Formerly Known as The Rights of Fans
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 This isn’t so much a match report as an observation on the changing culture of myself and my contemporaries as we grapple with getting older, as those halcyon days of getting smashed off our faces at football have passed us by, the lagers replaced with the delights of Bovril and Dave defying … Continue reading Match Report, Burgess Hill Town FC 2-1 Lewes FC: The Old Bastards Bovril Club. Getting Old!
This is part 5 of my blogs on the ‘How Lewes FC Strangled the Life Out of Fan Ownership.’ The links to the four others are below. by Chris Harris A conclusion and then we ask the question, can it ever work? Out of a club drifting in the fog of decline, something unexpected briefly … Continue reading The Death of Fan Ownership at Lewes FC. The Story. Part 5 — The Denouement.
by Chris Harris This is part 3 of my blogs on the ‘How Lewes FC Strangled the Life Out of Fan Ownership.’ The links to the four others are below. Meanwhile, the women’s team quietly kept going, punching above their weight, maintaining their place in the third tier of the national league structure. Change, however, … Continue reading The Death of Fan Ownership at Lewes FC. The Story. Part 3, 2017-2023
by Chris Harris This is part 2 of my blogs on the ‘How Lewes FC Strangled the Life Out of Fan Ownership.’ The links to the four others are below. The Death of Fan Ownership at Lewes FC. The Story. Part 1, 2010-17 It’s fair to divide the fan-owned era of Lewes FC into two … Continue reading The Death of Fan Ownership at Lewes FC. The Story. Part 2: 2010-17
by Chris Harris This is part 1 of my blogs on the ‘How Lewes FC Strangled the Life Out of Fan Ownership.’ The links to the four others are below. Steve King led Lewes FC to promotion to the Conference National (now known as the National League) in the 2007–08 season. Under his management, the … Continue reading The Death of Fan Ownership at Lewes FC. The Story. Part 1, Pre Fan Ownership
by Chris Harris How Mercury 13 Deal Was Meant to Save Lewes FC Women But Instead Helped Relegate Them For years, Lewes FC Women punched well above their weight. They competed in the Championship with intelligence, cohesion and belief. They were never title contenders, but just as importantly, they were never relegation fodder either. Season … Continue reading How Mercury 13 Deal Was Meant to Save Lewes FC Women But Instead Helped Relegate Them
The scaremongering. There is "no option but to sell," really is completely untrue and totally misleading. While the current board insists on this hard sell, the numbers tell a very different story. With the right plan, and this is just one of many out there, and without requiring a single pound in upfront capital, Lewes … Continue reading Selling the Lewes FC Women Isn’t the Only Way But It’s Certainly The Easiest Cop Out