I don’t know about you but I can’t find out much about what is going on at Bath City FC these days or come to think of it probably since the new Chairman took over. I am a shareholder and a Society member so I get the annual accounts but little else on the big picture comes out of the Club these days.
And the annual accounts do not give a great deal of detail on the health of our Club.
Most fans suspect that the debt is rising but most of the time we have to just guess about the financial position. People wonder whether the extended sponsorship deal with Moore Stephens is lucrative for the Club? And what about the ground naming rights? It is a great initiative but just appears to have been handed on for another year to the May Day Trust. Hopefully City got a financial gain from this but it’s not at all clear. And what about season ticket sales? We have no idea whether they are up or down.
There are rumours that the Board rarely meets these days and that the Chairman runs the Club pretty well single handedly. It certainly seems that way.
For a Club of City’s size I think it would really benefit from a more transparent approach and dare I say it a more collective management!
On the pitch the draw with Gosport was a disappointment followed by the blank bank holiday because of the problems at at troubled Farnborough Town.
The talk on social media is of the home kit. The fact that it appears unsuitable begs the question about whether the kit was checked with the league. If it was it is another worrying sign that the administration of the Club is failing. People predicted this after the redoubtable Paul Williams stepped down. For now we seem to be condemned to wear purple in the Away dugout at Twerton.
One very successful initiative is the new Club radio station. All credit to Andrew Kerslake for this. I was able to listen to his excellent commentary of recent games whilst on holiday. You can tune in on www.kerslakesport.co.uk. Andrew has been ably assisted by Quentin Edwards.
This Saturday City play host to the mysterious newcomers to the Skrill Conference South, Concord Rangers. It’s a bit like Forest Green in that the name doesn’t give you any clue as to where it is. In fact they come from the Thames estuary in Essex…from Canvey Island to be precise, and to add to their allure they are nicknamed the ‘Beachboys’!
It should be an interesting game at May Day Trust Park this coming Saturday.
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