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The SFL Bid
June 30, 2008
It’s been a rollercoaster week - Derick and me were summoned to Hampden again last Wednesday and had a reasonable meeting. The press today was very good after Wednesday’s press call - hopefully several of the clubs have read it. Our “sales pitch” brochure is now on the website….”Why The Spartans FC”. Have a look at www.spartansfc.com. The brochure really does show the breadth of the club and the great work done by so many.
The Academy isn’t ready until mid September so we’ve been marked down by the SFL committee providing information to the clubs. We have agreed the use of Meadowbank however this doesn’t get factored in so the success of our bid depends on how well we can put our case to the clubs. I am sure the clubs will look beyond the next few weeks and at the club which will add most to the SFL in the medium term. I am convinced we will bring the most fans, have the best facilities and strong finances, have a great location in Edinburgh and our community and youth programme are second to none. Scotland is strange sometimes - success tends to lead to suspicion rather than inspiration. I am sure the SFL clubs wont take this view and will be delighted to endorse our success on and off the pitch in recent years.
If you are talking to any of the clubs over the next few days do pass on our key messages.
We will be a fantastic addition to the SFL. At the end of the day we need 15 votes to win from the 29 chairmen.
New 2nd XI/Reserves Coach
We are delighted to annouce that Mark Lamb has joined Spartans to take the 2nd XI from Peebles where he has played and been manager for many years. Mark has brought his assistant Stuart Robertson as well, this is the coaching team who took Peebles up from the East of Scotland First Division last season. Mark has his B Licence and continues to work on further badges so I’m sure he will make the same positive impact as made by Mike Irving when he joined last season. This is a really positive move for the club irrespective which leagues we play in next season.
Pre Season Training
The 1s have been back training for a couple of weeks now and the 2s start this week. Tueday it is at City Park/Inverleith Park and Thursday is back at Peffermill. For the 2s on Tuesday it is changing at City Park before a walk over to Inverleith Park.
The New Website
The new website is taking shape - many thanks to Mark Palmer who done a superb job. Also to the design team at Studio LR. The address is still www.spartansfc.com. There will be quite a bit more content added over the next week or so but the early results are great. The newspaper links are superb - in particular the new team line up in Henry Winter’s article.
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