http://www.supporters-direct.org/ The Supporters' Trusts Initiative en-gb (c) 2008 Supporters Direct. All rights reserved. 20/11/2008 23:53:14 120 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3403 <p>Here's some of what we've been reading recently, including the Manchester United Supporters Trust today launching a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading about ticketing at Old Trafford, and an interesting article about regulation...</p> 19/11/2008 11:43:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=2776 <p>The latest edition of the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/radio/nonleague/" target="_blank">Non-League Football Show</a> was broadcast on Monday this week...</p> 18/11/2008 16:00:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3400 <p>A scheduled meeting of the Terras Trust Board on Thursday 13.11.08 was dominated by discussion of the current situation at Weymouth Football Club. Weymouth FC Chairman Malcolm Curtis has now made a second conditional proposal to the Trust whereby he would hand over his current 84% shareholding to the Terras Trust along with responsibility for ownership and day-to-day running of the football club. The Board again voted unanimously to decline the offer.</p> 18/11/2008 15:43:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3395 <p>You might have noticed a few alterations to the website recently, and we'd also like to let you know about some other upcoming changes you'll be seeing soon...</p> 18/11/2008 10:54:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3394 <p>The recent complaints of Trevor Brooking over youth development have sparked some interest, with some speculating as to his motives. It appears that the years-old dispute between the professional game and the FA has been revived - for what, no-one is precisely sure. Here's another excellent piece of analysis from <a href="http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=1130" target="_blank">200%</a>...</p> 18/11/2008 10:34:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3379 <p>Here's some of what we've been reading, including an interesting quote from Keith Cousins, Chairman of Conference club Rushden and Diamonds...</p> 14/11/2008 00:59:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3373 <p>Along with rumours of a 'fire sale' at Anfield, across Stanley Park the man anyone who wants to offload their club turns to, Keith Harris from Seymour Pierce, is finding the sale of Everton rather more tricky: in fact it's going nowhere. He's even taken on a new challenge of finding a buyer for Norwich City. Read more of today's headlines...</p> 13/11/2008 10:10:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3371 <p>Here's some of what we've been reading recently...</p> 12/11/2008 14:00:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3369 <p>Football League club finances and clubs' use of the tax system as 'football's bank' was the focus of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7721251.stm" target="_blank">File On Four</a>, aired last night on Radio 4 last night.</p><br> <p>You can now access the programme as a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/fileon4/" target="_blank">podcast</a> or <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fb8yf/File_on_4_11112008/">listen again</a> via BBC iPlayer.</p> 12/11/2008 10:00:00 http://www.supporters-direct.org/news/item.asp?n=3364 <p>Here's some of what we've been reading recently, including a report on possible reform of French football, news from Belgium about reclaiming the game, as well as some other headlines we've picked up over the past few days...</p> 10/11/2008 14:38:00