CHAIRMANS VIEWS The last time we played Kings Lynn was by strange coincidence the first game I ever watched us play. I’d been asked to look into one or two things that had been going on at the football club in the February of our last year at step 5 and if I’m right we played them in either late Feb or early March. Two sides with one objective. To all Kings Lynn Officials, players and supporters I hope you enjoy your time with us. First things first, as I mentioned in my statement it’s important to recognise the outgoing chairman’s achievements and from a personal point of view I’d like to add that although he could be a right royal pain in the arse the underlying fact remains that to date, taking into consideration the current position the first team find themselves, he has been one of if not the most successful Chairman the club has had. Clearly the contribution all other Chairman have made over the years cannot be over stated or indeed the volunteers, committee members and supporters but the fact remains that the football club is playing at the highest level in its history and this is the only real yardstick I can judge by. So what changes? Well put simply, in a nut shell, when taking everything into consideration, nothing much has changed. That’s not to say that over the next few months we sit idly on our backsides and smell the roses, nor does it mean that changes will never happen because if we are one thing, we are progressive in our thoughts and open to workable idea’s. We are good at many
things and as a collective we have improved performance in most areas of the business. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Louise has done a fantastic job, and continues to do a fantastic job, in providing a level of professionalism that has resulted in much needed growth within our functions and events business (she’s also responsible for an additional 14 sponsors banners this season), Iain Parr, together with Andy and Tom Spark, has been instrumental in introducing, expanding and managing a youth development policy that I believe is or certainly will be the very best out there, we are more adapt at getting potential sponsors around the table and this in turn helps to generate additional income and business partnership opportunities. We have kids party rooms (Fifa and soon to be Minecraft which if you haven’t seen grab hold of me and I’ll give you a peek) which will give us increased exposure/income and we have worked hard to increase the amount of community support programmes we offer too. These are all positives that four and a bit years ago were a little nonexistent or were present but not in their current vibrant form.
greater than mine, these people will pass comment, good, bad or indifferent. The way I see things is that as a Chairman I have overall responsibility to ensure we make things work and make sure that we are still gleefully plugging away, pushing forward trying to take the club onto bigger and better things for years to come, this can only be achieved if we work as a coherent collective. By the time these notes go into the programme we may have already released a couple of news items that will again add something to our overall portfolio (fingers crossed). This illustrates our desire to keep pushing the club forwards towards our ultimate objective which is to have a successful football club that has depth to its character, a stable and financially positive balance sheet, an open and active mind and a desire to embrace those that want to be part of the journey.
We are however aware that we are not so good at a few other aspects of the business which we have identified and will now be working on over the next few months and no this is not a eureka moment, it’s more a case of always being aware but not really knowing how to tackle that initial first step in moving and improving these particular areas. I’m not going to comment directly about first team performances because there are others who are an integral part of the club whose knowledge on such things is far
“Can you feed the dog, she’s been a nightmare today I think she’s coming into season”
“Darling you know I said to you a while back that I’ve been talking to the old man about acquiring his share holdings in the football club and therefore becoming Chairman”
“Ok......just to let you know I’ve done it and so we are now responsible for the football club” “I’m out Tuesday so if Fin’s training you’ll have to drop him down there and come back for the girls” “Ok....did you hear what I said?” “Yes but I don’t think we need a new car” Lee