Admin phantom Posted November 23, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 Around 100 supporter representatives from clubs across the country came together to rubberstamp plans which were initially discussed at both organisations’ annual conferences in July. A new chair, vice chair, National Council, and Board has been elected and Kevin Miles was appointed as the organisation’s new chief executive yesterday. FSF chair Malcolm Clarke was elected as the chair of the newly-merged organisation which he said can give fans an even more effective voice in how the game is run. SD chair Tom Greatrex was elected vice chair of the new organisation. “Today marks an historic day for the fan movement,” Malcolm said. “As one unified organisation we are now in a perfect position to represent supporter interests and lobby for the changes in the game which fans are desperate to see.” Tom added: “Today brought together the skills, expertise and record of two excellent organisations. It’s an exciting time and every supporter can play an important part to ensure fans are at the vanguard of positive change within football.” New structure The new organisation’s structure features a National Council which embeds within it fan representatives from clubs at Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two, and National Game (non-league) level. Six individual fans were also elected and, in addition to this, supporter-owned clubs have their own specially-assigned representatives as does Fans for Diversity. The newly-elected National Council representatives are: Chair - Malcolm Clarke Vice chair - Tom Greatrex Premier League - Katrina Law (Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust), Dave Pennington (Manchester United Supporters' Trust) and Dave Kelly (The Blue Union). Championship - Geoff Bielby (Hull City Supporters' Trust), Rick Duniec (Leeds United Supporters' Trust), and Teddy Bellamy (Millwall Supporters' Club). EFL 1 & EFL 2 - Antony Wilkinson (Blackpool Supporters’ Trust) and Roger Ellis (Sky Blue Trust). National Game - Rob Street (Billericay Town Supporters Society). Supporter-owned clubs - Neil Le Milliere (Exeter City Supporters' Trust), Tim Hillyer (Dons Trust). Fans for Diversity - on the 15th November they elected the following supporters to represent them on the National Council: Chris Paouros (Proud Lilywhites), Malcolm Hirst (Port Vale Supporters' Club) and Shin Aujla (Apna Albion). Associate organisations - Ally Simcock (Pint of Vale), David Michael (My Old Man Said), and Dave Tomlinson (Sandbach Travelling Alex). Individual representatives - Christine Seddon, Fiona McGee, Kristine Green, Martin O'Hara, Peter Daykin, and Steve Powell. Both the EFL 1 & EFL 2, National Game, and supporter-owned club networks are entitled to three elected representatives, with the responsibilty now with those networks to fill the remaining spaces. In addition the new organisation elected a Board made up of three members appointed from the previous Interim Board, six members elected from the new National Council, as well as the new chair and vice chair. The Board: Ally Simcock, Chris Paouros, Dave Pennington, Fiona McGee, Malcolm Clarke, Martin O'Hara, Peter Daykin, Roger Ellis, Tim Hartley, Tim Hillyer, and Tom Greatrex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonPark Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 Who on earth are SD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 FSF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 A few definitions would be cool....acronyms are a feature of how lazy everyone in this world has become....they just assume that every other person on earth knows what they mean.....this ain’t a criticism of you @phantom .....I’d never criticise you, you’re a top geezer....but everyone seems to abbreviate everything all the time....eg OMG, ROTFLMAO, etc etc etc.....anyhow, what is FSF and SD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 34 minutes ago, EmissionImpossible said: FSF? Football Supporters' Federation, but SD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: A few definitions would be cool....acronyms are a feature of how lazy everyone in this world has become....they just assume that every other person on earth knows what they mean.....this ain’t a criticism of you @phantom .....I’d never criticise you, you’re a top geezer....but everyone seems to abbreviate everything all the time....eg OMG, ROTFLMAO, etc etc etc.....anyhow, what is FSF and SD? bloody abbreviations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: bloody abbreviations Fair play! But is an abbreviation the same as an acronym?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 23, 2018 Author Admin Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 Apologies just realised I omitted the first sentence of the statement FSF are the Football Supporters Federation SD are Supporters Direct Both organisations do a lot of work for us supporters, attending meetings from local authorities / police / councils / fan reps etc They have assisted not only many city fans but hundreds other all over the footballing pyramid Those that follow England abroad will probably know more about them This is their current website http://www.fsf.org.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 55 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Fair play! But is an abbreviation the same as an acronym?! No of course not BS4 but we both know that because we're ITK. IMO. QED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: No of course not BS4 but we both know that because we're ITK. IMO. QED. “Like” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 13 hours ago, phantom said: Apologies just realised I omitted the first sentence of the statement FSF are the Football Supporters Federation SD are Supporters Direct Both organisations do a lot of work for us supporters, attending meetings from local authorities / police / councils / fan reps etc They have assisted not only many city fans but hundreds other all over the footballing pyramid Those that follow England abroad will probably know more about them This is their current website http://www.fsf.org.uk Do supporters direct do a fine line in Lonsdale trainers and Slazenger t-shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 12 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said: No of course not BS4 but we both know that because we're ITK. IMO. QED. BS4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 21 minutes ago, Leveller said: BS4? BS4 is a noun in this context so neither an abbreviation nor an acronym. Lose a house point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Rudolf Hucker said: BS4 is a noun in this context so neither an abbreviation nor an acronym. Lose a house point. I think you will find BS is quite a well known abbreviation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Leveller said: I think you will find BS is quite a well known abbreviation! It's my specialism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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