# From The Press **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [12 August 2005 00:09 UTC](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/t/from-the-press/1354 "2005-08-12T00:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/images/discourse-logo-sketch-small.png) [@system](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/u/system)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2005 00:09 UTC](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/t/from-the-press/1354/1 "2005-08-12T00:09:31Z")
Just pulled this from the non league daily, Its from the Chronicle I think, thought I would reproduce it here as I know many Witton fans don’t buy the local papers anymore since the coverage has gone so poor, apparently the guardian managed to squeeze a match report of the cup win into a corner above a very large article on the neighbours game against TNS a game that really has a lot of local interest… NOT!!\\Witton Albion have one more friendly before the UniBond League Premier Division season gets under way, but it’s a week overdue for manager Gary Finley. \\?We’re ready now,? he said. ?We’ve been training three times a week since the end of June. The attitude of the players in training and the performances have all been tremendous. \\?Beating Northwich Victoria is a massive boost to our confidence. They were a mid-table Conference National team last season and have improved the squad since, so that result sets us up for the start of the season. \\?It can’t come soon enough.? \\Finley (pictured) has settled on his squad, although he has been unable to field a settled team so far. Eight possible first-teamers were absent in the friendly at Lancaster City that gave a late chance to triallist Phil McDiarmid from Runcorn FC Halton and reserve Mike McCarten a late chance to make their mark. \\But Finley is likely to stand by a squad of seventeen, which may mean it will be difficult keeping them all happy. \\?It’s a problem I’d rather have than not,? he said. \\Witton play Welsh Premier champions Total Network Solutions on Saturday as a forerunner to going to Farsley Celtic for the opening match a week later. Absent until his return in September is midfielder Adam Foy, who is coaching in the United States. \\?It’s a blow but gives someone else a chance,? added Finley. \\Off the pitch, Witton are learning to live without the money paid to them as rent by Northwich. \\Chairman Mike Worthington said: ?It makes a big different when you take ?25,000 out of the system. When it was thought to be for one season, it was easy to treat it as a one-off, but after three you get used to it. \\?Now we need to tighten things up but we have made a commitment to Gary to give him the best possible start on the pitch without endangering the club. \\?I prefer to think of it as an investment rather than a gamble and there’s a greater feeling of enthusiasm about the place than for years.? \\\ ---
**Author:** ![econneely](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ff5252/32.png) [@econneely](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/u/econneely)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2005 04:17 UTC](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/t/from-the-press/1354/2 "2005-08-12T04:17:49Z")
I agree about the lack of press coverage, but don’t like the idea of boycotting the press. We need them more than they need us!\\Leave boycotting and banning to the Rabble.\\Perhaps we should be more proactive. Do we have anyone responsible for press liaison? Forgive me if we have. But it’s not just the local papers, it’s their web-sites and web-sites of other organisations.(e.g. NLP, Unibond etc) I noticed last season Leek had a weekly newsletter on the Unibond site.\\Quite easy to do I would have thought, and I would gladly do the role if I lived nearer.\\ ---
**Author:** ![Debbie](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ffbaba/32.png) [@Debbie](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/u/Debbie)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2005 12:00 UTC](https://forum.wittonalbion.co.uk/t/from-the-press/1354/3 "2005-08-12T12:00:44Z")
This is something that is being worked on by the Associate Committee.