It can’t be much of a big shock to learn that we’ve had a number of encounters with Ware since our first meeting in 1981. Can it? To start with, we had to make do with cup ties; our first league match-up not coming until the 1984-5 Servowarm League Division Two North season. The Blues ended up propping up the table that campaign; Boro’ making up six of the 100 goals they shipped. Their fortunes improved. But not enough to keep up with us.
All four of Ware’s wins against us have come in cup encounters. In the league, Boro’ are by far the dominant. The chances of us meeting any time soon, however, are slim. For all but one season in the Southern League, the Blues still remain in the lower reaches of the Isthmian ladder. Only once since our formation in 1976 have they made it through to the proper stages of the FA Cup. That wasn’t all that long ago, to be fair; the 2007-8 season saw ’em knocked out in the first round at the hands of Kidderminster Harriers.
One good run is all it takes to maybe see ’em again.
