Paulton Rovers Manager Reflects on the Season that Never Was

Speaking to the Clubs website, Paulton Rovers manager John Rendell reflects on the season that never was and how his side are coping with no football.

"I am in regular contact with all the lads and they are all doing well. Our Sports Therapist Jack Bendan has given all the players a summer programme, tailor made to their needs so it has been a good way to stay close and seeing the lads working together.

Overall we had a really good season with some outstanding performances and wins. The way we set up to play we were very attacking and we won many games in a high scoring fashion, the flip side to this is that we didn’t keep many clean sheets and this is an area we feel we want to improve on over the summer.

We brought in a number of different players last summer and they all showed the hunger and desire to play for the club that we are looking for, and as a group of players took on board instruction from Paul Tovey, Kye Mountford and myself and they reaped the benefit from that winning games and in the main enjoying their football throughout the season.

We managed to beat Weston Super Mare, Bedfont Town and Salisbury in the cup and excellent performances in the league against Cirencester, Cinderford and Barnstaple. Topping the league for a short while during September/October was a very positive moment for the club after a number of years of transition.

The lowest point of the season was certainly when we had our one blip over the festive period, with the softer pitches and key injuries the lads lost momentum and confidence dipped throughout the squad and unfortunately we didn’t deserve anything from the three games lost on the bounce.

We had many impressive personal performances during the course of the season, we brought in Ben Bament to score goals and that he did, ending up the leagues top scorer. Wide players Ed Butcher and Dave Sims also contributed well ending up with many goals and assists to their name and it was excellent watching them work together as an attacking unit.

Midfielders Braeden Symes and Brad Abraham also won many battles in the engine room doing all the unnoticed legwork which allowed the chance for the lads up top to express themselves.

During these uncertain times we are still unsure what will happen with football next season and I am sure everyone is ultra-keen to get back to some kind of normality."