Formerly Known as The Rights of Fans
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
“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 Lewes FC is Out of Time: Do We Need To Sell or Downgrade? The one thing we need to do is recognise that nearly all of last year's excellent new board members resigned, and this year nobody from the UK, except Lisa, who is already on the board, has stood. In fan … Continue reading Out of Time. The Lewes FC Board Need to Go. We Then Sell or Regroup.
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 When Greg appointed Hilario Vincent, Denham Phoenix FC were still rattling around in the third tier of the Sussex County League. Now, somehow, they’d clawed their way into the bottom rung of the national non-league pyramid. Greg had advertised the job successfully, and with pre-season starting next week, time was of the … Continue reading Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 4: The Managerial Shortlist
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
This is part one of a weekly comedic and unlikely tale of the trials and tribulations of a non league football club. As Denham Phoenix FC hurtles into the National Non-League pyramid, Greg Lyons must face the truth he’s avoided for years, Big Mal can’t carry the club any further. by Chris Harris Life was … Continue reading Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap — Part 1: What Century Did He Die In?
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.