HUST held their AGM in Radfords this evening.
Chairman Richard Tompkins took the meeting. He was joined by Joanie Roberts, Craig Goodall and Tony Taylor at top table.
Close to 30 HUST members attended.
First on the agenda was the chairman's statement. He revealed that membership now stood at 702 members up from 452 twelve months ago. He said that figure contrasted well with Cardiff City who only had 200 members in their supporters trust and West Ham United who had about 700.
HUST owned 152,000 shares in Hereford FC at the end of May. Since then 10,000 shares were purchased in August and another 13,000 would be purchased next Monday.
The HUST board is still short of directors, currently there are four vacancies.
Two resolutions about audit requirements and one about an amendment to the HUST constitution were passed.
In his report on finances Tony Taylor reported that the income from the 50/50 matchday draw continued to increase. Around 80% of those attending games bought a ticket. Over 70% of HUST's income came from the 50/50 draw.
After a short break the chairman opend the meeting up for questions from the floor.
One was about former manager Peter Beadle and why he had been sacked. HUST director Mick Merrick responded saying that the subject had been covered at the recent fans forum. He said that the HUST directors on the HFC board had not been 'steamrolled' into making the decision about Beadle.
Later another HUST/HFC director Andrew Graham responded to the same question. He said that the club survives on the passion of fans and he was a representive of the fans. He revealed that when club chairman Ken Kinnersley had phoned Peter Beadle (after the decision had been taken by the board to sack him) he had asked Beadle if he could come and see him. Beadle wanted to know what the chairman wanted and it was then Kinnersley told him that he had been dismissed.
There was a question about the Blackfriars End which Taylor answered. In essence he thought it would be a long time before anything was done to build a new stand at that end of the ground.
Perhaps the most notable part of the evening was when a certain supporter at the back of the room suggested that the fans get behind the players. It didn't matter who the manager was he said. Andy Graham appeared to know this supporter very well, it was his father, and tried to intervene but the supporter was having his say whatever Graham said.
The meeting ended around 9pm.