HAYES & YEADING UNITED - LOWER LEAGUE MANAGEMENT
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Well, here’s where it started for many professional footballers these days, the lower league level, working their way through the leagues playing as high as they can, with the likes of Charlie Austin coming from Poole Town, Chris Smalling from Maidstone, it’s not impossible to make your mark in the lower leagues and get a deal. Before 2007, when Hayes & Yeading merged – they both had great players come up, and through the ranks to going onto bigger and better things; Les Ferdinand, Jason Roberts and DJ Campbell are a few to name, but since we’ve merged there has never been anyone come through.
Why Hayes & Yeading United? You can ask, who are they over and over again if you want, because it’s all I get. Anyway, it’s the team I live and die for, we are a fairly small side who are punching above our weight most would say in the Vanarama National League Conference South, with the joint lowest attendances in the league and by far, the lowest budget it does amaze me what goes on behind the scenes to keep this relatively small club afloat.
Last year, in real life – around November time Hayes & Yeading United held a mid-season fans meeting discussing the future of the small Middlesex club, who after currently four or so seasons of grounds haring, playing around 25 miles away from home, required £300,000 in three months to survive and not go bust, this certainly raised a few eyebrows, then more bad press came out that chairman Tony O’Driscoll didn’t manage to pay rent to Maidenhead United – where they currently play, for now.
With no ground, supporters, money what is there good about this club? Can it go back any further than it already has? I don’t think so, so my aim is to bring this club forward, bring the good old days back, get United promoted back to the National League Premier, pushing on from there gaining us promotion into the football league - however long it takes – with that keep a settled squad, and not in real life, where we have around 60 players every season. I will also slightly increase our youth facilities, so that in hope of producing the next Les Ferdinand.
Saying that, before I close - we managed to fund the £300,000 through a secret investor and have a bit of cash to spare, we have got a set date of moving out of Maidenhead before the New Year, moving back home by January. The ground may not be complete, but for near 200 games we've not played a "home" competitive game for. The ground will include portacabin's, for changing rooms, toilets and a boardroom. Including... yes.. 1,250 seats, for a club who manage to get about 200 fans a game....
This is just briefly talking about the club, and what I am aiming to do. This is an alternative story, switching from and between my Arsenal one, so when I can’t be bothered doing an Arsenal update, I will switch to this one. I have not given up with Arsenal for those wondering!
The grounds current state.... above.
Well, here’s where it started for many professional footballers these days, the lower league level, working their way through the leagues playing as high as they can, with the likes of Charlie Austin coming from Poole Town, Chris Smalling from Maidstone, it’s not impossible to make your mark in the lower leagues and get a deal. Before 2007, when Hayes & Yeading merged – they both had great players come up, and through the ranks to going onto bigger and better things; Les Ferdinand, Jason Roberts and DJ Campbell are a few to name, but since we’ve merged there has never been anyone come through.
Why Hayes & Yeading United? You can ask, who are they over and over again if you want, because it’s all I get. Anyway, it’s the team I live and die for, we are a fairly small side who are punching above our weight most would say in the Vanarama National League Conference South, with the joint lowest attendances in the league and by far, the lowest budget it does amaze me what goes on behind the scenes to keep this relatively small club afloat.
Last year, in real life – around November time Hayes & Yeading United held a mid-season fans meeting discussing the future of the small Middlesex club, who after currently four or so seasons of grounds haring, playing around 25 miles away from home, required £300,000 in three months to survive and not go bust, this certainly raised a few eyebrows, then more bad press came out that chairman Tony O’Driscoll didn’t manage to pay rent to Maidenhead United – where they currently play, for now.
With no ground, supporters, money what is there good about this club? Can it go back any further than it already has? I don’t think so, so my aim is to bring this club forward, bring the good old days back, get United promoted back to the National League Premier, pushing on from there gaining us promotion into the football league - however long it takes – with that keep a settled squad, and not in real life, where we have around 60 players every season. I will also slightly increase our youth facilities, so that in hope of producing the next Les Ferdinand.
Saying that, before I close - we managed to fund the £300,000 through a secret investor and have a bit of cash to spare, we have got a set date of moving out of Maidenhead before the New Year, moving back home by January. The ground may not be complete, but for near 200 games we've not played a "home" competitive game for. The ground will include portacabin's, for changing rooms, toilets and a boardroom. Including... yes.. 1,250 seats, for a club who manage to get about 200 fans a game....
This is just briefly talking about the club, and what I am aiming to do. This is an alternative story, switching from and between my Arsenal one, so when I can’t be bothered doing an Arsenal update, I will switch to this one. I have not given up with Arsenal for those wondering!
