Good evening everyone!

Monday again 🤦🏻🤦🏻

As promised another chairmans update from me!

These will be coming to you more frequently over the next few weeks as we start to tick off things on our agenda.

Todays is a long one, the rest won’t be I promise!!!

Main Pitch :

Firstly I am pleased to announce that we have received the green light for our proposal to resolve the issue with the pitch development. In expectation of this, last week we put the job out to a number of specialist contractors who have now started to come back to us with prices and timescales for their availability, I will update once this is finalised and we have dates.

Although it’s not ideal there is no reason for panic, or alarm. As with all types of construction works there are unforeseen issues, and in fairness to the engineers running the job there are some issues that are uncommon and can’t be picked up on prior to them happening, and this is one of those.

The planning permission for the floodlights and electronic scoreboard is still going ahead, but they don’t have time pressures on them like the pitch does, as they can both be installed during the season. So they will be finalised and submitted once we are happy the pitch is back in full flow.

Front Of Shirt Sponsor :

We have been in talks throughout the summer with a number of potential partners, but none of whom we feel fitted what we as a club need. Whether that be from a financial perspective, the levels of active participation we are looking for, or from simply just not fitting with our club ethos and values.

So we have reached the conclusion that as we are looking forwards as a business entity and a club to continued growth and site development, that one of the exciting new projects we have begun to undertake will be our new front of shirt sponsor.

We have decided this for a number of reasons :
As mentioned finding an ideal partner has been difficult this season. Financially we can guarantee we will get the monies the club wants as we will be controlling that ourselves, we know there will be shared values and etho as all of our new ventures are for the financial benefit of the club and offer contributions towards the same goal. It will be of great promotional benefit and value to promote the new business activity, allowing us to formulate a marketing strategy that cross pollenates across all of our business activities allowing for the streamlining and
control and co-ordination of sales, marketing, business development and cross selling strategies, as well as full control over all aspects of costings and the benefits derived from the sharing of resources and economies of scale in our purchasing power, staff management and deployment and resource allocation.

In the new year we will be opening a childrens activity centre with a fully equipped stand alone Sensory room, which will be called the “Farsley Fun Factory” this will be in the front of our home and away shirts for the 24/25 season.

Our new third kit will be sponsored by our new kit supplier, who we are pleased to announce a new long term strategic partnership with. Sportsbulk, are a local business who we have known for a long time and who share our values and ethos and we are glad to have Scott and his team on board!

New Kit Release :

Our new kits will be unveiled on Wednesday evening, and will be available for purchase immediately, we will share the purchase details with their release!

A special Thankyou to Ben Atkinson, Georgia Bull and Madeleine Hawkshaw for their modelling services and to Graham Beetham for his magic behind the camera.

Goalkeeper signing :

I can confirm that terms have been agreed and contracts signed on a season long loan deal for our number one for the forthcoming season. We can’t announce it yet, as we are still awaiting the usual regulatory body sign off’s.

The success of last seasons loan agreement with a top premier league club for Zan, has led us to follow the same model for this season.

As soon as we get the nod I will announce it! But he will 100% be available for Saturdays season opener.

I will leave this update here as there is more to share with you, so I will post another update tomorrow.

Exciting times!

Best Wishes

Paul Barthorpe

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