31st August 2009

Not much to report today with it being a bank holiday (for some!) but as it's the end of the month I'll use the quiet for the end of month accounts and paperwork ready for tomorrow when the office is open again, and the gilrs will tell me that everything I've done is wrong and will have to be re-done!!

I'll use the time to look at how we can move the brand forward and where to go next as we have (yet another) meeting pencilled in for tomorrow, although the growth that we have experienced has surpassed expectations, we still need to keep focussed on what happens next.......... It's a great time to be a keeper currently, and the selection of kit available means that no-one should be without anymore, and as much as we aim to cater for every goalkeeper at every level, we know that we can't please everyone. In as much as I would never buy certain brands of car, people still do and are very happy with them, it's the same with goalkeeper gloves i.e personal preference. What is fantastic though (and I'm sure that Glen etc will agree) is the emails and telephone calls that say "I used to only wear Uhlsport / Reusch / Selsport etc, but have now converted to your brand and will not wear anything else". This feedback makes everything worthwhile, the endless meetings, sleepless nights, development expense etc all pails into insignificance when the public believe in your product as passionately as what we do. Sure the big brands have a head start BUT I am confident in my prediction that you will see us "small fry brands" in the Top Flights and International Stages in the future , and you can take great pride from being on board at the very start!