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‘Season-ticket sales remain on 14’: my ridiculous life running Ashton United

Chairman deals with the ‘Mitts of my Smiths’ campaign, 650 pairs of socks and a rough introduction to non-league politics

Two weeks have passed since the club was featured on Granada Tonight and we’re hurtling towards mid-June. I woke yesterday keen to do something positive and impactful so I decided to order and pay for all the club’s new kits and training equipment for the forthcoming season. This includes home and away strips for both our first teams, our training wear plus kitbags.

Unfortunately Dad had decided to do the same so we now have double everything that we need and have paid twice as much as we should have done. I mentioned this to Angie, the treasurer, to see if she thought we might be able to get a refund. She told me the suppliers definitely won’t give us one and that at the end of last season she had ordered kit and equipment for the forthcoming year too. So we have three times the amount of kit that’s needed, plus half of an invoice from last year that’s still to be settled.

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