The two senior teams in Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne FC and Borden Village, have formed a link.

The two club committees have been discussing the tie up for sometime and following changes at Borden Village the time was now right to join forces. The tie up has begun with Sittingbourne FC helping Borden finalise a strong management team that will now include names familiar to stalwart Brickies fans.

The Borden committee released this statement; “We at Borden are excited to bring in our new manager Kevin Brown.

Kevin, 45, brings a wealth of experience to Borden, having played for Sittingbourne, Tonbridge Angels, Gravesend, Worthing, Sheppey Utd, Greenwich Boro and Tunbridge Wells over a 25 year non league playing career.

He moved into coaching after retiring, at Ashford u23s, but is now looking to make the step up into management.

Joining him as no 2 coach will be Simon Beard .

Simon himself had a distinguished non league playing career starting at West Ham Utd as an apprentice before playing top level non league football with Sittingbourne, Dover, and Hastings United.

Simon is a UEFA B licence coach and is academy coach at Rondos.

These are exciting times for the club which will include a link up with Sittingbourne FC that will benefit both clubs.”

There was already a link between the two clubs through committee members of both clubs, Roger Pudner (who is also the groundsman for both clubs), and Ian Jackson.

Sittingbourne manager Darren Blackburn will have an overseeing role over teams of both clubs and for Sittingbourne the interchange of players that this link up makes possible will prove invaluable.

These are exciting times for Sittingbourne Football.