Hallelujah, after 15 years a Lewes FC board finally reaches out properly to the community for help to run the club properly. A small article on the club website signalled a shift, long needed, to stop the relentless squandering of money, goodwill and resources at the club through financial and governance mismanagement. What is the … Continue reading Hope Springs Eternal as 23/24 Lewes FC Board Address the Toxic Legacy of Previous Boards
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Another Fine Mess. The Great Mercury 13 Debacle at Lewes FC
It takes a scary kind of ineptitude to run a small community club into the enormous financial peril Lewes FC is in. Rather than cut costs to a sustainable level, the Board of 2022/3 decided to try and sell a majority stake in the Lewes FC Women to Mercury13. Thereby intending to: 1) smash our … Continue reading Another Fine Mess. The Great Mercury 13 Debacle at Lewes FC
Lewes FC and the Death of our Community Club.
For nearly 15 years Lewes FC have never really fitted into the community club mould. Too many directors from the outset simply followed a non-conformist independent and commercial directive. The rules of community ownership are enshrined in our constitution and have been neglected. Prior to the launch of Equality FC many directors fought to establish … Continue reading Lewes FC and the Death of our Community Club.
The Rights of Fans. 