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Please Take Care of our Environment Recycle this Newsletter when no longer required Members of Supporters Direct, and Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service. Sponsored by ‘CHARTERS’ and ‘OAKHAM ALES’ NEWSLETTER No 33 August 2010 Notification of Annual General Meeting and Board Nominations. Who‟s Who in the current Squad? Your Trust is preparing for the 4th, New Posh Fans‟ Initiative. Pete Lane‟s memories of Posh‟s First League Game in 1960 Topps Tiles join our Members Discount Scheme. The Posh Supporters‟ Trust, P O Box 587, Peterborough. PE4 5XL. Website: www.theposhtrust.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] THE POSH SUPPORTERS‟ TRUST Registered in England and Wales with the Financial Services Authority as an Industrial & Provident Society. Registration number: 29533R. Member of The Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service. The Posh Supporters‟ Trust is a democratic not-for-profit organisation of supporters, committed to strengthening the voice of supporters in the decision-making process at the Peterborough United Football Club. We seek to improve the links between the club and the community it serves, and help the club to grow to the highest level. Acting Chair -- Barry Bennett, Secretary -- John Henson, Treasurer -- Geoff Callen Directors -- Richard Bellamy, Ray Cole, Paul Froggitt, Keith Jennings, Paul Little, Walter Moore, Adrian Woolley. Consultant -- Peter Lloyd. OUR AIMS To bring Peterborough United Football Club, Posh fans and the local community closer together. To help disadvantaged and deserving fans to go to a match for free under the "Smile Ticket" scheme. To help the football club by increasing the Posh fan base through our "New Posh Fans Initiative." To support football related activities locally through sponsorship and donations whenever possible. To have a substantial membership in order to represent the views of fans at meetings with the football club and to promote their interests. To have a Supporters' Trust representative on the board of the football club representing the interests of all fans. To build up funds to support our activities and create a reserve to help the club in the longer term in the event of a crisis. Help Us to Help You! Become a member – subscription details on the back pages. Make a donation to the Trust. (pay-pal facility on website www.theposhtrust.co.uk) Subscribe to the Gold Bond Weekly Draw. Use your membership card at the local businesses that provide excellent discounts to members (listed in this newsletter). Shop at Westgate Department Stores, AHF Home Furnishing Superstores and Westgate Optical, asking for the dividend to be credited to the Trust‟s share number 473432. Visit and patronise our Stall on the concourse on match days! Browse the old Posh programmes, various books and magazines. Join or re-new your membership, and take part in the various competitions we will feature. Offer your services to the Trust, if you have any professional or other skills, e g in fund-raising, accountancy, business management, the law etc. Make use of our on-line shopping facility, buy.at/theposhtrust. We thank all those who continue to support the Trust, however they do it. Published by The Posh Supporters’ Trust, P O Box 587, Peterborough PE4 5XL. Printed by Printing Matters, Unit 12c, Brookside Industrial Estate, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire PE28 5SB. CHAIRMANS MESSAGE Welcome to our latest newsletter. After the disappointment of relegation last season, the buzz of being a Posh Supporter is as exciting as it ever was, with the football club taking very positive action to gain promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt. Can Posh really achieve 3 Promotions in 4 Seasons??? The appointment of Gary Johnson as Manager late last season was the first sign of intent from Darragh. Gary‟s subsequent signings during the closed season, and the fantastic play we have seen on the pitch in the opening two games of this season has shown what a good choice Gary‟s appointment was. I have written an article about all the comings and goings within the Posh squad, later in this newsletter. The Posh Supporters‟ Trusts 8th Annual General Meeting, will take place on Monday 19th October. Full details are inside this newsletter, and I urge all members to join us there as we outline our plans for the future under the stewardship of a new Chairman. As well as the usual AGM formalities, Posh chief executive Bob Symns, and Posh commercial manager Alex Harris will be there for open discussion about the football club. Mick Robinson will also hold his traditional posh quiz. We will stage our 4th „New Posh Fans Initiative‟ in October when we play Swindon. Preparation for this is well under way, and you will see from John Henson‟s write up on page 11, that we need more volunteers for 2 hours on 12th September to make it another success for us and the football club. Please help if you possibly can. Keep It Posh! Barry Bennett Letter sent to : Mr Jim Gannon 09 April 2010 Dear Barry, Dear Jim, Thank you very much for your recent On behalf of our Membership and I am letter and enclosed Trust newsletter. sure All Posh Fans, I would like to thank Your kind words are very welcome. you for your motivational, analytical and I have enjoyed my short time at the management skills, to get our team Posh and wish I could have done more believing in themselves again. for the club. I will always keep an eye It’s a pity that you did not have the out for their results now! players available to you following the As a keen support of Supporters’ several departures and non recall loan Trusts I wish you and your organisation every success for the future. I was at deals. If you had, I am confident that you would have worked the miracle and kept the first inaugural meeting at Stockport County’s supporters trust and watched us in the Championship. Finally, We would like to wish You and both its birth and development your Family every success in the future, eventually into the Club owners. I do and trust you will soon be applying your think it is difficult for the fans, through the supporters trust, to totally own skills at a good club nearer to home. football clubs, but there is no doubt I enclose a copy of our latest newsletter, they have a huge part to play in the that I hope you enjoy reading. future of all clubs. So keep up your good work on behalf of the lifeblood of Yours in Sport the club! Barry Bennett Chairman. The PST Best wishes James Gannon. The Posh Supporters‟ Trusts, “Player Community Trophy” 2009 / 10 Season Winner Joe Lewis Our “Player Community Trophy” is presented to the Posh Player, who is judged to have been most active in giving his time to Community Projects throughout the Season. The Trust would like to thank All the Posh players, for their excellent work in the community throughout the 2009 / 10 Season This year, Joe Lewis is the Player who stood out for his dedication of time and effort, and even sporting a nice little pink „tu-tu‟ to help Deeping Schools fundraising for “Sports Relief” . Football Liaison Officer, PC Steve Pollard Retires After 15 years as the police liaison officer at PUFC, Steve took charge of his final Posh home game at the match against Blackpool in April. „Scouser‟ Steve, (pictured right) an ardent Tranmere fan, was delighted to receive a gift from a proper football club, a signed framed Posh shirt, from Posh Chief Executive Officer Bob Symns. Steve said “to celebrate his retirement, he is splashing out and taking his wife Gail, on a 14 day all inclusive Cruise of Birkenhead”. Notification of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 8th Annual General Meeting of „The Posh Supporters‟ Trust‟ will take place at The Cherry Tree public house, Oundle Rd. Peterborough. 7-30pm on Tuesday 19 October 2010 NOMINATIONS for TRUST BOARD MEMBERS Under the Rules of The Posh Supporters‟ Trust the following members of the Board must resign from office by rotation: Richard Bellamy, Keith Jennings, Walter Moore. Richard, Keith and Walter are standing for re-election, plus there are 2 vacant seats on the current Board. Therefore there are 5 seats available for nominations. Barry Bennett is currently covering the Chairman position in an ‘Acting’ role therefore the position of Chairman is also open for nominations from the current Board. Adrian Woolley who has been on the Board for the last 18 months has been nominated and is to date, standing unopposed for the position of Chairman. The Posh Supporters‟ Trust has established a very healthy working relationship with the football club. We have, and will continue to implement various initiatives to introduce „New‟ fans and disadvantaged fans to London Rd, thereby helping the club progress and increase attendances. It is important for the football club, that we keep the Trust moving in the right direction and remain active with new initiatives. We have regular meetings with them to discuss any issues that affect the supporters and to seek to further improve the match-day experience for all fans. Finally, the Trust has accumulated a substantial bank balance to ensure that future support to the club is available should we need to help in the event of a crisis. With 5 positions on the Board available, we need new people to come forward and bring fresh Ideas and skills to the Board. In particular we would like to see younger members join your Board, to ensure that the needs and views of our younger supporters are considered at all times.

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