JVW goes for crowdfunding as fears grow that clubs may fold if not helped

The ex-defender, who is now one of the assistant coaches at JVW, has put out a crowdfunding request as the financial situation gets dire.

It is a well-known fact that teams in the Hollywoodbets Super League are having real challenges, and it has become very difficult to sustain.

"A lot of teams are struggling financially to be stable to be able to perform and to have some real stability when it comes to finances. There are a lot of teams that don't have sponsorships to back them, we, I'm saying we because JVW is one of those clubs that are struggling financially,” van Wyk said.

“We are one of the top teams in our league and it might look like we have a lot of money to layout but because we have development it does help here and there but to be able to sustain a first team in the Hollywoodbets, we are not getting enough income to sustain that and that means traveling costs, that means accommodation, travelling from here to Cape Town it has to be an in and out thing.

“Whereas your university teams or even Sundowns they can travel in the day before and stay and rest completely and eat the proper food in order to perform the next day."

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Van Wyk says that it has become difficult to get sponsorship for women’s football as there are many factors to deal with.

"It's very difficult for other teams and ourselves to go and compete with the university teams and Sundowns that have financial support from their organisation or their club to sustain a football team,” she added.

“So, we put it out there as a crowdfunding to get some money in from the community because it's very difficult to get sponsorship for women's football in our country and that is because we've been told that women's football is not as big as it is and what we want it to be when we compare it to Europe.

“We don't have crowds of 10 000 people coming to our games. We don't have home games where we are able to give the sponsorship some sort of way to put their branding out there."