I know I've mentioned this before, but I have reached out to the club on numerous occasions including to Jemma White when she took over. I'm responsible for the girls football setup at my local club. We have 5 teams (growing to 7/8 next season) and a 3-6 year olds kickers program. I reached out to how we might build the clubs profile in Medway, and other things we could potentially do to collaborate. I have had zero response in the last 2 years. In fact the only person who ever replied was Sandgaard who referred me to someone else who promised a link up in pushing players down to run some training sessions, then went quiet when I tried to organise it.
Meanwhile LCL are pushing in our area and their profile continues to build. Plus we have Chatham Town who whilst lower divisions still do a much better job of promotion round here (appreciate it's more local).
Charlton seem to have a scouting network, which is probably a little easier given there is only one girls league in Kent, and it's quite easy to track the girls teams who play in boys leagues. One of my girls has since signed academy terms with the club. But they seem to have no interest in exploring ways to grow their support out here, even when I've given them myself as a good contact in the area to help with this.
No surprise they're still getting such poor attendances.
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