16 months ago, a chap with big ideas, bright eyed and bushy tailed, was brought onto the WFC Executive Board to drive our engagement. That gentlemans name was Darren Linden, and before he'd even got his feet under the table at the club we kidnapped him and forced him to appear on the cast and tell us all about what the role entailed (episode 3 and 3 Quarters if you want to go back and listen to it again).
Darren kindly offered to come back a year or so later and tell us all about what's been going on behind the scenes over that period, and give the fans an exclusive expose of what goes on behind the mighty oak doors of the Boardroom. Ok, the slightly flimsy glass panelled doors of the Aquarium Bar if we're being truthful about this.
This is an excellent episode where Darren is his usual open and informative self and we just haven't got the space to shoehorn everything we talked about into the episode description. Rest assured though it's chock full of content and he answers many of the questions that our listeners and Stones fans seem to be regularly asking.
It's Adam and Sudhir that have him on the rack early on a Sunday morning down at the Vale, and there's sure to be something in here that will open your eyes or surprise you.
We should also at this point thank Watford Women FC for gracefully allowing us to record whilst they were doing their pre-match preparation today, so please forgive us any background hub-bub on the recording!
Pt 1 00:00
Reflection on the last year. We've done well with youth engagement and increasing those numbers, but are we losing the 30 Something fans? Some interesting thoughts on the finances come out as well.
Pt 2 20:10
How much of an impact the club has been making in the community, and why that's so important. Also we're really pushing back into engaging with schools in Harrow and perhaps are a bigger draw than a certain "other club" in the area.
The challenges ahead of us and a positive "new step culture". The "Sutton Model" is one we can definitely reference, whereas that's probably not the case of the other clubs in our division. We're unique so that's why we have to have a unique plan going forward that will work for us.
What do we do if we don't get a new lease that works for us?
Pt3 57:45
The Management Team, and why they're not going anywhere! However, does the Board have a succession plan in place for the time that their dream job does come knocking, with the money available to be able to spirit them away from our arms (God forbid!).
Darren finally explains in black and white how we calculate our attendances!
Absolutely full to the brim of super duper content just for your ears!
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