If someone is investing purely money they are going to want a strong element of control, if not full control. Let’s face it, with football being such an expensive game, if an investor is unlikely to get their money back. So if an investor isn’t a fan of Altrincham FC, what’s the point of investing? It’s not even an “investment”- they might as well just write-off any money they put in.
With the current Board being, quite rightly, focused on the way the Club is run i.e. living within its means, we cannot provide that level of control to an outside investor.
To my mind the only way we can serious funds by investment is by the Club “selling” i.e. the current Board resigning and handing over the reins to an investor (which could put the long term future of the Club in jeopardy), or finding an Altrincham fan with money to burn.
And since the latter might have come forward by now, the former won’t guarantee the Club will still be around in 20 years’ time.
And that leaves just one option, continue to maintain the status quo, trying to get as much money (small amounts) out of the fans and local public, and, reluctantly, accepting that it may mean we perform below the levels we are used to playing at.
Sadly, I think that means National League North is where we’re at. I think we’ll get out of our current mire but without investment along the lines I’ve mentioned above, I cannot see the National League being reachable in the short term.