NATHAN Causton, in his first season with the club, was the only ever-present in the Bungay Town team which got close to promotion and two trophies but ultimately missed out on all three.
Causton played in all 37 first team games, while Shaun Whiteman, Craig Hunting and Aiden Lowe missed only three, and James Barnes and Shaun Flint missed only four.
Flint finished as top scorer with 23 goals, followed by Aiden Lowe on 17, James Barnes on 15 and Stuart Chrystall on 14. It is the first time for over 20 years that four players have reached double figures in the same season.
The Black Dogs won 20 of their 28 league games – and 18 of their final 22 - and had the best defensive record in the Anglian Combination division two. Overall they won 27 of their 37 games (one on penalties) drew three, and lost just seven (one on penalties). They kept 13 clean sheets, and lost only one league game away – the first of the season, at Foulsham, who won the division.
They finished third, just missing out on promotion, reached the final of the Anglian Combination junior knock-out cup before losing 2-1 to Mulbarton in the final, and lost on penalties to Waveney in the quarter-finals of the Suffolk Juniors Cup.
In all 37 players figured in first team matches, 15 for the first time.
Appearances, substitute appearances in brackets, followed by aggregate appearances:
N Causton 37, 37, S Whiteman 34, 96, C Hunting 34, 386, A Lowe 34 (1), 39, S Flint 33 (1) 33, J Barnes 33 (2), 33, C Harwin 28 (2) 28, S Chrystall 28 (10), 28, D Burgess 27 (2) 35, D Andrews 26 (13) 82, P Hunter 25 (3) 71, T Halliwell 23, 23, J Bligh 23, 92, C Ling 21 (6) 29, M Gooch 14, 14, C Excell 13 (13) 13, J Mirner 11 (8) 11, D Wilby 10 (7) 215, D Lowe 8 (1) 141, J Riches 8 (2) 27, A Baynes 5 (3) 64, G Shipley 4 (1) 15, M Harvey 4 (1) 172, S Batt 3 (2) 77, L Zagdan 3 (3) 3, M James 3 (2) 28, J Youngman 2 (1) 88, C Warne 2 (2) 2, N Black 2 (2) 2, D Mirner 2, 2, N Ling 2 (2) 21, S Barnes 1, 1, C Jones 1 (1) 21, S Payne 1 (1) 79, K Talbot 1 (1) 113, G Allard 1 (1) 1, T Wilson 1 (1) 1.
Goalscorers, followed by aggregate goals:
S Flint 23, 23, A Lowe 17, 17, J Barnes 15, 15, S Chrystall 14, 14, D Andrews 8, 44, S Whiteman 6, 7, D Burgess 3, 7, D Wilby 3, 25, N Causton 3, 3, C Excell 3, 3, C Hunting 2, 29, C Harwin 2, 2, J Mirner 2, 2, A Baynes 1, 9, D Mirner 1, 1, N Ling 1, 2, Opponents 3, 134