My local club Woking Football Club rose to fame in 1991 when they "giant killed" West Brom in the FA Cup second round, 4-2. At the time West Brom were languishing down near the bottom of Division 2 (equivalent to today's Championship) and Woking were in the Ryman League Division 1 (equivalent to today's Ryman League Premier Division). It was a friend of mine - Tim Buzaglo (who used to play for Weysiders) - who scored a hat-trick on the day to give them victory.
Woking climbed through the leagues to the Conference (finishing runners-up in 1995 and 1996 in the days before two went up to the Football League) and lifted the FA Trophy on three occasions in the '90s (incidentally, without Buzaglo, who had moved on).
Sadly, last season Woking were relegated out of the Blue Square Premier to the Blue Square South, where they currently sit in second place behind Dover Athletic.
Now another friend of mine - Shahid Azeem - is Chairman of Woking Football Club, and I wish him every success in his new role. Given their current position, things seem to have started well with new manager Graham Baker in charge.
Yet another friend of mine, John Moore, is one of the press officers down at Kingfield, so I wish him well too!
I've not been to watch Woking for a season or two, but with a couple of pals down there, I must get along!
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