GaryDempsey Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Evening lads just a general question in regards to keeping your teams ticking over financially Do you have the players contribute x amount per week/month or rely on sponsors etc for raising cash for team No doubt one of the biggest factors in teams having to fold be good to hear what teams are doing that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loco de futbol Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I'd say most teams take a tenner per week. Sponsors pay league fees etc. Maybe one or two fundraisers through the season.. Getting harder every year !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 My playing days are in the past but I recall putting in £10 month which I thought reasonable. I had no issue with contributing, playing football at grass roots level was a hobby and I had no expectations that it should be free. Most teams will be a combination of player fees and sponsorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
List_of_Jericho Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 We pay £25 per month to cover costs, travel etc. Try and get as much sponsorship as possible as well but it's getting harder every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latapythelegend Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 We do a fiver on matchdaay and £2 at training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 must change council by council, cause in glasgow I've not paid less than a tenner a week for years... that covers training and a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Gunner said: must change council by council, cause in glasgow I've not paid less than a tenner a week for years... that covers training and a game. Cost of pitches and training facilities are a major drain on money but a club will have plenty other costs which are not council related - strips, balls, training equipment, registration fees, insurance, referees etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area 51 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 From our own experience, it takes approx. £25k to run a Club. We take a £30 Membership Fee from the squad at the start of the season, thereafter , £10 per week in subs. The £30 is a contribution towards training kit, club tracksuits and boots. On a weekly basis, we pay £180 for training ( 2 x 90 Glasgow City Council) Home game , £97.80 for Park (Glasgow City Council) and £40 for Referee. Throughout the season, we collect approx. £6k in subs (£150 pw) , but our biggest input, is from our Annual Sportsmans Dinner, where we clear in excess of £8k, two additional fund raisers through the season ,add that to our regular sponsors, £8k , and its a short free kick off £25k. However, we do spend the money on the team, after all, it is theirs, we the Committee are just custodians . For example, we have a pre season friendly up the West Coast , where the players only pay their normal £10 subs, we provide the bus, lunch and the Swally on the way home ........... Our Club has been in existence since 1960....we almost folded last year, not through lack of funds or facilities, just players. There is a deep rooted problem in ALL amateur sports, and that is the demographic. Take a scheme like Drumchapel for example, there used to be 3 Secondary schools there, now there is one !!!, everything is relative, Glasgows population 15/20 years ago was almost 1 million people, now its 670,000. that's a lot of people lost to participation. Our Club have never really had any great sustained success, but what we do have is a dedicated bunch of guys, determined to keep the whole thing going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryDempsey Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Area 51 said: From our own experience, it takes approx. £25k to run a Club. We take a £30 Membership Fee from the squad at the start of the season, thereafter , £10 per week in subs. The £30 is a contribution towards training kit, club tracksuits and boots. On a weekly basis, we pay £180 for training ( 2 x 90 Glasgow City Council) Home game , £97.80 for Park (Glasgow City Council) and £40 for Referee. Throughout the season, we collect approx. £6k in subs (£150 pw) , but our biggest input, is from our Annual Sportsmans Dinner, where we clear in excess of £8k, two additional fund raisers through the season ,add that to our regular sponsors, £8k , and its a short free kick off £25k. However, we do spend the money on the team, after all, it is theirs, we the Committee are just custodians . For example, we have a pre season friendly up the West Coast , where the players only pay their normal £10 subs, we provide the bus, lunch and the Swally on the way home ........... Our Club has been in existence since 1960....we almost folded last year, not through lack of funds or facilities, just players. There is a deep rooted problem in ALL amateur sports, and that is the demographic. Take a scheme like Drumchapel for example, there used to be 3 Secondary schools there, now there is one !!!, everything is relative, Glasgows population 15/20 years ago was almost 1 million people, now its 670,000. that's a lot of people lost to participation. Our Club have never really had any great sustained success, but what we do have is a dedicated bunch of guys, determined to keep the whole thing going Amazing the figures involved when you break it down and having a couple of big fundraisers a massive help as well each year Fantastic that you have kept that going mate fair play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeswideopen15 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Boots? That a joke! I bought one lad a pair of boots in my time in Amateur football and that was as a thank you for the catering he provided at a sportmans dinner! Surely you don't by the full team boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area 51 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 On 10/07/2017 at 21:51, eyeswideopen15 said: Boots? That a joke! I bought one lad a pair of boots in my time in Amateur football and that was as a thank you for the catering he provided at a sportmans dinner! Surely you don't by the full team boots. Not a joke Eyeswide. As I said in my post, the money belongs the players basically, they raised it, so its for the benefit of the players. Don't get me wrong, there is an element of marketing there. We would hope that a reputation of a well run Club, who reinvest all the disposable income back into the Club, will help us attract players to enable us to continue and hopefully compete in the league we play in. So when you see a team with the same colour of boots on throughout the squad, you will know it is us, lol. None of this poofy Orange/Pink/Green/Purple ankle boots .....just traditional black boots (Copa Mundial, Puma King) Al we need is players to fill them now , lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 From our own experience, it takes approx. £25k to run a Club. We take a £30 Membership Fee from the squad at the start of the season, thereafter , £10 per week in subs. The £30 is a contribution towards training kit, club tracksuits and boots. On a weekly basis, we pay £180 for training ( 2 x 90 Glasgow City Council) Home game , £97.80 for Park (Glasgow City Council) and £40 for Referee. Throughout the season, we collect approx. £6k in subs (£150 pw) , but our biggest input, is from our Annual Sportsmans Dinner, where we clear in excess of £8k, two additional fund raisers through the season ,add that to our regular sponsors, £8k , and its a short free kick off £25k. However, we do spend the money on the team, after all, it is theirs, we the Committee are just custodians . For example, we have a pre season friendly up the West Coast , where the players only pay their normal £10 subs, we provide the bus, lunch and the Swally on the way home ........... Our Club has been in existence since 1960....we almost folded last year, not through lack of funds or facilities, just players. There is a deep rooted problem in ALL amateur sports, and that is the demographic. Take a scheme like Drumchapel for example, there used to be 3 Secondary schools there, now there is one !!!, everything is relative, Glasgows population 15/20 years ago was almost 1 million people, now its 670,000. that's a lot of people lost to participation. Our Club have never really had any great sustained success, but what we do have is a dedicated bunch of guys, determined to keep the whole thing going That is an outstanding amount of money for a sponsor to put in. Is this 1 sponsor or numerous? Fair play to getting that amount of money in each season, most teams Iv played for get by week in week out by getting subs in from the boys and the odd race night etc.Do you mind me asking what team this is? Obviously a lot of hard work goes in behind the scenes to achieve this so it's a well done from me! To be fair though I agree that the money is spent on the guys playing, to bring in that amount and sit it in a bank would be criminal! Obviously there will be the usual cynical idiots claiming that your whole team is paid after reading this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeswideopen15 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Not a joke Eyeswide. As I said in my post, the money belongs the players basically, they raised it, so its for the benefit of the players. Don't get me wrong, there is an element of marketing there. We would hope that a reputation of a well run Club, who reinvest all the disposable income back into the Club, will help us attract players to enable us to continue and hopefully compete in the league we play in. So when you see a team with the same colour of boots on throughout the squad, you will know it is us, lol. None of this poofy Orange/Pink/Green/Purple ankle boots .....just traditional black boots (Copa Mundial, Puma King) Al we need is players to fill them now , lol Well played mate as the above said, sounds like a well run and oiled machine. Credit to the ammie game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctv Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Not a joke Eyeswide. As I said in my post, the money belongs the players basically, they raised it, so its for the benefit of the players. Don't get me wrong, there is an element of marketing there. We would hope that a reputation of a well run Club, who reinvest all the disposable income back into the Club, will help us attract players to enable us to continue and hopefully compete in the league we play in. So when you see a team with the same colour of boots on throughout the squad, you will know it is us, lol. None of this poofy Orange/Pink/Green/Purple ankle boots .....just traditional black boots (Copa Mundial, Puma King) Al we need is players to fill them now , lol We do exact same at league level in the Sunday central, the money belongs to the clubs we only manage the finances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area 51 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 16 hours ago, pleslie99 said: That is an outstanding amount of money for a sponsor to put in. Is this 1 sponsor or numerous? Fair play to getting that amount of money in each season, most teams Iv played for get by week in week out by getting subs in from the boys and the odd race night etc. Do you mind me asking what team this is? Obviously a lot of hard work goes in behind the scenes to achieve this so it's a well done from me! To be fair though I agree that the money is spent on the guys playing, to bring in that amount and sit it in a bank would be criminal! Obviously there will be the usual cynical idiots claiming that your whole team is paid after reading this! pleslie99 We have our regular sponsors, our local pub , The Rosevale Tavern in Partick for a 4 figure sum, a former player who is a succesful businessman has also committed a 4 figure sum for the next three seasons and we have former players who donate between £500 -1000 per season. And before the cynics get on their high horses, if they think our whole team get paid, why did we finish bottom of our league ? I think that might answer that. Our Club were formed in 1960 from the body of former members of the Boys Brigade, hence the name Stedfast AFC. And I would state that the Club would not be in existence today if it were not for the efforts of former player, coach, manager,chief cook and bottle washer and now Club Chairman, Malcolm Laverock, who has been with the club since 1980, and without his effort and dedication , the club would have folded years ago. We are far from being a succesful club in terms of winning trophies, but few clubs can touch us when it comes to bonding friendships that last long after our playing days are over. Its a form of socialism without the politics, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Socialism in the Rosevale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryDempsey Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 10 hours ago, Area 51 said: pleslie99 We have our regular sponsors, our local pub , The Rosevale Tavern in Partick for a 4 figure sum, a former player who is a succesful businessman has also committed a 4 figure sum for the next three seasons and we have former players who donate between £500 -1000 per season. And before the cynics get on their high horses, if they think our whole team get paid, why did we finish bottom of our league ? I think that might answer that. Our Club were formed in 1960 from the body of former members of the Boys Brigade, hence the name Stedfast AFC. And I would state that the Club would not be in existence today if it were not for the efforts of former player, coach, manager,chief cook and bottle washer and now Club Chairman, Malcolm Laverock, who has been with the club since 1980, and without his effort and dedication , the club would have folded years ago. We are far from being a succesful club in terms of winning trophies, but few clubs can touch us when it comes to bonding friendships that last long after our playing days are over. Its a form of socialism without the politics, lol. Fair play mate having good sponsors crucial as well very hard to come by in current financial climate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I've seen a lot of clubs selling football cards to business' at £25 a pop. With a £1000 sponsorship prize up for grabs. Clubs getting full branded kits and a few extra's for it. Seem's to be doing well, as I've seen more and more clubs use this way of getting extra funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy O'Hara Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 On 24/07/2017 at 09:58, Gunner said: I've seen a lot of clubs selling football cards to business' at £25 a pop. With a £1000 sponsorship prize up for grabs. Clubs getting full branded kits and a few extra's for it. Seem's to be doing well, as I've seen more and more clubs use this way of getting extra funds. We just done it with Bonnyrigg Rose Ams, 80 team card at £25 a go and sold it in 7 days. Must admit it took us all by surprise getting it done so quickly but it's definitely effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Feet Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Shaggy O'Hara said: We just done it with Bonnyrigg Rose Ams, 80 team card at £25 a go and sold it in 7 days. Must admit it took us all by surprise getting it done so quickly but it's definitely effective How does it work? All proceeds to the club and then just pop the winning sponsors name on your new strip etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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