Finn Harps can confirm that the club plans to combine the shop within Finn Park and the online shop into a joint retail operation so we can offer supporters a better service. This is necessary so that both will carry the same products, because our kit supplier will now only accept orders from the club itself and also so that those fans that buy online can exchange items when necessary at Finn Park.
The club can confirm that no one was asked to step away and it was made clear that the continued involvement of Ann Kelly and Kieran Crawford would be more than welcome. We thank them for the huge contribution they have made to Finn Harps.
There is no plan, nor has there ever been, to move to online sales only. The intention is to expand the opening hours and also to explore opportunities to make Harps merchandise available around the northwest.
These plans were communicated to the supporters club at a meeting over a year ago, it was discussed again at the AGM and emails have been sent since then making all the above clear.
We look forward to continuing to bring the club out to the northwest, as we are proactively doing at present with our through our camps (kids, disability inclusion, Down Syndrome and autism), for seniors (walking football, football memories, football boot room), for schools (5 a side competitions, training days, football numeracy skills, our programmes with Donegal County Council on Road Safety, Say No to Racism, and cross border gateway programme for inclusion and respect).
