Head coach Liam Daish is pleased with his side's start to the season, but admits he would rather avoid the Manager of the Month award, which is often seen as a poisoned chalice.
"As long as I don't win manager of the month we can keep this run goi
ng," he joked. "We like to keep a low profile, I know that's difficult at this club, but we want to pick up points and it suits us if we are not given too much respect."
'Fleet are unbeaten in their last six games and have lost just once this season.
That run includes Saturday's 4-1 win against Forest Green Rovers, whose boss Jim Harvey received the managerial award for August but has not won a game since.
"The one time I got manager of month the same thing happened to me," added Daish.
Ebbsfleet United are quite literally a football club for the fans with 30,000 supporters owning the Kent-based club.
In February this year, members of myfootballclub.co.uk purchased the football club for £600,000 and just three months later, Ebbsfleet United won the FA Trophy at Wembley – the club's greatest achievement in a history that dates back to 1890.
Following on from that success, Ebbsfleet formerly known as Gravesend & Northfleet, are looking to reach the Football League for the first time in their history.
MFC's membership now stands at more than 30,000 people, with members living in 122 countries and founder Will Brooks is delighted with the success of the takeover.
"It's quite historic," said Brooks. "The summer has been full of talk about Gareth Barry and Cristiano Ronaldo, but this transfer allows fans to have a say in whether it is right for the club."
"It has become very apparent that members are taking the responsibility of ownership very seriously and considering decisions made so far."
The members of myfootballclub. co.uk, who own Ebbsfleet United, are required to vote on all things concerning the club and have recently backed the sale of striker John Akinde for £140,000 to Championship club Bristol City.
Ebbsfleet's chief executive officer David Davis said: "82.3 per cent of 7,452 members who voted said the club should accept the offer."
"We've been given clear instruction to carry out the supporters' wishes."
The website's 30,000 plus members were given 48 hours to decide whether the club sell the highly-rated 19-year-old, who had played fewer than 20 games for Ebbsfleet.
Akinde had already been watched by Chelsea scouts and the club recently turned down an offer for the striker from League One side Peterborough.
Daish and the club's board recommended the striker should be sold to allow him to play at a higher level with the 19-year-old eventually joining Championship side Bristol City on transfer deadline day for £140,000.
Members have voted on a number of major decisions affecting the club in the past, with some of them even appearing in the boardroom as Ebbsfleet United are giving the elbow to 'the men in suits'.
Ebbsfleet chief executive David Davis has implemented a 'smart casual' approach to boardroom attire as fans representatives are now being welcomed into the club's inner sanctum on match days.
"We want to get away from the idea that football club boardrooms are a leftover from the days of gentlemen's clubs," says Davis. "We've given our boardroom a facelift in the close season and we want it to be a welcoming environment for our guests.
"Whilst male guests are welcome to wear business suits we are equally happy for our boardroom visitors to be in smart casual attire."
Recently the club welcomed its first fans' representatives into the boardroom on match days. Keith and Lorraine Handley were chosen to represent the myfootballclub membership at 'Fleet's home game with Stevenage and fan representation will be a regular feature at all Fleet games this season.
"Fan representation runs right through this club now," says Davis. "It was important that our supporters are present in the boardroom on a match day to see how the club interacts with others in our football community.
"Keith and Lorraine got a good insight to what goes on behind the scenes when they were our guests and we look forward to entertaining more supporters who are chosen through the myFC website to join us in representing the club."
Daish, who was given £20,000 in July to buy striker Michael Gash from Cambridge, believes that the only problem with the scheme is that other clubs have now increased asking prices for their players.
"They know we've got some money now and suddenly the price went up," said the former Republic of Ireland international following the transfer of Akinde.
"I tried to bring in a couple of players. Prices escalate and people know how much money we've got. Details of the transfer were put out nationwide."
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