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Lock-in continues at Farnborough
Farnborough Town continues to make the Conference headlines this evening with the continuation of the lock-in. Local BBC and ITV have both had reporters at the ground. And the near-by Asda store is supplying daily food parcels for those staff and fans sitting in at the Cherrywood Road protest.
The dispute centers around who owns shares in the club. (more details - see Monday's Bulls News, now in Archive section)
Tony Theo, the current chairman, continues to receive the over-whelming support of the Farnborough Town fans. Theo beleives he had made a deal to buy a large number of shares from former chairman/manager Vic Searle, but Searle now says he has sold them to two others.
The future of manager Dean Austin, the ex-Tottenham player who was brought in as first team manager this summer in place of Searle, is also uncertain. If Searle and his associates oust Theo as chairman then Austin,Theo's number one choice for the job, could also be ousted, paving the way for Searle and his associates to take over the club and appoint a new manager.
Saturday's game at Edgar Street should go ahead. A good contingent of Farnborough fans is expected to travel and there are reports that they will have a bucket collection to aid their cause (Fans for Farnborough) on Saturday at the ground.
The "Fans for Farnborough" fund will be used as a fighting fund towards securing the clubs future for the fans. The money may be used to pay any expenses incurred in securing the clubs future which could include paying legal costs or contributing towards outstanding debts run up whilst we're not in control of the club. Once the clubs future is secure the money will go into the club to contribute towards the running costs. Once a Supporters Trust is up and running "Fans for Farnborough" will be wound up and any outstanding money will be transferred to the Trust.