“We are aware that we don’t have the names or perhaps the egos that come with that,” says Oxted’s player-coach Nick Giles. “We are all level pegging and that really helps us.”

What has also helped Oxted as a new Men’s Premier Division side, after a 23-year journey to the top, has been their opening five games last season before the curtailment.

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