WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT

LEWISHAM BOROUGH will play on after thanking the football family for rallying around them after they’d announced their decision to resign from the Southern Counties East League.

On Wednesday the club revealed they had pulled out of the Step 6 division after failing to raise the funds needed to get through the season.

It came on the back of the resignation of Gravesham Borough from the same league earlier this month.

But the day after Lewisham’s news broke, they withdrew the resignation with chairman Ray Simpson blown over by the support they received.

“I along with the club directors are staggered and overwhelmed with the support which has been offered from so many people since the news that we would no longer be continuing,” he said.

“What the events of the last week have shown me is that we really are a football family and when one of the family is in trouble we rally to their aid and offer unbelievable help and support.

“I cannot thank enough all those who have said many wonderful things about me and the club and I cannot thank those people enough with longstanding connections in the borough for stepping in to effectively save the club.

“Many of you know what a tough time the club has had over the years in so many ways just to keep the club going and with performances on the pitch.

“We as club directors have fought tooth and nail to preserve this wonderful organisation that does so much in the community and we want to continue with this work to help young people to achieve their dreams by using sport as the vehicle to do this.

“In life there will always be fallouts and upsets and football is no different, but the last few days have shown me that we can repair damage, build bridges and move forward.”

Simpson thanked league chairman Denise Richmond for their support and apologised to other clubs for the inconvenience with the league fixtures due out shortly.