Recentley Asked Questions:

From Billy Byrne:

> Question\Query: As someone who has been involved in the Trust since

> the start, as someone who spent his own time and money going to meet

> Supporters Direct in London, arranging meetings at the Britannia Hotel

> to try to get support for and set up the Trust,as someone who argued

> with people that there was a place for a Trust within Stockport County

> (funnily enough some of these people now hold positions within the

> Club, funny how things turn out!) I feel I can ask this question

> without it being dismissed as someone "anti-trust" just taking the

> opportunity to have a go! Events over the last few months have lead me

> to start questioning what exactly we set the Trust up for? We are

> constantly being told that we are a fan owned, fan run club nothing

> could be further from the truth, The Club Board - WHICH RUNS THE CLUB

> is so far removed from the Trust Board and therefore the Trust Members

> that it might as well be a seperate company, we have now ended up with

> a local businessman who has sponsored the club - therefore has put

> money into the club - being made Chairman, how does this make us any

> different to any other football club that is run by a Chiarman that

> has invested money in it? Over the last few months we have seen local

> businessmen being brought in as Directors bypassing any connection to

> the Trust and purely being given a Directorship in exchange for the

> money they have paid into the Club, so please can you explain at what

> level this means that The Trust Members have any say in the running of

> the Club? We can't deselect these people because they have never stood

> for election! The two people who have stood for Election and had close

> ties to the Trust and the fans - Norman Beverly and George Hudson - have "resigned"

> although despite repeated requests from me and promises from Martin

> White that an announcement would be made regarding George Hudson, the

> silence from within the Club 4 months on has been deafening! So I

> would appreciate answers to the following questions regarding the Club

> Board



> 1) Who are the current members of the Board of Stockport County? 2)

> How many of these are members of the Trust? 3) If they are members of

> the Trust will they be standing for election? 4) How many of the

> Directors are Directors purely for financial reasons? ie they have

> invested/lent/given money to SCFC? 5) With the "resignations" of

> Norman and George what representation does the Trust have on the SCFC

> Board and will Norman and George be replaced by Trust Board members on

> the SCFC Board? I now go onto the Trust Board itself, again we have a

> situaion where a prominent member "resigns" with rumours that he is

> not alone and yet what notification do the Trust members get? Nothing,

> All we see it a constant "co-opting of people" onto the Trust Board

> again by-passing having to stand up before the Trust members and

> explain why they should be on the Trust Board, so again please can you

> answer the following questions about the Trust Board? 1) Who are the

> current members of the Trust Board? 2) How many of those were co-opted

> on? 3) Do those people who were co-opted on intend to stand for

> election at the earliest opportunity? To sum up, over the last few

> months we have seen people being given places on the SCFC Board, we

> have seen prominent Trust people "resigning" we have seen the Club

> Chairman "stepping down" and being replaced and what say did the fans have in all these decisions?

> Thats right they didn't, the "communication" (and I use that word

> lightly)is and always has been a disgrace! Unless of course you happen

> to be one of the "chosen few"! so please I really would appreciate an

> answer as to how we can say that we are a club owned and run by the

> fans, because what I see before me is not the Trust run club that I

> and others envisaged when we started the process all that time ago!

> Billy Byrne