Latrobe Valley Express | Less than a month ago it was looking a bit dire at the Gormandale Football Netball Club.
About 25 players were attending preseason football training and management was worried it was not going to be able to field a seniors team, let alone reserves and thirds.
Fast-forward a few weeks and the club's supporters have pulled together, helped by AFL Gippsland and the North Gippsland FNL administration, and things are looking up.
"We need to restructure and get ourselves back on track," president Frank Venturoni said.
"We didn't have the numbers and we asked for help from people and we got a lot of support."
"We hadn't improved our list and things weren't too good," added newly appointed senior coach Steve Hazelman.
The wider community was made aware of the issues at Gormandale after management sent a call to arms across the district.
It asked people keen to help to attend a meeting at the club rooms where management, supporters and the game's administrators fleshed out some issues facing the club.
About 50 people attended the meeting, keen to see what they could do to help.
One of the key outcomes was replacing the coach by mutual agreement, with the help of AFL Gippsland.
