Club structures

[kev panther]

There has been mentioned our lack of being able to compete with the likes of Chester and Chorley, have to agree with the first although I think that is all down to the fan base BUT Chorley.
Yes they have had the good times 20 years ago but for the past 5 years have been NO marks at this level.
Same size of town as Skem, same if not lower attendances over the 5 years. So why can they do it and Skem always complain about financial clout !!!
Take a look at the Chorley website and there Im sure you will find some of the answers

At The Match
Tuesday, 21 April 2009 20:49
Match day Raffle, Lucky 7, Golden Goal, Football Card - you can take part in all of these to help raise funds for the club and also, if you're lucky, put a few quid into your pocket too!

Thats 4 Draws on match day, we have or had 1, The Golden Goal and Raffle we had were bringing in sufficient funds, They were stopped


They have a vice presidents club, you can have a look here
www.chorleyfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=605&Itemid=31

They have also announced half price season tickets

HALF SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE
Wednesday, 12 January 2011 22:21
Why not buy a half season ticket?
For just £55 you will gain admission to all our remaining 11 home league games, saving you £22! Don’t worry if you can’t get one before the Wakefield game, they’ll be available for a while yet and will reduce in cost by £5 per match as they are played.
See Phil Haslam for details or use the contact us fom

AND If you look at their page of who's who

www.chorleyfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:whos-who&catid=1:club&Itemid=9

You will see its not just one man, I know Frank has asked for website and program editors but this is 3/4/5/years to late
They also have a Commercial Manager and a Asst again something the club was looking towards 4/5 years ago.

Its NOT just Chorley we can look to, other clubs have different ways and means of raising much needed cash and raising profiles
Look at the website of Chorley and you will see it is up to date informative and creative. We have a forum

Its about time we got our heads out of the sand and maybe take a lead from some of the other teams out there

This is not having a go at Frank, maybe some of the other so called members of the committee can pull their fingers out, So that we can compete financially at least.

[butler]

That's all very good in theory.

Fact is, if money is not about, who is going to pay the entrance fee AND THEN Match day Raffle, Lucky 7, Golden Goal, Football Cards etc, especially when pepole think that football is an expensive day out anyway...

Also, from my experience at the cricket, volunteers are few and far between. It normally falls on the same few all of the time.

Don't know what the answer is to be honest.

[kev panther]

Butler, To be honest Im in total agreement with you but If we cannot compete with Chorley, (No offence to them) then we have to look at ways and means to achieve, hopefully what they have and if it means pinching the best ideas from a number of clubs then so be it.

Who are we going to come up against Next year with more financial clout

Just thought it was worth thinking about and probing a few minds