There’s just no stopping Frome Town. Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Didcot Town was their 25th League game without defeat, a run that stretches back to the end of October.
95 points and just two defeats from 37 Pitching In Southern League Division One South games tells its own story as they close in on the title.
One of the heroes of their successful campaign is George Dowling.
“I feel as though I’ve had a great season personally up until this point,” he told us. “I signed for Frome Town with one intention and that was to win this league and get this football club back to where it belongs.
“The fans deserve that more than anything else. In our changing room I’m one of the more senior lads and I’ve tried to carry out that responsibility as best I can by leading by example and implementing the experience I have into the younger lads and team itself.
“I think that no matter what the level, to win a league is huge and we’ve put ourselves in a position where it’s down to us to do so. I’m so excited to play the last five games and hopefully achieve something as a team we set out to do.
“Mathematically we’re almost there now and we’ll be doing everything possible to make that happen.
“Division One South this season has been so entertaining to play in; there are so many competitive teams. If you look at the table, there’s three or four teams fighting to get into the play-off places and at the other end of the table, there are a number of teams fighting to avoid relegation.
“There’s been no easy games this season and no result has been a given, so many times we’ve heard Frome will drop points here or there and we’ve gone about our business very professionally. It’s not been easy at times, but we have got the job done.
“The only target for myself for the rest of the season is to help the team win this league. I don’t set personal targets as such, this year was about one thing and one thing only.
“As a collective it’s the same; we want to win the title and every player is hungry to do that. A few added bonuses would be for Archie Ferris to finish league top goal scorer, Kyle [Phillips] and the back three to get the most clean sheets and also to progress in the local cup - a double would be the club’s first in its history, so we all have one eye on that as well.
“Selfishly, Goal of the Season would be quite nice too, but we’ll wait and see on that one!”
A trip to Sporting Club Inkberrow is on the agenda for Good Friday and then a home encounter with Shaftesbury on Bank Holiday Monday.
IMAGE: Frome Town AFC
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