Taking Sport Seriously
Get yourself a cuppa before settling down to read this, it’s a long ‘un! Cover story: ‘Taking sport seriously’ by David Goldblatt | Prospect Magazine December 2007 issue 141
Author: Alan Russell
MyFC to become first club to be run by fans via the net
Stay tuned for an announcement in a few hours about which club has agreed in principle to be taken over by “My Football Club” – and which manager will become the puppet of MyFC’s 20,000 members! MyFC to become first club to be run by fans via the net –...
The Joy of Six: terrible managerial stints
I think they’ve missed someone out of their top six… Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: The Joy of Six: terrible managerial stints
Trust Members’ Evening
At last week’s AGM we talked about an event we are planning to hold next month. This would be an informal get-together for Trust members one evening (or possibly on a Sunday afternoon) to give you all the opportunity to set the future direction of the Trust. The evening will...
Annual General Meeting, 4th October 2007
Venue: Raith Suite, Starks Park, Kirkcaldy Board Members Present: Alan Russell, Blair White, Graeme Condie, George Howie, John Mainland, James Proctor, Tom Phillips Apologies (Board Members): Mike Melville, Tam Cunningham Members Present: 10 Apologies (Members): 13
The supporters who took on a property developer and won
A great story in today’s Guardian of events down in Cambridge… Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: The supporters who took on a property developer and won
Sheffield Wednesday Sues Fans!
This is quite a worrying story about a Sheffield Wednesday supporter who was being taken to court by the club he supports for answering a question truthfully! Sheffield Wednesday and Manager Brian Laws Sues Fans!! Since then, the Sheffield Wednesday chairman has been charged by the FA for the derogatory...
Show Racism The Red Card
As you may have seen on the club’s website, the Show Racism The Red Card fortnight of action is coming up soon. This is something that was discussed earlier this week in the Trust’s board meeting, and we’re very keen to support this initiative again. In a couple of previous...
Medium Term Planning Session, 11th August 2007
Venue: The Boat House, Aberdour Present: Alan Russell (AR), Graeme Condie (GC), George Howie (GW), John Mainland (JM), James Proctor (JP), Tam Cunningham (TC) and Tom Phillips (TP) Apologies: Blair White (BW) and Mike Melville (MM) After taking “a year off” there was a lot of interest in re-energising the...
Football In The Community
The BBC have an article today about the community initiatives across England at each of the Premier League clubs. There’s a link to the community page of each club’s website, and they make interesting reading – and there’s probably a few ideas there that we could borrow for ourselves! At...