[Paul]

I think it would be a good idea in the right circumstances. Should the Trust be advertising on behalf of the club? Possibly not, the club should be doing that. Should the Trust look to attract members and investment from the wider community if they were able to use part ownership of the football club as a selling point? Yes. 

There’s work going on at the moment to help to clarify and communicate exactly what the Trust wants to achieve and how we are going to achieve it in the short term so keep your eyes peeled.

Yes, when I asked that I obviously thought that in 'normal' circumstances that it's the club's duty to promote itself. The general feeling on this forum seems to be that we're in extraordinary circumstances with things behind the scenes clearly not being good under the current custodians tenure, but that we, the paying customers, are concerned about the club's future, hence my thoughts on this. The stark truth is that with the club's current state  the football-blind local public are hardly likely to sign up to a failing club's Supporters Trust, let alone spend their money watching a team that gets trounced most weeks, but I think anything that can save the club from its predicament and start to grow it again is worth considering. Look forward to hearing more about the Trust's work.

[Grey beard]

Just a quick question who is in charge of. the running of the football club on a day  today basis? Is it the same fella that AP put in control ? The one that was more interested in the basket ball then running the football club . Just wondering.

[Severnside]

Jay Marriott calls himself CEO of Gloucester City AFC on Linked In, my guess is the carnage of late is his daily doing but when has a CEO put bog rolls in the toilets but actually organising match day experience has to be surely....

[Delta Papa]

Jay Marriott calls himself CEO of Gloucester City AFC on Linked In, my guess is the carnage of late is his daily doing but when has a CEO put bog rolls in the toilets but actually organising match day experience has to be surely....

On the official GCAFC website general enquiries should be addressed to nicky@gcafc.co.uk, and the telephone no. begins 01488 which I believe is the area code for.....Hungerford!

[Severnside]

The clubs a mess seems as if no one can be arsed to update telephone numbers, put out toilet roll etc etc.
Sad times and you do worry where its going to end.

[Tigermatty 2.0]

Join the supporters trust, ask the supporters rep to take your concerns to the club:

https://gcafcsupporters.co.uk/

[Paul]

A look at this picture of the board of Dartford FC tells you all you need to know about what a well run football club looks like. Do we even have a respected elder statesman at the club who could be nominated as a Club President? The Chambers came across as honourable, respectable people. From the outside it now feels as if we're being run by a group of louche card sharps. 

Dartford's board: https://www.dartfordfc.com/club-2/

[Darran]

Just a quick question who is in charge of. the running of the football club on a day  today basis? Is it the same fella that AP put in control ? The one that was more interested in the basket ball then running the football club . Just wondering.

Jay is an embarrassment to the club and shouldn’t be anywhere near the place

[Kingsway Casual]

I've never met Jay, but a quick look at his Linked In profile shows a lot of experience in basketball, time as a business performance consultant and Operations Director at a dairy. 

Alongside his current role as Chief Executive Officer for the football club are Managing Director at Gloucester City Basketball and co-host of the British Basketball League show. A busy man! 

Is the Gloucester Sports idea still a thing? The basketball team are currently playing at C********m Leisure Centre - has anyone been? They have a very familiar Tiger-based mascot...

I know AP was inspired by the Bristol Sports model. This involves Bristol City, Bristol Bears Rugby and the Bristol Flyers Rugby team all coming under on umbrella, sharing best practice, and cross-promotion amongst the fan base. City and the Bears share Ashton Gate, while the Flyers play at South Gloucestershire College - capacity 750 (although they're building a 5,000 seater arena next to Ashton Gate soon). So basketball is very much the poor relation in the three. Not sure how the Gloucester Sport idea was going to work without any involvement from the Rugby club? 

The Gloucester Sport website is dead, and the FB page not updated since 2021, so assume this has died? Companies House is showing it as dormant (and Eamon as the only named Director).

[Paul]

I've never met Jay, but a quick look at his Linked In profile shows a lot of experience in basketball, time as a business performance consultant and Operations Director at a dairy. 

Alongside his current role as Chief Executive Officer for the football club are Managing Director at Gloucester City Basketball and co-host of the British Basketball League show. A busy man! 

Is the Gloucester Sports idea still a thing? The basketball team are currently playing at C********m Leisure Centre - has anyone been? They have a very familiar Tiger-based mascot...

I know AP was inspired by the Bristol Sports model. This involves Bristol City, Bristol Bears Rugby and the Bristol Flyers Rugby team all coming under on umbrella, sharing best practice, and cross-promotion amongst the fan base. City and the Bears share Ashton Gate, while the Flyers play at South Gloucestershire College - capacity 750 (although they're building a 5,000 seater arena next to Ashton Gate soon). So basketball is very much the poor relation in the three. Not sure how the Gloucester Sport idea was going to work without any involvement from the Rugby club? 

The Gloucester Sport website is dead, and the FB page not updated since 2021, so assume this has died? Companies House is showing it as dormant (and Eamon as the only named Director).

The basketball came across as an utterly stupid idea as soon as it was announced - too much too soon, walk before you can run etc. If the inspiration was the Bristol model that's ridiculous - there's no way you can compare a club the size of Bristol City and a population catchment of half a million people with Gloucester City and the paltry attendances we get. The only rationale I could think of was to do either with tax or funding opportunities. Basketball as a big income generator in Gloucester is fantasy island. The football club should have been the only sport the current custodians concentrated on. It's deeply worrying that the club is in the hands of such people.