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24 The Link Magazine. December 1994 and January 1995
EMERGENCY DRAIN FORD & VAUXHALL Netting good results
CLEARANCE USED SPARES for minor league minnows
A former Swindon Town commercial manager is planning to boost
Jet Rod VM minor league football clubs in the region to better goals by setting up
her own marketing company - Net Results.
Janet Garrett from Shaw, pictured
Genuine Huge Discounts on New Prices right, spent two years at the County
Trade & Volume Discounts
local company Ground raising public awareness,
Off the Shelf* Cleaned * Delivery attracting sponsorship and liais-
Genuine low prices Postal Service ing between players and organisa-
For free quote and advice call now QUALITY RECYCLED VEHICLE tions requesting a visit. She joined
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Mobile: (0585) 230035 Ford and Vauxhall Parts Centre
Unit 4, River Ray Indus. Est. and downs on the inside of a foot-
(0850) 204277 Barnifeld Road, Swindon ball club as a great experience.
SAVE £CS - PHONE US FIRST Tel: (0793) 431821 * Fax: (0793) 513369 "Working on the commercial
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sional sport is unlike any other
SWINDON SOFT WATER CENTRE kind of marketing job," said Janet
Makes water softening simple who parted company with the
No. 1 Best selling water softener in the UK County Ground at the end of Octo-
ber. "There were a lot more highs
KINETI club has to be optimistic and strive
than lows; everybody in a football
for the best achievement, even if "Smaller clubs have to work
The worlds most advanced fully automatic non-electric meter-controlled S Stem things are not going well. hard to make themselves attrac-
Showroom at 260 Ferndale Road, Swindon "The experience of working for tive and to improve their facilities.
Call BRIAN COX on SWINDON 527172
Swindon in the highest leagues has They might do well on the football
been wonderful. It's given me an field, but they have to raise a lot of
insight into football which only a money for ground improvements
few people in marketing can get." to stand a chance of entering a
A Merry Christmas The idea of setting up Net Re- higher league. They can't afford
sults came from commercial man- full time commercial managers but
and Happy New Year ager with a Premier League club are keen on using the services of
who suggested there was poten- somebody who can help raise
tial in helping minor league clubs sponsorship, sell pitch and pro-
from the staff at in the south-west. Janet's initial gramme advertising and advise
enquiries were met with enthusi- them on commercial activities off
asm and she decided to set up her the pitch."
own consultancy. "Nowadays it's Janet has named her house in
HK 97 ~5 a challenge to get people to go to The Prinnells, Shaw 'Home
football games. There are many Ground' and is working for
more entertainments around and Gloucester City, Abingdon Town
CHINESE TAKE-AWAY different demands on the house- and several smaller clubs includ-
ing Fairford Town.
hold budget.
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