"Supporter trust" refers to the belief or confidence that one has in someone or something, particularly when it comes to providing assistance, encouragement, or loyalty. It implies relying on and backing a person, organization, or cause, often due to shared values, beliefs, or interests.
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That was until today's release by the Leeds
United Supporters Trust of their take on the recent accounts posted by the club, which when coupled with newly christened Ass Man (or Assistant Manager as he would prefer to be known) Mick Jones revealing on Saturday that the club expect bids to come in for Luciano Becchio and Sam Byram have sent the rumour mill into overdrive and sent a wave of paranoia across the Twittersphere.
The Guardian newspaper ran a story yesterday on the back of a Freedom of Information request from Charlton
Athletic Supporters Trust who have been -LSB-...]
I'm really interested in reading the minutes of the Arsenal
Supporters Trust meeting with Gadzidis today as I think he is a massive problem too and I would live to see him gone as well.
The
Blackpool Supporters Trust have put together a bid that proposes to take the club into the hands of the supporters, leaving the Oystons with almost all the assets apart from the team and the stadium, and you wonder if that offer might look more and more appealing in the face of another relegation.
He has guided the Welsh side from the fourth tier of the English game to the Premier League since taking over with the backing of the Swansea
City Supporters Trust in 2002.
As well as being a fan of the Club, I am Chairman of Bees United (the
Brentford Supporters Trust) and as a result I have had the privilege of being a Director on the Club Board for almost a decade.
On top of that we have Metro reporting that a poll of Gooners» wishes arranged by the Arsenal
Supporters Trust produced a huge majority of 78 percent on the side of the club replacing Wenger in the summer.
The Arsenal
Supporters Trust voted in May 78 % in favour wanted Wenger out and yet he signed on for another 2 years, meaning no one is listening to the fans.
We will introduce legislation to enable
accredited supporters trusts to appoint and remove at least two of the directors of a football club and to purchase shares when the club changes hands.
The lowest disclosed figure for investment across the entire Premier League was # 70,000, from the Swansea City
Supporters Trust into... well, Swansea City, in order to take advantage of a share offer which took the Trust shareholding within the club to 21 %.
A recent Arsenal
Supporters Trust fan survey saw 88 % of those who responded saiy the board should end his contract after this season, with only seven percent in favour of him staying in charge.
Following another poor start to a Premier League campaign, Arsenal senior officials met with the Arsenal
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The fans are no longer the majority stakeholders after 75 % of the club plus one share was bought by a local packaging firm, the proprietors of which were involved in the
initial Supporters Trust purchase of club and ground.
He also questioned them charging the fans high ticket prices while not spending in the transfer window; a sentiment that was echoed by the Arsenal
Supporters Trust as well.
During Saturday's home game against Norwich, fans» groups Black Scarf Movement, RedAction and the Arsenal
Supporters Trust want supporters to raise placards reading: «Time for change.
To mark the occasion,
Chelsea Supporters Trust has organised a guided tour of Chelsea F.C. related graves with club historian Rick Glanvill, followed by wreath laying at the Mears family memorial.
Charlton
Athletic Supporters Trust (CAST) has filed multiple complaints with the European Commission on illegal state aid which it claims West Ham United has received as a result of its future tenancy of the Olympic Stadium.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis hinted at ongoing talks with an «unknown'target during an Arsenal
Supporters Trust meeting last night, during which he stated that moves for prospective additions were held up due to discussions with club's who were without a manager.
The US investment group have pledged to increase the Swans» transfer budget, although the club's
Supporters Trust say they have not seen evidence of any further guaranteed funds aside from that to purchase around 60 % of the club's existing shares.
Like today, the day after the closure of the window, the day that the Arsenal
Supporters Trust, in their infinite wisdom and majesty, demanded that the club carry out a formal inquiry into their lack of transfer dealings.
At the Arsenal AGM yesterday, there were questions from the Arsenal
Supporters Trust and some of them, inevitably, focused on what is seen as a serious lack of investment in the playing squad in recent years.
The poll that Jon Fox was talking about was by the Arsenal
Supporters Trust, and this was reported three weeks ago..
The Arsenal
Supporters Trust (AST) conducted a survey ahead of its annual general meeting on Monday, asking members whether Wenger should see out the final year of his contract and stay on until next summer.
Yes it would be nice if the club was ran by supporters, Maybe the Arsenal
Supporters Trust?
Unsurprisingly Rangers fans have responded to Collymore defending themselves, with
the Supporters Trust highlighting the sectarian chants that are aimed at them during matches.
I am sure that all you Arsenal fans out there in cyber world have already heard about the poll of the Arsenal fans done this week by the Arsenal
Supporters Trust, and if you haven't then what have you been doing?
80 % voted out in
the Supporters Trust poll.
Ideally all this could start with the Arsenal
Supporters Trust but this may not be the most passionate vehicle for change.
I just read this on AST (Arsenal
Supporters Trust) website and thought fans should be informed for those that have not seen it.
Contrast this with the news reported by the Daily Mail about a survey undertaken by the Arsenal
Supporters Trust.
Bloody hell, the Arsenal
supporters trust have asked for an enquiry on the transfer / scouting situation and have said themselves that questions need to be raised and assurances need to made in relation to the clubs ambitions.
Tim Payton, a spokesperson for the Arsenal
Supporters Trust, was in attendance at a Q&A with Gazidis and claims the 51 - year - old CEO shared the same frustrations as supporters.
That way we can all celebrate together as we make money buying and selling players, higher ticket prices, developing in house products (youth) etc etc: I believe that
the Supporters trust is also completely bullhsit.
The first successful application of this principle to football came from OxVox, the Oxford United
Supporters Trust.
«As part of that I can understand the anxiety that these rumours are causing to the fans as reflected by the Arsenal
Supporters Trust.
I am impressed by the move of the Arsenal
Supporters Trust to complain about lack of transfer activity.
Arsenal
Supporters Trust (AST) who have as their members a large portion of the small independent share holders, sought to agree with Kroenke at the point of his bid and Ivan Gazidis as CEO that they would set up a Fanshare scheme to enable ordinary fans to have an opportunity to buy shares and so participate in ownership of the club.
Charlton Athletic
Supporters Trust (CAST) want a review of the terms of West Ham's rental agreement at the Olympic Stadium in response to the West Ham's decision to drastically cut season ticket prices when they move in 2016.