"...[i]ncreasingly people want success, and it will appear they'll take it at any cost. As seen by the ‘experiment’ at Rovers, and the rebranding of Cardiff City, just the promise of success, no matter how flimsy, is enough to make many tuck their morals away in a drawer and tug their forelocks for the new lords of the manor. I just can’t relate to that. Of course people will say “well, that’s football”, but every time you say that a grass-roots club dies.
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You can have success without relentlessly going on about the need for income to compete. In the past year Worcester, Rossington and the Belles have seen crowds increase significantly, and it has come from striving to engage with the community, of encouraging their population to be part of what they’re doing. And, as a result, I have found much greater enjoyment these past twelve months with them, and I felt a part of their triumphs much more than I felt part of Rovers’ wins.
The new season is now a month away, and for the first time in years I am finding it really hard to get excited about watching my team again. I ceased to have any more than a passing interest in football’s top flight years ago, and now Rovers are starting to slip into the same pigeon-hole in which I’ve long placed the Premier League, of being an unrelatable by-product of a sport I still love."
Read more here:- Out of Love - On finding it hard to follow your club
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Look no advertising
How great do football kits look without sponsorship splashed across the front?
Central United 50th Jubilee Jersey
$100 - available at the clubrooms (or contact me and I can put you in touch with the right person).
See more photos and read more about the kit here:- Central United Facebook Page
Central United 50th Jubilee Jersey
$100 - available at the clubrooms (or contact me and I can put you in touch with the right person).
See more photos and read more about the kit here:- Central United Facebook Page
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Business FC
Lyall Gorman on the new FFA owned and run West Sydney franchise:
"Many fans have asked why we have taken our time in announcing the official club name, logo, colours and home venue ...[t]he major reason for that is that as with any new business, especially as one as important as this one is to everyone, the early key decisions of a business are critical for its successful future and time simply must be taken to get them right."
Read more here:- Business FC
"Many fans have asked why we have taken our time in announcing the official club name, logo, colours and home venue ...[t]he major reason for that is that as with any new business, especially as one as important as this one is to everyone, the early key decisions of a business are critical for its successful future and time simply must be taken to get them right."
Read more here:- Business FC
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Rescuing The World's Most Vulnerable
"The event was organised by SAFCA in association with Tear Fund, The NZ Soccer Shop, Liberty Christian Church and Auckland City FC. All proceeds from the day were donated to Tear Fund's Choose Life, Rescue Mothers and Children Programme.
Along with former All White Harry Ngata the launch was attended by Auckland City strikers Manel Exposito and Emiliano Tade along with Auckland City's general manager Terry Kennelly who brought along the Oceania Champions League trophy for the day also.
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"We really value the impact that Auckland City FC has had on our events to date and it is a privilege to be involved with the club. Hopefully in the next couple of years we can see some of our top players wear the navy and white of the club's youth team and then hopefully the first team also." [SAFCA founder and Head of Football Matt Jorgensen]"
Read more here:- ACFC players help with SAFCA launch
TEAR Fund Choose LIFE - Rescue mothers and children:- Choose LIFE projects rescuing the world's most vulnerable
Along with former All White Harry Ngata the launch was attended by Auckland City strikers Manel Exposito and Emiliano Tade along with Auckland City's general manager Terry Kennelly who brought along the Oceania Champions League trophy for the day also.
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"We really value the impact that Auckland City FC has had on our events to date and it is a privilege to be involved with the club. Hopefully in the next couple of years we can see some of our top players wear the navy and white of the club's youth team and then hopefully the first team also." [SAFCA founder and Head of Football Matt Jorgensen]"
Read more here:- ACFC players help with SAFCA launch
TEAR Fund Choose LIFE - Rescue mothers and children:- Choose LIFE projects rescuing the world's most vulnerable
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Callous disregard
"To take this vital piece of identity away from a team smacks of a callous
disregard towards the fans.
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A football club becomes one’s identity, being a fan is investing a small piece of yourself in that club. To have that identity stripped and marketed to make it seem more attractive in a different country is to whore the club."
"Tan should, perhaps, be reminded that whilst he has bought the limited company that owns Cardiff City, he hasn’t bought Cardiff City FC itself. The “Football Club” as an entity can be difficult to define, remaining just out of reach of those that would seek to package it up to sell it. It rests within all of the supporters, a collection of shared memories and experiences that cannot be bought or sold. It should be of considerable concern to those running the club that a new owner is behaving as if these considerations do not matter, he should be politely reminder that other avenues for his investment money do exist."
Read more here:- Red Mist Descends For The Bluebirds and here Turning From Blue To Red: Cardiff City's Backfiring Rebranding Exercise
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A football club becomes one’s identity, being a fan is investing a small piece of yourself in that club. To have that identity stripped and marketed to make it seem more attractive in a different country is to whore the club."
"Tan should, perhaps, be reminded that whilst he has bought the limited company that owns Cardiff City, he hasn’t bought Cardiff City FC itself. The “Football Club” as an entity can be difficult to define, remaining just out of reach of those that would seek to package it up to sell it. It rests within all of the supporters, a collection of shared memories and experiences that cannot be bought or sold. It should be of considerable concern to those running the club that a new owner is behaving as if these considerations do not matter, he should be politely reminder that other avenues for his investment money do exist."
Read more here:- Red Mist Descends For The Bluebirds and here Turning From Blue To Red: Cardiff City's Backfiring Rebranding Exercise
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Auckland City Football Club: Put your faith in Posa's giants
The All Whites marching on to Spain in 1982 was the greatest footballing moment of my life ...that was until a team of shop assistants, truck drivers, interior decorators, school teachers, window cleaners etc took to the field at the Club World Cup in 2009.
Allez the truck drivers! Come on the interior decorators! Forza window cleaners! Viva shop assistants! Haway the school teachers!
Auckland City Football Club - The People's Club
Allez the truck drivers! Come on the interior decorators! Forza window cleaners! Viva shop assistants! Haway the school teachers!
Auckland City Football Club - The People's Club
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