Edgeley Engagement

There certainly does appear to be a wind of change blowing through Stockport County these days. Gone are Sale Sharks and on the way out are the last vestiges of Rugbyisation (it is a real word – I checked with the Twickenham English Dictionary).[

I believe too that Sale Sharks Champions Two Thousand and whenever it was sign, which was visible from the railway has been junked and gone are the discarded Pimms bottles and bits of broken picnic hampers (I made this up but you get the gist).

Almost as good as having Edgeley Park back as a football ground is the attitude of some of the board members within the club.

(Just in case you have no idea of who the board members are they are listed here)

The club is making efforts to engage with the fanbase and a good example comes from the official site where Vice-Chairman Spencer Fearn has asked for further suggestions from fans following on from a recent Q & A session (I missed that .. must have been abroad or summat).

Mr Fearn stated “It is key that we consult as many fans as possible to get their thoughts on how we can improve what we do at County. It was a process that I followed during my time in Scotland [with East Stirlingshire] and we had some really positive results.”

The club is looking for suggestions relating to initiatives, improving the match day experience, how to generate additional revenue etc and there is a form that can be downloaded, filled out and mailed to phil.brennan@stockportcounty.com (by 10th October please).

The ideas will be discussed at a subsequent board meeting and furthermore, the fan who comes up with the best idea will receive a table for ten at County’s hospitality suite at a game of their choice plus coverage in a future match day programme.

A very nice gesture and how refreshing it is to see the club engaging with the fans at board level.

For what it’s worth, this middle-aged man would like to see good honest real ale available and some decent food on offer. That would increase the number of folk getting to the ground earlier I believe and cut down on the five to three chaos on Hardcastle Road. (The Rugby fraternity used to enjoy a large beer tent at the back of the Cheadle End so I understand but I believe the law is such that this is not allowed at football? )

How about a reduced admission game every now and then? What’s that… Ebbsfleet game. Fiver for adults and £1 for accompanied kids.

More details to come.

Until then, Come on the County Boys!

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