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    Seasiders Together

    BST have today submitted a response to the club's engagement strategy, as requested. A link to it is below. We've also asked the club's SLO to share it with the supporter groups who were at last Thursday's meeting...
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    the crisis at Reading

    If you are interested in the Reading story, this special Podcast may be for you ; there is a brief but honourable mention of Blackpool fans about 43 minutes in...
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    BST Sweepstake Draw : 1 January

    This is a note to tell fans that BST's latest Sweepstake draw will be held in the Armfield Club tomorrow (1 January). As ever, there are over £400 in cash prizes to be won, and tickets will be on sale to all right up to the moment of the draw. This month we are especially honoured to have an...
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    BST website - new version now live

    'Pool fans may wish to note that a beta version of our new website is now available for viewing (link appears below). https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/ We would like to thank those BST Members who commented on this in the design stage - you helped us a great deal, and hopefully will...
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    share with BST problems at the Bolton game

    We posted this on the "Trains" thread, but thought we would share it under our own name. BST are happy to collate views and experiences from yesterday on transport and security issues ; and then to share them with the club to inform the post-match debrief. We will publish whatever we send in an...
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    King's Speech today (7 November)

    Many of you will have seen that proposals for reform to football were included in His Majesty's speech today. Some further detail is on our website, and we will keep everyone up to date as the process unfolds. https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/post/the-king-s-speech-2023
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    BST meeting with Julian Winter ; October 2023

    “For Blackpool Fans, Our Club and our Community: 'Pool fans may be interested in the following. Blackpool Supporters’ Trust Monthly Meeting Notes between Julian Winter and BST Wednesday 18th October via ZOOM 6pm Present: Julian Winter (BFC), Andy Higgins (BST Chair,) Mike...
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    Blackpool FC away coach organisers

    Do you organise coach travel, and want to publicise the games you are running coaches to ? This is a free service which we will be introducing shortly when we launch our new website. If you want to take up this offer, either : Email us at listening@blackpoolsupporterstrust.com or PM us to...
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    dialogue with BFC

    A link is attached to a short message placed on the BST website this evening. https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/post/the-bst-committee-meet-with-blackpool-fc-ceo-julian-winter We hope as many fans as possible will feed ideas in to us as dialogue progresses.
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    Simon Sadler statement / wider fan engagement

    BST put out a very brief note regarding Mr. Sadler's statement earlier today, to both welcome its publication and to invite fans to give us their reaction to it. You can read it here : https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/post/bst-responds-to-simon-sadlers-update There will be plenty of...
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    FA Regulatory Commission Report (June 2023)

    Many AVFTT members are already aware that this report has now been published, and the club fined, following our game with Wigan Athletic in April. BST's response, which also includes links to the FA Report and Blackpool F.C.'s reaction, is attached below. There can be no doubt that how we as...
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    BST statement

    All after last night's disappointment, BST have released a statement which appears on our website .You can view it here : https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/post/bst-statement-end-of-season
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    RIP Ian Stirling

    This won't be a name that is familiar to many, but Ian was the Independent Supporter Liaison Officer at the Manchester United Supporters Trust. He has very recently died at the age of 57 after a lifetime of service to football supporters. He campaigned for safe standing years before it was...
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    Fan-led review white paper. Christine Seddon on BBC Radio 5 live this morning

    Christine Seddon , BST committee member , represented BST and the FSA on Radio 5 live this morning,Listen in from 6.08 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_five_live?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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    21 years ago today....

    ..... since the sad and premature passing of Billy O'Rourke at the age of just 41. Our thoughts at BST are with Pauline and her family today. RIP Billy.
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    Jimmy Armfield - still in our thoughts

    Today is the 5th anniversary of Jimmy's passing. We are sure that not a day goes by without Blackpool fans somewhere in the world having fond thoughts about him. Apart from being a supremely loyal and distinguished servant to our club, Jimmy was also one of the most accomplished club managers...
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    Fan led review

    We posted about this very recently, but fans may wish to be aware of the article we wrote for the Gazette today. As the Gazette say, we were campaigning about the need for independent regulation as long ago as 2018. Over four years later, the problems around ownership, finance and fan...
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    Fan Led Review - One Year On

    On behalf of BST, Tony Wilkinson and Robbie Whittaker attended a meeting in the House of Lords this morning, which kicked off a week of events highlighting the fact that a year has (already) elapsed since the original publication of the Tracey Crouch fan led review. It was attended by a mixture...
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    The BST 1953 Sweepstake : now on-line in the Gazette

    And you can read it here : https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/blackpool-supporters-trust-launch-sweepstake-to-help-club-and-community-3914268 In other news : BFC and BST, superbly assisted by the Community Trust, are short-listed for a national award from the FSA...
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    NWFAwards : Jake Daniels

    Still time to vote for Jake in these awards (Moment of the Season). Over to you. https://www.northwestfootballawards.com/finalists-2022/
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