Ruthin Town
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and free of charge labour to have two new
dugouts built this season as the specification of
the size had changed.
FF: What do you believe could be some of the
biggest challenges the club may face in the next
5 years?
PC: The club has a constant task in ensuring
we have the size and quality of squad to compete
in the Cymru Alliance. Other clubs rely on large
either single or multiple sponsors to fund huge
player wage bills with which always comes a
worry that the league is heading into a potentially
unsustainable position for the future.
Ruthin Town has a proud heritage as a
community club and although we wish to play at
the highest level possible I also believe we need
to ensure there is a legacy for the next generation
to still have a club able to provide football for as
many local players as possible.
FF: What are the clubs ambitions for the next 5
years?
PC: We must maintain our Cymru Alliance
status to ensure we can build further foundations
for the best local talent to be able to play in the
second tier of Welsh football without having to
go chasing off around the countryside. We have
ground and club improvements to complete and
as such have continued funding to chase fronted
by our commercial manager Andy Edwards.
We want to continue to grow our self-
perpetuating youth to senior player development
plan. We are a really ambitious club. Our
ambitions may be a little different to other clubs,
but it’s an ambition nevertheless. Our aim when
we were promoted was to survive and thrive in
the Huws Gray Alliance and to do this with local
players. We’ve completed the first part.
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