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There are people who want to get United out of it's current malaise - a malaise which gets more serious the longer the ownership situation remains unresolved. I count myself as one of those people despite not having watched the "U's" since the end of August. The intention is for United to be run by a group of people - maximum number seven or eight - who will sit down and discuss next moves etc etc, people who know football, people who are prepared to listen to views that might not be the same as theirs', people who have the interests of Hastings United at heart.
Are there out there amongst you United supporters a sufficient number of people able to put in a minimum of say �1000 each towards achieving this aim? Talking hypothetically - say we get 30 pledges - we are still looking at seven or eight people to actually run the club (any more than that and it starts getting top heavy) - but we need your help to make any progress - and that means your hard earned. Running the club well is important, doing things right is important but most important right now is the role that you can play in getting the whole thing up and running.
How much does Mick Maplesden want? Rumours abound - I don't know how much - but if I can get an idea of how many supporters might be in a position to make that �1000 pledge then we might just be able to arrest the slide that's been going on unarrested for the last 13 months or so. Mick Maplesden - and the likes of Charlie Pilbeam and Les Britton and Mark Gardiner have put in a massive amount of money between them since the mid, late 90s but what we are looking at now is a collective effort from within the supporters and hopefully such an effort will see Mick Maplesden finish what he started back in 1999 when Hastings Town came out of administration. And that would be to give the club back to the people who matter most - the supporters - with that group of seven or eight taking on the running of United.
But it's going to cost. Asking for a pledge of a grand might not be the best way forward - we are open to suggestions. Bath City were in dire straits not so long ago - and their supporters got together and raised �250,000 to get the club back on an even keel. The situation there was different from what's going on here - but the end result was that the necessary amount was raised. We hope it's going to be a small fraction of that amount that gets United on an even keel.
Brian Warren and I have been discussing these things - other people are being canvassed for their views - but Brian and I want to get all this out in the open and using the club's two unofficial websites seems as good a way as any. Something may also appear in the Observer and possibly the Sports Argus.
My railway shifts mean that I'm not always in so those of you who have Internet access can get me on my Yahoo email address - [email protected] - or you can phone Brian in the evenings after 6.00 on 01424-445928. If you're up for it then let us know so we can have an idea of how much we can raise and get United out of the mire. You don't know if you don't ask - I'm asking.
Thanks all
SS