What’s going on ?

[Blue_and_Gold]

Royston Vasey FC.

All local!  😄

[dillydilly]

It was nothing personal Mall, as I realise there are a lot of people who fancy a more locally based team playing at a lower standard.  That would be the end of any possibility of progress, imho.  The “food” reference was merely of the question as to which would come first, the infrastructure/chicken that would attract wider investor interest, or the investment/egg that could improve the infrastructure and the club as a whole.  Considering we built one of the best non-league stands in the 50s, it’s disappointing we’ve basically done nothing, or reduced, ever since. And personally I don’t believe “Academies” are much help at our level, because any players with potential will probably go to bigger and better clubs than ours.  I’m hoping the new Finance director will have some ideas and contacts….

[Mallard]

It’s not so much having a locally based team for the sake of it but more out of what can be afforded.  For the Club to be self sufficient players would need to be travelling a limited distance.   As has been said many times we are out on a limb in terms of location and players want extra to travel bigger distance to play.   I don’t see how we can afford a full time squad  on gates averaging 900-1000.   However that should still be able to support a decent part time squad.   Now whether that makes us a step 3 or a step 2 side is always going to be subjective.

Other teams manage to make step 2 work on a part time basis.  So with the right infrastructure it could work for Lynn as well. 

[rod]

It’s not so much having a locally based team for the sake of it but more out of what can be afforded.  For the Club to be self sufficient players would need to be travelling a limited distance.   As has been said many times we are out on a limb in terms of location and players want extra to travel bigger distance to play.   I don’t see how we can afford a full time squad  on gates averaging 900-1000.   However that should still be able to support a decent part time squad.   Now whether that makes us a step 3 or a step 2 side is always going to be subjective.

Other teams manage to make step 2 work on a part time basis.  So with the right infrastructure it could work for Lynn as well.

Mallard I'm in 100% agreement. Other clubs seem able to sustain level two status with a part time squad on lesser average gates than we get,. Who knows what could be achieved by a club built on solid foundations rather than sand, that genuinely connected with the community. I well recall Tommy W saying that there appeared little or no connection with the club when he went walkabout in the town. He may have had an ulterior motive but he was not wrong. I wonder why, outside of the hard core support that there is so much apathy??

[Linnet465]

 
Apathy, there are too many other “attractions”
Too much football on television with a Saturday lunchtime game.
The “ younger ones”  often have no appetite for physical sport preferring to tap their fingers at home. Look at the local football leagues and there are not anywhere near the same number of teams as there was in the 70’s.
Where wives  and children used to come they don’t because they or their spouses don’t want them subjected to the abuse spouted by ill mannered supporters
As has been mentioned before there has been no ground improvements to attract more supporters.
Although it is not as expensive as going to a league game it’s still expensive if you add other costs if coming in from outreaching towns and villages.
Then there is the attraction of Heacham, Downham, Swaffham and Fakenham  football to compete with.( I have no idea of the costs but it may be more convenient and offer a reasonable afternoon’s entertainment
People are more home orientated.etc.etc

[Linnet]

Another nail in the coffin of lower league and non-league football today as it was annunced they are doing away with the 3 o'clock embargo
on live TV matches
Along with no F A Cup replays for Round 1 onwards the big boys are trightening their grip

[Linnet]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/british-football-s-saturday-3pm-tv-black-out-set-to-be-scrapped-having-been-introduced-in-1960-during-talks-for-next-broadcast-deals-as-the-number-of-games-shown-live-continues-to-increase/ar-AA1v8oeB?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ACTS&cvid=16a45c35002e4a9985bcb33679f917e3&ei=240

[Blue_and_Gold]

Your Local Paper columnist Mark Hearle reflects on what has been happening at The Walks in his latest weekly column.


"The Linnets probably produced their best performance of the season last week when they dispatched National League North high flyers Kidderminster Harriers by a 4-0 margin at The Walks.
However, before, during, and after the game, much of the terrace talk was taken up with chairman Stephen Cleeve's social media post, made a few hours before the Tuesday evening kick-off, in which he appeared to make either part or all of the club available for sale if the right person or offer came along.
All of the chat should have been about Adam Lakeland and his squad.
To add further mystery to an already cloudy-looking situation, the post was removed the same evening but not before it had been saved and shared by many Lynn fans, wondering what was happening.
From a club perspective, the timing wasn't the best, and that's being polite.
I'm sure Lakeland would have been less than pleased to have been made aware of such things when he should have been preparing his side for a big match and his chairman appeared to be attempting to test the water on either a part or full sale of the football club.
It was only a couple or so weeks ago that the chairman was enthusing about the Linnets achieving 'global branding', with many plans in the pipeline to stabilise the club's financial base for the future also being mentioned, so to see this kind of statement has left many with any interest in the club confused.
To date, the club or the chairman have not commented on either the statement’s contents or its withdrawal after posting which has only served to add more fuel to a fire that continues to smoulder before igniting fully.
In truth, the club's media hands are tied on the matter.
The statement came from the chairman's account and not the club's so the club as such has nothing to comment on as it stands. As well as that, a football club's media team can only issue any kind of statement or information when they are told something, and as of yet they appear to have not been told anything. The problem is that, in this instance, silence isn't golden and it's down to Mr Cleeve to clear up the mess his post has created and fill in the supporters with the full picture, not just half of it".

[Linnet465]

  l agree totally it’s a right f*** up destined to smoulder more discontent

[Mallard]

Poacher turned game keeper there ?  Maybe he should have a listen back to some of the podcasts he was involved in with SC when he was on the payroll at the Club.  I guess what ever fits  the narrative at that particular time.

[MARCUS ROSE]

So that's why the post was deleted.

[Blue_and_Gold]

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".

[kenny r]

' The club is like a child to me'.

 It's a shame he has never been able to grasp what the Club means to it's supporters. He would have had a far more vibrant business if he had.

[Quinn Upstone]

Is the word "we" the royal "we" ?    (it's not our club remember)

I know I'm just a tiny bit cynical... but Cleeve's mea culpa statement should have been unnecessary. He should never have sent the LinkedIn post to begin with. Drunk texting ?

I think I liked him better when he was quiet.

[rod]

Just more self pitying drivel. A new investor ? No mention of Joe ?