Page 5 - Deal Round Up September 2019

The Three Horseshoes

A great, friendly, traditional pub in Great Mongeham where you
will find a warm welcome from
Landlords Rachel and Johnny.
01304 379216
POOL TABLE - DART BOARDS
and all football matches
shown on HD screens

BOOKINGS - Now Being Taken For; GARDEN PARTIES - WEDDINGS
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR ALL AGES - CHRISTENINGS -
ANNIVERSARIES - (A Small Deposit Secures)
The Above Includes; Free Use Of Garden Facilities.
(Bring Your Own Food Or We Can Supply)
Children Have Free Use Of;
BOUNCY CASTLE - SLIDES - SWINGS - TRAMPOLINE
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
PLEASE PHONE TO BOOK

for promotion. Nothing beats that feeling on the season’s opening day. Watching a raft of new
signings take to the pitch, reconnecting with old friends after a long summer away and of
course, tucking into a pre (and sometimes even post-match) pie.
Personally, I feel as though this excitement at the start of the
season is amplified in Non-League, more so than in the country’s
higher divisions.
Open any sports publication over the next few weeks and you
will be treated to page after page of Premier League previews,
analysing to the finest detail every single signing, formation and
style of play that a team could possibly adopt. Sure it can be
interesting but it means that when the season kicks off there are no unknown quantities.
In Non-League the opposite is true. There is a reason why the overall conclusion of every
single league is so hard to call, from down at the bottom of the pyramid to right up in the
National League.
Of course we go to great lengths to preview the leagues and over the past few weeks we
have brought out a lot of material looking ahead to the upcoming campaign but in truth there
are just so many aspects which make the new Non-League season so unpredictable. With
unproven new signings, previously unknown managers and even entirely new squads taking
to the field, nothing can beat the start of the Non-League season for excitement!
Another Channel Island club!
It was brilliant to see new Step 6 side Jersey Bulls take to the field for their first ever professional
match at the weekend. They have followed Guernsey to become the second Channel Island
club to enter the Non-League pyramid. Having spoken extensively to Guernsey manager Tony
Vince over the last few years I have become well accustomed to the huge logistical challenges
that are involved with running a side just a matter of 508 kilometres from the French coast.
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