Thursday, 2 May 2013

Captains' Corner - 3rd XI - Returning to the scene of the crime! - by Robbie Cooke


Last year’s relegation from division 5 was a bittersweet one. The euphoria of bravely dragging ourselves out of the relegation zone with the last ball of the season (complete with the Chairman’s promise that we’d be staying up!!) was quickly dulled by news in the off-season that league logistics were sending us down whether we liked it or not.

But fear not! The drop to Div 6 of course sees the 3’s return to the scene of arguably their finest hour (just don’t tell Murray I said that), when we took the league by storm in a season where most predicted a mid-table position at best.

That means there’s plenty to be excited about. Some old heads remain, some older heads return, and some youngsters are bound to be knocking on the door of greater things......

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