Jerry Dolke has put the Lillywhites on the market, but will only be selling to the right person
BROMLEY chairman Jerry Dolke has told News Shopper his decision to put the club up for sale was one of the hardest he has ever made.
Mr Dolke has held the position for seven years and transformed the Lillywhites from a side struggling at the wrong end of the Ryman first division to Conference South play-off hopefuls.
Off the field, Hayes Lane has been rebuilt with the portacabins replaced by offices and a brand new club bar to make Bromley an attractive proposition for any future investor.
Mr Dolke said: "It has been seven years of hard work and emotion, but I felt I've been neglecting my family and particularly my 10-year-old daughter with the amount of time I've been devoting to the club.
"I've got a business in Greenwich which is nearing completion as well, so really it is a combination of circumstances.
"What we've created at Bromley is a first class business from something which started out as a hobby."
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He added: "Somebody needs to come in now and take the club to the next level which to me means full-time football.
"I look at what Ebbsfleet have achieved by making the step up to full-time and I know it is going to take a lot of time and energy for Bromley to make the same step up.
"It is a big decision for me and a very hard one to make because I love Bromley FC.
"I've left the club in a very healthy position financially because there aren't many clubs up for sale which are not in administration or in debt."
Mr Dolke has yet to receive any offers since putting the club up for sale on Sunday, but reassured Bromley fans by stating he will not be simply selling out to the first bidder.
He explained: "I'm prepared to wait as long as it takes to get the right person who I feel can take the club forward on the pitch.
"Whoever does come in will be getting a first class business which is ideally located in one of London's richest boroughs, so it is certainly an attractive proposition.
"I know what it will take to win this league and it needs the right person to come in and make sure this can happen."
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