenians ‘B’ in division 2 with the ‘A’ team continuing to play in Division 1. The new season starts in September and anyone interested in joining either team can call me on 07776 256526.

Keith Shea