I like the idea in theory but would be wary of how it would work for us in practice. The “fans” don’t and never have spoken with a unified voice on anything. VBFG’s point is well made. You’d need a rhinoceros thick skin to be a representative on the board. Not for me thanks.

Will be interesting to see how the game against Batley comes about.

We currently have a set of unemployed individuals, who have no insurance whom will put their bodies on the line. If anyone gets seriously injured, there's little chance of a club signing them up this season.

And how are Batley funding for a "Bradford" kit, together with extras for merchandising? Do they now have a millionaire sugar daddy?

I can't see how the game can go ahead without an actual club employing the players. Not unless its been agreed that it will be 'touch and pass'

It conjures up images of those "Bulls Banter" fans that are after the head coach's scalp after a run of a few bad games. Imagine one of those actually sat on the board as a representative. Imagine that entire Bulls Banter group clubbing together and having a large say in how the club's money is spent.

I'm getting sweats now...

Isnt there a organisation called supporters direct which helps in these situations?

Just think of yourselves as rochdale but a awful lot bigger

Quite. And being absolutely completely honest, while we have a lot of very good people with judgement, credibility, perspective, and the interests of the club at heart, it is not as if we have an excess of them. There is an awful lot of complete bo11ox talked on the likes of BBSG and Bulls Banter, as well as people with their own agendas who are happy to play self-appointed roles as an insider or fan representative. I can see it being an absolute minefield, in which anyone with the awareness required to do the job well would not want to put themselves forward, leading to yet another deadweight leader at or near the top of the club.

Yes. And I know from them that they have tried to get involved.

This whole situation just gets more surreal each day , bloody good fun though , I suppose you have to laugh about it

100%

I'm sure they have conducted matters in a professional way ,but to me, they seem to be pedalling hard....just in the wrong gear.

Our local football team is fan owned,Chester, the trouble is the supporters never agree on anything,so nothing gets done, the minute any supporter director is seen with a glass of anything in his hand, it's whose paid for that,?the rumors fly around about supporter directors not paying to get in etc,as a model in theory it's great reality you stagnate because other clubs have far more money,they speculate to accumulate,it depends what you want, a middle of the table championship team, if that is what you want then it is achievable with a supporter led model,anything more ambitious sadly NO.

Is that what stage of grief you are at? I'm at general rage.

With his military discipline, energy, and thick hide, General Rage would make a great fan representative on the board.

I'm not sure that's entirely true. You'd have to be someone fairly comfortable with being a magnet for abuse from a fair few 'fans', as well as with a roughly 50% chance of at some point never being able to set foot in Odsal (or wherever we end up playing) again. So, essentially someone with no emotional ties to the club or who feels that their relationship with the club is pretty disposable. Not the best qualities in someone to be a fan representative.

If memory serves me correctly, Supporters Direct pushed very hard for BullBuilder to include provisions for getting on the board in the constitution. They were very helpful in setting up BullBuilder, but the constant talk about leaving the board options open no matter how many times the steering committee told them they didn't want that, were quite irritating.
I think as a group, they're very keen to get involved at the higher end as much as possible, so it doesn't surprise me they want to try and get involved here too.