Division Six campaign starts with win

1 September 1996, Division Six at RAF Lyneham

RAF Lyneham 1 KMLC FC 4

Unusually the season started with a league game and not a Knockout Cup defeat! There were three new names in the squad - Gary Payne and Phil Hobbs would go on to have distinguished Kylie careers,  (Gary would manage the club with distinction later in its life leading them to two Chairman's Cup Finals), Dave Hector didn't.

With Big Al absent and Garratt having injured a shoulder in the close season the versatile Neil Summers was between the sticks. Swatty scored two shared the MVP award with Gary. 'Hobbit's' debut must have been less impressive as he won spoons.


Summers
Carpenter, Woolford, M.Warr, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Hobbs
Swatridge, Payne
Sub: Hector for Hobbs, Garratt

Goals: Swatridge 2, Gould p, og


MVP: Swatridge, Payne
Spoons: Hobbs


Next match - 8 September in the Cup against old rivals Akers