Bourton Rovers are a family club and no one epitomises that more than the Powles family.

Scott is the first-team manager while his wife Sarah is club secretary and also the match secretary.

“She is very supportive,” said Scott, “we try to do our bit.”

That is clearly something of an understatement and the club, who play in Division Two West of the Hellenic League, are obviously a big part of their lives, especially when you consider their son George will be playing for the under-7s this season after playing for the under-6s last time out.

Their three-year-old daughter Effie is more into ballet at the moment but there’s still plenty of time for her to get into football!

And just to confirm the club’s family appeal, they recently ran a 24-hour footballathon which featured players from the under-6s all the way up to the senior teams.

“It was brilliant,” said Scott Powles, “we’re hoping we raised considerably more than £10,000. A massive thanks goes to first-team player Danny Way who organised the footballathon and created a real community day to remember.”

That money will go towards getting the club’s facilities up to the standard required to play in Division One West of the Hellenic League.

It is hoped that everything will be in place – including new floodlights and a new stand – in time for the start of the 2019/20 season and if that is the case another campaign like the last one will see them secure promotion.

That’s because they finished second in the table just ahead of near neighbours Moreton Rangers.

And while the league is obviously the most important thing for the club’s flagship team, Powles is also keen to get his hands on a cup this season.

“We lost out to Cam Bulldogs in the County Cup final last season,” said Powles. “They deserved to win on the night and that’s a real driving force for us this season.”

And while the first team is obviously the main focus of any club, there is much, much more to Bourton Rovers than just the 1st XI.

“We’ve got something like 160 playing members from under-6s upwards which is really good,” said Powles with some pride. “We run three senior men’s teams with the reserves and the 3rds playing in the Witney and District League.

“Gary McPhilmey and Jay Mosson, who are managers of the reserves and third team, have done a great job for really raising the club’s playing profile. They are two fine managers.

“We’ve got lots of good youngsters coming through as well.”

Powles is only 37 himself but he is no longer able to play himself because he’s got arthritis in his hips.

He’s doing the next best thing though. He’s still very much involved in football and giving everything he can to the club he loves.

As he says: “It’s good fun.”