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Members of Supporters Direct, and Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service NEWSLETTER No 31 December 2009

 Minutes of The Trusts A.G.M.

 A Tribute to Terry Bly

 Supporters Direct Keeps the Faith

 If you are Shopping On-Line this Christmas please Help the Trust fundraising effort by using the link on our website to many High Street Shops, Internet Stores and Service Providers. 

‘CHARTERS’ and ‘OAKHAM ALES’ are proud sponsors of THE POSH SUPPORTERS’ TRUST 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)  Play the Gold Bond Super Draw lottery every week.  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. Following their recent retirements at our AGM, I would like to thank Peter Lloyd and Jessica Weaver for their valuable contribution, whilst serving on the Trust Board. Peter has agreed to remain as a consultant to the Trust, to enable us to call upon his wealth of experience and knowledge in the future. I would also like to welcome Ray Cole, Paul Froggitt, and Adrian Woolley, on their appointments to the Board. Their fresh Ideas, skills and enthusiasm will enhance and strengthen your Board.

The Posh has come a long way in a short period of time, with back to back promotions in the last 2 seasons. The step up into the Championship has been a mammoth one for everyone at the club, and we have seen some excellent endeavor and competed well against very strong teams, but concentration and leaking goals has cost us dearly. Like most Posh fans, I was most surprised when Darren Ferguson left the club recently and would like to thank both Darren and Kevin Russell for the entertaining football and success they have given us in the last 2 seasons.

On behalf of the Posh Supporters’ Trust, I would like to welcome Mark Cooper and Nicky Eaden to our football club and wish them every success in the future. Darragh MacAnthony has invested millions in the Posh, his vision and judgment to date have been impeccable, so like most posh fans, I share his enthusiasm and judgment with the appointment of the new management team, and I am confident that with their experience in defense, Mark and Nicky will stop the leaking of silly goals and positive results will soon secure our future in the Championship.

We are delighted to report that the Trust will once again implement a ‘New Posh Fan’s Initiative’ to introduce more new supporters to the football club. We will be giving 750 tickets away to new fans for the home fixture against Coventry on 6th March. We will distribute 3000 leaflets in the Stanground area for residents to apply for tickets, and we are looking for volunteers to help us and the football club with the door to door distribution on Sunday 24th January. If you can spare an hour or so to help us from 10am then please give me a call. 07710 283776, we will finish by 12-00 noon latest. As before there will be no cost to the Trust for this initiative, as the football club will be supplying the tickets, and the cost of printing / postage will be covered by sponsors.

Following a campaign from PISA and The Trust on the very lengthy delay for the authorities to agree the location to build a new stadium, it has been confirmed that the Council is negotiating with PUHL with a view of possibly purchasing the Road Stadium. The Leader of the Council said that he was optimistic that a decision would be announced before Christmas. At the time of writing my column, no news has yet emerged from the Council. The football club’s lease from PUHL is due to expire in 2013 so the urgency for a decision soon is becoming crucial.

Finally, I wish You and your Family, the Players, Staff and Management of the Posh, a very Happy Christmas, and a Prosperous and Healthy New Year.

Up the POSH Barry Bennett Acting Chairman The ‘Posh Smile Tickets’ scheme, provides free match tickets to watch Peterborough United play at London Rd, as a special treat for nominated people.

Local community groups and disadvantaged fans can apply for Posh Smile Tickets so they can enjoy watching a game of football which perhaps they would otherwise be unable to enjoy.

Fans can also nominate individuals or groups for a special “Posh Smile Ticket Treat” as a means of acknowledging hard work, selfless acts and a commitment to their local community - this could be anything from cleaning up litter to helping elderly people, or indeed a treat for someone who is seriously ill and their carer. To give someone you know a Smile Ticket “Christmas” Treat ! Contact Barry Now! 07710 283676

DISCOUNTS FOR TRUST MEMBERS Members of the Posh Supporters Trust can save ????’s on local services and purchases! As Members of The Posh Supporters’ Trust, you will (on production of your membership card) receive discounts and benefits generously given by many businesses in and around Peterborough. Please patronise all the businesses that provide these discounts, because they help the Trust to maintain and build its membership base. We are currently updating all the current discount sponsors details, and also adding new services to save you even more money. A new list will be published in the next newsletter. In the meantime, you can see all the discounts currently available on our Website. www.theposhtrust.co.uk The Trust thanks all these businesses for their support. If you own or are involved with a business that would like join our discount scheme, please contact us at :- The Posh Supporters’ Trust, P O Box 587, Peterborough PE4 5XL. TRIBUTE TO PETER LLOYD By Peter Williams, Secretary of Trust, 2002-07 At 7.30pm on 10 March 2003, almost exactly five months after the idea of a trust was mooted at an open meeting, between three and four hundred Posh fans gathered at The Cresset, Bretton for the all-important official launch of The Posh Supporters’ Trust. It was the culmination of four months of planning and hard work by the Working Group, later to become the Trust Board. As the secretary, I was, like all my colleagues, anxious to talk to as many dedicated fans as possible. Of all those I met that evening one person in particular stood out: I was astounded when he advised me that he had travelled to Peterborough from London to attend the launch. His name was Peter Lloyd. A few months later, when we held our first members’ meeting in the football club’s Starlite Suite (as it was known then), I noticed that Peter was again present, having once again travelled from London. His passion for Peterborough United and belief in the concept of a supporters’ trust were self-evident. Since the Trust was (as ever) seeking people willing to provide any form of assistance, especially someone with a particular expertise, we quickly decided to co-opt him on to the Board; he joined in November 2003 as the director responsible for financial affairs. As a self-employed financial consultant accustomed to reading annual reports and dissecting balance sheets, Peter’s knowledge became invaluable at a time when Peterborough United lurched from one crisis to another. It was he who unravelled the complex structure by which the club became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peterborough United Holdings Limited. Any doubts that Peter’s domicile in London would prevent him from being an active member of the Board quickly evaporated, as he rarely missed Board meetings, which in those days took place every three or four weeks. In fact, we turned Peter’s presence to our advantage; as meetings had previously dragged on till after 11pm, we made them more business-like. Since his train for London departed at 10.15pm, we now finished at 10pm so that another director could drive him to the station in time. When Leigh Porter resigned as chairman of the Trust in October 2004, Peter was the obvious successor. Sure enough, despite having a consultancy job and being 80 miles from Peterborough, he devoted a large proportion of his time to Trust affairs; he and I were on the phone up to half a dozen times a day and often for up to two hours at a time, discussing policy or strategy or considering amendments to a press release or newsletter. Peter brought a real sense of professionalism to the Trust: every decision, every initiative, every activity was undertaken with an eye for detail. He raised the profile of the Trust to a new level. Until we recruited a press officer he was the sole voice of the Trust, always available to the media with a statement or a press release. He developed links with the other supporters’ organizations, successfully overcoming the feeling of mistrust that had prevailed. The Trust Board became better organised, with each director having a specific portfolio. He was not afraid to seek legal advice on various issues relating to the development of the Trust and indeed the governance of the football club. It should be remembered that, in its early days, the Trust had to be prepared to step in if there was a major crisis at the football club. I have no doubt that, if this had happened, Peter would have provided the necessary leadership, liaising with the local media, developing links with the city council and local businesses and galvanising supporters into fund-raising action. For all these reasons Peter was always respected by the entire Board. I am proud to have served as the secretary for 4 ½ years, during which he was the chairman for 2 ½ years. I trust that he will not lose touch with the Trust in the years to come. MINUTES OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7.30pm. Weds, 21 October 2009 at The Cherry Tree, Oundle Rd, Peterborough

Present: Trust Board:- Peter Lloyd (PL) , Barry Bennett (BB), Richard Bellamy, Geoff Callen (GC), John Henson, Keith Jennings, Paul Little, Walter Moore. Plus New Board Candidates Ray Cole and Paul Froggitt. And 12 members.

Apologies: Adrian Woolley, Brian Seaton, Adi Mowles, and Scott Garner.

Welcome Peter Lloyd welcomed the members to the meeting. And introduced the board members addressing the AGM. Himself as chairman, Barry Bennett as Secretary, and Geoff Callen as Treasurer.

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 29 September 2008 The minutes in respect of the meeting were accepted as a true record and signed by PL.

CHAIRMANS REPORT PL. I am today retiring from the Trust Board. It has been an honour for me to serve as the Chair of the Posh Supporters’ Trust and work with so many committed Posh fans for six years and to have seen its development into an organisation that can get more people watching Posh and to help support local youth football with sponsorship and donations. We have developed the Smile ticket scheme and introduced the New Posh Fans Initiative both of which have brought new fans to the club, especially the New Posh Fans Initiative, which has demonstrated the need for football clubs to reach out to people who would not normally go to matches. We are planning to stage our third NPFI in March 2010 when we play Coventry City. Whilst giving increased support for football related activities like these we have managed to build up our financial reserves, especially through the Gold Bond scheme, something which could be vital in the future for supporting the club in the longer term. Our aim of bringing the Club and Community closer together remains work in progress but the more we can do to demonstrate our commitment to the long term welfare of the club the more the Trust should be seen as an important local organisation worthy of a lot of support. We also remain committed to achieving representation for supporters on the board of the football club something which could change the attitude of the club towards the fans and make fans feel closer to their club. Ultimately this approach will increase gates at matches by creating a feeling of loyalty between club and supporters. In my time as Chairman we also uncovered and publicised the unsatisfactory circumstances concerning the sale of the ground in 2003 and support the efforts of PISA2000 to highlight it once again and get the Council to provide significant support for a new stadium. This is vital for the future of Posh. The Trust has a very good future and fulfils a vital role, in my view, in promoting a community approach to football in the city and pushing hard for fans views to be taken into account, and in taking a keen interest in the well being of the club. We have amended our aims to incorporate more of our activities and to help us focus on what we really believe is important. I would ask all members to take note of these aims as we hope we will be getting approval for them from members at this AGM. I would like to take this opportunity to mention the help and support from all the board members – both present and past and in particular Peter Williams and Gill Williams, Richard Bellamy and Barry Bennett, who did so much to drive the Trust forward in the early years. I would also like to mention the successful work done by John Henson on the New Posh Fans Initiative and Walter Moore whose hard work has helped the Trust to build a war chest and fund the Trust’s donations and sponsorship activities. I would also like to thank John Beddows at Ebeneezers, Ann and Jess here at the Cherry Tree, and PISA for their hospitality and support during the last year. Many thanks also to Charters Bar, who are regular sponsors to the Trust and have just sponsored our new membership cards. A special thanks to Paul Donnelly and Paul Mitchell for a £400 donation to our smile scheme from the proceeds of their book, ‘Boyd Sweat & Beers’. Finally thanks to Tony Millen our auditor who once again gave the Trust his services. I am delighted that we have several new board members who we will introduce later and I’m sure will have new ideas and a passion for the club and bring that to the Board. I am honoured to remain a consultant and occasional spokesman for the Trust and continue to give it my strong support. Approval of the updated ‘Aims of the Trust’ PL asked the Members to approve the updated Aims of the Trust as detailed below.  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.  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. The Members present gave the revised aims 100% approval.

Treasurers Report including the auditor’s report (attached) Geoff Callen presented the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009, which show an excess of income over expenditure of £8776 compared to £12828 for 2008. Total income for 2009 was only slightly down, with Gold Bond earnings up by £325, however Bank Interest received was down by £756, due to the dramatic fall of bank interest rates in the last 12 months. Expenditure, however, increased by just over £3000. Two main reasons for this were:-, Gold Bond expenses increased by £830, due largely to additional car expenses of £520 following third party damage, and the loss of £285 for cancelled standing order payments into the Gold Bond scheme. Monies for these payments was paid as subscriptions before we became aware, however a system has now been set up to ensure this cannot happen in future. Printing & Stationery increased by £905. The main reason was £655 being paid for Business cards for some Board members and Advertising leaflets. These were an additional cost in comparison to the previous year. Also just over £700 was spent on the refurbishment of our stall under the family stand & £1341 was paid for a one third share of the cost of the disabled shelter. The Balance Sheet shows our funds at the bank/in hand increased by £8674 to £75772. Therefore our total funds for the Year ending 30 June 2009, after adding our stock in hand £310, & deducting the creditors £482, Is £75600, an increase from 2008 of £8734. At last years AGM, we advised the membership that we had reduced the amount invested in any single Bank, to comply with the limits retrievable with the Financial Services Compensation scheme. On 8th October last year, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander went in to administration, and we submitted a claim to the Financial Services Authority under the FSC scheme. Our monies was repaid in full, including interest to date, under the scheme in March this year. This brought the position to a satisfactory conclusion and was an example of your Board being vigilant at all times with respect to your funds.

Appointment of Auditor : Peter Lloyd proposed the Members re-appoint Tony Millen as our auditors for next year. By a show of hands, Tony was re-appointed for the year July 1st 2009 to June 30th 2010.

Secretary’s Report BB said, The Trusts shareholding in PUFC has remained the same as last year, ie 1410 Shares. I believe we are still the 2nd largest shareholder after Darragh MacAnthony. We held 9 Board Meetings within the financial year, and attended 8 fans groups meetings with Bob Symns, PISA and Forever Posh. These meeting are a great opportunity for us to discuss anything that can improve the match day experience for supporters, and bring the club and supporters closer together. On the subject of Communication, 3 Newsletters were produced and sent to Members in the Trust’s year. Newsletters are also sent to all PUFC Directors. All City Councilors, Officials. and the local MP’s Several E-Mails were also sent to over 150 Members. On Membership, we gained 17 new members in the Trust’s year July 08 to end June 2009. And 5 new members in the current year so far. Unfortunately, our active membership has actually declined from 260 to 240 in the past year, as supporters have either forgotten to renew, or because the football club does not have an immediate crisis, they had decided not to re-join in the current economic recession. I have written to all those non-renewals, and we have had a good response from many of them. It is important that supporters continue to show their support of the Trust and help us to strengthen our finances and status within the community, to enable us to be better equipped to act for them, and help the football club in the event of any future crisis at the club. We have recently produced a fantastic brochure, ‘United in our Community’, to show what the Trust is all about and the things we do for the club and the community. I would like to ask you all to take a quantity with you tonight and hand them out to Work Colleagues, Family, Friends and Neighbours, or even place them in public places, to help us encourage more supporters to join the Trust. The Trust often has activities that require additional volunteers to the board members, like leaflet distribution, and manning the stall at fete’s etc. We have traditionally attended the Beer Festival with our stall, however with insufficient volunteers we were unable to commit for this year. We would like to compile a list of volunteers, who we could contact occasionally to help us with our activities. Being on that list does not commit you to help every time, but it would enable us to be more pro-active in the community when we need to be. If you are able to help occasionally, please contact me. Finally, we have recently acquired over 1,000 new programmes to our Catalogue. which now posts over 2,500 Posh programmes and over 250 non-Posh, will be posted on our website by 24th October for members to browse. Many thanks to Richard Bellamy, Keith Jennings and Andy Mills for there help with the sorting of the catalogue, and a special thanks to Ray Cole who entered them on the spreadsheet.

Election of New Board: BB continued, Peter Lloyd and Jessica Weaver are retiring from the Board at this meeting. And on behalf of the Membership I would like to thank them for their contribution to the Board. I would also like to thank Tony Griffin, Paul Mitchell and Ed Warrick, all of who left the Board during the year, for their contribution during their time on the Board. By rotation, Geoff Callen, John Henson, and Paul Little must also retire at this meeting. Geoff and Paul are seeking re-election, whilst John will stand as Secretary, which is not a Board Member position. Barry Bennett is retiring as secretary and seeks re-election to the Board to become Vice Chairman. We also have three new Candidates seeking election to the Board. Ray Cole, Paul Froggitt and Adrian Woolley. Candidate and Position Barry Bennett as Vice & Acting Chairman. Proposed : Walter Moore Seconded : Paul Little Geoff Callen as Treasurer. Proposed : Richard Bellamy Seconded : Dave Coulson John Henson as Secretary Proposed : Paul Little Seconded : Peter Lloyd Paul Little Proposed : Kevin Pagett Seconded: : Ray Cole Ray Cole Proposed : Keith Jennings Seconded : Walter Moore Paul Froggitt Proposed : Adi Mowles Seconded : Barry Matthews Adrian Woolley Proposed : Barry Bennett Seconded : Richard Bellamy With retirements, there are 9 Vacancies on the Board, and 7 Candidates put forward. Therefore a Ballot is not necessary. No objections were received from the floor on the above nominations and the Members approved the appointments. The members unanimously agreed that Peter Lloyd, who will remain a member, should become the Trust’s consultant and occasional spokesman.

Any other business Questions on the current status of the future stadium for the Posh, were deferred to the Open meeting that follows the AGM. No other business was raised from the floor.

Before closing, BB made a presentation to Peter Lloyd, to commemorate his 6 years of service and his outstanding contribution to the direction and success of the Trust.

Have You Visited our Website Lately?  Over 1,000 New Programmes added to our Used Programme Catalogue!  Browse the various Members Discounts available in Local Businesses!  Help the Trust to raise funds by Shopping on-line VIA our Website link to many Service Providers and High Street Retailers!  Find out the latest Winners in the Gold Bond Draw! www.theposhtrust.co.uk

Su Peter Lane - The Posh Historian. I have been a Posh regular at London Road since my first match in 1952 and witnessed many great times and changes galore. With a recent change of Management I would like to Thank both Darren Ferguson and Kevin Russell for great, exciting football and wish them all the best for the future. Now I would like to warmly welcome our new Management team of Mark Cooper and Nicky Eaden and wish them all the very best and a successful future at Posh. A few weeks ago Barry Bennett approached me and asked if I would write a column for your magazine so here it is. I thought this would be the right opportunity to share our memories of a dear old friend who recently, sadly passed away, former Posh Legend and record breaker! – Terry Bly. I am delighted Terry accepted my invite to visit us for our game against Colchester on 22 November 2008. and to be induced into the Posh 'HALL OF FAME'

' TERRY's ALL GOALS' Although he played only two seasons with the Posh some people who, unlike myself, did not have the pleasure of watching Terry in action, will probably question the reason why he is in our 'Hall of Fame'. But I am sure many of you must have read somewhere about his fantastic goalscoring record of 52 League Goals in just one season – The Season 1960-61, when in our very first season in the Football League we also became Champions of Division Four, thus making him not only a Legend but one of the all time greats of Posh. Terry's record has never been beaten and probably never will – (sorry Aaron and Craig, I do not mean to doubt your fantastic efforts!) Posh Manager, Jimmy Hagan made one of the greatest ever signings for Posh in luring Terry to London Road from 3rd Division Norwich City, the Club where Terry became a household name by helping them to reach the FA Cup Semi-Finals in 1958/59 with goals against such teams as Cardiff City, Spurs, Sheffield United and Man. Utd. His brace of goals against the latter earned headlines in a newspaper as “Bly, Bly, Babes”. So the signing for Posh was quite a surprise. It wasn't all roses for Terry at Norwich however because at the end of season 1957-58 he had to undergo a couple of knee operations and therefore struggled to regain his form at the beginning of the following season and even appeared for the Reserves at full-back, but eventually forced his way back into the first team. Indeed in his first year at Norwich in 1956 Terry appeared as a half-back for the Norwich 'A' team against Posh at London Road in the Eastern Counties League. Terry opened his record league goals account in our very first match against Wrexham, winning 3-0 and scored another four in the next three games. His first of seven (yes seven hat tricks!) came on the 12 September 1960 against Crystal Palace 4-1. He went one goal better to give Posh a very Happy Christmas on the 24 December 1960 against Darlington scoring 4 goals in our 5-1 victory at London Road, and on Boxing Day scored a brace in our 2-2 draw away to Darlington. His goals continued to flow like Champagne and his half century was chalked up in our last game of the season beating Barrow 6-2 at London Road and went on to complete his hat trick and those Magical 52 Record Goals. Terry played in all 46 league games that season, plus 6 Cup appearances where he added 2 more goals. The following season and making 42 league appearances, Terry managed again to finish as the Club's top scorer with 29 goals, plus seven cup matches and scoring 4 goals, where his goal at Newcastle United was enough to give Posh another famous cup scalp in the 3rd Round on the 6 January 1962. The very last time he appeared in a Posh shirt was against Reading at London Road on 23 April 1962, in a 1-0 victory. Before the commencement of the following season the Coventry City Chairman Mr Robins, made a bid of £10,000 for Terry to join Manager Jimmy Hills Coventry City, which surprisingly was accepted by the Posh Board. Everyone, including Terry was shocked by this decision – a rather sad day for Posh. So it was GOOD BLY, Terry. He spent just one season at Coventry City but did enjoy his short time there making 32 league appearance, scoring 25 goals. He then moved to Notts. County in season 1963-64 again just for one season playing 29 league games but only hitting the back of the net on four occasions. This is where his league career ended and started as a young fledgling with Norwich as a 'Canary' and finished as a 'Magpie' with County. Terry continued his career at London Road, but not at Peterborough, but non-league Grantham Town where he took on the reigns of Player/Manager, but then retired from playing to concentrate as a Manager later on, spending 15 years with 'The Gingerbreads'. Also at the time running a successful Sports Shop. I have many fond memories of Terry – The Player, not only for his fantastic goalscoring prowess, but the way he took it all in his stride and getting on with the game hardly complaining to Referees about rough treatment from opponents and hence therefore never being booked. (Certainly a role model for young players of today). A modest man, and Terry is quick to say, without the help of his team mates, especially the crosses he received from wingers Billy Hails and Peter McNamee, he would never had scored so many goals, but I say the man still had to be in the right place and then put the ball into the back of the net. He was both powerful on the ground and in the air, being a great header of the ball. Recently I spoke to Keith Ripley who played with Terry in that great Posh side of 1960 and he actually told me he rated Terry alongside the 'Greats' of and John Charles, for scoring goals so easily. What a great tribute, to a great man, I thought. Standing on the London Road turf again Terry was delighted with the 'Hall of Fame' presentation of a commemorative plaque, highlighting his goalscoring Record, plus a beautiful cut glass decanter. Following the presentation to Terry for his induction into 'The Hall of Fame', prior to kick-off, Terry took the plaudits from the fans as he strolled across the centre of the pitch towards the London Road End, and I am sure visualising scoring goals once again, in his mind. For this interview I incorporated previous questions I had put to Terry on his visit for the Chester game, but took the opportunity now of asking a few more. Just after the interview I sprung another surprise on Terry and introduced him to an old team-mate from that 60's team, Roy Banham, they then had a short time to reminisce from those heady days.

Terry Bly, Q & A’s 1. How did you become a Professional Footballer? . “It all started when I was a 13 year old, I started playing for a local Village side, Fincham. I then played for Norfolk School Boys at Ipswich, winning 5-1 and yes, I scored 2 of those goals so that's what got me on the road to becoming a professional footballer.” 2. Who was your boyhood idol? “For me it was definitely Tommy Lawton. I first saw him play when I went to my first football match at Norwich City with my father. I was 13 years old and saw Tommy playing for Notts. County in the late 40's. Tommy scored a cracker of a goal from a free kick at about 40 yards out. I also had the pleasure of meeting Tommy when I was a young lad at Norwich City and we played against Notts. County. 3. What attracted you to join POSH in 1960? “Mainly I was struggling a little at Norwich City and was having a difficult season. The offer to join Peterborough came along so I took it and I’m glad I did!” 4. Your thoughts on Jimmy Hagan as Manager; “To be honest we didn’t see much of Jimmy Hagan when he was here, I would just say ‘not bad’ although I didn’t get on that well with him really.” 5. Posh’s first league game against Wrexham (1960), what were your thoughts about this great, special day. “I just took the games as they came whether I was playing for Posh or anyone else – I do remember I scored, didn’t I? I think Denis got the first one and when I got home that evening I thought – um what a good side I’ve got myself in.” 6. Were you confident about playing with, what was virtually a great non- league side, now at last in League football and did you expect such success immediately? “Not at the beginning no, just took each game as it came along, I just seemed to score and that team created the opportunities and I was pleased to be playing in such a great team.” 7. Best ‘POSH’ Player, having played with a great team could you single out one? “I couldn’t choose 1 it will have to be 2; one was Billy Hails and the other one was Denis Emery. Why they didn’t play in a higher class of football I don’t know because they were both very skilful.” 8. Name two of your favourite games for POSH “The first one I would single out would be Newcastle United away in the Cup (1962 won 0-1) where I scored and the second one would be Crystal Palace at home 1960. We won 4-1 and I scored 3 so this is probably why I remember it so well!” 9. How does it feel to be known as the player who holds the record for scoring the most number of goals in a season in Div.4 since 1960? “I always think of the Team that you played which was so important to create the chances that you had. When I came to Posh Emery had a good saying, ‘if we scored 4 we might get a draw’.”Really my memory goes back to thinking of what a good side I was playing in, mostly if you score a lot of goals then it is to do with the players around you. I always say that Billy Hails created more goals for me than I scored. If you’re in a good team and they are creating chances and as a centre forward you should score if you have a good team around you.” 10. What were the reasons why you left Posh to join Coventry City in 1962 after enjoying two great seasons with Posh? “I don’t know whether it was the money that was offered or what, but Peterborough wanted me to go so I went. You think everything is flowing along but obviously it wasn’t. I don’t think I regretted it ‘cos I enjoyed my time at Coventry, but nevertheless I really enjoyed my football.” 11. At the time with that wonderful Cup run with 3rd Div. Norwich did you think they could actually go on to win the Cup? “Well it’s like I’ve just said, we played much better sides than Luton who beat us - yes we could have done but was not to be but it was enjoyable and again I just took each game as it came along, thoroughly enjoying myself in so doing.” 12. Who was your toughest opponent? “Actually I have to say my old friend, a lad I started Football with at Norwich, Maurice ‘Monty’ Norman; he played for Tottenham and we met them twice in the FA Cup. Monty’s favourite saying to me was ‘cos I scored the winning goal in the replay; ‘you only had one ‘bloody’ kick and scored’. 13. Like a lot of Players, did you have any match day superstitions? “Yes, I used to always run out 7th onto the pitch.” 14. Did you have any special dietary regimes in those days? “Ron Ashman of Norwich City, advised us to take a concoction of an energy drink which comprised of raw egg and sherry!! This was taken on a Mon. Wed. and Fri. and was supposed to give us energy – can’t say whether it worked or not! Our pre-match meals consisted of either egg on toast or steak.” 15. Can you recall any funny moments in your playing career i.e. players playing pranks “I remember when I was playing for Norwich City – as a mere slip of a lad – playing against Leeds in a Hospital Cup Match and playing for Leeds was the great John Charles and Raich Carter. During the game I saw a golden opportunity to get on to the ball and I sprinted forwards as fast as I could, only to see John Charles take one step to his right and I ran straight into his shoulder with my chest, knocking me to the ground and ending up on my backside. John Charles reached over and picked me up like a rag doll and said “Football is played on your feet son!”. But it was still a great pleasure to play against such a legend. 16. What was your all time favourite ground you played on? “I enjoyed playing at White Hart Lane, it felt close and compact and added to the atmosphere”. 17. What were your views on Referees at the time? “I have to say I never got booked, I didn't argue with the Refs and just got on with the game, I believed in showing respect to the Referees for their decisions and accepted what was given”. 18. Did you have any other interests apart from football? “Yes, Golf! In fact I think it was the camaraderie between us all when playing golf, that was actually better than the Golf itself!”. In fact I still manage to play a little golf nowadays, albeit using a buggy! 19. Whilst running your sports shop did you feel people came out of interest because of you, and was this an advantage to you and your business. “Well yes, I suppose they did, especially as Grantham had done so well, so yes it was an advantage. But I really enjoyed helping and advising, especially the youngsters who came in for football boots, when wanting the most expensive pair I would say, it ain't the boots it's what's in them that counts! I felt it was a privilege to meet folk as I enjoying talking, at the same time as running my business. Of course I would get my annual visit from my old friend and colleague from Norwich City days, dear old Monty Norman (Maurice). 20. If not a footballer what would you have possibly become? “A Footballer! No really there was nothing else I wanted to do more than play football. I didn't enjoy sports at School and could not think of anything else I wanted to do, so I was very fortunate to get what I wanted.”

Thanks for the memories Terry. R.I.P. Pete Lane Supporters Direct keeps the faith in fan ownership despite setbacks By David Conn (The Guardian 14 October 2009) Football economics make running a club via a supporters' trust a tough proposition but the ideal is being championed at a conference this week This has not, on the face of it, been the best 12 months for the enlightened idea that football clubs should belong to their supporters, rather than be prizes in a global tombola for millionaires. True, Barcelona, the most inspirational of member-owned clubs, won the Champions League in Rome with Unicef on their shirts, beating the Glazer family's AIG-sponsored, debt-leveraged Manchester United. But closer to home there have been sundry struggles. Supporters' trusts, some of them newly formed, became the saviours of last resort for several stricken clubs around the 2002 collapse of ITV Digital, but the battle to compete financially, against clubs subsidised by wealthy backers, has seen several cede ownership back to single businessmen. Notts County's supporters' trust voted by 93% in July to give away its majority stake in the world's oldest professional club to the Qadbak investment fund, whose backers have still not been identified. Stockport County, supporter-owned since 2005, overspent either side of their 2008 promotion to League One and went into administration in April. Brentford, whose trust took over a club owing around £2m in loans to the previous owner, old-school Ron Noades, did a deal with Matthew Benham, a Bees fan and professional gambler, which will see Benham invest £5m over five years then have the right to own the club outright. Chesterfield and York City were also previously owned by supporters' trusts, which saved their clubs from extinction in hideous crises, but then found they lacked the wherewithal to enable the clubs to flourish, and passed them on to local businessmen. Brentford aside, just one supporter-owned Football League club now remains: the defiantly cheerful Exeter City. Six years and two promotions since financial convulsions led to the club entering administration and being relegated to the Conference, and to the conviction of two former directors for fraudulent trading, the current period is close to the best the Grecians have ever had, according to the trust board member David Treharne. "There is a real feeling among our fans that as the club was nearly driven to the wall before, they are not willing to let that happen again," he affirms. In the , where even a club such as Birmingham City has just been bought for £81.5m, owning the clubs has been beyond the reach of fans' mutuals; yet with eyes cast enviously on the Camp Nou, and the Bundesliga, where most clubs are more than 50% owned by fans, the idea has taken stubborn root among a corps of supporters. ShareLiverpoolfc registered nearly 10,000 members prepared to subscribe for a scheme to buy a stake of the Anfield club from the debt-laden Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The Manchester United Supporters' Trust, fierce opponents of the Glazers' leveraged buyout which has saddled the club with £700m of debt, has amassed a staggering 36,500 members, committed to what MUST describes as: "The added affinity between the supporter and the club that only comes with supporter ownership." The Arsenal Supporters' Trust, smaller, with 900 members, has accepted that owning the club is realistically beyond its potential, and like many trusts seeks to be a conduit for fans' views. Arsenal's trust lobbied influentially throughout their club's boardroom turmoil, for "custodianship" at Arsenal and against ownership by a single person, whether Stan Kroenke or Alisher Usmanov. Supporters Direct, the initiative set up in 2000 by the government to promote fan involvement in clubs, is not trudging sheepishly to its annual conference on Friday, but pledging to learn the lessons of a difficult period. Despite recent difficulties, the organisation can point to trusts having formed at more than 150 clubs at all levels in England, Wales and Scotland, with 120,000 members in total, and £20m raised and invested across the clubs. That stands as a remarkable record of progress for an idea which, 10 years ago, was still obscure, the brainchild of Brian Lomax, founder member of a supporters' trust at Northampton Town, who steps down this year as Supporters Direct's chairman. "We are not reacting to recent events at Notts County or Stockport believing they have delivered a blow to the trust idea," Dave Boyle, the organisation's chief executive, emphasises. "We believe very firmly that football clubs are community, sporting institutions, not private businesses, and that principle has gained tremendous support over the last decade." It has also been backed by Uefa, which has enshrined in its strategic documents the conviction that supporter ownership is the ideal model for football clubs, and funded Supporters Direct to extend its work to fans in other countries. "Uefa recognises the growth of supporters' trusts in Great Britain as very progressive," says Gianni Infantino, Uefa's new general secretary. "It is a good model for football clubs – membership clubs which exist for their supporters – and we believe they can also help achieve the objective of financial fair play, where clubs do not make repeated losses every year." That has been the difficulty in practice here for the mutual model, that whatever the money accumulated by the fundraising commitment of fans, it is swamped by the millions made available from wealthy backers, at all levels. "The supporters' trust is a great model for a football club because its members are committed to the club being there for the long term, and they attract volunteers prepared to give their time for free," explains David Merritt, chairman of the Bees United supporters' trust and a Brentford director. "However, they cannot change the fundamental economics of football, in which so many clubs operate at an unsustainable level, increasing their levels of debt every year. That has to be reformed, to protect all clubs." It is significant that three standard bearers of the trust "movement" which have flourished, FC United of Manchester, and AFCs Wimbledon and Telford, were started as collective endeavours by the supporters from scratch, not, like most of the league clubs, saddled with the debts of a failed previous regime. Telford, previously in the Conference, were one of the few financially stricken clubs to go into liquidation, and fans set up their own to take its place. AFC Wimbledon, promoted to the Conference Premier last season, were founded at the base of football's pyramid by the vast majority of dons who refused to go to Milton Keynes with the husk of the old Wimbledon. FC United of Manchester, the do-it-yourself club formed by fans finally alienated from Old Trafford by the Glazer takeover, are regularly attracting around 2,000 supporters, huge in the UniBond Premier League. "We look at what those clubs have achieved, and Exeter, and it shows what trust-owned clubs can do," Boyle says. "The last six months have reminded us how difficult it is for supporter-owned clubs financially in the Football League, so while we keep pressing for wider reforms to football, we need to consider the further help we can give to trusts, which are all run by volunteers." From small beginnings, supporter involvement in clubs has struck a major chord, and been endorsed at the highest level of European football. It has just been fiendishly difficult for mutual ownership to work in professional football's mucky reality and murderous economics. Supporter Ownership British professional football clubs mostly began as mutual, membership clubs, then converted to limited companies, with shares to buy and sell, in the late 19th century. Supporters Direct was launched to promote democratic representation of supporters in clubs in January 2000, backed by the government, with cross-party support. German Bundesliga clubs have to be more than 50% owned by their supporters, with the exceptions of Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen, which are companies. Fans of German clubs have campaigned hard to keep that rule, to prevent the over-commercialisation of their clubs, against some club directors who want it abolished. In Spain, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna are owned by fans and hold elections for their president and board.

David Conn (The Guardian) PETERBOROUGH UNITED Back to Back Promotions 2007/2008 -- 2008/2009

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