We are delighted to share with you the findings from the first stage of our fan survey conducted late last year. Opinion was surveyed at the Dunfermline game in November and online through this website. We received a total of 321 responses from fans – an increase of 16% on the last time the survey was run in 2003 – making it the biggest ever survey of Raith fans.
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Kirkcaldy MSP Marilyn Livingston has become the latest high profile recruit for the Raith Rovers Trust.
Speaking as she became the latest member to join the Trust, the local MSP said “I am delighted to give my support to the Raith Rovers Trust. I have been impressed by the part the Trust played in the Reclaim the Rovers campaign and the work the Trust has done to give ordinary supporters a greater say in the running of the club. It is great for the town that we have a strong and successful football club on our doorstep and we all saw the excitement around the town when the Rovers won promotion last season. I want to do everything I can to ensure that the club remains strong in the future and that is why I am joining the Trust.”
Chairman Alan Russell welcomed the latest recruit and is keen to persuade even more Rovers fans to join. He said “We are delighted that Marilyn has given her backing to the Raith Trust. The Trust is about giving supporters a voice and the more fans who get involved the stronger our voice. It is great that our local MSP has become our newest member”.
The Raith Rovers Fan Survey has now been completed and we are pleased to report has been a great success.
We received responses from 321 Raith fans – an increase of 16% on the last time the survey was run in 2003. We also managed to almost double the number of responses from Trust members so a big thank you to all who completed a survey at the Dunfermline game or online.
The questionnaires are now being analysed in detail and results will be made available as soon as possible. The findings will give us a tremendous insight into how fans feel about the club as well as giving us important feedback on the future work of the Trust.
All Trust members will be receiving notification shortly of our next AGM. This will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 25th November in the Raith Suite at Starks Park. This AGM will present the 2008/09 Trust accounts for your review, and will be followed by a more informal session to discuss a number of fundraising initiatives.
The formal business of the AGM will commence at 7pm, with the following agenda:
As normally happens at our AGMs, two of our board members will be standing down on rotation. Both have indicated their willingness to be considered for re-election, alongside any member who wishes to stand for election. Fresh blood on the Trust board is always welcomed, and I would encourage anyone with an interest in becoming more involved in the Trust to come forward.
We hope to see as many of our members as possible on the 25th November.
The Raith Trust are set to conduct the biggest ever survey of Rovers fans this Saturday. Trust members will be handing out questionnaires at the Fife Derby against Dunfermline and every Rovers fan will have the opportunity to say how exactly how they feel about their club.
Chairman Alan Russell said “This is the most wide ranging survey the Trust has ever conducted. We will be asking fans their views on everything from the match day experience on a Saturday to the long term future of Raith Rovers. It is important that every fan has the chance to have their say. The Trust is about giving supporters a greater say in the running of their club and this survey is an excellent way to make sure that the voice of ordinary Rovers fans is heard. I hope that as many fans as possible fill in the short questionnaire on Saturday”.
Questionnaires will be handed out before the game on Saturday and at half time by Trust members. The findings from the survey will help inform the work of the Trust over the coming years.
Personally speaking, I like them about as much as I like any other team wearing black and white stripes, but I’ve got a huge amount of sympathy for their fans right now.
“What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city.”
Read the full article from today’s Times here.
By Matt Slater
“You must never run a football club based on what somebody might shout at you from the stands.”
Given the nonsense I sometimes spout about the “size” of my club (and therefore what division we should be playing in) this advice was possibly the most important message to come out of last week’s slightly subdued Supporters Direct Annual Conference.
I say subdued because delegates from the 150+ supporters’ trusts active in the UK assembled in Birmingham eager to trumpet how far the fan-ownership movement in football (and more recently rugby league) has come but mindful that the last year has witnessed a few bum notes.
Read the rest of this intetresting article at:
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslater/2009/10/footballs_trusts_must_keep_the.html
Rovers Down South, who you may recognise as John McGlynn’s kit sponsor this season, are now expanding.
Recruiting supporters across England and Wales their aims are to:
Venue: Novar Bar, Kirkcaldy
Present: Blair White (BW), Tam Cunningham (TC), James Proctor (JP), Alan Russell (AR) & Tom Philips (TP)
Apologies: Steven Lawther (SL), John Mainland (JM) & Graeme Condie (GC)
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Thank you and well done to all of the walkers who joined us on our journey to East End Park last weekend. Yet again we had great weather, and yet again we were rewarded for our efforts with a 2-0 win that put us top of the league!!!
The sponsorship money has not been gathered and counted yet, watch this space for news of how much we raised.
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