Winchester City
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Winchester City
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inchester City has been enjoying a fine campaign so far
this time around and will be looking to finish the season
well. Football Focus Magazine recently caught up with Club
Representative Matthew Richbell to find out more about the good
work they’ve been doing lately.
He told us, “I have been involved in
the football club for just under two years
in an official capacity. I used to watch
Winchester City FC as a youngster as I
grew up in the city and became involved
on the committee of the football club in
the summer 2017.”
“Prior to this I was on the board of the
Wessex League, a local non-league step
5 league, but on leaving this position, I
was looking for a new challenge. City
were looking for an online programme
editor so I took that role on as well as
becoming a committee member. I then
became Club Secretary in June 2018 and
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fulfilled that role for six months. I am
now currently Commercial Director, a
role I took on in January 2019. Alongside
this, I still do the Programme. I am also
involved in Maintenance around the
Ground and I am responsible for the
Club’s Social media.
“The most challenging area of my
role is looking for new sponsorship at
the club. The club is self-sufficient, we
have no individual benefactors so the
club funds itself. Therefore, it is heavily
reliant on sponsors to pay the bills and
the playing budget. Equally, due to
this being such a challenging task, it is
also the most rewarding. When a new
sponsor comes on board, it is a great
feeling because you know the direct
benefit that this will have for the football
club.
“The general mood at the club at the
moment is buzzing, absolutely buzzing.
The club are currently sitting in the play-
off places in the league. We reached a
cup semi-final before eventually losing
after extra-time. We made the Fourth
Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, the
joint-furthest the club has ever been in
the FA Cup.