BlackpoolSupportersTrust
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As we indicated last week, this has been a busy couple of days for BST.
Yesterday, we gave oral evidence to the Panel supporting Tracey Crouch. This was a very successful meeting for us ; the Panel were intrigued by some of the challenges we faced in the period between 2014-19 and posed a number of questions about our written evidence, which we had shared with them in advance. A copy of this is now on our website and can be viewed at the link set out below. Be warned it is a fairly lengthy document as it contains a narrative about our struggle for regime change, a copy of the case review model we produced in 2018, and our ideas about reform on regulation, finance and the role of the FA and the Leagues :
https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/bst-full-submitted-evidence
and we have also prepared a somewhat shorter executive summary for convenience.
https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/bst-evidence-executive-summary
The Panel also held a more general discussion with the fans of clubs who were in Leagues 1 and 2 in 2020/21 yesterday evening, when a number of presentations were made to the Panel covering :
As we understand it, the FSA are giving their own evidence to the Panel today, and it is likely that they will publish their own submission sometime later. if this is the case, we will be putting some Q&A covering a couple of the more meaty chapters (covering independent regulation and club ownership / supporter engagement) on our website tomorrow.
BST
16 June 2021
Yesterday, we gave oral evidence to the Panel supporting Tracey Crouch. This was a very successful meeting for us ; the Panel were intrigued by some of the challenges we faced in the period between 2014-19 and posed a number of questions about our written evidence, which we had shared with them in advance. A copy of this is now on our website and can be viewed at the link set out below. Be warned it is a fairly lengthy document as it contains a narrative about our struggle for regime change, a copy of the case review model we produced in 2018, and our ideas about reform on regulation, finance and the role of the FA and the Leagues :
https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/bst-full-submitted-evidence
and we have also prepared a somewhat shorter executive summary for convenience.
https://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/bst-evidence-executive-summary
The Panel also held a more general discussion with the fans of clubs who were in Leagues 1 and 2 in 2020/21 yesterday evening, when a number of presentations were made to the Panel covering :
- ownership (Leyton Orient, Accrington Stanley)
- protection of assets (Oldham Athletic, Hull City)
- fan-elected Directors (Grimsby Town, Cheltenham Town)
- financial oversight and transparency (Northampton Town, Plymouth Argyle)
- supporter engagement (Doncaster Rovers)
As we understand it, the FSA are giving their own evidence to the Panel today, and it is likely that they will publish their own submission sometime later. if this is the case, we will be putting some Q&A covering a couple of the more meaty chapters (covering independent regulation and club ownership / supporter engagement) on our website tomorrow.
BST
16 June 2021