i just don't get it a fan base club you should be working for the love of the club and volunteer for free or on expenses
its non league football and the club board should be made up of fans or share owners and a voted chairman who is given a 2 year role
now am i missing something here is non league football self funding or is there money to be made
the crowds are not to bad for the FCUM and salford but nothing to run a club full time and salford are backed by the class of 92 money and media are well involved so they can
but FCUM don't have backing and don't what a money man so its based on fans and tickets sales
funny thing is i know somebody big at Oldham football club that if they go down this season it could be the end of them
its professional football and league 1 and not that away from non league he said oldham could be better off in non league football and being part time and if FCUM ever come up to league football it could kill them without major backing even getting gates of 8000 to 10.000 each week would not cover the running cost
only salford city with backing from some very rich owners could stay up but the ground is shocking and would not meet league football standards and they would have to ground share with somebody like sale sharks or FCUM hahahahhahahhaha
Their whole business plan is that it was a community asset and that on non match playing days the place would be used by "the local community".
The plans forecast that the club house would be full each weekend and evenings hosting weddings, birthday parties, business functions etc. In the day they would run computer courses, business seminars etc.
Then the 3G pitch would be in daily use from dawn to dusk and beyond with floodlights in use by schools and colleges and other teams in the evenings as well as Moston Juniors (read above how they got shafted).
And the bookings for none of these have not got anywhere near the targets set. So monies expected to finance full time staff have not materialised.
A friend showed me a quote from a fans forum where one fan bemoaning the lack of bookings for the function room, declared amazement that the club had not taken advantage that the ground was right next to the biggest cemetery in North Manchester! I kid you not! Yes, let's bury Aunt Ethel and then nip round to Pallet Park for a buffet!
And here lies a problem they won't ever get over. They state they are a community club but they are a club without an organically grown community. They alienate themselves from anyone Blue for simply being who they are and alienated a large number of the local community for simply being where they are.
If you go with the adage that the customer is always right, then going out of your way to alienate so many of your potential customers, you aren't going to get far as a business. And until they get in their heads that a very large number of local people just don't share their utopian dream that they came to Moston to "save it" then it's going to be heartbreak for all of them when it goes tits up.
One other thing that will effect the club too, is let's suppose your business or family member did want to book the function room for training or say a wedding reception. The club ask you for a big wedge to secure the rooms for the day. Knowing the club is on its knees, would you stump up a hefty deposit to secure It 6 months in advance?
