Formerly Known as The Rights of Fans
by Chris Harris. A Reassuring Statement… But Not the Full Story At first reading, the Board's financial statement of 29 June is encouraging. It confirms that Lewes FC's operating budget is fully funded through to May 2027, removing any immediate concerns over whether the club can complete the coming season. That is undoubtedly welcome news … Continue reading Investment, Equity and Equality FC: What Are Owners Not Being Told?
A long goodbye with love as Lewes FC enters a different era What I Want to Communicate to Local People About Lewes Football Club A long goodbye with love as Lewes FC enters a different era. Pete Bull Lewes FC has built one of the most powerful stories in non-league football: supporter ownership, Equality FC, … Continue reading What I Want to Communicate to Local People About Lewes Football Club by Pete Bull
by Chris Harris and AI The oldest animals at Dripping Pan Farm still remembered the days before the Revolution. Back then, the Farm had been tired, threadbare and permanently short of feed. The owners in charge barked orders from the 70s clubhouse while the ordinary animals huddled together beneath leaking roofs and rusting turnstiles watching … Continue reading Dripping Pan Farm.
“It is a situation most perplexing, Miss Lemon,” Hercule Poirot declared, twirling the ends of his immaculate moustache with grave precision. “You remember the Mercury 13 investigation from a couple of years ago? The situation, I regret to say, remains most… unsatisfactory. There are inconsistencies, contradictions… and, how do you say, a distinct aroma of … Continue reading Poirot-And The Mystery of the Lewes FC Investor
by Chris Harris A “Heartfelt Thank You” That Screams Desperation The Board’s email, titled “A Heartfelt Thank You,” is supposed to reassure. It is supposed to steady the club and calm concern. Instead, it does the exact opposite. Strip away the tone, and what you are left with is not confidence, but desperation. This is … Continue reading Last Roll of the Dice: The Risky Gamble That Could Cost Lewes FC Men Everything
BY Chris Harris Last night the Lewes men’s team drew a crowd of just 351 supporters, a figure that would have seemed almost unimaginable not so long ago. For the first time, possibly since the introduction of fan ownership, the club’s average attendance has now slipped below the average for the division we compete in. … Continue reading An Unwanted Landmark and the Decline in Attendances at Lewes FC
By Chris Harris. In Aesop’s fable, the boy who cried wolf did not lose his flock because of the wolf. He lost it because he steadily drained the value from his own voice. Each false alarm weakened the link between what he said and what was true, until even the truth carried no weight. The … Continue reading Aesop’s Warning and Why Lewes FC Still Clings to X
by Chris Harris For years, my view of Lewes Football Club has been pretty consistent: we’ve had too many directors who treat the club like their own personal fiefdom. Yes, we’ve also had brilliant directors too, people who understood exactly what Lewes is supposed to be: a club owned by the fans, run on behalf … Continue reading Lewes FC: Officially Fan-Owned In Name Only?
by Chris Harris 'We're the lads from Macc....' When a Dream Come True Suddenly Felt Like a Nightmare If you’d said to any Crystal Palace supporter at the beginning of last season that Palace were going to win the FA Cup, we’d have bitten your hand off. After all, this club with its history, heart … Continue reading How the FA Cup Lost Its Way — and How Crystal Palace FC May Have Saved It
by Chris Harris This is the first in a series highlighting the comedic goings on (gags!) at Lewes FC. Only Lewes Football Club could make a complete hash of launching a 140th anniversary replica kit. Non league football club; are amateur concerns and fuck ups are to be routinely expected, the problem with Lewes FC … Continue reading Lewes FC: A Football Club From Brewery Town Who Couldn’t Run a Piss Up in One. Pt 1 The Replica Kit Launch Debacle.
by Chris Harris Partnered with The Rights of Fans, er....not legally! It’s important to say this clearly. I do not write to be liked. I don’t write to win popularity contests. And I don’t write to collect media likes or to be liked. I write because I care about the club and want to hold … Continue reading 11 Freunde Interview and the Lessons Thereof to the Loudmouthed Lewes FC Keyboard Warriors.
By Chris Harris The logo says it all. Suspending belief when you receive an email from Lewes Football Club, is not uncommon. Who can forget the true comedy gold gems, the £10 million valuation and the bizarre claim we were going to eclipse the 140,000 membership of Barcelona FC, for the record our current membership … Continue reading Buy Lewes FC’s 140th Anniversary Replica Shirt and Change the World. But Hurry Before the World Get a Chance To.