Tuesday evening saw Poole Town skipper, Jamie Whisken, break the club’s appearance record when he made his 492nd outing.
It ended in a 2-1 defeat for his side at Chertsey Town, but the 37 year-old is excited by what the future holds in store for him and the club.
“The season has been tough so far,” he admitted to us. “With 14 new players coming in, it was always going to take time for them to gel, but we’ve got a good squad and we believe in the process and each other.
“I’ve no doubt that our fortunes will start to turn and we’ll climb up the table to give ourselves a platform on which to build.
“I still feel that I am destined to lift the Southern League trophy one more time in my career and hopefully that will be next season!
“From a personal point of view, I am 37 years of age now and still feel fit and well in my own body. I can’t ask for any more than that; I have to manage things a bit more these days, but I am able to play back-to-back games and still have the same passion for the game that I’ve always had.
“To get the appearance record is something that I will be proud of for years to come. I don’t think that the achievement will properly sink in until I stop playing but I have thoroughly enjoyed it here from the moment I first arrived during the summer of 2013.
“We had a very settled local squad for a long time and that was the basis for our success. There have been a lot of changes over the past 18 months or so but I firmly believe that the club is only going in one direction and that’s up.
“It will be nice to reach the 500 appearance landmark, but my main focus is on getting this club moving up the Pitching In Southern League Premier South table and then helping us build from there.”
With Joe Lea and Pat Suraci recently installed at the helm following their departure from Gosport Borough, there’s a real feeling of positivity around the Dolphins and they return to home action on Saturday with the visit of Basingstoke Town.
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