Broxbourne Borough V & E F.C.

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Broxbourne Borough
Victoria & Elm
Full name Broxborune Borough Victoria & Elm
Football Club
Nickname(s) Boro
Founded 1959 (as Somersett)
Ground Goffs Lane,
Broxbourne
Manager Tony Faulkner
League Spartan South Midlands League
Premier Division
2006-07 Spartan South Midlands League League
Premier Division, 8th

Broxbourne Borough Victoria & Elm F.C. is a football club based in Broxbourne, England. They changed their name from Somersett Ambury V & E in 2002. Currently they are members of the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division.

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[edit] History

The club was formed in 1959 as Somersett F.C. by alumni of Chace Boys School, in Enfield, and played in the Edmonton Youth Saturday League for the first two seasons, finishing bottom on both occasions, and failing to win a match. in 1961, the club joined the Enfield Alliance Football League. In 1975, the club accepted an invitation to join the V & E Youth Club Centre at their present site in Goffs Lane, Cheshunt. In 1982, Cheshunt Rangers F.C. merged with the club. In 1989, the club joined the McMullens League. In 1991, Ambury FC, a Premier Division team from the Sunday Brooke Waltham League, merged with Somersett to become Somersett Ambury Victoria & Elm F.C., then known locally as SAVE F.C. In 1993, the club joined the Herts. Senior League, and, in 1997, the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division.

[edit] Ground

Their Goffs Lane ground was featured in David Bauckham's book Dugouts, with particular attention drawn to its enormous ten-seat wooden dugouts. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bauckham, David (2006). Dugouts. New Holland. ISBN 1-8453-7478-9. 

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