Le Bien, Le Mal
20.07.22, 14:44 Updated 11.06.25, 17:23
Heading into the 2022/23 season, Bromley are preparing for their seventh consecutive National League campaign. That in itself is something worth celebrating. If you’d told me twenty years ago that this would be the case, I would’ve questioned your sanity.
Back in 2002, we were preparing for our fourth season in Division One of the Ryman League. But, for the first time in years, there was a sense of optimism that things were starting to improve and that we might even challenge for promotion back to the Ryman Premier.
Jerry Dolke had taken over as owner in 2001 and manager Stuart McIntyre had assembled a squad with a decent mixture of youth and experience. Danny Harwood and Chuck Martini were battling it out for the number one slot, veteran Mark Harris was at the back alongside a young Joe Vines, teenage talisman Adolph Amoako was leading the line with Wade Falana, and the wicked wing wizard Kirk Watts was tearing it up out wide.
Although promotion would prove to be a bridge too far that season, the team did win the London Senior Cup, our first trophy since 1997, with a 1-0 win over Ford United. This was the beginning of the rise to where we find ourselves today.
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