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

TRUST AGM

THE Trust’s 2009 AGM took place in the supporters bar at 11am at SHS today.
Chairman Brian Payne expertly guided the gathered members through the agenda and in the spirit of openness and transparency, below is the agenda with agreed actions and outcomes.
AGENDA
• To note and approve the minutes of the AGM held on 22/11/2008
- proposed and [...]

IS FOOTBALL ‘BROKEN’?

A good question, huh? And it’s one that Supporters Direct have attempted to shed some light on with the article shown by folloing this link – http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=6396&cat=sd_sco

TRUST TRAVEL UPDATE/MEMBERSHIP CARDS

OK folks, after all the excitement of the past week, it’s back to the bread ‘n’ butter of the leageu campaign and our next scheduled away game. This will be on Tuesday 15th December and it’s a short trip to Forthbank to play Stirling Albion.
If you haven’t already booked your seat via Tommy’s various contact [...]

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. [...]

NOMINATIONS CLOSED

NOMINATIONS for the four vacancies available on the Trust Board are now closed.
With four applicants correctly completing the process there is no need for any election and the following members are duly elected :
Brian Payne, David Powell, Andrew Scott and Andrew Galloway. All four will serve a two-year term till the AGM 2011 (once approved [...]

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/

TRUSTS ‘MUST KEEP THE FAITH’

BBC scribe Matt Slater writes an excellent piece following Supporters Direct annual conference earlier this month.
To read, use the following link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslater/2009/10/footballs_trusts_must_keep_the.html

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 [...]

TRUST AGM

THE Sonstrust AGM for 2009 will take place on Sat 19th December 2009 at Strathclyde Homes Stadium kicking-off at 11am.
Members who have given a valid e-mail address will have received their letter, agenda and election form. Those members who have not given a valid e-mail address will have their notices sent by post this week.
Please [...]