Whitby Town Chairman Praises Fans and Sponsors Amid Tough Financial Situation

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 06:00

By Matthew Pells

Whitby Town Football club has amassed a £20,000 shortfall in the first few weeks of the season.

Club Chairman - Ivor Homer - says the situation is challenging but says the fans and sponsors are really helping.

Ivor says there are a lot of costs involved in running the club.

The chairman is calling on local people to support the club financially by simply turning up to games.

The clubs gate receipts for the first seven weeks of the season were £16,000 while the wage bill just for the players was £36,000. The chairman says that to break even the club would need regular home crowds of one thousand people, which is almost double the home crowd for recent games.

Ivor Homer says the existing fans and sponsors are doing a great job, and he's calling on more local people to turn out to help the club go forwards.

Whitby are competing in a league which has some well supported clubs. So far this season Macclesfield have an average home gate of 2,652 people and Stockton, who joined the league recently, get around 1,059.

Rank	Club	Average Attendance
1	Macclesfield	2,652
2	FC United of Manchester	1,566
3	Stockton Town	1,059
4	Prescot Cables	795
5	Worksop Town	773
6	Blyth Spartans	757
7	Ilkeston Town	710
8	Workington AFC	647
9	Guiseley	621
10	Gainsborough Trinity	615
11	Matlock Town	605
12	Whitby Town	564
13	Leek Town	559
14	Warrington Rylands	502
15	Basford United	489
16	Morpeth Town	471
17	Hyde United	441
18	Hebburn Town	413
19	Bamber Bridge	411
20	Mickleover	387
21	Lancaster City	351
22	Ashton United	283

Ivor says his ambition is for the club to perform well on the pitch and move up the leagues, but he's realistic about the club's situation.

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