Q&A FOLLOW-UP AND WORK TO DATE

Following the recent Q&A the Club promised to publish a new email address which gives supporters a way to communicate directly with the Board of Directors. 

Supporters can now utilise the board@falkirkfc.co.uk email address to contact the Board with any questions you may have around the governance or operation of the Club.

We also agreed following the Q&A to publish a list of our work since January 2021. 

Please find this below but should you have any further questions then please do get in touch.

• Expanded fan ownership by over 400,000 new shares, including 19 first-time shareholders
• Working with Falkirk Supporters Society to appoint a Fan Representative on the Board
• Agreed and implemented a new Football Model that will protect the club from instability going forwards
• Developed and agreed a new 5-year plan for the club
• Appointed a Sporting Director to re-establish our football infrastructure
• Established a Youth Development Programme (it is likely we will have two new youth teams in 21/22)
• Hired a very well qualified and experienced Youth Development Coach
• Trialled over 60 kids ages 15-19 (we only expect that this will increase over the summer)
• Appointed a fulltime head of Scouting & Recruitment
• Appointed a fulltime Head of Performance
• Completed a thorough search and recruitment process for a new Head Coach
• Recruited a new, highly experienced, Goalkeeping Coach
• Recruited a new Assistant Head Coach
• Implemented a new, highly incentivised, player wage structure
• Implemented new player bonus structure
• Invested in new data analysis and scouting software
• Re-established a scouting network for Scotland (this will increase to include England & Ireland in the coming season)
• Implemented a system of Positional Profiling and profiled all of the current squad and potential recruits
• Developed a 20-point profile for each Position
• Cleaned house on the 20/21 squad
• Have a minimum of 3 signing targets identified per position
• Scouted all new recruits “live” a minimum of 3 times, most have been watched over 7 times
• Held initial meetings with three new investors
• Initiated review of IT infrastructure
• In process of developing a new club website
• Replaced storm damaged floodlights and roof panels
• Revamping our merchandise offerings and outsourcing our online retail operations
• Agreed contract with a new front of shirt sponsor
• Recruiting a Chief Executive for the club (announcement shortly)
• Recruiting a new Commercial Executive (announcement shortly)
• Kicked off a pitch review process
• Prepared the stadium and staff for the “return of fans” – large COVID related effort