I just wondered whether supporters at bigger clubs ie MU Arsenal etc have supporters so disgruntled or feel that they are just customers!

FC United of Manchester. 

There’s a decent article in the EDP today by Adam.

Nice to see the Club using the space to talk football.

 

  If as some want local footballers then the club will go backwards and attendances also as with Setchells time. SC’s ambition is imho too high a peak to climb without higher attendances and more financial inputs.
 I feel that with the correct model we could have a good team playing at this level when comparing our rivals attendance figures without putting the club in jeopardy financially.
Perhaps with the release of the football structure and management with implementation under the appointed commissioner changes will be enforced that may improve things.

What's the correct model?

Apparently we already have the highest level of sponsorship and commercial revenue that the club has ever had, and that does not appear to be anywhere near enough to fund the running of the club.

As for threatening libel for asking questions (elsewhere not from yourself), this forum never fails to amaze.

Its not really the forum!

Shouldn't that read ......................."some people on this forum never fails to amaze".   

I overheard someone say "This town doesn't deserve a football club". I can certainly sympathise with that statement

I disagree with that.

Of course the Town deserves a football Club, although I think it should be more of a case of what kind of Club the supporters really want.

I think its quite obvious now that the majority of the Town does not care for the dream that some have of league football, but that's different than not deserving a Club.

For a very few supporters its the ambition of playing at a level that the Club can't afford (as long as someone else pays for it).

For others it an ambition to have a Club that really is part of the community, plays at a level it can afford, and not to keep repeating these boom or bust scenario's.

And for the majority, they don't give a sh*t as long as they can watch 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon (at whatever the level the Club is at) without putting their hands in their pockets other than for the entrance fee.

They then head off home and wait for the next home game.

Clubs usually include the number of tickets sold which would include season ticket holders whether they are there or not.
I believe some leagues also includes complimentary tickets whether regardless of whether they are taken up.

400 to 500 hundred is a lot of season and complimentary tickets!

So that's why the post was deleted.

Do you mean the new investor that came on board?



EDP article today:

"There was some consternation last week when I put a post on my personal LinkedIn page about an opportunity to invest in King’s Lynn Town and then removed the post later.

Situations in football are very fluid and can change quickly. The opportunity to invest in the club was there when I posted, and very shortly after was taken; as a club we are always open to investment and no doubt always will be, in the same manner that many other football clubs at all levels will also be.

There has always been a small number of people that have peddled misinformation about me and my intentions, so it is worth clearing these points up.

I have put in significant investment into the club over the years and I am quite prepared to write all this money off. My wife told me just before I penned these words that, “The club is like a child to me, it is far more than just a business”.

She is, of course, right. The club to me is bigger than any individual and I always have the interests of the club close to my heart. Delia Smith at Norwich City stood aside when she felt the time was right, writing off a fortune in the process, and I am sure that Norwich felt like a child to her at times as well. Clubs are precious things.

The point that I am making is that I always have the club’s best interest in mind and will never be an obstacle to the club in its journey for success.

I am proud of our achievements. We have a wonderful manager in Adam Lakeland who knows and 'gets' football and is a gentleman to work with. I love engaging with Adam and chatting football with him. I am sure that he does not agree with all my views or points, but he probably understands why I make them. He is without doubt the best manager that I have ever worked with.


His assistant, Sam Walker, is another great guy, and I am delighted to spend time with him whenever I can and listen to his experiences. He is a top person. I am pleased that we have such a strong academy and education program as well as a charity that is making in-roads into the community. When I first started, we were lucky to have 10 children in the stadium - now we have hundreds at every game and watching pupils at KES school last week on a school visit leaving wearing their Lynn bobble hats and scarves filled me with pride.

Commercially, revenue is up 10-fold since I took over and we have sold a huge number of players to all levels of the footballing system.

When I walked into The Walks nine seasons ago if I had said at my first press conference that we would be playing, in the FA Cup, Port Vale, Portsmouth, Doncaster Rovers, Walsall and Stevenage and have over 4,000 fans at home against York City in what turned out to be a promotion decider, I would have been ridiculed. But these things came to pass.

In essence, we have achieved a lot together, but I fully understand that in football we must always look to the future and I will continue to explore ways to help the club grow and “level up”.


We have now won two home games in succession with Kidderminster Harriers being dispatched 4-0 in a result that was kind to our visitors.

The team that the manager has built has come together and is playing some wonderful football, which is very pleasing on the eye. I will continue to support him as we push towards promotion. The focus should be on the players and getting behind the boys as we play Scarborough Athletic this afternoon.

Getting shirty

One of the most annoying deals that the National League signed is to make clubs wear New Balance numbers and letters on the back of our shirts. These numbers cost a fortune, and every season New Balance never have a complete stock in the UK of every letter, meaning that what should be a simple job becomes a complete mess.

EZ Teamsports Limited operate under license from New Balance and this week they went into liquidation, owing our club the best part of £2,000. I have been complaining about this issue for years and asking the league to allow us to print everything ourselves, but my requests have always fallen on deaf ears, even though many clubs in the National League have suffered with similar issues.  I do hope going forward that the league will learn from this debacle and allow simplicity to rule. I do not know why deals are done that bring in little revenue and give us logistical headaches especially when the companies chosen are simply not up to the job".

Royston Vasey FC.

All local!  😄