22-11-2023, 12:49 AM
As a former Trust Secretary it's worth clarifying that Gloucester City Supporters Limited (Trust's legal name) is a legal body known as a Community Benefit Society. It is regulated and audited and its aims and objectives are set out in a lengthy constitution which includes the following:-
"3. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PURPOSE
The Society’s purpose is to be the vehicle through which a healthy, balanced and constructive relationship between the Club and its supporters and the communities it serves is encouraged and developed."
It is surely not unreasonable that when things appear to have gone wrong at the Club the Trust should be calling for clarification. It is not for the Trust to advise the Club how it is to be run even if it had the competence to do so and the statement does not suggest that is the intention.
"3. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PURPOSE
The Society’s purpose is to be the vehicle through which a healthy, balanced and constructive relationship between the Club and its supporters and the communities it serves is encouraged and developed."
It is surely not unreasonable that when things appear to have gone wrong at the Club the Trust should be calling for clarification. It is not for the Trust to advise the Club how it is to be run even if it had the competence to do so and the statement does not suggest that is the intention.