The future’s bright for Pompey fans (from the Fleetwood matchday programme)

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Ben Shave of Supporters Direct reflects on how another supporters’ trust has successfully negotiated the choppy seas of administration and financial meltdown.

This month has seen another landmark for the supporters’ trust movement, with the Pompey Supporters Trust (PST) becoming majority owners of Portsmouth FC – the culmination of their mission to turn what was memorably dubbed “one of the most unhappy sagas in English football’s history of club ownership” by Guardian football journalist David Conn into “the biggest community club in Britain”.

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April Dons Draw Result

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The April Dons Draw took place on 13 April at Kingsmeadow.

Winning numbers were drawn in the presence of Matthew Breach (Dons Trust Chair), Neil Messenbird (Dons Draw Administrator) and Colin Dench (Volunteer).

The winning ticket numbers and prizes for this draw were as follows:

1st prize of £1000 – ticket 0628 – Dean Parsons – SM4  2nd prize of £500 – ticket 4405 – Phil Rushby – TW10 3rd prize of £250 – ticket 4247 – Cyrus Gilbert-Rolfe – RH8 4th prize of £150 – ticket 3742 – A..

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Reminder – DT SGM on Tuesday 7 May

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The next Special General Meeting of the Dons Trust will be held on Tuesday 7 May 2013, in the Back Bar of the Cherry Red Records Stadium Kingsmeadow, starting at 7.30pm. 

All Dons Trust members are invited to attend what will be a particularly important meeting in respect of our ambition to return to a new stadium in Merton.

Full details of the meeting’s agenda, together with relevant papers, are being mailed to all DT members on Tuesday..

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Why your vote really matters in May

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Dons Trust Secretary David Hall explains why a resolution for the Dons Trust Special General Meeting next month matters to every fan, and why it is essential for our return to Merton.

Last summer , the Dons Trust Board (DTB) consulted with DT members about a proposed Community Share offer, a new way of raising funds for major capital projects. The income raised by the scheme was to be mostly earmarked to keep The Cherry Red Records Stadium up to..

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‘The Spirit of Wimbledon’ – feedback from fans

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In the Morecambe matchday programme Matt Breach, Chairman of the Dons Trust, wrote about behaviour by a minority of fans that was putting at risk our reputation as a family-friendly club, and how the DT and Football Club boards – with your help – propose to tackle it.

The article was also posted on the AFC Wimbledon website and you can read it here. 

Matt asked for feedback from fans, a brief summary of which is published below.

 

In support of the..

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March 2013 DTB Meeting

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You can now read the minutes of the Dons Trust Board meeting held on 14 March 2013.

Read Minutes March meeting summary (published on the AFC Wimbledon website on 20 March) Spirit of Wimbledon article