1996/97 Moving On

It was the last time a few players ran out for the Kylies this season...

Kevin Kibble
A stalwart of the five-a-side days and assistant manager (or assistant to the manager), his KMLC career was dogged by injuries. Eleven appearances and three goals in 1994/95 shrank to two starts and three substitute appearances the season after and it was just two shows from the bench in 1996/97. Those returns don't do his contribution or his skills justice.

Chris Howell
After being around the team since 1991 and the second Kenilworth Cup, Chris played just twice this season. I can't remember why he stopped playing - getting married and settling down perhaps. Sixteen games and one goal in our first season, thirteen and another goal in the second. Chris was an energetic and fun presence on the left-side of midfield and defence.

Steve Kelly
The youngest, quietest member of the team, Steve led the line with Swatty in our first season when Kevin was absent. That first campaign was a struggle but he looked better at the start of the second season when hitting a hat-trick against Swindon Ambulance. He took his tally to six but the goals dried up and Watty knocked him down the order. He left to start a team with his friends. We wished him well.

Simon Williams
'Tanboy' had made a big impression during the second half of the previous season and looked at home in the Kylie midfield. It was just three run-outs this term though, all coming in the first five games, before he decided to concentrate on young man stuff like staying out late on Saturdays and his tan. Something like that anyway.

Dave Hector
Dave's one and only season for the Kylies lasted seven games and was over by early November. He thought he was better than we thought he was. It was a difference of opinion. It happens. He did get on the scoresheet though, in our first ever cup win over Kempsford in the Chairman's.