IT'S TIME FOR A RESURRECTION

While my good friends were playing golf at Kendal (Cumbria) and I was striding over another Lake District mountain, I thought, where is there flat land to park a football pitch? Well, there is a very nice ground in Kendal where  K shoes dominate employment. Founded in 1919, Netherfield AFC was formed to accommodate the employees work the K Shoes factory.

In 1945 the team joined the Lancashire Combination and basked there until they entered bigger competitions such as the Northern Premier League. Prior to that the club had success in a number of FA Cup ties, one memorable match being a defeat against Barrow in the 1st Round Proper.

By 1998 Netherfield Kendal FC was formed and by the early 2000s the club was 3rd in the league and in a playoff beat Stocksbridge Park Steels...Jamie Vardy's club and then  Gresley Rovers in the final, so they got uplifted. A place higher than they ever been before.

In 2012, all went pear shaped and the club lost a lot of support but kept going with a recruitment from the local Ambleside United. The. club was relegated in 2014 however and the following season hung on to a mid table finish.

So games this week are against Clitheroe and Lancaster City over Easter. The club is surviving and looking forward to a new beginning. Well it is Easter isn't it?