Dave Boyle, CEO of Supporters Direct, will be on the Politics Show in London talking about the Government’s commitment to support co-operative ownership structures. The programme starts at 12:00, and Dave Boyle will be on after 12:30. The show will available on iPlayer afterwards. Dave Boyle will also be on Panorama on Tuesday 8th June (“Man Utd – Into the Red” 10.35pm BBC1) talking about football finances and the problems within football.
Congratulations to Emile Heskey, James Milner and Stephen Warnock for making the final World Cup squad. As Villa supporters, we wish you all the best on the pitch – now bring that World Cup, lads!
A national conference is to be held (12-13 June 2010) to allow football fans from across the country to offer their views on the Government’s commitment to giving supporters a greater say in the running of their clubs. The conference is being organised on the back of a growing political consensus about the potential for football fans to buy out their clubs by setting up co-operatives, similar to those that already own and run clubs like FC Barcelona and Hamburg SV. The new Coalition Government…
Following the recent Red Knights moves at Man Utd, Liverpool fans wanting to buy the Club, as well as the Portsmouth administration issues, football fan ownership has been in the spotlight. This has been further added to by the announcement by Labour to transfer 25% ownership to supporters via Supporters’ Trusts. This has been welcomed by UEFA President Platini. As David Conn adds in his article, good news but a little too late after all the good work in the early years of the Football…
The Birmingham Post have written an article (by Lisa Smith) on the Statue. Please click link here. The macquette of the statue is shown off well. We also have on BBC an excellent piece by Sitala Peek here. More updates here as we identify coverage.
The Supporters Trust has for sale on Ebay an item where the proceeds will be put towards the statue of William McGregor which is due to unveiled at Villa Park this Saturday. To access EBay page, click here. This was the flag carried by Allan Evans, as Villa’s representative at Preston Cathedral in 1988 with representatives of the other 11 founder members of the Football League. It has been donated by the Football League and there is a letter to this effect which is included in…
Lord Mawhinney, Chairman of the Football League, is to unveil the William McGregor statue at Villa Park this forthcoming Saturday prior to the home game against Spurs. The ceremony is due to commence at 4pm outside the Directors entrance, Trinity Road stand. William McGregor was a Director of Aston Villa Football Club and moreover is credited with being the brainchild behind the formation of The Football League. The Club and Supporters’ Trust have been committed to honouring his massive contribution to English and World Football…
Supporters Direct, the organisation representing over 150 supporters’ trusts in the UK, welcomed a series of recommendations (on 21st April) from the Parliamentary All Party Football Group (APFG) calling for greater and more formal supporter representation at football clubs, using the already successful model of supporters’ trusts – a model already seen widely in the top four divisions. The report calls for the introduction of supporter representatives on the board of every club, and that this representative will be elected and sit on a Supporters’…
Villa and West Brom may be big rivals on the pitch but former players of both clubs are joining forces on Saturday to raise money for the Paul Birch Trust. Members of both former players’ associations have volunteered to help with collections all around Villa Park for our former midfielder, who is battling cancer. Among the ex-Villa men with collection tins will be Charlie Aitken, Gordon Cowans, Des Bremner, Kenny Swain and Garry Thompson who, of course, also played for the Baggies. In all, 19…
It is with regret that we have to announce that after many years of service for the Trust as the Press Officer, Neil will be resigning his post after making a life changing decision to relocate abroad. Neil has been a key director in liaising with the media, none more so than during the Randy Lerner takeover where the phone was constantly ringing. The Trust Executive thank Neil for his service and wish him and his family the best of luck in the future. If…
