Windsor & Eton FC promoted to Zamaretto Premership

Having been privileged enough to watch Windsor and Eton Football Club beat VT FC 1-0 at Stag Meadow last night to clinch promotion to the Zamaretto Premership and the Championship title, I was thrilled for both their Manager Keith Scott (former Wycombe Wanderers striker) and everyone connected with the Royalists, as it happened to be the first season Hazlemere Window Company have sponsored the St. Leonards Road based Club.

The entire night almost ended in disaster, after more than half the floodlights failed during the first half! Enormous credit is due to both the referee and VT FC, who were prepared to play on till about 8.34pm in descending darkness till half-time was reached, during which an electrician did his best to get as many of the floodlights working as possible. He managed to get around 70% of the lights to work after about 25 minutes, which was just sufficient to enable the referee to allow a belated start to the 2nd half! Thankfully the temporary fix held out to enable the last fixture in the Zamaretto League Division One South and West to be completed, be it rather late into the night!

I was impressed by the overall performance of Windsor and Eton striker Nathan Jack, who not only scored the goal that won the Royalists the title, but also because he was the stand out player on the night. Many many congratulations to everyone at the club for capping an outstanding season, especially after coming 2nd last season, then missing out in the play-off’s.

For the Windsor and Eton Football Club’s defence to only concede 20 goals in an entire season is obviously the bedrock to any league title, so well done the lads! Scoring 84 goals is none too shabby either! I am delighted to say that Hazlemere Windows had already previously agreed to sponsor this Zamaretto Premiership club for at least the next two seasons.

After the floodlight failure the Royalists adopted anthem for next season could well be “Always look on the brighter side of life………”