Something slightly different for today's archive article, a look back to this week in July 1999 and a report about the Hereford United VP Club.
HEREFORD United chairman and director of football Graham Turner
has answered critics who claimed at Monday's annual meeting of the Vice
Presidents Club that his board of directors were isolated from club
members.
Some members suggested that the chairman and other directors should visit the VP club more on match days. But Turner replied that he was fully engaged on team matters on match days and added that one of his directors, George Hyde, was often in the club.
Turner said: "I regularly meet your committee and would be happy to come along to hear your views at meetings open to all members of the VP club."
Giving his report of last season, Turner said it had been a precarious one financially and only sales of some players, and help from HUISA, the Junior Bulls and the VP Club, had enabled the football club to survive. He reiterated that only ground relocation could save the club in the long term.
Replying to a question regarding the issue of new shares in United, he said it was something they would look into.
VP club treasurer Tony Cole said the committee and the board of directors recommended that the annual subscription should remain at £300. Peter Mokler proposed an amendment to increase it by £25 but that was heavily defeated.
The trading account for the year ending March 31, 1999 showed that subscriptions totalled £18,250, an increase of £2,100 on the previous year, but income from guest tickets had fallen from £2,979 to £967.
Bar sales of £25,703 were down £3,500 but the final profit of £6,193 was only down £163. At the end of the year the net worth of the club was £10,161, of which the minibus and stock accounted for £7,098.
Committee: Richard Howard (chairman), Martin Watson (secretary), Tony Cole (treasurer), Stuart Sheehan, Gary Jones, Chris Williams, John Whilding.
Some members suggested that the chairman and other directors should visit the VP club more on match days. But Turner replied that he was fully engaged on team matters on match days and added that one of his directors, George Hyde, was often in the club.
Turner said: "I regularly meet your committee and would be happy to come along to hear your views at meetings open to all members of the VP club."
Giving his report of last season, Turner said it had been a precarious one financially and only sales of some players, and help from HUISA, the Junior Bulls and the VP Club, had enabled the football club to survive. He reiterated that only ground relocation could save the club in the long term.
Replying to a question regarding the issue of new shares in United, he said it was something they would look into.
VP club treasurer Tony Cole said the committee and the board of directors recommended that the annual subscription should remain at £300. Peter Mokler proposed an amendment to increase it by £25 but that was heavily defeated.
The trading account for the year ending March 31, 1999 showed that subscriptions totalled £18,250, an increase of £2,100 on the previous year, but income from guest tickets had fallen from £2,979 to £967.
Bar sales of £25,703 were down £3,500 but the final profit of £6,193 was only down £163. At the end of the year the net worth of the club was £10,161, of which the minibus and stock accounted for £7,098.
Committee: Richard Howard (chairman), Martin Watson (secretary), Tony Cole (treasurer), Stuart Sheehan, Gary Jones, Chris Williams, John Whilding.