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Plenty of teams have away fans and the “rowdy” home fans in adjacent sections of the stadium.
Teams that we play every year, yet we always seem to avoid starting riots and taking hostages.
Football hooliganism hasn’t died out because of rearranged seating plans. It’s died out because it’s much better policed, punishments are much harsher and football itself has because much more of a family event.
so what's the latest/updates with the fans advisory representative Board ?
The 10 members voted in met earlier this month after the voting closed (the sponsor put forward by the club wasn`t there but was invited).Club director Steve Borley was there as were nearly all the club`s heads of departments. This gave us an opportunity to outline how the FAB will work, what it it will do and what it won`t do in order to deal with strategic issues ahead of a formal meeting which should be held some time next month .Also to go through the Memorandum Of Understanding , Confidentiality Agreement and Code of Conduct. These are formal documents which both the club and the FAB are obliged to sign.
Before the PNE game we met as a group with the three working directors of the club called at short notice by club Chair and also attended by and some senior club employees. It was called as an informal meeting but it gave the chance for FAB members to raise issues such as upcoming season ticket prices and the price and (lack of) quality of the food and beverage offerings at the stadium. An undertaking was given by the club to discuss the former with the FAB and to investigate , examine and report back to the FAB on the latter. The sponsor FAB member was again not present.
A further FAB meeting is set for Thursday of this week where we will elect a Chair and Vice Chair, get all the formal documents agreed for signing and start setting the agenda for the first formal meeting with the club, focusing on the key strategic issues for fans.
Keith