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  1. 1 hour ago, Lambies Lost Doo said:

    At least in Glasgow (or Scotland) we need 1 card to cover bus, train, subway. We don't even have that.

    What happened to the "Transcard" (that name got old :D), that enabled you to use buses, subway and trains? You only bought the ticket to cover the "Zones" you passed through - did they stop it?

  2. On 7/13/2022 at 2:58 PM, denismcquadeno.eleven said:

    “Here’s tae us, wha’s like us?”

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    Your picture reminded me of something I had forgotten about - an article from the Scotsman, dated 30th October 2001, which I kept and contains the same main picture.

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  3. 6 minutes ago, scotty said:

    Maybe TJF needs to consider working alongside the other fans organisations to look at buying shares from individual fans in order to increase their influence.

    This - is there any vehicle / discussion being had to encourage share owners / members of other fan based groups to join TJF, assuming we believe this is the best way forward?

  4. Fan ownership, by its very nature, must involve some kind of financial commitment, probably monthly or annually, to the club. However I don't see the need for this to be tied to the purchase of a season ticket, just a willingness to make a regular contribution. Looking at a recent interview with a "Well Society" member:

    Motherwell FC is the first top-flight club in the UK to be owned by their supporters. Every fan has the opportunity to become a member of The Well Society by paying as little as £5 a month and in turn the club is in the hands of those who care most about it.  

    Given that we are approaching the end of the season (hopefully a week or two away yet) how easy would it be to "untie" seasons tickets from the Trust?

     

     

     

     

  5. 48 minutes ago, fifexile said:

    It can work if its done right even if we are never likely to get to 8,000 members. As a more realistic comparison, Exeter City have been fan owned for around 20 years and are probably more or less comparable to Thistle. St Mirren and Motherwell are bigger in size based on attendances so probably have a bigger pool of potential members. If we can re-engage with fans that have drifted away there's no reason it can't work but it needs to be done right starting with getting the shares transferred. 

    Thanks, I had a look at the Exeter Website and this stood out:

    Exeter City has been named as the best club for fan engagement across the top four tiers of English football – for the second year running. The club topped the Fan Engagement Index 2019/20, an index which scores each of the clubs from the Premier League to League Two on the relationship with their fans. It places each club in a league table comprising three areas: dialogue, governance and transparency. Exeter City topped the league, with fellow League Two clubs, Carlisle United and Cambridge United in second and third place respectively.

    Sounds like these are the sort of clubs we should be having a dialogue with, given their realistic comparisons.

  6. Not directly related to the Statement but I wondered with Hearts making the Cup Final and 3rd place tied up what their fan ownership looked like. From an online article:

    Heart of Midlothian FC has become the UK's largest fan-owned club, after chair Ann Budge's majority shareholding was signed over to the Foundation of Hearts. Around 8,000 supporters who make monthly pledges to the group officially took ownership yesterday afternoon, of shares representing 75.1% of the club's capital for an aggregate cash consideration of £100,000 - at a price of 0.085 pence per share.

    That's a lot of supporters making monthly pledges and generating a decent amount. Does the model actually work with our (likely) reduced numbers?

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