Not many on here will know this, but our near neighbours Kirkby Lonsdale have put out a crowdfunding request to up grade their floodlights. Think the target is £33,000. If they had not paid a bunch of six foreign mercenaries for several years and then to head a player revolt off decided to pay ALL players for a couple of seasons, they would have had plenty of money to do so. They eventually came to their senses and stopped paying all players three years ago and have narrowly missed being relegated into the bottom league in Cumbria. We have always had a good relationship and we at Ribb take no pleasure from their recent struggles which included a near world record defeat of 190 - 0 against a very strong Blackburn team. Just wanted to highlight the pitfalls of falling into the trap of paying players rather than developing the clubs facilities. I sincerely wish them well as they seek to rebuild with a team of lively young backs. Good luck to a good local community club.
