Cambuslang Rangers co-boss Billy Campbell says the club needs to be restructured as they prepare for life in the West of Scotland First Division.
Camby ended a miserable season in the Premier League with a 3-0 home defeat against Cumnock on Saturday, as they dropped down with seven wins, two draws and 21 defeats from their 30 games.
The jump from winning the previous season’s Conference B was always going to be huge, but Campbell says they need much more help to let them focus solely on the football side of things.
He said: “There will be a change in the structure around the playing staff, and hopefully Paul [McColl, co-boss] and I can get a bit more help in the background as well.
“It has been a bit of a tough year for us, with regards to trying to get funds for the wages and getting the park dealt with.
“Allan Love [chairman] and Keith MacKenzie [vice-chairman] have been great, but that’s all that we’ve had.
“We’ve predominantly had one committee member, and that’s nowhere near enough.
“Not just playing-wise, but the whole infrastructure needs to be better.
“The park condition, the changing facilities, the playing staff, the background around fundraising – all of that needs to be in place for you to compete well in that top division.
“Cambuslang, with all due respect, hasn’t had that infrastructure for a number of years, we’re not set up for that level.
“We tried the best we could and did well on some occasions, but in the cold light of day we still went down, because we didn’t win enough games and get enough points on the board.
“But everything else was causing us difficulties in the background as well.
“There were a couple of games where we only had 11 players, we had no subs, and couldn’t afford to get more in of a calibre that would be able to slot straight in to the Premier Division.”
Campbell added: “We need to sit down, take a breath, and understand where we go with the playing staff, first and foremost.
“We need to get more support, because what Paul and I are dealing with on a matchday is too much.
“I want to deal with the playing side of it, but by the time you get to kick-off it’s a bit of a relief, because you’ve been dealing with the park, the changing rooms, the kit, the pre-match stuff and writing the team lines out.
“All of that stuff is great, but we need to be in a better place to allow us to focus wholly on the football side of it.”
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