I am of the age group that buys merchandise at a time of my choosing ,& as for the beer, i don't drink & drive.

I go to see the product on the pitch.

With respect, the 'super fans' who dress up to visit Wolfware and have time to attend all these things aren't usually very representative of Joe Public. They tend to either be brown noses or people who love joining committees.

Rochdale Hornets are a fan owned club, so I imagine their supporters are the most involved in RL. On the other hand, you have Leeds which is run by Hetherington and his team very much like any other business. High levels of customer participation doesn't necessarily mean success; put the right people into jobs, give them the trust and flexibility to perform. There's a very simple reason why most social clubs went bust years ago...enjoying a good up doesn't necessarily mean you know how to organise one!

As an aside, what is wrong with the current Supporters Trust which many of us have paid out subs to over the years?

Supporters trust AND squadbuilder, for the past thirteen years.

A good boss will always listen to the opinion of others. An excellent boss knows which opinion that they have heard they need to ignore.

And your point is.

The Supporters Trust. and SquadBuilder group is still very much alive and kicking, fundraising for our future stars. Roger Draper has already said how much he's looking forward to taking part in the Trust's annual Quiz Night next season.
The contributions from all the Trust and SquadBuilder members are very much appreciated and they can be proud to have helped towards the development of players like Ben Currie, Joe Philbin, Rhys and Ben Evans, James Laithwaite, Kevin Penny, Gene Ormsby, Gaz O'Brien, Brad Dwyer, George and Toby King, Sam Wilde, Harvey Livett, Jack Johnson and Dec Patton, to name just the ones who were part of the 2015 squad.

Someone who has "#RLfamily" in their signature, ensuring that I can't read any of their posts without cringing, doesn't represent me at all, so if Slaphead63 is on the committee that's a bad sign for starters.

So why is there a need to have a separate "Wire Fan Club"? Has Roger Draper explained that.

What I don't understand is why haven't people such as Slaphead been an active members of the Supporters Trust for the last few years? It provides everything that he has listed in his post above as the great things the Wire Fan Club will do already.

The fact that Roger Draper is cosying up to these self-appointed, self-styled representatives of the Warrington Supporters I do find quite distasteful and disrespectful to the hard-working representatives of the Supporters Trust and Squadbuilder. It is certainly making me think that the club doesn't give a flying fig about the £5 I have donated every month for the last 13 years (or however long Squadbuilder has been in place) and certainly ain't bothered about whether I continue to or not.

1875/76 then. I got my maths wrong. 140 years from now it was.

Yeah me also £60/year for 13 years. I would have thought that support may have been considered #hardwired enough for an invite, but alas no.

I worked abroad and could only get to games when in the UK so could not commit myself to even buying a season ticket. Sorry if that makes me a bad person? It is not just about donating a fiver a month well done for that but how do you not know I am in the trust as well? How do you know I do not spend 100 quid a time I visit the ground with lottery and first Try score etc? FYI I am nothing t do with the Fan Club but went along the other night to the forum as I am a member and have been 3 years. TBH I cannot even remember seeing any events or things for fans so the new Fan Club at leasts wants to use actual fans for things and events instead of it being a backslapping club ..................So I suggest that you get of your high horse before it takes a dump on you.

I don't think they do.

Out of interest and not a dig at Slaphead63 but who provided the mandate for this "representation" of the fan base?

Whilst I am at it, why are SqB and Supporters Trust not automatic members of the #hardwired membership?

I don't care about anything other than what happens on the pitch. Dropping the Wolves name and lowering admission prices a bit would be my manifesto if I was gonna become a supporters rep though. Who wants to nominate me?