- May 16, 2014
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I was reading the latest Northwich Guardian and 1874 had a lot of coverage in the sports pages particularly with reference to our recent promotion but I was very interested in the comments of "The Fly" who is one of the regular columnists and his observations about 1874 and the issue of local football generally.
"The Fly" was very complimentary about the ethos of 1874 and how he couldn't understand the sniping and undermining by others of a club such as 1874 which was run by local people, accountable to them and for their benefit which must be a "good thing" and he also drew comparisons with other clubs which rely on a "Sugar Daddy" on whose largesse and generosity the clubs survival depends.
His final comment was that he couldn't understand the plethora of local clubs in Northwich when one club representing the town would make more sense and I felt that it echoed a comment made by Board member Tony Fallows at the meeting on Tuesday when he noted that the demographic changes in the town over the past forty years.
Northwich has grown and will continue to grow dramatically over the next few years and many newer residents are not local and do not have the traditional allegiances to local clubs such as Witton, Barnton, and even Flixton Victoria that many of the older and more established families have and this may be a great opportunity for 1874 to tap into the footballing seam of the newer arrivals by emphasizing the local, solvent and accountable nature of OUR club as distinct from the excesses of FIFA and the Premier League.
On the run-up to the start of the new season Tony suggested that it is up to the owners of 1874 to publicize OUR club by word of mouth, advertising, and other incentives to get the newer arrivals to the games and establish a rapport and allegiances to 1874 and the town of Northwich.
"The Fly" was very complimentary about the ethos of 1874 and how he couldn't understand the sniping and undermining by others of a club such as 1874 which was run by local people, accountable to them and for their benefit which must be a "good thing" and he also drew comparisons with other clubs which rely on a "Sugar Daddy" on whose largesse and generosity the clubs survival depends.
His final comment was that he couldn't understand the plethora of local clubs in Northwich when one club representing the town would make more sense and I felt that it echoed a comment made by Board member Tony Fallows at the meeting on Tuesday when he noted that the demographic changes in the town over the past forty years.
Northwich has grown and will continue to grow dramatically over the next few years and many newer residents are not local and do not have the traditional allegiances to local clubs such as Witton, Barnton, and even Flixton Victoria that many of the older and more established families have and this may be a great opportunity for 1874 to tap into the footballing seam of the newer arrivals by emphasizing the local, solvent and accountable nature of OUR club as distinct from the excesses of FIFA and the Premier League.
On the run-up to the start of the new season Tony suggested that it is up to the owners of 1874 to publicize OUR club by word of mouth, advertising, and other incentives to get the newer arrivals to the games and establish a rapport and allegiances to 1874 and the town of Northwich.