Rooks win National Award

It's been a fine week for Lewes FC, as the club fought off strong competition to be named Fan Engagement Club of the Year at the Football Business Awards.

When the nominations were released for the prize, the Rooks found themselves up against Brighton & Hove Albion, Aston Villa, Everton, Plymouth Argyle, Southampton and Pafos FC of Cyprus.

Their nomination read:

'Lewes FC is the first football club in the world to split its resources equally between male and female teams. Doing football differently and committing to gender equality has attracted engaged and supportive fans locally and worldwide. Lewes Women is one of top attended women’s clubs nationwide and Lewes Men is one of the top 10 most attended men’s team at that level nationally. The innovative and quirky match day experience has contributed to The Dripping Pan being voted Britain’s best football ground and have led to increasingly higher attendances (up 367% for Lewes Women 82% for Lewes Men over the past 5 years).

Not only does Lewes FC offer a creative and exciting match day experience, but it also enables fans to become owners of the club. Lewes FC is 100% fan-owned, with 2400+ owners in 40 countries, each of whom own a single share. There has been a doubling of owners since 2017, trebling of ownership revenue and 97% retention rate. Fan owners enjoy an array of exclusive perks, such as the Lewes FC Owners App where games are live streamed; games have been watched in up to 27 countries at any one time.'

A full list of winners can be found here- and again, the Rooks are in fine company. Many congratulations to everyone at the Dripping Pan on their wonderful achievement.

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