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Donations to the Other Turf Moor Issue 33 Winter 2018 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Ottery Project update A useful piece of kit: donations • Runaway challenge to the other Turf Moor • Jimmy McIlroy • In the fanzone Trust members may recall that the Club have last couple of years, and we were delighted to • Golden donated stock of football kit left at the end of make some new contacts this year with people handshakes season to the Trust to redistribute, with kit being who could take several boxes of kit over. • European sent out to South Africa on several occasions. It’s One of the projects that has benefited in the SuperLeague been tricky getting stuff shipped out there in the past from this kit is the Ottery Project, which is • David Baldwin based in Cape Town. The project works with street kids and young boys who may have offended, • Board changes schooling them and equipping them with life • Lenny Johnrose skills, taking them out of gangs and setting them • Supporters’ on a path towards a better future. They have organisations recently moved to new premises where they to merge now have a 5-a-side football pitch which they • BFC Disabled have named Turf Moor. Supporters’ The new (old) kit arrived just in time as Association they had been having to improvise on socks and shorts as all the kit last sent had worn out. We hope to get more kit to South Africa in the coming months – so many teams have to play with one team shirtless as the only way to differentiate as they simply cannot afford to buy the kit. We are also looking at linking up with other projects including Furniture Education Worldwide to send kit to other youth projects in the developing world. IF YOU HAVE EMAIL AND STILL RECEIVE YOUR The runaway challenge NEWSLETTER, ETC. BY POST, Many of you will already be aware that during PLEASE LET the current 2018/2019 season Scott Cunliffe is US HAVE attempting to run 3000 miles to watch every YOUR EMAIL Burnley away game. Scott hopes his efforts will raise at least £10,000 for community-based ADDRESS: initiatives that promote mental and physical WE CAN CUT wellbeing for disadvantaged people across Britain. OUR COSTS Scott is keen to meet up with local fans before/ ENORMOUSLY after away games and accommodation, food, BY DOING and friendly support along his way would be THIS. (IT WILL welcomed. MAKE US The Trust wishes Scott good luck as he continues GREENER, TOO!) with this! To support him go to: therunawaychallenge.org Issue 33 Winter 2018 Chairman’s statement JIMMY McILROY The way ahead 1931–2018 This season started off with great hope. our first home tie at this stage of the cup Having finished in 7th spot last season for a few years. While the FA Cup always the team qualified for a place in Europe provides excitement it no longer has the for the first time since the 1960s. Games same appeal it once had. The money in the in Istanbul and Athens following our first Premier League has become so crucial for round qualification against Aberdeen were the clubs to fight to retain their status. With obviously great days for the Club and will six or so of the wealthiest clubs having no live in the memory of fans for many years. real threat of relegation it means that three Getting back to Premier League action of the other 14 always have relegation as a has not been as easy – indeed after 14 possible outcome to the season. Even with games it is by far our worse start in the Premier League. Sean Dyche accepts that European games will live our signings during the transfer window in the memory for years were not all that we might have wished. The Clarets Trust was very sorry to Sean very much knows which players he is hear of the sad death of Jimmy both willing and wants to sign. Assuming parachute payments the impact is massive McIlroy. Jimmy was an Honorary we can agree a price, there is then the and if you look at the Championship there Member of the Trust, President of difficulty of agreeing terms with the player are a bunch of strong clubs fighting to get Burnley Football Club and a Freeman concerned. That is often the biggest up, so promotion is not an easy task. of the Borough of Burnley. problem as players (and their agents) It will soon be January and the transfer Jimmy was probably the greatest sometimes press for terms that cannot be window will open again. We will get all the player in a star-studded Burnley team agreed. That is, terms and salaries that rumours as to who is going and who we are of the 1960s. All of us who were would cause friction with our existing looking at, some of them with no basis of privileged to see that great team of squad. We now have Mike Rigg as Technical truth whatsoever. Let us wish Sean Dyche will never forget the performances of Director and hopefully he will be able to well in the hunt to strengthen our team and Jimmy. play a useful and positive role in this task. wish the team well in the weeks ahead – it He was a modest and most December clearly is a tough month for would be great to see us maintain our place likeable man who continued to live the Clarets with some difficult games – and in the Premier League for another season. and be very much part of Burnley. we clearly need some points if we are to Come on Burnley – up the Clarets! His memory and personality will remain in the race. We start the New Year Peter Pike live on at Turf Moor for ever – a great with a home FA Cup tie against Barnsley – Chair, Clarets Trust player and a great man. Clarets Trust in the fanzone We are delighted to be sharing a unit Thanks to the Board members who have with BFC in the Community in the covered the matches so far. Fanzone at Turf Moor ahead of all home You don’t have to be on the Board to games. Come and have a chat with us. get more involved in the Trust. We are It’s the perfect opportunity to discuss looking to organise a couple of events issues that we can raise with the Club on next year as part of our revitalisation. We your behalf. As the largest Shareholder would welcome volunteers for these! Look not on the Board, we represent the small out for more news on our Facebook page shareholders and Trust members alike. or in matchday programmes. Chairman Community Officer and Board Member Trust Corporate TRUST Peter Pike Membership Secretary Terry Hephrun Members: OFFICERS Treasurer Martin Barnes Chris Johnson JD Wetherspoon Nigel Cotterill Liam Hallinan Lancashire Telegraph Jane Pike UHY Hacker Young Moorhouse’s Brewery Issue 33 Winter 2018 NO to golden handshakes NEWS ROUND-UP The Premier League have have always told fan groups agreed to give Richard that budgets are planned in PL Chief Scudamore a £5million golden advance and there’s not a Executive handshake on his retirement surplus of cash lying around as CEO of the Premier League. from their extremely lucrative of the Year Each Club is being asked to TV deal. pay £250k. ‘In the meantime loyal He may well have done football supporters continue to a good job for the Premier be inconvenienced by fixture League but some would argue Loyal supporters changes to fit TV schedules, not for football as a whole. He continue to be often losing out on travel costs has, however, been well paid inconvenienced or struggling to get to and for this work. from games in the first place. This golden Hhndshake ‘Now it appears clubs can The Clarets Trust clearly has met with fierce in November to agree the stick their hands down the congratulates David disapproval from football fans outgoing CEOs ‘golden back of the sofa and find Baldwin on winning this and the Clarets Trust says NO. handshake’, which is likely to £250,000 at a moment’s award – he has clearly done Many supporters’ groups be worth £5m according to notice. a great job at Turf Moor also have criticised this golden reports. ‘Fans strongly oppose the over the last few years. handshake. The Football Supporters’ “golden handshake” and The Trust wish him well in Federation sent the following we urge clubs not to make the next stage. David said Money money money statement to journalists at the a decision which is hugely he was humbled by the Premier League clubs met time: ‘Premier League clubs unpopular with supporters.’ award and paid tribute to the whole staff who work behind the scenes to make NO to European Super League the Club the best it can be. He promised the Club would The Clarets Trust share and continents’ top clubs until Der Der Spiegel listed Real always do its best for fans. support views against a Spiegel’s claims emerged. It Madrid, AC Milan, Arsenal, European Super League. The is also thought the Premier Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Board Trust believes that moves in League was not aware of any Juventus and Manchester this direction would be wrong discussions. However, it would United as the seven clubs changes for football in England. not be possible to prevent the pushing the idea forward The Trust thanks John The UK government believes clubs proceeding with such a but suggested that Trippier and Mike Benyon football fans would oppose plan, according to the source, others, including, Chelsea, who have stepped down the European Super League who believes football fans Manchester City and Liverpool from the Board.
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