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2009 Scottish Conference Review

The Scottish Conference was held on 6^th June in Stirling and was fully subscribed. Delegates heard from William Gaillard, Adviser to the UEFA President; Henry McLeish, Independent Chairperson of the SFA Review; David Wilson, LiviforLife Supporters' Trust; and Robin Tatler, Homeless World Cup Foundation.

Scarborough Athletic: what value do you place on watching your team?

Scarborough Athletic has released details of the "Your Club, Your Community, Your Price!" scheme.

In a dramatic move, the club will offer supporters the chance to decide how much to pay for their own season ticket for the 2009-10 season.

David Conn's blog goes live

David Conn, Guardian football writer, has launched his 'Inside Sport' blog on the Guardian. You can read his latest piece on football and money laundering.

The End For Halesowen Town?

Yeltz Trust Press Release

Another FA Transfer Embargo and the Threat of A Ban From All Football For The West Midland's Oldest Club.

Crisis club, Halesowen Town, have been hit with another FA transfer embargo and the threat of the club being suspended from all football if debts aren't paid before July 10^th.

FC United Win Major Co-operative Award

FC United of Manchester has been declared winner of the 2009 Promotion of Co-operative Values and Principles award

This Co-operative Excellence award identified the club as having made a significant attempt to further understanding of the co-operative business model through the promotion of co-operative values and principles.

Ben Reid, right, and Elaine Dean (SD Director) present the award

Culture of secrecy

Thanks to Dr John Beech from the University of Coventry Centre for the International Business of Sport, for giving us permission to reproduce this article.

How to fill in your FSA Annual Return

If you're looking for information on how to fill in your Annual Return for the FSA, a requirement for all supporters' trusts, you can find it on the SD Wiki

This week at SD

This week at SD, we're working on various projects...

European success stories

SD Europe has some news of a couple of the success stories of our colleagues elsewhere in Europe.

All three of these organisations benefit from support from SD Europe, who'll be represented at the Football Supporters Europe congress in Hamburg.

Reforming your own football club - how to do it

We've just completed a guide on how to establish and run a supporters' trust-owned club.

Don't forget; if you want to use any of this material, please ensure you contact SD as well and we'll see how we can help.

Please note that some of the information contained in the guide is applicable only to clubs in the English football pyramid.