SALFORD RED
01-07-2008, 03:22 PM
" REBELS STICK TO THEIR PRINCIPLES"
Stuart Brennan, M.E.N.
FC United chief Andy Walsh says the club will not jeopardise its future by trying to compete with the big spenders of the Unibond League.
The club has already seen star players Rory patterson, Stuart Rudd and Josh Howard leave after helping to secure a third successive promotion for the Rebels.
But the club's general manager Walsh says that, although the playing budget has been increased for next season to reflect the move up to a higher level, there will be no crazy money paid out.
Walsh says they will stick by their founding principles and not get involved in auctions for players.
"It's difficult to get across to people who look at our crowd figures of 2,000-2,500 and think we must be rolling in it, but the overheads that come with sharing a ground as big as Gigg Lane mean that every year is a struggle.
It is a credit to our manager Karl Margison and his players that we have acheived three successive promotions - we have definitely punched above our weight"
Club members will vote next month on ticket prices for the season, but whatever is decided the club will continue to cut its clioth accordingly.
He said " It is a struggle, but that probably applies to every football club in the country apart from the top two or three. We believe that if something is worth fighting for, people will make the committment, and the committment from our supporters has been brilliant"
The key to the club moving forward is to build their own £5million community stadium and eight sites have been identified in Manchester & Salford. It is hoped the stadium will incorporate all weather pitches for use by local players and a community room which will host events such as gigs and comedy nights.
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Stuart Brennan, M.E.N.
FC United chief Andy Walsh says the club will not jeopardise its future by trying to compete with the big spenders of the Unibond League.
The club has already seen star players Rory patterson, Stuart Rudd and Josh Howard leave after helping to secure a third successive promotion for the Rebels.
But the club's general manager Walsh says that, although the playing budget has been increased for next season to reflect the move up to a higher level, there will be no crazy money paid out.
Walsh says they will stick by their founding principles and not get involved in auctions for players.
"It's difficult to get across to people who look at our crowd figures of 2,000-2,500 and think we must be rolling in it, but the overheads that come with sharing a ground as big as Gigg Lane mean that every year is a struggle.
It is a credit to our manager Karl Margison and his players that we have acheived three successive promotions - we have definitely punched above our weight"
Club members will vote next month on ticket prices for the season, but whatever is decided the club will continue to cut its clioth accordingly.
He said " It is a struggle, but that probably applies to every football club in the country apart from the top two or three. We believe that if something is worth fighting for, people will make the committment, and the committment from our supporters has been brilliant"
The key to the club moving forward is to build their own £5million community stadium and eight sites have been identified in Manchester & Salford. It is hoped the stadium will incorporate all weather pitches for use by local players and a community room which will host events such as gigs and comedy nights.
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