SONS VIEW SCOTLAND SPECIAL

A special edition of Lennox Herald sports correspondent Andy Galloway’s regular programme notes on new Scotland manager Craig Levein.
IT IS too early to say what Craig Levein can hope to achieve as Scotland manager imminently. That can only be speculated on when the Euro 2012 qualifying draw is made in February.
However, he merits nothing but [...]

SHAREHOLDER DEMOCRACY

Supporters Direct’s excellent article entitled ‘The Value of Shareholder Democracy’ is worthy of a wider audience as the content makes a very good point.
Click on the following link to view :
http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=6519&cat=sd_sco

HONEST DEALINGS AND TRANSPARENCY

GETTING back to the theme of good governance, it is pleasing to note how things are progressing at Scarborogh Athletic FC.
The Yorkshire club is a wholly owned supporters trust club and their efforts have to be applauded.
They have just published the latest set of income and expenditure figures, to their website, for EVERYONE to see. [...]

PARALLEL UNIVERSE

OUR good friend Dr John Beech has again came up trumps with another thought provoking article on his excellent football management blog.
See for yourself (link below), and of course, comments are welcome!
http://footballmanagement.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/parallel-realities-and-worcester-city/

RANGERS IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY

TODAY’S press reports stating that Rangers are now being administered financially by its bank comes as no real surprise.
HBOS have moved to secure their ‘investment’ in the Ibrox club by appointing their own man to the Ranger Board, something they can do as a major creditor.
And in a further knife twisting episode, the Ibrox club [...]

TRUSTS v BENEFACTORS

Continuing our series of good governance articles, Dr John Beech again commits some though provoking stuff to the blogosphere. Read on, and as ever, comments are welcome.
There is an interesting piece in today’s Guardian, welcome not least because it promotes the Supporters Direct Conference at the NEC this Friday. I’m attending and it would be [...]

SPORT OR MONEY?

AS part of our good goveranance theme, here are two very relevant quotes (shown below) on the subject.
“Let’s recognise supporters as an essential part of the identity of clubs.”
Michel Platini, election programme, The Future of UEFA

“In an ideal world football clubs would be legally structured and governed in ways that prioritise sporting objectives above financial [...]

GOOD GOVERNANCE (3)

WHY BUY SHARES AND NOT JUST DONATE CASH TO THE CLUB?
 

IT’S a good question isn’t it? And it’s one the Sonstrust have been asked recently, so perhaps a good time, under our ‘good governance’ banners, to get back to basics an explain why shares in DFC are important.

 

In what seems, now, the dim and distant [...]

GOOD GOVERNANCE (2)

IN keeping with our series of articles on good governance relating to running a football club, here’s a wee snippet of news taken from the Supporters Direct website.
We particularly like the last sentence.
Notts Fit or Proper Yet
“For some, it was the romantic football story of the summer, whilst for others it was a story that [...]

THE DANGERS OF BEING NICE

IN the second article by Dr John Beech, he focuses on the situation at Livingston where the Livi Lions Trust have entered into an agreement with the new owners of the West Lothian club to fund merchandise.
Interesting.
A ‘win-win’ at Livi? Well perhaps
As my e-forays North of the border are rare, I hadn’t expected to be [...]