Seasons Past - With John Walker

This Edition Focuses on Season 2008/09

This is the second in the second series of historical records, highlighting this time the first season at our new Rowley Park stadium depicting both the highs and the lows in the recent proud history of the Club. It was the most notable season since our FA Cup run in 1966 as we moved to our spanking new premises at the new Rowley Park marked by a grand opening ceremony with the local MP Jonathan Djanogly as our guest of honour. Then in March under the glare of Regional television cameras we showcased former Northern Ireland International (45 caps) Steve Lomas as our player/manager. However, overall it was a disappointing season in the league as we slumped to seventeenth in the final table, but it was a season rich in Cup triumphs for we finished with three trophies – the Hinchingbrooke Cup (first team) and a County double of the Scott Gatty and Benevolent Cups (reserve team). Our first home league match saw us defeat Newport Pagnell 3-0 with two goals from Pete Okechukwu and a third from Luigi Rocco.

League: UCL Premier Division

Final League position: 17/21

League playing record: P40 W12 D7 L21 F66 A75 pts 43

Cup playing record: P16 W11 D0 L5 F47 A22

Steve Lomas faced a nightmare start to his first ever period in management as St Neots lost four of their first five league games under his stewardship. Our disappointing league performance was down to travel sickness – we won only four out of twenty away league matches.

Our Hinchingbrooke Cup Final 3-2 victory over St Ives Town compensated for a 0-2 Huntingdonshire Premier Cup Final defeat by Langford (a repeat of the 1987 final match before leaving Shortsands!)

The Reserve side finished sixth in a competitive highest UCL Reserve Division as well as picking up those two County FA trophies.

Our leading scorers were as follows:

·Pete Okechukwu 16

·Declan Rogers 12

·Matt Kenneford 11

·James Hall 10

·Luke Knight 9

·Chris Johnson 7

·Jamie Steele 6

Our Manager for the final two months of the season was Steve Lomas

John Walker