He says he has no time for armchair critics and says that anyone who wants to influence what happens at the Park Hall club first has to attend the games.

The club's full title is The New Saints of Llansantffraid and Oswestry Town, although the media has always shortened it, said the club's owner.
Surveys are being carried out among those who attend games to see if the majority want to enhance the Oswestry connection, but he stressed it must be done without disenfranchising Llansantffraid which could jeopardise the club's European ambitions.

He says that if the majority of paying supporters wanted it, the title could be reversed and it become The New Saints of Oswestry Town and Llansantffraid, and a greater Oswestry representation could be placed on the shirts.

"Oswestry Town has always been there since the merger of the two clubs," he explained.

"We do want the goodwill of the whole of the community. What I will be looking for the community to do, is to come and show support through the gate.

"That will give them a greater voice in how the football club is run. We take our fans very seriously and how we define fans is someone who supports the club," he explained.

In the meantime, the club will try and reap the benefits of a five figure sum (nearer £90,000 than £10,000) invested each year in its soccer academy which will in turn lead to a much greater local representation on the pitch with Scholarship and Academy players side by side with the bought-in professionals.

"There is a considerable amount of money invested and we want it to bear fruit for us over the next four or five years," Harris explained.

"We want to make sure that if there is talent available locally we have it at our club," he said.

And can TNS swell the trophy cabinet and still bring on local players?

"It is a tough ask, but it is achievable," Harris said.