Broadbottom celebrate record-breaking season

Broadbottom Cricket Club are celebrating a record breaking 2025 campaign. 

Last month saw them secure the treble for the first time in the club’s history. 

Led by first team captain Dom Perrin, the side picked up the Derbyshire and Cheshire Division 1 title, the Bissenden Cup and the annual T20 trophy. 

Perrin’s side sealed the treble on the final day of the 2025 league season in dramatic fashion, defeating league leaders Dove Holes and leapfrogging them for the first time in the entire campaign. 

Speaking following the stellar achievement, Perrin told the Reporter: 

“I’m very proud. 

“I came through as a junior at Broadbottom, and to have the privilege of being club captain was something in itself, so to win the treble is pretty special. 

“To win one trophy in a season is an achievement, so to go on and win two more is incredible.” 

The first leg of the unprecedented treble was secured back in August, when the club saw off Hazel Grove in the final of the Bissenden Cup, picking up the trophy for the first time since 2019 after a five-wicket victory. 

A superb performance from Tayyeb Gull- who picked up five wickets- saw Hazel Grove bowled out for 136, with Broady comfortably reaching their target. 

A strong opening partnership from Aaron Walsh and Joe Riley - followed by vice-captain Joe Brotherton reaching 65 not out - saw them through. 

“I think Aaron and Joe just wanted to get to the bar to be honest,” joked Perrin. 

“Everything just seemed to click that day, and we started to believe something big could be happening.” 

A standout moment in the Bissenden Cup run was an emphatic 273 run victory over Birch Vale in the quarter finals, where Aaron Walsh scored a stunning 127. 

Walsh then made it back-to-back centuries in the semis, as Broadbottom saw off High Lane to reach the final. 

The Tameside club then followed up the triumph with a victory in the T20 final just weeks later. 

They got the better of Dove Holes in the quarters before a hard-fought win over Old Glossop saw them set up a clash with local rivals Dinting in the final, with Joe Riley’s strong 54 helping Perrin’s side chase down their target of 146 and lift the cup. 

Their landmark title winning moment came in mid-September when the side saw off Dove Holes in a final day showdown, beating the defending champions by five wickets. 

Broadbottom had trailed their title rivals by three points prior to the meeting, but an impressive four wickets from skipper Perrin followed by another strong innings of 76 from Riley saw them clinch the title for the first time since 2021. 

“He’d been travelling for three years, came back for the second game of the season, and it’s like he’d never been away,” Perrin told the Reporter  

“Joe [Riley] is one of those annoying people who are just good at every sport, he finished the season with 1115 club runs and 45 wickets, which is not bad for someone who hadn’t picked up a bat or ball for three years.” 

Despite Broady eventually going on to have the best season in the club’s history, this looked far from likely at the beginning of the campaign, following a poor start. 

“At the start of the season everybody sets out to win it [the league], but after the first couple of matches, it was looking nigh on impossible. 

“I think we won one out of our first five and we were sat in 8th place thinking about relegation. 

“But the lads just banged their heads together and knuckled down. 

“We had a bad defeat to Whaley Bridge, I think they bowled us out for about 80, and that was the turning point of our season.” 

As well as winning the treble, Broadbottom also had a Village Cup run to be proud of, reaching the regional final for the first time since 2018 before losing to eventual finalists Stayley. 

Going a step further in the competition is one of the club’s main aims for next season, as well as doing their best to retain their three pieces of silverware. 

“Hopefully we can go even further next year, getting to play at Lord’s is every cricketer’s dream. 

“We reached the regional final this year, but unfortunately, it was just one of those days where none of us turned up. 

“But credit to Stayley, they bowled well that day and obviously managed to make it all the way to final. 

“In terms of the league, as with being champions of any title, you’re there to be beaten the next year. 

“There’s definitely going to be a big price on our head, and people will want to knock us off our perch. 

“We’ve just got to take each game as it comes and not get ahead of ourselves with what we’ve achieved this season. 

“It’s about knuckling down and going again, and seeing where we end up.”