I’m not sure if the idea of “every major decision, on and off the pitch, being put to a members’ vote” is going to work in practice, but MyFootballClub will certainly raise the profile of supporter ownership if it is successful. My big worry (other than the possibility that this...
How’s this for the first major policy announcement of the SFA’s new Chief Executive’s reign? Gordon Smith’s indignation at gamesmanship as a pundit have been followed up with action now that he’s in the top job, if he continues in this vein the game in Scotland can only change for...
Grey, gritty and pious – the town of big names that shaped a little boy called Brown – Times Online
With pre-season preparations complete – three wins (including one against SPL club Kilmarnock), a draw against Dundee United and a defeat on astroturf to Conference North side Southport, whose third goal was scored by one of the Rovers players they had borrowed for the match – the conversation while the...
I think I know the answer to that one already, but every little helps! BBC SPORT | Football | Can football save the planet?
The Guardian’s David Conn writes about the backbencher who campaigned for an independent regulator for football, but no longer sees the need for one now that he’s become Minister for Sport. Conn argues that the issues that so concerned Gerry Sutcliffe when he tabled his bill as a backbencher have...
Venue: Novar Bar, Kirkcaldy Present: Alan Russell (AR), Graeme Condie (GC), John Mainland (JM), plus Tom Phillips (TP) for half of the meeting Apologies: Blair White (BW), George Howie (GH), James Proctor (JP), Mike Melville (MM), Tam Cunningham (TC)
Raith Trust chairman quoted in yesterday’s Sunday Herald… Political Football (from Sunday Herald)
Venue: Novar Bar, Kirkcaldy Present: Alan Russell (AR), Blair White (BW), James Proctor (JP) Apologies: Graeme Condie (GC), George Howie (GH), John Mainland (JM), Mike Melville (MM), Tam Cunningham (TC), Tom Phillips (TP)
Back in October 2004, several months before we kicked off what was to eventually become the Reclaim The Rovers campaign, we organised an event called “Raith Rovers 2007”. This was a fans’ forum that aimed to find out just where members of the Rovers’ community wanted to see their club...
