St. Boniface

September 2009

Simon Laidley, Levi Preston, Mathew Carter, Paul Jones, James Gray, Ben Fowler, Andy 'Rowie' Rowe.
Kevin Walsh, David 'Disco' Collett, Jimmy Cutler, Clive Haslam, Paul 'Yeos' Yeoman.

Ground: Lion Farm Playing Fields, Oldbury - Entrance: Brunel Rd off Newbury Lane
Directions:
Click Here or Here - Post Code of Ground: B69 1JD

Secretary: James Gray - Kick-Off: 10.30am

First Team Colours: Red and Blue Striped Shirts, Blue Shorts and Socks
Second Team Colours: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts and Blue Socks
Honours: Division Two Winners 1998
League Player of the Year
League Top Scorer
2010
Jimmy Cutler
2010
Jimmy Cutler 23
2009
Jimmy Cutler
2009
Ogochukwu Obiakor 22
2008
Matt Mogg and Ogochuku Obiakor
2008
Chris Dowen 5
2007
Russell Burden and Rob Mapp
2007
Mark Hughes and Mitchell Solomon 6
2006
Paul Cliff
2006
Rob Mapp 9
2005
Scott Ellis and Mark Kenkre
2005
Matt Adams 5
Years active: 1996-2010

Potted History: St Boniface first entered the league back in 1996 when we used to have too few teams in the league for two divisions but too many for one. Everyone played each other once and then the league split in two. St B's competed well during this period, reaching a Cup semi-final and winning Division Two. Results and performances waned and they dropped out of Division One in 2001 but were back a year later despite finishing fifth in Division Two in 2002. But it only lasted a year. They endured a difficult year in 03/04 and scored only five points. This was followed by the wooden spoon in 04/05, when WMCFL was in the dolldrums with only 16 clubs in the League.

St Boniface's fortunes fared better in the following three seasons but ended all three years towards the bottom of the league. However, 2008/9 was a vast improvement. Once again St B's got to the semi-final of the Cup and were promoted back into Division One, finishing a narrow second to Wolves and Perton. They were also only out-scored by St Mary's who played two more games and Champions Church, run-away winners of Division Three.

Sadly, 2009/10 was the Bee's last. There were some highlights not least of which was beating Clarendon, who eventually won the league. Perhaps this was an indication of their potential. Jimmy Cutler was Division One's top scorer with 23 goals. They also got through to the quarter finals of the League Cup only to be knocked out by Selly Oak.


August 2008

Back Row: Kevin Walsh (Manager), Kevin Wilks, Simon Adams, Si Laidley, Paul Jones, Rob Mapp, Sam Reader, Levi Preston.
Front Row: Jason Walsh, Jimmy Cutler, James Gray (Sec/assistant manager), John (surname ?), Paul Yeomans, Chris Dowen, David Collett.

2006 Photo
2005 Photo