Last Saturday, Daisy Hill FC began the new season in the North West Counties Football League, which they have been founder members of since 1982 - but there is one significant change behind the scenes at the club that marks the end of an era.
Bob Naylor has stepped down as club Secretary after an amazing 60 years in the position, and with his 87th birthday approaching, he says the time is right for others to take over the wide range of responsibilities and tasks that he has carried out since the early 1960s.
“It’s been part of my life for so long, I’ve been doing all the different jobs just as a natural routine”, said Bob.
“But lately, because of my age, I'm not as physically fit as I was. So that's why I've had to say I've had my time and somebody else can do it now”.
Bob first got involved at Daisy Hill in the summer of 1961, when he joined the committee with his friend Geoff Hughes, who for many years worked alongside him as club Chairman and Treasurer until his death a few years ago.