[maccawozzagod]

I sincerely hope that all the present active members of the club continue to attend and participate if the proposed new influx of people happens.

There are and have been plenty of ideas in the past but the problem is that they are usually of an existing or old hat ilk. Sponsored events are all well and good but it usually reliles on the same people doing the event and organising it and the same people doing the sponsoring. It ends up being a lot of hard work for little financial return.

I think that the new order should consist of as many types of people as possible all fighting the same cause. Let those who want to do sponsored events do so, but I think we need to look at fresher, bigger ideas as the way forward. The vision I have of the club is that of an important and respected part of the wider community as well as football. We need ideas to propel the profile forward rather than the purse strings. Hopefully the former would lead to the latter.

The Ultras once flirted briefly with the idea of trying to construct the worlds biggest flag. It was binned as an idea a) for cost reasons b) logistical reasons and c) what to do with it afterwards.

Lets just step outside of the box for one minute and try to expand this particular idea for examples sake. Firstly we could obviously get the local fabric shops to provide material for as close to cost price as possible and then get business sponsorship to provide the funds. In return the companies sponsoring us would get a) association with ASFC, b) association with a record breaking event and the innumerable press opportunities that would provide and c) association with something that will stand in the Guinness Book of Records for at least one year.

People would definitley be needed in numbers to build and transport the thing but I am sure we could get the numbers. We would need somewhere huge to hang it. Maybe off Express Gifts? I dont know if that is big enough, but the Coppice would be.

Afterwards it could be cut up into smaller pieces and auctioned off on E-bay. Own a piece of the record breaking flag for a tenner. I would. It could be sold in larger pieces to other clubs who play in red or white for them to use.

The net result would be that the club would benefit from ridiculous amounts of exposure in every football related media in the country, on every local TV news bulletin, the radio, the internet. It would be the talk in every pub in the country. No? Remember the big England flag that toured the country before the World Cup? That wasn't even a record breaker. That event would raise the profile alright and I guarantee would help get people through the gates. The sale of the flag would raise plenty of money for OSC (and local charity if I get my way) funds. If the club proposed putting 200 quid towards a Supporters Club flag, would you vote yes or no? If they voted yes how many people would be involved in it? Take the idea to the max and you could get everybody involved, and their wives/husbands/kids, and their neighbours maybe.

The club could and should scale the heights and be the flagship supporters group in the country. It has the potential to reach further into the community than the club ever could. We are proud to be fans of the biggest little club in the world, lets show the masses why we are the best fans in the country.