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Fill yer boots.... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11517 Football fans are never short of an opinion or two but now Saints supporters are being given the chance to have their views heard… Southampton Football Club have agreed to help set up an independent Fans Parliament which aims to give supporters more of a voice in the way the club is run. Southampton FC Chairman Michael Wilde says that decisions on the way the Parliament will be established and run have already taken place and the plans are now ready to be put into action. "Our proposals for the new Fans Parliament will work in a similar way to the system that already operates very successfully at Wolverhampton Wanderers," he explained. "Last week I met with the Club's Commercial Director, John O'Sullivan and our Head of Supporter Services, David Luker and we have formulated an initial plan for how the Parliament will be established. "From the very outset, we are very keen to highlight that whilst the Club will provide help and assistance at every opportunity, the Parliament, when formed, will be an independent body working outside of the Club's remit. "The aim of this independent body will be to give all fans a voice that may otherwise be lost amidst the clamour and somewhat ad-hoc nature of many current supporters initiatives." Wilde also revealed the details of how the Parliament will be formed, and its make up once established. "Initially, we will look to help set up a Selection Committee whose role will be to eventually run the nomination process for supporters' representatives to sit on the Parliament," he continued. "The committee will be made up of a maximum of 6 people, with no more than two coming from the Club itself. We would therefore invite fans to nominate fellow supporters who they feel have the best interests of the Club at heart, and who would be able to work within a small democratically run committee." The deadline for nominations to the Selection Committee will be 31st March and the Club will evaluate all such applicants, with this being the only role the Club will have in the incorporation process. "Once the Committee has been chosen, they will then look to invite nominations for supporters to sit within the Parliament. We hope that this process would begin in about a month from now, with the inaugural meeting of the new Parliament aiming to take place immediately prior to the start of the 2009/10 season. "It is anticipated that the Parliament will initially comprise between 20 and 25 supporters representing a diverse range of supporter interests. A full list of categories will be published following the first meeting of the new Selection Committee and nominations invited shortly thereafter. The aim of the Selection Committee will be to ensure that every category of supporter is represented within the Parliament. " "Any supporter with issues or questions to raise with the Club through the Parliament will be able to contact the relevant representative to raise the issue on their behalf. Contact details of all representatives will be permanently published on the Club's website as will the minutes of every meeting which will also be made available to the media." It is intended that the Parliament will meet at least four times a year with an independent "speaker" being appointed to take charge of the meetings. The Club will provide administrative support on an ongoing basis and will ensure that both the Club's board members and senior management are available as necessary to address and respond to the many and varied issues that will be discussed. "We are fully confident that once set up, the Parliament will be a great conduit for our supporters to discuss issues with the Club, and make suggestions where they deem appropriate, on a whole range of issues such as ticket pricing, merchandise ranges etc. I also believe that the feedback the Club receives from the Parliament will be very important in assisting the formulation of ongoing policies. "I encourage all supporters to embrace, support and contribute to this important initiative. This is a fantastic opportunity for supporters of all types to make their voices heard within an organised, constructive and proactive environment." Fans wishing to nominate someone for the Fans Parliament Selection Committee should send there nominations to the following address: FANS PARLIAMENT, FREEPOST, ST. MARY'S, BRITANNIA ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON. SO14 5FP.

The Boogie

Significant Shareholders Shareholders who hold more than 3% ......................................Amount..........%Holding Michael Gordon Wilde..........4,622,470.........16.46 Leon Adrian Crouch.............2,794,230..........9.95 Rupert James Lowe.............1,577,969..........5.62 Guy Askham......................1,120,000...........3.99 R M Withers.......................1,000,000..........3.56 Cheviot Asset Management.....934,100..........3.33 Michael Richards...................873,000..........3.11 I still find it extraordinary that someone who 'only' has a £247k stake in a football club can have such a strangle hold over it for so long. That's roughly the price of an average house in the South of England. How does that come to pass? (he asked semi-rhetorically)

Crossing the road to get to the ground is even more dangerous. I suggest we all stay at home (and not touch anything sharp or electrical) rather than attend games from here on in, just in case.

The only trouble with passive smoking is that it delays your response to posts on some message board threads by nearly three months. Nasty.

I was in the Northam for the Derby game and c.99% of people stood the whole game

True. And the same people probably wouldn't mind if they went away either....

Negligible....probably. But, as I say, was quite possibly something that looked/sounded good on paper when discussing our cost cutting measures with Barclays. IMHO of course

Indeed, The one exit that has been shut in each corner leads onto the same concourse area from the exits that have remained open. I could understand the logic of closing off an area of seating (from a cost saving perspective) if it had a self contained concourse area. Perhaps it was simply a 'tick box' exercise so that we could at least been seen to be doing 'something' by the powers that be at Barclays? (i.e. it was probably a good sound-bite initiative in one of those 'important meetings with our bankers')

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11268

Our woes this season can be traced back to the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Fact. Global financial crisis = no-one splashing out on football clubs = no investment in players and management = simple

I went to all that trouble to copy & paste the above article, and paint in pretty colours....and for what? Sweet Fanny Adams, that's what. We ought to be careful the apathy on this forum doesn't rub off on the team.... Edit: nice to see 'fanny' isn't blocked (so to speak)

Only the 'emergency' ones to talk about when we go into Administration.....

No, it's not a coincidence. IMHO of course...

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Fair point. Just having a Victor Meldrew moment

Is that your new nickname for Wotte?

Tough love never hurt anyone. Apart from Ulrika Johnson (allegedly)

Mods/Admin....serious question from me (just this once).... How much longer is this experiment with re-directing RSS feeds to the 'main' board going on for? Whilst it's probably not in the top 500 of most important issues in my life right now I think it's quite clear that it was a 'nice idea, not so good in reality'. Please? Thank you.

Mods/Admin....serious question from me (just this once).... How much longer is this experiment with re-directing RSS feeds to the 'main' board going on for? Whilst it's probably not in the top 500 of most important issues in my life right now I think it's quite clear that it was a 'nice idea, not so good in reality'. Please? Thank you.

Mods/Admin....serious question from me (just this once).... How much longer is this experiment with re-directing RSS feeds to the 'main' board going on for? Whilst it's probably not in the top 500 of most important issues in my life right now I think it's quite clear that it was a 'nice idea, not so good in reality'. Please? Thank you.