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Newbury Sunday League football is at its lowest ebb for a decade, with only six teams currently participating and the future of the league in jeopardy. Despite this, one group of friends in a Thatcham pub have helped to inject new life into the local football scene. The Crickets AFC were the league’s only new entry at the start of the season, with four of last season’s clubs dissolving entirely and The Lamb Inn rebranding as The Plough on the Green. Treasurer and organiser Steve MacGowan discussed the club’s origins and what the process has entailed so far. “It was really the brainchild of Ady…