What a season it was with all of the teams winning a trophy – 2 champions and 3 runners-up!
6-a-side League
Cobbetts again entered three teams in the 6-a-side league.
Dave Stubbs returned to running the ‘Ales’ team, taking over from Richard Greeves, after one season running the 9-a-side team. The team only managed 6th place last season but hoped for a much improved placing this year with the addition of some new faces to the squad. This was to be the case with the team taking the runners-up spot behind River Hamble.
The ‘Bees’ team also found itself with a new captain with Paul Bone taking over from Bernie Miles. The team was hoping for a quick return to Division 1 after their relegation last year. This was also achieved, although it was a little disappointing to just miss out on the title and end up equal 2nd with Muscliff Raiders. The play-off for the runners-up trophy and promotion was won 3-2.
The ‘Cubs” team was still under the captaincy of Graham Blake. There were some new faces in the team and they also hoped to be pressing for promotion from Division 3 West to Division 2. An excellent season saw the team take the title, 8 points clear of the runners-up.
- 6-a-side
- Division 1: Cobbetts Ales (Captain: Dave Stubbs)
- Division 2: Cobbetts Bees (Captain: Paul Bone)
- Division 3 West: Cobbetts Cubs (Captain: Graham Blake)
9-a-side League
It was great to get enough interest to be able to enter two teams this season. The 9-a-side A team was captained by Mark Robertshaw, who took over from Dave Stubbs who returned to running a 6-a-side team. We were pleased to see Janet Dalton agree to take on the role of 9-a side B team captain. Running a second team gave more of our newer players the opportunity of some league experience. The ‘A’ made a great start winning all 7 matches in the first half of the season including a win away to River Hamble. Unfortunately they couldn’t maintain this form and had to settle for runners-up behind River Hamble.
After the mid-season split, the ‘B’ team found themselves in Division 2 where they ended as joint champions with Fareham Acorns.
9-a-side
Division 1: Cobbetts A (Captain: Mark Robertshaw)
Division 1: Cobbetts B (Captain: Janet Dalton)