FA Trophy - 3rd Qualifying Round - Saturday Nov 25th 2017

[Dave Deacon]

Lewes   v   Truro City

Lewes are currently top of Step 4 Isthmian League Division One South and are a 100% Community-owned and not-for-profit football club. 

Taken from their website :-

Why fan ownership?

As we all know, most football clubs up and down the country are privately owned organisations with wealthy investors plugging large funding holes with their own cash. As Lewes FC found out in 2010, and what many clubs are discovering today, no matter how big they are this is a rather unsustainable business model that has seen some clubs cease to exist.

In 2010, Lewes FC were less than 24 hours away from this reality, until a local groups of fans, calling themselves Rooks125, transformed the club into a Community Benefit Society, thereby allowing fans of the club to become owners themselves. We believe that thousands of fans owning an equal share is more sustainable, not to mention appropriate, way of doing things.

[TheolderIgetthebetterIwas]

I like that.

[Bruegel the Elder]

Lewis is a wealthy County Town in the “Stockbroker belt” of East Sussex, just up the road from Brighton. Lots of rich guys who can afford to be hobby shareholders of their local team. Unfortunately won’t work in an area where most people’s priority is putting food on the table for their families!

[Rayvon]

You sometimes have to play in competitions where you think do we really want to progress and for me this is one of them. After this game Truro will have covered over 1,700 miles in 8 days, well thats the mileage from Truro. Surely the players must be knackered after all this travelling besides having to do a day job. We have been lucky so far on the injury front but I for one don't want to see us go down the route from last season and bringing in loan players, it does not work. Lets just concentrate on finishing in a healthy position in the league.  Just my opinion others may disagree.

[somersetspur]

22 hours ago, Dave Deacon said:

Lewes   v   Truro City

Lewes are currently top of Step 4 Isthmian League Division One South and are a 100% Community-owned and not-for-profit football club. 

Taken from their website :-

Why fan ownership?

As we all know, most football clubs up and down the country are privately owned organisations with wealthy investors plugging large funding holes with their own cash. As Lewes FC found out in 2010, and what many clubs are discovering today, no matter how big they are this is a rather unsustainable business model that has seen some clubs cease to exist.

In 2010, Lewes FC were less than 24 hours away from this reality, until a local groups of fans, calling themselves Rooks125, transformed the club into a Community Benefit Society, thereby allowing fans of the club to become owners themselves. We believe that thousands of fans owning an equal share is more sustainable, not to mention appropriate, way of doing things.

Great effort from the Rooks 125

[Dave Deacon]

Truro win at Lewes 3-1. Goals from Todd, Harvey and Neal. All first half. 

[herbie777]

11 hours ago, Dave Deacon said:

Truro win at Lewes 3-1. Goals from Todd, Harvey and Neal. All first half. 

Excellent result ive never watched truro play think i will go to 1 game this season

[Bruegel the Elder]

2 hours ago, CornishRhino said:

They've picked up some impressive results lately. As a regular for many seasons I'd recommend going to watch them.

Nice to see an unbiased recommendation (although admittedly they’re worth 90 minuets of anybody’s time)❗️

[TheolderIgetthebetterIwas]

I might take in a game if there is absolutely no other games on anywhere.

[Premier Sixes]

I watch them if I am not playing or watching Tranmere I would highly recommend it. Hodges is doing an incredible job with that team. Not one of those players would get in the Tranmere team in the division above but as a unit they are producing result after result while Mickey Mellon at Rovers is stuttering through the season with for that level an all star team.

[Mrgreen]

They most certainly have proved a few people wrong, of course nobody will willingly admit it.

Wrong about the squad and wrong about the manager. Hopefully there will always be another game for these people to watch.

[Mrgreen]

Pre season, I think most of us would have been happy with top half, although secretly dreamt of top ten..

i would still be chuffed with either.

[Bruegel the Elder]

On 23/11/2017 at 10:23, Rayvon said:

You sometimes have to play in competitions where you think do we really want to progress and for me this is one of them. After this game Truro will have covered over 1,700 miles in 8 days, well thats the mileage from Truro. Surely the players must be knackered after all this travelling besides having to do a day job. We have been lucky so far on the injury front but I for one don't want to see us go down the route from last season and bringing in loan players, it does not work. Lets just concentrate on finishing in a healthy position in the league.  Just my opinion others may disagree.

Well Rayvon, it may be a little belated but it seems that your wish will come true. One more game in the Vase and then time to concentrate on the league.

[Rayvon]

21 hours ago, Bruegel the Elder said:

Well Rayvon, it may be a little belated but it seems that your wish will come true. One more game in the Vase and then time to concentrate on the league.

 On paper I am inclined to agree with you Bruegel the Elder but as Torquay United proved when they won at Sutton a couple of weeks ago "Its a funny old game"