Liberty Professionals FC : About the club |
SECRETARIATThe
club last year started using its ultra-modern club secretariat located
at the high class residential area of Sakaman. The secretariat is
manned by a dedicated and high calibre trained personnel under the
supervision of the President and his Management Board. secretariat. GYM
The Club boasts of a multipurpose modern gymnasium to help in the
physical training and build up as well as rehabilitation of the players
of the team. This is the second to none in the country and is
classified as the best privately owned gymnasium in the country. gym...CLUB HOUSE The
camping facility or Club House to provide accommodation for players and
technical officials before matches is attached to the secretariat. With
(12) twelve rooms fitted with beds ,TV room ,recreational hall and
domestic facility , this is more equipped than all three known
facilities in the country partially owned by foreign partners. club
house...ACCOMODATIONSThe
management to provide decent environment for the players has rented or
leased a number of residential accommodations in decent residential
areas for the accommodation of players especially those outside the
capital. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
The Club has a well -planned and managed nursery and youth department
from where majority of the players are recruited. The Club has its own
colts or juvenile team of U-14 and U-17 playing in the Metropolitan
Juvenile League. Interests and investments is also injected into other
colts clubs throughout the country to foster the nurturing and
monitoring of potential young players for possible future recruitment
or poaching .Young players who are barred from colts are still kept and managed in the academy department , which played in the Inter-Departmental League in Accra for a year or two(2). SCOUTING AND RECRUITMENTThe
main area of scouting and recruitment has been the youth programme of
the club. However , the club has representatives in all the football
centers in the country that monitor potential players and communicate
with the secretariat. Technical experts are then dispatched to go and
evaluate these players and make recommendations. The club also sponsors and organizes clots festivals from which potential stars are unearthed for either youth team or the senior team. Some scouting and recruitment are also done from the main league, Here, it must be noted that the club was able to beat the competition to sign the best players in the past season's league. FINANCINGThe
club due to its youthfulness and age does not command any significant
number of supporters and has now began to build those structures
(supporting fans) . This makes the attendance at its matches very poor
inspite of intense marketing and publicity .Therefore the gate proceeds
are regrettably low. For the past three years, the highest revenue from
the gates is One hundred and Fifteen Million Cedis (c 115,000,000.00)
when it drew 2-2 with Asante Kotoko in the seasons opening league
match. The system of home teams taking all the proceeds at the gates
means that if you don't have enough supporters watching your games ,
you get low gate proceeds. This makes a team like Liberty Professionals suffer greatly financially. Even the tradition clubs with millions of supporters find it difficult depending on the gate proceeds alone to run and manage their clubs. It therefore makes sense to look for other sources of finances i.e. sponsors such as
The club has been financed principally through revenue generated from transfer of some of the players to Europe .Also from the magnanimity of the President and Chairman of the club. PROJECTS/AMBITIONSMaintaining
a systematic and scientific development programme, the club developed
its own training field in the first year . Built its own secretariat
and club house last year. Now the club is embarking on a lofty and a
state of the art sports complex at Dodowa about 30 Km off the , Accra . Dodowa in the Gt. Accra Region is the traditional capital of the region with admirable forests and woods. It's hilly nature makes the weather pleasant and mild contrary to the hot temperature one in the city. The quite environment with a constant morning breeze makes the area good for a well-planned development. The club has a thirty-two and a half (32.5) acres of land to be developed into a state of the art sports complex with the following features:
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