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

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

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/

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

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 [...]

ONLINE SURVEY

WIN A SCOTTISH FOOTBALL CLUB SHIRT
Complete Supporters Direct’s ten minute survey and enter a prize draw to win a Scottish football club shirt of your choice.
Supporters Direct in Scotland have put together an online survey to measure the views of supporters on a range of footballing issues. The survey only takes a few minutes to [...]

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 [...]

SUPPORTERS DIRECT IN SCOTLAND CONFERENCE

MEMBERS of the Sonstrust Board attended the 7th annual Supporters Direct Conference on Saturday 6th June, which this year was held at Stirling University Conference Centre.
Atthe opening session, the audience were addressed by Dave Boyle who is the Chief Executive of Supporters Direct; William Gaillard, Adviser to UEFA President Michel Platini; and Robin Tatler from the [...]