Didnt a butcher who had shop in Ferring put a lot of money into some local clubs at different times and Steyning was one IIIRC. I think his name may have been Barry Youell or similar.
I was Vice Chairman of Ferring FC about 20+ years ago when they first got promoted to the Sussex County League from the West Sussex League and we had to build a stand, which is still there, and a chap named Peter Strutt used to come in on Saturday morning and put a tarpaulin all around the...
Ferring have only ever paid travelling expenses to the best of my knowledge. Unfortunately they had a club house that nobody used other than match days. If they could have opened it and had it used by the locals during the week that would have helped.
At Ferring when we entered the County League we had a chap Peter Strutt go to the ground on a Saturday morning to put up a tarpaulin all around the pitch as it had to be enclosed and charge admission. There was I resident Tom Carver who maintained that the pitch was public land and used to go...
How times change late 70s early 80s I was vice chairman of Ferring and we had a good team in the West Sussex League but found the step up to County football was too much for them.