Hiya,
Looking for ideas on how to gain some sponsorship/where to look/ask for a football club my mate is setting up and im gonna help out with.
Were pretty much guaranteed to take over quite a decent, well established mens team but want/will need new kits with our clubs crest on. Only starting with one mens team for now so only need 1 set of kit. Hoping once up and running properly to set up some kids teams too.
Just wondered if anyones dealt with this stuff before and had any advice which could help or if anyome knew of any grants we could get.
Thanks in advance
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He'll probably know the ins and outs
Havent got a definite location yet but hoping to secure somewhere in the kidbrooke/eltham area
id suggest if you are just starting out then get the cheapest kit possible. Most starter clubs never make it beyond two years sadly. If you get settled and established then look at getting a better kit down the line. Having more kit is a lot more important than nicer kit, it goes missing, particularly with a starter team with a higher turnover of players.
Utilise Moneyspinner to organise a night down Crayford Dogs. You get 50 tickets to sell to friends and at say £6 you’ve got yourself £300. Do all you can to make sure everyone sells those tickets.
always insist on a signing on fee, it’s vital funds and leads to a better chance of commitment.
Buy a pack of scratchcards off eBay. 40 grid ones at £1 ensure £25 prize £15 to the club. Do a rota for players to take into their work, friends and fam. Those £15 add up.
good luck
had a place in coney hall then a place in west wickham sponsor us and finally the tapas place in Bromley south.
There is is nothing in it for other businesses I reckon as we had a garage at the end just because he was a mate of a mate but I doubt a single person went there because of our shirts.
You must've been absolutely stuffed full on those christmas and end of season dos by the 3rd restaurant that night.
Getting a sponsor is essential, so is getting signing on fees as @AFKABartram says. He also has some very useful advice about who to approach to sponsor you and how to raise funds because you will 100% need them. Pitch fees alone used to cause us all panic attacks every year, we were pretty lucky as it was a pub side we only once got sponsored by the pub however they could facilitate a lot of things such as strongbow one year buying us a full set of decent home and away kits with their logo on if the pub sold 500 pints of strongbow in a month. That was worth it. Getting subs out of everyone is crucial, don't let people run up debts and set them fairly. When I ran the reserves I wouldn't expect substitutes to pay, if they came on early I'd ask them to chuck a pound in but starters paid 3 or 4 quid and it was a nightmare getting that money out of them. We also committed to going to the pub after every game and God bless my reserves when I had them we did our bit and the landlady loved us and did food for us. Getting the kit washed and dried I think we paid a lady a tenner to do that but it needed someone to deliver it and remember to collect it which always seemed to fall on me, as did carrying all the other shit like corner flags, nets, medical stuff and balls as well as all the other paperworky stuff. You need cash to pay the referee for home games too which always seemed to fall on me to stump up and never see again.
And look after the pubs or restaurants if you get one of them to sponsor you, commit to having a club do there at least at the end of the season and also during the season and pack it out. The more you get involved with them the more they will support you. We actually got sponsored by a curry house called boloka one year, fucking awful food and a worse name but the owner was great to us in terms of buying stuff but we had to get down there a couple of times a year with friends and family.
in hindsight should have been much more disciplined in dealing with shortfalls and would certainly be if doing it now.
I ended up picking up the reserves as I'd destroyed my knee and it kept me involved. So an element of the financial loss on my part I saw the same as you, cost of fun and being involved. In hindsight I feel not bitter but definitely like I learned a lesson.