I attended the League General Meeting last night where they put my proposal for one big division to the other clubs among other things. Unfortunately they voted against it which means we continue with 2 divisions. It’s not all bad news, though. We are still being relegated to the First Division and so will be playing against teams more on our level, and will be much more competitive.

Currently there are 5 new teams joining the league which means the top 5/6 of the First Division will be promoted leaving 11 or 12 teams in our division which is pretty healthy. Most of these teams are quite nearby too, so not much traveling.

The other big change will be that teams can name and play all 5 subs in each game. This may even be on a rolling subs basis too, but that is not confirmed yet and I’m not a huge fan of that idea.

Raffle

I’m about to start printing the tickets for the raffle we will put on over the summer to raise money towards our fees etc. I have secured a Wales shirt signed by Gareth Bale (possibly also Bellamy and Giggs) for the main prize and will sort out 2 more from somewhere so it should be pretty easy to sell.

I’ll need each player to sell 25 tickets at £1 each and you’ll have pretty much all summer to do so – if you can sell more than 25 that would be great for the club and if you can sell more than 30 then every extra ticket you sell will be deducted off your registration fees/subs for the season.

So basically, if you can sell around 60 tickets you won’t have to pay a penny out of your own pocket for the coming season, and for that you will get up to 25 games and your own shirt with squad number of your choice.

Registration

I am starting to register players now for next season, the cost is £30 for the full season with the above benefits. If you sell raffle tickets as mentioned above then your Reg Fee will be refunded the difference (or deducted from your raffle money collected).

I want to get registration sorted as soon as possible so we can get funds in place so we know the club is set up for the season. I’m also going on a huge recruitment hunt now to get more players, if you know anyone put them in touch.

For those few who work shifts and can only play every other or 1 in 3 games, I am open to you continuing paying weekly subs or a reduced Reg Fee, although unless you pay the full amount I cannot offer you a personal shirt and number. You will also be required to sell the raffle tickets.

I hope you all agree with this and I’m sure you can see it is for the benefit of the club as a whole, we just can’t continue with the defecits we’ve had the last 2 years.

You can sign up and pay now below, or give me cash when you see me. Cheers.