Honours even on Danny Bloor’s return to Eastbourne Borough – the perfect outcome to the perfect storm?

By Kevin Anderson
Published 27th Sep 2023, 16:47 BST
Updated 27th Sep 2023, 16:48 BST
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Honours even. A hugely anticipated contest between the re-shaped, re-born Eastbourne Borough of the Simon Leslie era, and the Danny Bloor’s new employers Welling United, finished 2-2 at Priory Lane, and the football was the winner.

If this was the perfect storm, it reached the perfect outcome. A high-paced, exciting contest swayed back and forth and end to end. The lead changed hands twice. And even in the added minutes, with two last-gasp corners at each end, either side might have claimed the three points. But neither deserved to go away empty-handed, and the final whistle saw respect and handshakes all round.

Eastbourne Borough v Welling United in pictures by Lydia and Nick Redman.

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A 1500-plus crowd greeted Danny with warm applause as the former boss marched to the away dugout: a very slightly surreal little glimpse from the past. And these non-leaguers – a generally wise and wizened breed – who have joined Simon Leslie’s exciting new journey, will have been wise enough to recall that maxim that, in non-league, you always have rivals, but you never have enemies.

Borough on the attack in the 2-2 draw with Welling at Priory Lane | Picture: Lydia RedmanBorough on the attack in the 2-2 draw with Welling at Priory Lane | Picture: Lydia Redman
Borough on the attack in the 2-2 draw with Welling at Priory Lane | Picture: Lydia Redman