THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

IT WAS NICE TO COME AWAY FROM WORKSOP TOWN LAST SATURDAY WITH A DRAW – A RESULT I HAVE TO CONFESS I DIDN’T SEE COMING! THE WORKSOP CHAIRMAN SPOKE TO US BRIEFLY AFTER THE GAME AND CONFIRMED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, THEIR TWO TOUGHEST ENCOUNTERS OF THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WERE AGAINST OSSETT UNITED. AT THE TIME OF WRITING IT WOULD BE MATHEMATICALLY JUST POSSIBLE FOR US TO END UP IN THE RELEGATION PLAY-OFF GAMES BUT LAST SATURDAY’S RESULTS, NOT LEAST THAT BRILLIANT POINT WE OURSELVES ACQUIRED AT WORKSOP, MAKE THAT A LESS LIKELY EVENTUALITY THAN IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN. SADLY THOUGH THAT WAS PAUL COOPER’S LAST GAME FOR US AND HIS PRESENCE, SUCH HAS BEEN HIS FORM OF LATE, WILL BE BADLY MISSED NOW THAT HIS

SUSPENSION HAS KICKED IN.

FINALLY BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY AND SADLY THIS SEASON WE LOST THE SERVICES OF LUKE SWINDEN AND CHRIS BOWKER WHO, DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, RELINQUISHED THEIR ROLES WITHIN THE SUPPORTERS’ CLUB SET UP. SINCE OSSETT UNITED’S FORMATION LUKE AND CHRIS HAVE BEEN DRIVING FORCES WITHIN THE CLUB AND THEY ARE, INDEED, A SAD LOSS AND WILL BE A VERY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE ARE GENUINELY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENTS AND EVERYTHING THEY DID TO MAKE OSSETT UNITED A BETTER CLUB. IMMENSE THANKS TO BOTH FOR THEIR SERVICES AND WE HOPE TO SEE THEM AROUND THE PLACE WHENEVER LEEDS UNITED’S FIXTURES ALLOW.