Rather a desperate-sounding update on the PLB- it’s clear that the amount raised is stuck at less than £0.7m, which is a more than £1m shortfall compared with an always-unrealistic budgeted amount of £1.7m. Sadly, I don’t think that email appeals are going to make much difference, as the rate on offer is no longer attractive as a rational investment, given the heightened risk of default and administration, and the recent events around DT elections means that the whole “ we own our club” idealism has largely died.

I get where you’re coming from DO I’d like nothing more than to play two big brutes up front and knock the ball into them relentlessly with smaller, nippier midfielders there to pick up the spoils - especially in L1 & L2 where defenders rarely get clean contact on crosses and high balls. Sadly CW is right and the game has pretty much ruled out that style of play with the terminally dull possession obsession. Plus the PGMOL would have a field day with us for playing football as if it were a contact sport.

OTD shows how mad football is nowadays - 30p is the equivalent of £4.71 today

Come on you club owning lovers,get you wallet and purse out, the club needs your bond money,.650k so far,no near the budget set

DO- that was over 40 years ago times have changed

I would have Woodman as AFCW manager at the drop of a hat if he was available when JJ leaves. Plays long passes, POMO, HAFSOG - everything Bassett stood for with us - and that went okay!

Unless there are problems off pitch at Bromley I wouldn’t expect them to sack Woodman this season. They must know that they’ve broken through their glass ceiling and survival in L1 is unlikely.

A4E - we've seen it with AFCW - when you go behind, you don't believe that you can get back into it. Our second goal yesterday must have absolutely mentally killed them

Woodman in his 5 years has2 promotion and won the FA Trophy and has a 43.3 % win rate 👏

Good point REPD - they did look at times as if they had already given up last night…

Morning all. Don't think Bromley will sack their manager just yet, on the basis doing so probably won't make that much difference

Hash - surprised Bromley haven’t…

Wycombe have sacked their manager

Well done the away fans - heard you all game!! Stockley and Sweeney both seem to have been good signings so far too :)

Bromley, the greatest story in football, done so well to get to league 1 .

Definitely an important win if only by considering what a loss would have felt like. Hopefully we can take some confidence from that into upcoming games. Three of our next four opponents are currently below us in the table. Cambridge have got off to a great start considering they only just came up into L1 and were frequently named alongside us in the relegation predictions.

Also didn't realise that (if you exclude Woodman and Brennan as part of their stints were non-league) that JJ is the 5th longest serving EFL manager

Interesting fact though. In 2005-06 we played Bromley in the Isthmian Div 1 (the 8th tier of the pyramid), last night we played in the 3rd tier. Not sure there can be that many other fixtures played at such differing levels in such a (relatively) short space of time.

Weird how Bromley has gone from Run away champions of league 2 to worst team in league 1. The gap isn’t that big

Happy 80th Birthday, Roger Connell. Mr Stockley reminds me of Big Rog. Just need a new K alongside.

Feels like that was an important win yesterday even if Bromley are / were shite.

Before we get to carried away though, let's not forget that we will need to score at least two to beat Donny on Saturday as Alfie May always scores against us!

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Good result last night, Impressed with Harrison, looked assured. Thought Maycock made himself un-droppable adding energy and particularly in the absence of Tilley in next few weeks, hopefully its not longer. Two points I would have liked to have seen, which is being picky admittedly is that 1. Stockley needs protecting, the moment the second goal went in, that was the time to park the bus, get our asset of the field and safely back onto the bench having done a great job. Nobody wants to see a half job done, but he's a heart on the sleeve player who plays the 90 minutes like its the start of the game. He was involved in stuff that could risk injury when the game was done. My view, not sure if everyone, or anyone will agree with. The second point was Sweeney, again about injures, we had 2 minutes of injury time to go, why have him back on the field, having just rolled his ankle? I personally would have sit it out off the field, but available if absolutely necessary to go on and tough it out.

Hayes Lane has changed quite a bit since I was last there but beneath the tin foil veneer there is still the turd that it's covering. Once you negotiate the gravel path behind the stand next to the car park, the entrance to the away end consisted of heras fencing and iron turnstiles that belong in a museum. Once you get to the bit where the stand is, next to the share of the terracing behind the goal, there is nobody checking which section you go in. I saw loads of people who had paid for seats give up and just stand instead because people were in their seats or they couldn't be arsed arguing to have a view underneath a gazebo with pillars in the way when they could stand and have an unobstructed view instead, even if they did pay an extra £3 to sit down. At least it wasn't raining but I did feel something I've not felt for about 3 months ...... cold.