On Saturday Bromley begin their FA Cup campaign against Uxbridge, who have already won through two rounds to be here.
There was a time when the FA Cup came with added pressure, and early departure from the competition would mean inevitable cuts in the playing budget and high profile departures from the squad. Last season saw an end to that, as the owners were able to keep funding the team an despite our early exit at the hands of Heybridge Swifts, we stayed together and made the play offs. This season if the worst should happen on Saturday there looks like there will be no financial need for the scythe to fall again, although Mark Goldberg may well be tempted to send a few packing out on loan purely based on performance.
Uxbridge are currently in Southern League Division One Central, two levels below us, with nine points from as many games, but after stuttering past Burgess Hill and then the Heybridge loss last season we know that means very little. We have struggled at home so far this season, especially on Saturdays, but a good win this weekend would really help lift the spirits and keep the punters turning up in good numbers as they have so far, with the average crowd at over 800 this season.
We have met Uxbridge many times before in our Ryman League Division One days a decade ago, the most memorable in my mind being a 1-0 win in November of 2001, when Gary Drewitt curled in a superb effort on his debut to secure the club’s first win of the season.
I’d take a single goal victory again on Saturday to keep us in the grand old competition and the club moving forwards. After a week of near hysteria on forum and social media hopefully a united front and vocal support will help the players to do the trick and us all focusing back on what really matters.
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