Lewes FC needs financial help to 'keep evolving'

Lewes FC is asking fans to help it meet stadium running costs between seasons.

Maintenance of The Dripping Pan ground will cost around £120,000 for the period until next season begins, according to the community-owned football club.

It said the club had a "better-than-break-even season" in 2024/25 but needed financial help to "move forward and keep evolving".

The Rooks said: "We have to be honest about the challenges we face, especially during the summer off-season when there are no matchdays to generate income but plenty of work to be done."

The club said fans could help by becoming an owner, buying a season ticket, sponsoring its teams, or making a donation.

Lewes FC faced "a number of financial challenges" after its women's team was relegated from the Women's Championship - the second tier of English women's football - in April 2024, it said.

In its first season in the Women's National League Southern Premier Division, the club has finished sixth.

"We've managed to transform our operating budget and our entire management processes," the club said, adding it hoped this would be "the last time we will need to ask for financial support and donations like this".

Women's football is in "severe need of change" due to clubs "defaulting their league status", according to the the club, while non-league men's football is "ultra competitive and every penny counts".

Lewes FC's men's team finished 13th in the Isthmian Football League's premier division in 2024/25.

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