Hi All
Just wanted to know your feelings on the above title, MCLFC play in the elite 30 club pyramid of the Womens game and are in the Premiership Northern Division.
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MCLFC first Team just missed out on promotion to the National Division last season but continue with a concentrated push again this season, it takes £30k a year for us to operate an avenue for girls and young women to play football.
ALL players, coaches and committee members including the hard working parents are all Voluntary, due to the current financial climate and other factors, mainly being "associated" with MCFC this year we find ourselves pretty low in our funds-so are trying to organise a fundraiser to raise the coffers.
It's reported that Liverpool, and Arsenal men teams donate 1% of their wage to their respective womens teams and they want for nothing, whilst Everton contribute financially.... Man United give their players tracksuits, training, playing kit and let their girls use the Littleton Rd / Cliff training grounds, provide free coach hire for away games, sure we know it's just to appease the fact they only accommodate teams up to U18's but it's something..... Whilst Man City FC kindly donate MATCH KITS - we DO NOT receive any monetary contributions as many people assume, WE are totally independent and are not governed internally.....WE fund, balls, bibs, cones, training and match pitches, officials for all age groups,half of the junior section 9-16yr olds don't have training kit, coaches have to buy their own kit, again to which we are frantically trying to rectify - transport to away games for 1st and Reserves Teams all at extra cost, we are an evolving elite club and always looking for sponsors, the first team play at Sportscity - Reserves at Cheadle Town fc, in order to bring "Professionalism into our Amateur Status-the first team like any grass roots club takes priority and rightly so.
As good as it is for MCFC to gain the money of the oil rich Sheik -we at MCLFC have suffered greatly because sponsors and even government funding agencies refuse to donate or contribute as they automatically ASSUME we benefit from the "RICHEST CLUB IN THE WORLD!" and accept the applications from other clubs deemed to be "in more need!" how wrong they are !! Most Professional clubs although "ALLOWING" girls and ladies clubs to bear their name don't financially support the womens game... Logically we know the reason for this, that as a "business" they don't see any FINANCIAL RETURN in Womens football unless they are at the very top of the pyramid. My answer to that is 30yrs ago Arsenal "invested" in their ladies team, how were they to know that team would be one of the most prolific and inspirational teams in the World ?? Speculate to cumulate is their obvious reason. Man City want to be a world brand, want to do this and that for the local community around Eastlands but not any mention of Man City Ladies FC-although we are the name of everyones lips at the moment because of our acceleration towards the top tier and our vision......should we manage to get a sponsor we can't even offer to put their names etc on the back of tracksuits, as we use the crest of MCFC. Gratefully Swintons City Supporters Branch kindly donated screw in football boots to our 1st and Reserve Teams whom the majority of our players are at College or University and some travel from as far away as Middlesbro-Birmingham-Doncaster-Leeds to play for us with NO petrol expenses, and to reiterate the players coaches, committee members and other helpers are all voluntary whilst City are paying players £200k a week !! We're not asking for millions but a donation of a couple of 24seater mini-coaches or full training kit at each age group or an offer to pay for our pitch hire each season would enable us to spread what we manage to raise a little more further after all it is reported that MCFC have £556bn in the bank !?
Personally I think we should shed the MCLFC name and that would allow us to compete with the rest for the bags of funding money available to grass roots teams......GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE had a womens team and were faced with the same funding problems cos of their name, they are now "City of Manchester Ladies" hey presto "show me the money !" so I just wanted to start a thread seeing of what opinions City fans have of this scenario ? your comments much appreciated.
Just wanted to know your feelings on the above title, MCLFC play in the elite 30 club pyramid of the Womens game and are in the Premiership Northern Division.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.mclfc.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mclfc.com</a>
MCLFC first Team just missed out on promotion to the National Division last season but continue with a concentrated push again this season, it takes £30k a year for us to operate an avenue for girls and young women to play football.
ALL players, coaches and committee members including the hard working parents are all Voluntary, due to the current financial climate and other factors, mainly being "associated" with MCFC this year we find ourselves pretty low in our funds-so are trying to organise a fundraiser to raise the coffers.
It's reported that Liverpool, and Arsenal men teams donate 1% of their wage to their respective womens teams and they want for nothing, whilst Everton contribute financially.... Man United give their players tracksuits, training, playing kit and let their girls use the Littleton Rd / Cliff training grounds, provide free coach hire for away games, sure we know it's just to appease the fact they only accommodate teams up to U18's but it's something..... Whilst Man City FC kindly donate MATCH KITS - we DO NOT receive any monetary contributions as many people assume, WE are totally independent and are not governed internally.....WE fund, balls, bibs, cones, training and match pitches, officials for all age groups,half of the junior section 9-16yr olds don't have training kit, coaches have to buy their own kit, again to which we are frantically trying to rectify - transport to away games for 1st and Reserves Teams all at extra cost, we are an evolving elite club and always looking for sponsors, the first team play at Sportscity - Reserves at Cheadle Town fc, in order to bring "Professionalism into our Amateur Status-the first team like any grass roots club takes priority and rightly so.
As good as it is for MCFC to gain the money of the oil rich Sheik -we at MCLFC have suffered greatly because sponsors and even government funding agencies refuse to donate or contribute as they automatically ASSUME we benefit from the "RICHEST CLUB IN THE WORLD!" and accept the applications from other clubs deemed to be "in more need!" how wrong they are !! Most Professional clubs although "ALLOWING" girls and ladies clubs to bear their name don't financially support the womens game... Logically we know the reason for this, that as a "business" they don't see any FINANCIAL RETURN in Womens football unless they are at the very top of the pyramid. My answer to that is 30yrs ago Arsenal "invested" in their ladies team, how were they to know that team would be one of the most prolific and inspirational teams in the World ?? Speculate to cumulate is their obvious reason. Man City want to be a world brand, want to do this and that for the local community around Eastlands but not any mention of Man City Ladies FC-although we are the name of everyones lips at the moment because of our acceleration towards the top tier and our vision......should we manage to get a sponsor we can't even offer to put their names etc on the back of tracksuits, as we use the crest of MCFC. Gratefully Swintons City Supporters Branch kindly donated screw in football boots to our 1st and Reserve Teams whom the majority of our players are at College or University and some travel from as far away as Middlesbro-Birmingham-Doncaster-Leeds to play for us with NO petrol expenses, and to reiterate the players coaches, committee members and other helpers are all voluntary whilst City are paying players £200k a week !! We're not asking for millions but a donation of a couple of 24seater mini-coaches or full training kit at each age group or an offer to pay for our pitch hire each season would enable us to spread what we manage to raise a little more further after all it is reported that MCFC have £556bn in the bank !?
Personally I think we should shed the MCLFC name and that would allow us to compete with the rest for the bags of funding money available to grass roots teams......GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE had a womens team and were faced with the same funding problems cos of their name, they are now "City of Manchester Ladies" hey presto "show me the money !" so I just wanted to start a thread seeing of what opinions City fans have of this scenario ? your comments much appreciated.