The Board of Directors of City of Liverpool FC was formed in May 2015 and tasked with delivering the milestones required in order to achieve the club's goals;
Immediate Goal: Play at Step 6 of the National League System by August 2016 - ACHIEVED
Season 2016/17 Goal: Achieve promotion to Step 5 - ACHIEVED
Season 2017/18 Goal: Achieve promotion to Step 4. - Finished 4th
Season 2018/19 Goal: Achieve Promotion to Step 4. - ACHIEVED
Mid - Long Term Goal: Build our own stadium.
Board Composition (3 year Terms unless Resigning)
May 2015
Paul Manning, Peter Furmedge, Martin Jones (R) , Stuart Fitzgerald (R)
May 2016
Paul Manning, Peter Furmedge
July 2016
Paul Manning, Peter Furmedge, Peter Manning, Gary Johansen
July 2017
Paul Manning, Peter Furmedge, Peter Manning, Gary Johansen (R), Cathy Long
Paul Manning, Peter Furmedge and Peter Manning were re-elected for further 3 year terms to run the club's operations for Season 2017/18 and beyond at the AGM held on 13/7/2017 and Cathy Long was also elected to the Board at that time.
Sarah Comber (R) co-opted as Chair of the Supporter's Council.
March 2019
Paul Manning, Peter Furmedge, Peter Manning, Cathy Long, Mike Caulfield, Paul McGrady.
Mike Caulfied has been co-opted onto the Board of Directors as of 1st July 2018 as Club Welfare Officer and Paul McGrady has been co-opted into the role of Supporter's Council Chairman.
In addition, a new permanent seat on the Board of Directors has been created to represent the excellent work of COLFC in the Community and has been taken up by Sean Lindblad with effect from July 2019.
Tony Zeverona has been co-opted onto the Board also with effect from July 2019.
Paul Manning
Chairman / Commercial Director
A Founding member of the club, Paul is an entrepreneur in the Claims Management industry and an FA Level One coach.
Chairman & Operations Director since May 2015, Paul is now also repsonsible for the Commercial operations of the club, including mechandise.
In addition, Paul is supporting project lead Peter Furmedge on our Stadium project.
Paul is 51 and is Married with 3 children and studying part time for a BSc Marketing.
Peter Furmedge
Finance Director / Deputy Chairman
A founding member, Peter is a social entrepreneur and has extensive experience of Trust owned football clubs via his work with Supporters Direct.
Finance Director since May 2015, Peter is responsible for all financial matters within the club and is project lead on "The Way Home" - our search for our own home ground.
Peter is 53.
Chief Welfare Officer
mike.caulfield@colfc.co.uk
Mike, who has been a member of the club since 2016, has always undertaken this role in an informal way on COLFC’s behalf.
Mike is an Advanced Practictioner in Mental Health for the NHS and has previously led the focus group that created the club’s Respect policy and has assisted club members who have needed support.
Paul McGrady
Chairman of The Supporters Council
Paul was co-opted onto the main Board to temporarily fill this role, pending the next meeting of the Council, at which the role will be formally voted on by supporters.
Paul will take up his interim position with effect from 1st July 2018 - the start of Season 2018/19.
The Directors lead a large group of volunteers who each give thier time when possible to assist the club on a range of issues.
If you wish to help your club and get involved helping run The Purps then email contact@colfc.co.uk for more info.
Programme Design & Production: |
Sean Lindblad, Dave Marsh |
Social Media: |
Paul Manning |
PURPS TV: | Jason Morland |
Fundraising: | Gary Walthew |
Volunteer Co-Ordinator: | Mike Caulfield |
Flok Information & Partisan List | Vacant |
Gatehouse: | Howard Klarfield, Peter Furmedge, Paul Manning |
Hospitality: | Leanne Brady, Amanda Manning, Maria Manning |
Merchandise: | Sue Roberts |
Stewards: | Owen Manning, Peter Manning, Colin Wilcox, Lee Thwaite, Seana Thwaite, Gary Walthew, Howard Klarfeld, Ste Hesketh, Andy Lavin, John Lavin, Cosmin Mocan |
Website: | Paul Manning,Sean Lindblad |
Graphic Design: | Sean Lindblad, Dave Marsh |
COLlotto: | Andy Lavin, Lisa Lavin, Paul Manning |
Programme & Golden Goal Sales: | Colin Wilcox, Gary Walthew, Ste Hesketh |
Statistician | Bill Sheppard |
Junior Volunteers: | Ben Walthew, Tom Walthew, Patrick Manning,
Oliver McGrady, Lucas McGrady, Caitlyn Myers, Mollie Wilcox |