Horsham FC boss: Worthing FC are geared up for League Two
Worthing FC are ‘geared up for League Two’ and are showing ‘real ambition both on and off the pitch’.
Those were the words of Horsham boss Dominic Di Paola after the two high-flying West Sussex sides played out a 1-1 draw in front of a bumper Woodside Road crowd.
A new club high of 3,865 – a home attendance which outmatched League Two outfits Fleetwood Town and Accrington Stanley last weekend – packed the stands as the National League South rivals shared the spoils.
Di Paola said: “They’re geared up for League Two. It’s phenomenal. They’re showing real ambition both on and off the pitch. They’re what clubs should aspire to do.
“The facilities are incredible, which has brought the crowds. The crowds create an atmosphere which creates additional revenue and that makes people want to sponsor the club and put money into the club. They’re doing all the things needed to go to the next levels and thrive at this level.
“They keep showing ambition, they keep trying to progress the club. I used to play down there and the entrance was an old hall, but you go there now and they’ve got a really nice glass-fronted entrance and it looks brilliant.
“I always wander around before the game and they had the TVs outside so people could watch the early game, which was the Manchester derby.
“They’ve got TVs in the bars which is what they do at the big clubs. You go to Brighton and they’ve got the games on in the concourses, so they [Worthing] are doing as much as possible to get people in there spending money and drinking.
“It’s exceptional. Hats off to them.”
The top-of-the-table Rebels travel to 19th-placed Bath City tomorrow while the Hornets, in seventh, host mid-table Chelmsford City.