Non-League and Academy football writer

Haringey Borough’s footballing journey in recent years has been quite a remarkable one. They were promoted as champions from the Essex Senior League, to the Isthmian League Division One North in 2015, and they have since (during the 2017/18 season) won promotion (via the play-offs) to the Isthmian League Premier Division, under the tutelage of their long serving manager Tom Loizou. And in the 2018/19 season they did really well to make the play-offs of the Isthmian League Premier Division. Haringey Borough are a real community club, and they get consistently good attendances, as well as offering free season tickets for those wanting to attend league games at their Coles Park ground, something that I think is a really good initiative by the club, and their chairman Aki Achillea. Their footballing journey in recent years has not only seen them do steadily well in the Isthmian League Premier Division, as they have also done really well in cup competitions, notably the FA Cup. They managed to reach the first round of the FA Cup in 2018 for the first ever time in their history, only losing 1-0 to Football League side AFC Wimbledon, in a televised game at Coles Park.

I often watch matches at Coles Park, and I’ve always thought that Haringey Borough are a really well organised side, who have good variety to their play, but who are a team that are certainly not easy to play against. Under Tom Loizou, they are a side who never give up, and who adapt well in games, but who always give their all. Haringey Borough are currently in 21st place in the Isthmian League Premier Division, with 7 points from their opening 15 league games of this season, ahead of a big league game with Kingstonian on Saturday afternoon. However, as I said before, they are a team who never give up, and who also relish a challenge. A club that has long provided young players with the invaluable opportunity of playing at a really good level of non-League football, a number of players have gone on to play at a higher level, higher up in non-League, after doing well at Haringey Borough, and progressing as players. The current Haringey Borough side has some really good players at this level, players such as experienced and highly skilful former Chelsea Academy player Walter Figueira, someone whose quality and experience I believe will be very important to the club over the course of the season.

Other players, such as 20 year old Matt Young (formerly of Leyton Orient, and who is Haringey’s top scorer in the league this season) and also Dexter Peter, and young Nahum Melvin-Lambert, are just some of the players who will be so important to Haringey during the remainder of this season. A club whose players have a real connection with the Haringey Borough supporters, chairman Aki Achillea, manager Tom Loizou and the staff who make the club run, deserve so much credit for the way in which Haringey have progressed as a football club in recent years. Personally speaking, I think that Haringey Borough will soon go on a good run of form, and despite it being quite a difficult start to the season, I believe that they will soon rise up the league standings, and away from the relegation zone. Always a club that I enjoy watching matches at, I wish Haringey Borough all the very best for the remainder of this season.