Post by sin my opinionn on May 27, 2011 15:11:08 GMT -1
All a matter of common sense surely.
A club like Lewes will always have to work off a modest budget. There really is no point in going over who or why, however the fact is we overspent big time in getting into the BSP and that has been the cause of our downfall. No-one wants to watch a team getting thrashed every week and it became a downward spiral.
Also as Willo mentioned there is the question of the ground which would need a lot of money spending on it to sustain football at BSP level.
A good youth set up is surely good for any club. I can clearly remember the Youth Cup run we had in 2008, took Hull City all the way with 600 people there. It really did create a big feel good experience and brought a lot of kids in to watch.
OK, lads at that age have a lot to learn, on the other hand I seem to remember a well known Scots pundit who ended up with egg on his face when he said 'you win nothing with kids'. If you are good enough you are old enough.
What it needs is a business plan picking all this up. It may be we need to consolidate in the Rymans, however if you have no ambition you are dead. What that means is that the on field and off field side have to progress together so that as and when the club works its way back up the pyramid then it can be sustained. Clubs with less support than Lewes have made it and survived (eg Hayes and Yeading).
The community club set up has got us off to a good start, translate that onto the field and all will be OK.
A club like Lewes will always have to work off a modest budget. There really is no point in going over who or why, however the fact is we overspent big time in getting into the BSP and that has been the cause of our downfall. No-one wants to watch a team getting thrashed every week and it became a downward spiral.
Also as Willo mentioned there is the question of the ground which would need a lot of money spending on it to sustain football at BSP level.
A good youth set up is surely good for any club. I can clearly remember the Youth Cup run we had in 2008, took Hull City all the way with 600 people there. It really did create a big feel good experience and brought a lot of kids in to watch.
OK, lads at that age have a lot to learn, on the other hand I seem to remember a well known Scots pundit who ended up with egg on his face when he said 'you win nothing with kids'. If you are good enough you are old enough.
What it needs is a business plan picking all this up. It may be we need to consolidate in the Rymans, however if you have no ambition you are dead. What that means is that the on field and off field side have to progress together so that as and when the club works its way back up the pyramid then it can be sustained. Clubs with less support than Lewes have made it and survived (eg Hayes and Yeading).
The community club set up has got us off to a good start, translate that onto the field and all will be OK.