ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

City really did announce their candidacy for the 2014 playoffs with a solid  win over Maidenhead United at May Day Trust Park last Saturday.

We had enough chances to win by more than Dave Pratt's solitary header but the current league momentum was maintained and we climbed to just 1 point off a playoff place. (Last night's results meant that we dropped to 2 points off the top 5).That's quite a turnaround in just a few short weeks.

Can we keep it up?

Josh Low filled in for Ross Stearn and City's star man has another 2 games of a suspension to serve. With other suspensions looming (Dan Ball for 5 yellows) the squad does look thin. It's going to be harder to keep the run going without more squad depth.

What looked like too many games in November evaporated when the Boreham Wood  away game was postponed and then the trip to Tonbridge. However the Club have moved quickly to fill the spare date. City will now go to Boreham Wood on 30 November but a mid week trip to darkest Kent still beckons.

Next up at home is Boreham Wood on 7th December followed by Ebbsfleet on 14th. 6 points from those 3 games will keep us firmly in contention.

The Club has very little time to set up an AGM in 2013. It is a chance for shareholders to ask some questions and get a bit more detail on how the finances look.

For me the questions are around the debt. It is bound to have risen but by how much and why? And what are we doing to counter that? There are strong rumours that the site for a new stadium is Lansdown. When will we have a formal Club position on a move?

Given that the team has worked wonders to get us to the fringes of the playoffs how can we keep it up? Is there scope to strengthen the squad?

And very fundamentally for me when will supporters be able to play their part in the Club again after 2 years of the current Chairman systematically excluding the Society and the Supporters Club?

These questions and many more wait to be asked when we the shareholders have an opportunity.

On a final note the Bath City FC Community Sports Foundation held its AGM last Friday. Under the continued leadership of Pete Sellwood and Ken Loach, the Foundation goes from strength to strength. Long time City fan Steve Skinner is now part of the team working with Pete Sellwood. I am a Foundation Board member so must declare an interest of course but I am proud to be associated with such a success story.