in response to some questions on the other thread regarding Supporters Trusts. My understanding of Supporters Trust WAS that they were set up primarily by fans who no longer had faith in their club to run it in a fit and proper manner or by fans of clubs who were facing extreme financial difficulties.
I have since read a little more on the subject and this does not necessarily need to be the case.
Have a read at
Supporters Direct » Mission & history but be warned it's quite heavy stuff!
My concerns as to whether this can be used in our case are that in its most basic form it is no more than a Supporters Club but with far more legal bindings. If you have read through the website you will see that it is reasonably comlex and includes far more corporate involvement with the club (a good thing). Now bearing in mind that the existing Supporters Club has only around 6 'active' members at any one time, I am sur eyou can see where I'm going with this.
IF the fans of Accrington Stanley were prepared to get off their arses on a far more regular basis than they do then it could be a winner. Run right, and run by people of various professional expertise, then it would be the call to arms that we all want.
If there is less than 50 people at the next OSC meet then this idea is a pointless waste of many hours of work setting up.
over to you all ...