Football Focus Issue 81 | Page 22

Bearwood Wanderers FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/FOOTYFOCUSMAG Bearwood Wanderers FOOTBALL CLUB Bearwood Wanderers has made a positive start to the new campaign and are looking forward to the rest of the campaign. Football Focus Magazine recently caught up with their Manager Andy White to find out more about the club. The Beginning He told us, “Bearwood Wanderers was formed in 2015 by Andy White, Chris Marriott and Nick Brown; they set out their vision of establishing a side capable of challenging for league titles and cups. The three founders brought with them valuable experience having played and managed a number of clubs prior to the creation of Bearwood Wanderers aka Wanderers. The club were accepted into the BT & DSL for the 2015/16 season and started off in the old Division 3. Wanderers found it difficult with an inexperienced 22 Issue 81 team with many of the side coming from a 5 aside background, that said, Wanderers managed to adapt and produced some fine performances to steady a tough first season.” The Role “The most challenging element of the role has to be organisation! As any Sunday League manager will know, no matter how many texts you send during the week there’s always the fear come Saturday night/Sunday morning of the dreaded “I can’t make it gaffer” text! Nick Brown, Club Treasurer, is provided the constant headache of chasing the subs money with “it’s in the car” or “I’ll pay down the pub”. On the most part the introduction of fines this season for late payments has helped buck these habits! The team all contribute and it promotes a rewarding atmosphere off the pitch with social events and an end of season BBQ with awards.” Present “This season has started superbly, some new additions to the side coupled with three wins from three have created