16 September 2007
Latest Winner of Director's Box Places
The latest winners of 2 places in the Director's Box are:
Forest Green R. (18th September): Steve Cole
Ebbsfleet (22nd September): Maurice Long
The Trust Board of Society and the Club Board have agreed to make two Director's
Box places available at each home game.
The two places will be for Trust members and are allocated by way of a random
draw from the membership database.
7 September 2007
Latest Winner of Director's Box Places
Trust member, Jane Avenall, is the latest winner of 2 places in the Director's
Box, and will take advantage of them at the Conference match against Cambridge
Utd. on Saturday 8th September.
Previous winners so far this season have been:
Crawley (14th August): Adam Tripp
York (20th August): Graham Andrews
Weymouth (27th August): Stuart Dagworthy
The Trust Board of Society and the Club Board have agreed to make two Director's
Box places available at each home game.
The two places will be for Trust members and are allocated by way of a random
draw from the membership database.
6 September 2007
Exeter City Appoint New Senior Commercial Manager
Exeter City FC have completed their extensive nationwide search for a new
Senior Commercial Manager to head up all of the club’s revenue generating
activities as they continue to press ahead with the next stage of the development
of their off-pitch business and commercial operations.
The Club have today announced the appointment of Pat Chambers to the role,
reporting directly to Paul Morrish, Exeter City’s Commercial Director.
Morrish commented: “Having conducted a full desktop appraisal of the
large number of candidates from across the country who applied for the role,
as an interviewing panel of three we placed Pat and three other extremely
strong candidates on our interview shortlist. The Club’s interview panel
comprised two Club Directors and a member of the ECFC Supporters’ Trust
Board of Society. The decision to appoint Pat was unanimous and was made after
each of the short-listed candidates had presented a response to a pre-prepared
brief and a series of interview questions designed to ensure that we found
a candidate who not only possessed the capability we require, but also shared
the community and growth ethos we espouse.”
The job was advertised locally and also nationally in the specialist commercial
sports press. Spreading the net to try and attract the best talent nationwide
served the Club’s purpose well as a number of candidates, including
the eventual appointee, came forward from this source. Pat Chambers joins
Exeter City after four highly successful years as Business Development Manager
for Sporting-ID where, reporting directly to the Managing Director, she held
responsibility for internal and external sales, and customer service, for
a business which doubled its turnover and dramatically increased its profits
within twelve months. Among her key client portfolio were the Football Association,
The Premier League, the Football League, the Scottish Premier League and national
and international football product brands. Prior to this role Chambers held
appointments reporting directly to the Board as National Sales Manger for
the Johnson Service Group, and as the top national performer for nine consecutive
years as a Regional Sales Manager for the Automobile Association.
Morrish continued: “In Pat we are delighted to have been able to employ
someone who has made a conscious decision to take a substantial drop in salary
and move to a different area of the country to be a part of our ongoing success
story and continue to drive us forward. Her referees across the English and
Scottish football leagues and from within The Premiership and other football
bodies have all spoken extremely highly to us of Pat. The fact that she withstood
the overtures of her existing employer, and thoroughly investigated the club
to determine that it was the right move for her and us to come to Exeter City
speaks volumes for the calibre of person we have acquired to work with our
existing first class team.
The Commercial team we have in place have broken all previous club records
for season ticket, sponsorship, stadium and programme advertising, and matchday
catering revenues already this season and Pat’s appointment will lead
us from strength to strength.”
The role of Senior Commercial Manager has been created to lead the Club’s
sponsorship, matchday, conferencing, bars, retail, and commercial partnership
activity. Exeter City is mid-way through its programme of change under the
Club’s “V10” plan and has recently further evolved to create
a series of internal profit and revenue centres, which represent the remit
of this role.
Speaking about her appointment Chambers commented: “I am absolutely
delighted to be joining the off the pitch team at Exeter City. Prior to applying
for the role I undertook some considerable research with people I trust in
the football world and each of them spoke of the sense in football that Exeter
City was a club which was excellently run, with unbelievably committed supporters
and sponsors, and which was now truly beginning to realise its potential.
The feeling is most definitely that it is making huge progress and within
sight of great things. This was born out from the point I first made contact
with the Club, the people I have already met, and the passion and warmth I
experienced of the fans when I went into the club bar to watch the televised
match last Tuesday night. I had only packed up my house and driven down from
the north east that day, but listening and watching the match at the club
really underlined how right it feels for me to join the team here.”
“I have always found that the best way to deliver in a sporting business
is to work with the most important people to give them what they want. Those
people are our fans, our community and our commercial partners. And I look
forward to getting to know as many of these as I can once I start work on
Monday.”
Pat Chambers, who is also a successful competitive squash and golf player,
possesses a degree in Personnel Management and is an active fundraiser and
regional organiser for the SCOPE charity. Pat also possesses numerous professional
sales, marketing, computing and business management qualifications and awards.
For interviews please contact either Pat Chambers on 077793 611200, and
Paul Morrish on 07766 466756.
