Please Take Care of our Environment Recycle this Newsletter if no longer required IN POSH WE TRUST Patron :- Tommy Robson Members of Supporters Direct, The Football Supporters’ Federation and the Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service. Sponsored by ‘CHARTERS’ and ‘OAKHAM ALES’ NEWSLETTER No 41 September 2014 Notification of Annual General Meeting and Board Member Nominations 2014 / 2015 - Posh Players Profiles What makes P.U.F.C. a Community Club? Pete’s ‘Memory’ Lane, Posh v Notts Forest! Visit our website: www.theposhtrust.co.uk E-Mail: [email protected] Registered as a Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. Registration No. 29533R with the Financial Conduct Authority. THE POSH SUPPORTERS’ TRUST Chairman Barry Bennett, Secretary John Henson, Treasurer Geoff Callen Directors : Ray Cole, Keith Jennings, Walter Moore. John Lawrence. Ken Storey. Patron Tommy Robson. Consultant Peter Lloyd. 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 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. Our Mission : 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) Join the Gold Bond Weekly Draw! And receive your Membership for FREE! Use your membership card at the local businesses that provide excellent discounts to members 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 support our Stall on the concourse on match days! Browse our merchandise including 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, www.spendandraise.com/theposhtrust/ Website: www.theposhtrust.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] We thank all those who continue to support the Trust, however they do it. Published by The Posh Supporters’ Trust, 193 Oakdale Ave, Stanground, Peterborough. PE2 8TH. Printed by Printing Matters, Unit 12c, Brookside Industrial Estate, Sawtry, Cambs. PE28 5SB CHAIRMANS MESSAGE, Welcome to our latest Newsletter, Well here we are again at the start of another season with the Posh flying high once again. Top of the league with 15 points after the first 6 league games. Well Done POSH! Congratulations to Darragh, Barry and Darren, for assembling another quality squad of players so quickly. Posh Trust AGM. On page xx you will find details of our AGM which takes place on 17 November. Personally, at the AGM, I will be standing down as Chairman, having held the position for the previous 5 years. I have said on many occasions that the Chair needs a younger person, to generate fresh initiatives and Ideas to encourage younger members to get involved with the Trust movement. Although standing down, I remain totally committed to the principles and aims of the Trust and I will be standing for re-election to the Board in a lesser capacity. I am delighted to announce that our current Secretary and John Henson, will be standing for the position of Chairman. At the age of 35, I believe John co-founder of the Posh Trust back in 2003, is the perfect candidate to take us forward. Trust’s On-Line Museum. http://www.theposhtrust.co.uk/museum We are creating a new ‘Legends’ section to add to our on-line museum. For each Decade from the 1960’s to 2010, we will create a Legend team and invite Trust Members to vote for the Players and Manager they choose to be in the team for that decade. Communication will be conducted via our monthly Online Newsletters, and entries made by E-Mail. To start off we would like you to vote for Players and a Manager from the 1960’s. In our September E-Newsletter we will provide you with a list players who played 50 or more Football League games for the Posh in the 1960’s and all our Managers from that decade. All you have do is vote for up to 11 players (including a goalkeeper) and a Manager from the list by sending an email to [email protected] (subject: ‘Legends’) send by the closing date given on the e-newsletter. We will announce our Legends team of the 60’s on the next scheduled E- Newsletter as well as providing you with details of Players and Managers you can vote for in our 1970’s team. We will do the same for each decade on subsequent E-Newsletters until we have five teams (one from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s). We hope you join in and vote for the players you think are true legends of the club. There will also be a special place in the legends section on the website for the Player and Manager who receives the most votes so make sure you vote for your favorite all time Posh player and Manager. Members who do not have access to E-Mails are still able enter, by sending their entries for each decade to the Trust at our postal address. If you are not currently subscribed to receive our Monthly E-Letters, send an E-Mail to [email protected] (subject ‘Subscribe’) and we will send you the latest E-Letter and add you to our E-mailing list. Enjoy the read Up The POSH ! Barry Mark Little, 2013/2014 Winner of: “The Posh Supporters Trust’s “Player Community Trophy” The “Player Community Trophy” is presented to the Posh Player, who is judged to have been most active and enthusiastic with the football clubs community visits and projects throughout the Season. The Posh Management team nominated Mark for his contribution throughout the 2013 / 2014 season. The Posh Supporters Trust on behalf of all Posh fans, thanked Mark and his team mates for their work and commitment to the community. Peter Lloyd presenting Trophy to Mark Little. Posh Supporters’ Trusts Application for ACV is Approved! The Trust’s application to the City Council, for the London Road Stadium to be classified as an ACV (Asset of Community Value), was finally approved on 4 July 2014 This means the Posh Supporters’ Trust now has a legal ‘Right to Bid’ should the stadium be put up for sale any time in the next 5 years. Note: Our ‘Right to Bid’ means does not mean we have a ‘Right to Buy’ as interpreted by the Peterborough Telegraph on 10 July. Should the Council wish to sell the Stadium, the Posh Supporters’ Trust would be notified. The Trust would then have a six week window to declare, an expression of interest (EOI) to bid on behalf of the community. If there was no (EOI) made within the 6 weeks, then the Council can sell to any prospective purchaser. If we did make an (EOI) then a further four and a half months is allowed for an offer to be submitted. During this time the stadium could not be sold to a third party. The Posh Supporters’ Trust is dedicated to ensuring the long term survival and success of Peterborough United Football Club and the ACV gives some additional assurance over the longer term future of the stadium. Our ultimate desire is to see the ownership of the Football Club and the London Road Stadium re-united as a Community Club. If this can be achieved under the ownership of Darragh MacAnthony then we would be delighted. Our specific objective in gaining the ACV on London Road is to be in a position to make any sale more transparent to the community. It is the potential delay in the sale, the openness of the process and the “Community Right to Bid” which are important, to avoid any repeat of the rushed and secret sale of the ground to an unknown third party that took place ten years ago, which has proved so costly to the Community, the Football Club and the City. The London Road Stadium was the 25th football stadia to achieve an ‘ACV’ listing following successful applications by their respective Supporters’ Trusts, These include :- Old Trafford, Anfield, King Power Stadium, Portman Road, the Valley, Pride Park and St Andrews The 12th Annual General Meeting of ‘The Posh Supporters’ Trust’ will take place at, The Cherry Tree, Oundle Road Peterborough on Monday 17th November 2014, starting at 7-30pm Under the Rules of the Trust, the following Board Members must resign from office by rotation at the AGM.