MrTumnus Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Ayr United generate £8.6m and Spartans £5.2m each year for their local communities, says a Uefa pilot study. The clubs - from the Scottish Championship and Lowland League - were chosen to pioneer a football adaptation of a programme designed to calculate social impact. Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell hopes it will help community clubs attract investment and sponsorship. "It demonstrates the bang for the buck that we get from football," he said. "The numbers that come out the other end from an economic, social and health benefit perspective are huge." Maxwell said Ayr and Spartans were chosen because Uefa recognised "the good work Scottish clubs are doing in the local communities". It follows a national study in 2018, when it was revealed that participation in grassroots football delivers more than £1.2bn of "positive value to Scottish society". "Our clubs do a huge amount and it's not just football related," Maxwell told BBC Scotland. "Obviously there is participation and people physically taking part in games of football, but there's a lot of activity that goes on that uses football as the hook but is not necessarily linked to playing. "Football covers a huge amount of society and it's important that we recognise that." Maxwell admitted that many would be surprised at the impact a part-time club like Spartans can have on areas such as local infrastructure, mental wellbeing and even health problems like diabetes. "When you look at the study and understand the different areas it looks at - the cost of people getting to training, venue hire, the amount of volunteer hours that these clubs put in if those individuals were getting paid, those numbers are huge," he said. "If you take those numbers across Scottish football and the thousands of clubs that do similar work, the overall impact is massive and it's important we get this model around as many clubs as possible and that each club can go and tell its own story." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51756888 -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 45 minutes ago, MrTumnus said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51756888 If demolished and sold as firelighters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Beaker71 said: If demolished and sold as firelighters. s**te doesnae burn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 10 hours ago, CB said: s**te doesnae burn. Fair point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Robertson Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) On 3/5/2020 at 10:43 PM, CB said: s**te doesnae burn. Really it does, either needs to be dry or a very high temp Edited March 8, 2020 by Mark Robertson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mark Robertson said: Really it does, either needs to be dry or a very high temp Or, a nappy thrown on to a coal fire, it turns out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 What the hell you been up to CB? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetfitter Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Not having this. Pig faeces, swine flu, environmental contamination costs far greater than £8.6m 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillkieBoab Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Drove past Scumerset today. Jeez, it disnae get any more aesthetic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackislekillie Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 I prefer the old school grounds like Somerset and Cappielow to the plastic vanity project we have tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 57 minutes ago, KillkieBoab said: Drove past Scumerset today. Jeez, it disnae get any more aesthetic. Easily fixed with a JCB and some Semtex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trump Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/10/2020 at 8:18 PM, Blackislekillie said: I prefer the old school grounds like Somerset and Cappielow to the plastic vanity project we have tbh. Aye. We should look at ground sharing with Ayr United in the near future. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Donald Trump said: Aye. We should look at ground sharing with Ayr United in the near future. Somerset is falling down falling down falling down Somerset is falling down falling down falling down Somerset is falling down It's a s**tehole No others need comment. Edited March 16, 2020 by Beaker71 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 45 minutes ago, Beaker71 said: Somerset is falling down falling down falling down Somerset is falling down falling down falling down Somerset is falling down It's a s**tehole No others need comment. Don't remember ever singing the second verse, three too many falling downs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby14 Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/10/2020 at 8:18 PM, Blackislekillie said: I prefer the old school grounds like Somerset and Cappielow to the plastic vanity project we have tbh. I agree, love the old grounds. Love Street was my favourite PL ground, but Cappielow and Somerset are the best grounds for an away day. As for the OP, how can they quantify monetary value on grey areas such as mental health and dementia? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Got to be mental to support them and most folk have forgotten why they did in the first place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazza Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Also just signed a deal with Hummel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, jazza said: Also just signed a deal with Hummel Looks like a similar type of deal to us, multi year, record amount, bespoke kit. which they have released pictures of today as well...... It's still honking thou. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Whaur's ra burds? Edited March 24, 2020 by skygod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, skygod said: Whaur's ra burds? How appropriate. s**te spread on a field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKX16 Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Who needs toilet roll when you can use that to wipe your ar*e. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncD Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 hours ago, skygod said: Whaur's ra burds? Illegal post! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclean07 Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 I have a good few mates that are involved with the Ayr United Football Academy, and I can tell you they are way ahead of us with reaching out to the smaller communities with stuff like walking football, football memories etc. Their walking football set up is probably about ten times bigger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Mclean07 said: I have a good few mates that are involved with the Ayr United Football Academy, and I can tell you they are way ahead of us with reaching out to the smaller communities with stuff like walking football, football memories etc. Their walking football set up is probably about ten times bigger. Is that not what their first team plays ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclean07 Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 45 minutes ago, Wrangodog said: Is that not what their first team plays ? Yes, but that’s not the point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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