Tag: lewesfc

Last Roll of the Dice: The Risky Gamble That Could Cost Lewes FC Men Everything

~ july1966

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

An Unwanted Landmark and the Decline in Attendances at Lewes FC

~ july1966

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

Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 3: Manager, Hilario Vincent is Caught Thieving

~ july1966

by Chris Harris Greg was beginning to put the final touches to his new Board of Directors, adding the last few names and shaping the structure he hoped would carry Denham Phoenix FC not just through the season, but a successful season. He knew expertise and other skill sets would be crucial to developing the … Continue reading Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 3: Manager, Hilario Vincent is Caught Thieving

Buy Lewes FC’s 140th Anniversary Replica Shirt and Change the World. But Hurry Before the World Get a Chance To.

~ july1966

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.

A Lesson Lewes FC Can Learn from Burgess Hill Town FC: Club’s Going in Opposite Directions.

~ july1966

By Chris Harris Anyone who was at Leylands Park on Saturday (3/1/26) for the Burgess Hill vs Lewes game, and who’d been to Leylands Park before, couldn’t have failed to notice that this is a club on the up. I hadn’t been for a few years. Back then, they’d just been relegated into the Isthmian … Continue reading A Lesson Lewes FC Can Learn from Burgess Hill Town FC: Club’s Going in Opposite Directions.

Dulwich Hamlet FC Built A Culture. Lewes FC Built a Brand — Fluffed It and Lost Its Soul

~ july1966

by Chris Harris 13/12/25 Dulwich Hamlet FC 1-4 Lewes FC. A great result, but the truth is the real winner over the last few years has been Dulwich Hamlet FC, a club the leadership at Lewes FC failed dismally to emulate. Dulwich Hamlet are a phenomenon as well as football club.  It’s not about results, … Continue reading Dulwich Hamlet FC Built A Culture. Lewes FC Built a Brand — Fluffed It and Lost Its Soul

Panic, Not Process: Why Lewes FC’s New Managerial Knee Jerk Recruitment Process Fails the Basics

~ july1966

I can’t, hand on heart, see any reason why Craig Nelson is a better prospect for Lewes FC than Bradley Pritchard, and I believe this knee jerk appointment is further evidence of a board lost in the headlights, stuck in a doom cycle. It was during the winter of last year, when Craig Nelson was … Continue reading Panic, Not Process: Why Lewes FC’s New Managerial Knee Jerk Recruitment Process Fails the Basics

The Importance of Voting Earnestly No. Vote No To Breaking Up Our Club.

~ july1966

A Conversation with Oscar Wilde in Lewes Oscar Wilde, ever the aesthete and lover of social movements, had intended to visit the early days of the suffragette campaign. But his time machine, always too theatrical for its own good, deposited him instead in Lewes, during a critical vote at a community football club. One that, … Continue reading The Importance of Voting Earnestly No. Vote No To Breaking Up Our Club.

Week 1: Into the Wild — My Self-Publishing Journey Begins. My Blogging Diary.

~ july1966

By Christopher Harris The Rights of Fans Each week the new weekly excerpt can be found here: https://july66.blog/2025/07/10/learning-to-become-a-part-time-writer-a-blogging-diary-intro-to-week-3/ This week marks Week One of my attempt to expand my writing beyond a remote, niche football blog about Lewes FC and into the dizzying, grown-up world of self-publishing, platforms, and social media. Why? Because I’ve realised … Continue reading Week 1: Into the Wild — My Self-Publishing Journey Begins. My Blogging Diary.

The Accidental Successful Blog

~ july1966

My blog about Lewes FC looks like it may hit 20,000 reads this year, which, for context, is extraordinary. Out of curiosity, I asked ChatGPT—with its access to web traffic data—what kind of annual traffic a typical niche blog on a non-league football club might receive. The answer? Between 500 and 2,000 reads per year. … Continue reading The Accidental Successful Blog

Fan Ownership at Lewes. Fanzine Article in ‘Where’s The Bar’ Magazine. How and Why it Failed but is There a Happy Ending?

~ july1966

English Football Clubs run by their supporters operate under a constitution — a brilliant framework that, if followed, can lead to real success. The problem is, there’s no statutory body to enforce it. And that’s where things can get messy. Very messy. This is the story of how complacency, detachment, and poor oversight allowed a … Continue reading Fan Ownership at Lewes. Fanzine Article in ‘Where’s The Bar’ Magazine. How and Why it Failed but is There a Happy Ending?

Rebuild, Reconnect, Restore: Lewes FC’s New Chapter Begins

~ july1966

After nearly 20 years of low expectations, writing about Lewes Football Club, hoping the club would do the right thing by our constitution and town, the clever thing, the smart thing, only to see them usually fail, I never once thought the club would go way over and beyond my expectations and exceed them. In … Continue reading Rebuild, Reconnect, Restore: Lewes FC’s New Chapter Begins