Building a proper clubhouse doesn’t have to be an expensive business though, and doesn’t have to mean hiking up player fees or charging admission to your matches. There are a number of options available to you, whether you want to raise money or build on a budget.

Fundraisers

Setting up fundraiser days is a great way to make a bit of extra cash for your club and raise the capital to construct a clubhouse. Family fun days are a great idea as they are relatively easy to set up and you can use your ground to hold it on. By asking local businesses for donations, you could also hold an auction in which all profits will go towards your building fund.

There are tonnes of ideas you can use for fundraising, just apply a bit of creativity and imagination.

Modular Buildings

Often cheaper than traditional methods of building, and much quicker to erect, there has been a lot of development in the world of modular buildings meaning that they can now come with full plumbing, allowing you to have shower and toilet facilities and can be big enough to house bars, cellars, dancefloors and kitchen facilities. This means that if you obtain a license you will be able to hire out your clubhouse for private functions and generate extra cash meaning you can see a return on your investment.

Community Projects

Clubhouse at Laxey AFC - A successful community project

There has been a spate of community build projects lately, and for good reason. By gathering all the resources your club and community can provide, you can have your new facilities up and running in no time. This is a great way for people to get involved in the club and for the club to get involved with the community. Showing the intention to open your facilities up to the public will ultimately also generate good publicity for the club, and you may find that you receive an increase in donations from local charities and benefactors as a result.

Exercise for weight loss

Certain types of exercise do not appeal to everyone and I soon discovered that cleaning exercise was not my fortê. Vacuum motions room after room, repetitively wafting sheets in the air and wiggling while washing bathrooms soon made me desire the mentally more challenging.

The mentally more challenging bit was how I started to think about weight loss, weight control and lifestyle choices. Being overweight is our family trait just as food stands to attention in our presence. I ditched the cleaning job and thought about exercise that I do enjoy, like the odd game of football and dancing. I’d far rather “wiggle my booty” on a football field, in a club or around my living room than in a hotel bathroom where a peacock couldn’t even spray it’s feathers!

Football, dancing and surgery for weight loss

I then embarked on trying to eat healthily while less periodically playing football with the local youth group, and more periodically dancing. My doctor recently enquired about my weight and I explained how I’ve tried for years to change the way I live and lose weight. I’d even visited sites like gastricbands.co.uk so see what it could tell me.

Over time, I’ve watched my diets and my methods of trying to lose weight just increase my weight. After recounting my endless weight gain struggle, my doctor told me about how weight loss surgery, such as gastric band surgery or gastric bypass surgery, could help an obese person like myself not just lose weight, but make the right lifestyle choices and cope with the proper support. Cleaning exercise had its motivational purpose after all… I’m going to have weight loss surgery, play a little footie and dance the booty!

And one of these local teams is the popular Swansea City Football Club, known affectionately as “The Swans” to some and “The Jacks” to others. They formed in 1912 under the name Swansea Town and have played in two separate homes over the years. From 1912 to 2005 this was Vetch Field in the heart of Swansea. However, they now play in the monumental 20,532 seater stadium – The Liberty Stadium.

Today you can see the current stars of Swansea City FC as they battle it out against their competitors, including Goal Keeper Dorus De Vries, the former under 21 international goalkeeper from Holland. The 26 year old has played for various teams over the years including Den Haag, Dunfermline and originally Stormvogels Telstar at home.

Then there are the strikers, men such as Jason Scotland, the thirty year old man who has previously played for Dundee United and St Johnstone having originated from Trinidad and Tobago. He has played for Swansea City since the summer of 2007 and has scored many goals for various clubs. Not only has he played for San Juan Jabloteh in Trinidad and Tobago, he has also represented his country in the 2006 World Cup.