The Retro File: Bromley FC 14/15 - The Season the Circus Came to Town

The 2014/15 season was a very significant one in Bromley Football Club’s storied history. For the first time since the creation of the Football Conference in 1979, the Ravens won promotion to the top tier of non-league football. But stylish performances on the pitch masked a tragicomic soap opera playing out behind the scenes.

One of the club’s greatest achievements coincided with a self-inflicted brush with financial disaster. Could the club be saved? Strap yourself in and relive the 14/15 season in all of its conflicted glory.

This was Mark Goldberg’s Bromley FC. The self-taught manager’s entertaining style of play had Hayes Lane abuzz, but a defensive naivety often undermined his sides. This was no more apparent than in Bromley’s 4-1 aggregate loss to Ebbsfleet United in the Conference South play-off semi-final the previous season. So close, and yet so far.