Riverside Athletic (sample) is run by volunteers for everyone in Springfield: players, families and the people who stand on the touchline every other Saturday.
The club started with one team and a borrowed pitch. Today five teams and more than two hundred players train at Mill Lane every week (sample).
Every penny from tickets, the bar and our partners goes back into pitches, kit and coaching. Nobody on the committee is paid.
1968
Twelve players and a secretary register Riverside Athletic with the county league (sample).
1984
The club buys the field on Mill Lane and builds the first changing rooms.
2009
Two under-9 teams become an academy for boys and girls from age six.
2019
The women’s team joins the regional league and wins promotion in its second season.
2024
Supporters and partners fund LED floodlights, so midweek games and training run all winter.
Elected every summer at the annual general meeting. Members can stand for any role.
Chair (sample)
Club secretary (sample)
Treasurer (sample)
Academy lead (sample)
Grounds and kit (sample)
Welfare officer (sample)
The clubhouse seats 80 and has a bar, a kitchen and a view over the pitch. Members get a lower rate.
Gatemen, bar staff, kit washers, coaches, photographers: every role helps. No experience needed.