throughout this period, it was down to the determination and correspondence of then bagman mike 'lank' broughton, that the team continued in even this notional form. lank was a dancer of many years experience, he had seen william kimber perform at the royal albert hall, and had danced in watford on the queen's coronation day - though which queen he has never disclosed. lank had joined woodside when they moved to watford, and if it had not been for his involvement, it seems likely that woodside's history would have ended c 1972. having struggled to raise a side for a number of events in that year, there was no choice but to suspend activities until new membership could be found. lank already had a plan that he suspected could change the club's current bad fortune, and although the side did not meet during 1973, the bagman was not idle.