Askern Villa has appointed Dave Hall as their Commercial Manager who will focus on bringing sponsorship and funding into the club.

The committee have worked hard on ground improvements over the last few years and the team have done their job on the playing field with two promotions in the last four seasons.

But now, the club would like to progress further on and off the field and they needed someone who could forge relationships with the local community and businesses.

Dave is a local lad who brings a lot of experience to the club, having raised over ?50,000 for various groups over the last few years.

He was the founder member of the Kevin Parkhouse Memorial Fund and former secretary of Askern Spa Town JFC.

He became the secretary of Askern Spa Town when they were in financial difficulties.

Within five months the club had raised ?10,000 thanks to a strategy put together by himself, the treasurer and the chairman which was supported well by the parents at the club.

Dave was a FA qualified coach and was also the programme editor at Askern Spa Town.

The programme was the runner-up in the Wirral Programme Schools/Youth section in 2000-01 and finished 18th nationally in non-league football - the highest rated programme in Yorkshire.

He will also be taking over the duties of programme editor.

If anyone is interested in helping Askern Villa FC progress through the football pyramid please email your details to davidhallgfx@btinternet.com.