Broxbourne Borough V. & E. F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Broxbourne Borough Victoria & Elm
fullname = Broxborune Borough Victoria & Elm Football Club
nickname = Boro
founded = 1991 (as Somersett Ambury Victoria & Elm)
ground = Goffs Lane,
Broxbourne
capacity = 5,000
chairman = | manager = Tony Faulkner
league = Spartan South Midlands League
Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = Spartan South Midlands League
Premier Division, 12th

Broxbourne Borough Victoria & Elm F.C. is a football club based in Broxbourne, England. They changed their name from Somersett Ambury V & E in 2002. Currently they are members of the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division.

History

The club was formed in 1959 as Somersett F.C. by alumni of Chace Boys School, in Enfield, and played in the Edmonton Youth Saturday League for the first two seasons, finishing bottom on both occasions, and failing to win a match. in 1961, the club joined the Enfield Alliance Football League. In 1975, the club accepted an invitation to join the V & E Youth Club Centre at their present site in Goffs Lane, Cheshunt. In 1982, Cheshunt Rangers merged with the club. In 1989, the club joined the McMullens League. In 1991, Ambury, a Premier Division team from the Sunday Brooke Waltham League, merged with Somersett to become Somersett Ambury Victoria & Elm, then known locally as SAVE F.C. In 1993, the club joined the Herts. Senior League, and, in 1997, the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division.

Ground

Their Goffs Lane ground was featured in David Bauckham's book "Dugouts", with particular attention drawn to its enormous ten-seat wooden dugouts. [cite book | author=Bauckham, David | title=Dugouts| publisher=New Holland | year=2006| id=ISBN 1-8453-7478-9]

References

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External links

* [http://www.broxbourne-borough-fc.co.uk Official club website]