These are figures based on last 3 years:
Ground rent/overheads, pitch marking, general maintenance of Benson park (first and reserves) = £3,500
Pitch hire at Bullocksteads (for As, Bs, Cs) = 40x£50 = £2,000
Training hire = minimum of £1,600
Officials = anything up to £,2,000 (depending on cup runs)
League fees/affiliation fees £1,300
Insurance (players and share of ground) £396
Miscellaneous other expenditure (balls, water bottles, first aid kits) an average of £1,000
Total running costs approx: £11,800

Even if you assume we cover the cost of officials and training with training subs and match day subs (which we haven’t!) we need to find £10,600 to cover everything else.

Signing on fees (assuming 70 players all pay £40, which they don’t) brings in only £2,800. This leaves a short fall of £6,800 to be made up from fundraising, sponsorship and donations.

To cover these costs (with 70 players all paying the same) we would need to charge £121.50 per person to break even. On top of this you would still pay for training, and match days.

This does not include any one off expenses we may have to incur such as buying new goals posts for Benson Park.

We welcome all assistance in raising funds and securing sponsorship for the club. Please see a member of the committee if interested.

Above all else, at Garnett FC we value reliability and commitment. One way of demonstrating this is by paying your subs on time, and so it only fair that those who pay should play.

If you have any further queries please contact one of the exec committee.
Polly (Chairman)  Rich (Vice Chairman)  Roger (Treasurer) Parky (Sponsor Officer) Robbo (Statto)

Please note in cases of genuine financial hardship, we are very flexible all we ask is that the player concerned approach a one of the committee members above personally.