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I
have always been into
stats, not necessarily due
to the teaching at College,
but from when I was
told the famous Andrew
Lang quotation that ‘an unsophisticated
forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man
uses lamp-posts?—?for support rather than for
illumination’. So here goes. Six years since
the owfc was reborn by Messers Longe,
Wade & Emsell (ably support by John Edwards
& Chris Potter) and 99 games, 38 victories,
228 goals, 5 clean sheets and 2 Dan Martin
red cards later, the owfc were on unfamiliar
ground knowing a victory in their 100th
game against top of the table Lancing would
secure the league title. With an hd camera
set up on the side lines and the most capped
owfc player in history in the shape of Will
Misselbrook dialing in from New York, the
‘Oh Dubs’ put in their finest performance to
date completing a 6-0 rout that resulted in a
well deserved celebration in the qpr training
ground dressing room 6.
Much has changed within the ranks of the
owfc since our 5-1 victory over Bradfield in
our inaugural match back in 2005 but there
was still a Misselbrook on the score sheet
and a Mallaburn on the bench. Having played
for the Oh Dubs since its inception and
having presided over many roles? it was a
—?
total pleasure to witness our title winning
football
Above right:
James Gilmour [Hill 1998]
Fergus Gilmour [Hill 2002]
Tom Alexander [Blucher 2000]
Ral Gilmour [Hill 2000]
with the Arthurian League Division 3 Cup