Poole Borough Football Club
Season 2006/07

THE SEASON

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Award Winners

	Supporter's & Manager's Player of the Year: Dan Young
	First Team Players Player of the Year: John Bates
	Young Player of the Year: Kieran Mulvey
	First Team Top Goalscorer: James Stickland (7 goals)
	Second Team Manager's Player of the Year: Dan Cockwell
	Second Team Player's Player of the Year: Ollie Carvell
	Second Team Most Consistant Player: Chris Lyth
	Second Team Top Goal Scorer: Dillon Hooper (9 goals)
	Vetrans Player of the Year: Neil Cuff
	Brian Lamb Clubperson of the Year: Tracy Smith

(vs Hamworthy Rec. 21/01/07) Back Row: Jason Phillips, Paul Getley, Simon Linard, John Bates,
Andy Barham, Sean Hebdon, Ross Mills, Dillon Hooper, Giles Kilshawe. Front Row: Paul Harding,
Lee Thomas, Darren Rudd, Matt Morris, Doug Shear, Steve Russell, Dan Young.

Dorset Premier League Table & Statistics

Second Team Line-up

Poole Borough Reserves – Dorset Senior Trophy Winners 2006/07
Back Row: Dall Fletcher (Manager), Kieran Campbell, Elliott Broome, Stuart Macfarlane,
Danny Chapple, Gary Chapple, Tony Firth, Ricky Mee, Neil Cuff (Assistant-Manager).
Front Row: Luke Murphy, Steve Russell, Ollie Carvell, Chris Lyth, Darren Rudd, Dan Cockwell.

Dorset County Reserve League - Table & Statistics

Season Round-Up

First Team

Giles Kilshawe and Jason Phillips took the reigns as joint managers at the start of the season and with the loss of both Tony White and David Perry to Holt United, bolstered the squad with bringing the experience of keeper Paul Hubbard, Simon Linard and Keith Middleton while James Stickland and John Bates both joined from Stourpaine.

Borough got off to an excellent start, picking up 13 out of a possible 18 points in their first six games including a superb 4-2 victory at eventual champions Westland Sports. But the teams fortunes turned in mid-September when Hubbard suffered a recurring injury to his shoulder following a challenge of a Portland striker, which forced his retirement and appeared to effect the confidence of the whole side

Then followed a run of six games without a win – three draws and three defeats, but only a 3-0 loss at home to Holt saw the Hornets out fought, with Borough suffering from a lack of the finishing touch in front of goal.

A single goal home win against Blandford in late October appeared to steady the side which was followed up by an easy win against Okeford in the Senior Cup, but Borough came back to earth with a bump the following Saturday as Portland served up a 5-0 defeat at the Grove in what would turn out to be the worse performance of the campaign.

At this stage a combination of poor weather and unfortunate circumstances saw Borough go nine weeks without a league game, although they held Wessex League neighbours until second half stoppage time in the Dorset Senior Cup before going down 2-0 in late November and overcame Cobham Sports in the Premier League Cup the week before Christmas. However the enforced break saw the Hornets struggle to get back in their stride and they went five games without a win, including going out of the Premier League Cup to Swanage in extra time before they finally chalked up their first victory of 2007 in a nine goal thriller at Bournemouth Sports.

With the side struggling for results, Giles Kilshawe volunteered to step down to Assistant Manager to allow Jason to have autonomy in decision making, but although the side extended their unbeaten run to three games, the fact that they struggled in front of goal meant despite dominating games they were unable to kill sides off.

However Borough did pick up their biggest win of the season with a 7-2 victory at Hamworthy United Reserves but the team’s inconsistency was in show the next weekend when the same Hammers side left Turlin Moor with a narrow victory.

The inconsistency was on show again the week later when Borough forced Westland Sports to fight all the way to secure the win they needed to lift the league title and the season was summed up in the final two games, which saw draws against both Swanage and Sturminster Marshall, with both sides levelling in injury time.

Despite finishing in a disappointing 12th position overall Borough will see the season as a landmark period, as the club finally took possession of part of the Turlin Moor pavilion and began work on establishing their own Club House after five years of negotiation and planning.

Reserves

After a season in the Dorset Senior League, Borough’s second string moved over to become inaugural members of the Dorset Reserve League, brainchild of Borough Secretary Giles Kilshawe. With Jason Phillips stepping up to jointly manage the first team, Dall Fletcher joined the club as Manager with former player Neil Cuff becoming his assistant.

The team made a good start, with three wins in the first four games, the only loss being at title favourites, Portland United, before two straight defeats at Gilingham and at home to Wincanton, both by a single goal left them mid-table.

Difficult circumstances to go into the first round of the Dorset Senior Trophy (for Reserve sides), but a Ricky Mee goal saw the Hornets overcome Sherborne Town at Turlin Moor. Borough were unable to build on their victory, as only one point was gained in the next three league games, before the next roung of the DST saw Portland United Reserves the visitors, who succumbed to goals from Mee and Danny Chappell.

However Borough were unable to maintain consistent form in the league with the weather taking its toll over December and January, seeing three dfeats in only four games played. Ad with only one game played in February, a 7-0 victory at home to Cobham it was another five weeks before the team travelled to Holt United in the DST Semi-final where they picked up a narrow 2-1 victory to see them into the final where they faced Chickerell United, who surprisingly beat Hamworthy United to progress.

Again though the cup form could not be maintained in the league and four straight defeats was poor preparation before eight days before the final Chickerell were the visitors to Turlin Moor, and the two finalists played out a 1-1 draw.

However is a well fought DST final at Dorchester Town there had to be a winner and although an early Dan Cockwell long range effort was cancelled out midway through the second half, a Kieran Campbell winner saw Borough lift the Trophy.

With the final behind them, seven points out of nine saw the League campaign finish on the up, although the Management Team were disappointed that the earlier inconsistent league form saw them finish ninth out of twelve