*** FIRST TEAM LEAGUE WITHDRAWAL *** Ledbury Town Football Club have been forced to take the regrettable decision recently to withdraw their first team from the West Midlands Regional League. This decision was based around the unfortunate circumstances which the club has found itself in both on and off the field over recent weeks. With the first team languishing in a near-unrecoverable position at the bottom of Division One of the West Midlands League without a single point after seven games and over thirty goals conceded, together with the additional problems of retaining players of sufficient quality to turn fortunes around and the increasing costs of match officials for home games and transport to away games, it was deemed necessary by the clubs board to quit the league now rather than prolong the seemingly inevitable and run into further costs in the near future. The club is currently in the process of drawing up a strategic five year plan for the future based around developing and retaining young local talent, with the seeds of which having already been sown with the introduction of the Ledbury Colts 3rds side, formed from the Cradley Sports Under 18s team who joined the club at the start of the current season. The Colts look forward to starting their campaign in Division Three of the Herefordshire Football League tomorrow with a first league game against Orleton Colts Reserves (KO 2:30pm), while high-flying Ledbury Town Reserves continue to seek promotion to the Premier Division of the same league and acquire some silverware this season as they continue their footballing campaign tomorrow with a cup game away against Tupsley AFC in the second round of the Herefordshire FA Junior Cup (KO 2:00pm), with their next league fixture being at home against Wellington Colts on Saturday 11th October (KO 2:30pm). The club still very much looks forward to a new and brighter future as it seeks to make the changes and develop the talent needed in order to hopefully stage a confident return to the West Midlands League over the coming years. LTFC would also like to thank all of its first team players for all of their efforts and hard work over the past few months, as well as wishing them every success for the futures they choose to pursue in football.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:30:13 +0000
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