Bromley's promotion final win on penalties against Solihull Moors is now a distant memory. They have begun to adjust to life as an EFL club for the first time in the club's 125-year history since the season began in August. They have had some positive moments so far, as well as been taught some tough and valuable lessons in their first month in League Two.
Bromley's 24/25 League Two season began away to Harrogate Town, another former National League play-off winner. Thanks to Kamaral Grant and Micahel Cheek, the team came away 2-0 winners, starting off the new campaign on the right foot.
Then, there was a Hayes Lane doubleheader against South London rivals AFC Wimbledon, first in the Carabao Cup, where they lost 2-1, but in the first home fixture in League Two, they came out 2-0 winners.
Despite this relatively positive start to the Football League, Bromley would be taught their first of many lessons so far when they took the trip to Valley Parade to take on Bradford, which is already a tough ground to go to, but after being ten men down from early on in the first half, Bromley would end up losing a league game for the first time this season, going down 3-1. Since this loss to Bradford in the league, the Ravens have had three loses and one draw.
Whilst the start to their season so far has been disappointing with a current streak of negative results, ultimately, it was never going to be straightforward for Bromley; they have settled in the league better than some of the teams below them.
For Andy Woodman's tenure, this isn't his first rodeo as in previous seasons this has occurred both in their FA Trophy-winning season and last year's promotion season and in both managed to find form at the right time to find a form of success in both seasons.
Whilst it may be frustrating for now, Andy has used the summer well to entice new and returning players to improve the squad quality and over the chunk of games that they have played so far is experimenting with what works best for the team. Whilst not all of this experimenting has resulted in total success, there has been more than enough potential in Bromley's football to provide encouragement.
Bromley face MK Dons this Saturday; 18th vs 19th in the League. MK Dons and Bromley are level on points; it is set to be a very close game between the two sides with both looking to improve their form so far this season.
MK Dons have a newly appointed manager in Crawley's Scott Linsey after Mike Williamson's departure to Carlisle. The new man at Stadium MK has had very little time to adjust to his new surroundings and likely won't have had time to fully integrate his playing philosophy, but new manager bounces are always a possibility.
Both sides need the points this weekend, with both starting to glance over their shoulder rather than looking up towards the top half.
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