Ive seen some of the minutes from these meetings,they all go roughly along the lines of,
mr x asks james rule a question,
Rule can't answer as he doesn't have the relevant info to hand but will look into it.
mr x asks rule another question.
Rule can't answer,but will speak to someone who might know and he will then look into it.

Total waste of time, i'm not slating the people who are in Fc voices as at the time they probably thought it would be a worthwhile exercise but the club don't give a rats ringpiece about anyone but themselves and their over inflated ego's and will ride roughshod over whoever they can. The only way they'll take notice is when they lose out financially.

The lying barsteward, all he does is sits at his computer giving the odd bit of paper out

It's Lewis


One of the problems with FC Voices is that I think the fans expect too much of them. In fact, I think alot of fans expect them to so something they arent their to do. Now I'm not on the group, I can look at them from the outside and my opinions still havent really changed. They need support from fans or they won't work. Do they get support from fans? Yes. Can they get more support? Definately

To be fair, while I was still on the group, they had become aware of this problem and the fact it was occurring some of the time. I didnt stay on the group long enough to find out if they ended up rectifying it so I'm sure that someone still on the group can confirm so

I am a member of Hull FC Disabled Group and also FC Voices disabled representative.

Since the stadium opened we have had a issue with the number of disabled car parking spaces. It had got to the point were there were quite a number of disabled people on a waiting list and that list was growing by the season. I have basically said to the club, enoughs enough now and I think you have to be looking into providing either a bus from Walton Street to the Stadium(exactly like Hull City do) or extra car parking spaces for these people.

I found out a few weeks ago James Rule and the office staff have given up their match day car parking spaces to accomodate these people and a few corporate spaces have also been found.

If the club did "whatever suited them best" they would have continued, season by season, to igonore this issue and just kept churning out " names on lists" etc, but because I have asked and kept going with this issue the club have actually listened and done something about it.

Obviously I'm deluded and its all been a dream and James Rule will be parked in his usual spot next season and my valuable time has been wasted.

Think you will find that was Mr Tingle



Mr Rule gave us precise and positive answers

Fact is Fc Voices do not have members or a mandate from their members an Independant Supporters club does, because they have members and officials that should reflect the views of those members!! That is the point I think Standee was making!!

HISA were Independant, thats what the club didnt like, FC Voices is an idea by the club so they are never going to challenge the club like HISA did in the past.

Shane Richardson was a massive supporter of HISA and used to hold regualr meetings with the group, and i dont mean HISA wrote or called to him, he went to them. HISA were involved as a voice in the stadium, as well as other issues after the McAlpine incident. To compare HISA to FC Voices is unfair i think - two totally different groups created under two very different sets of circumstances. The reason HISA fell away is that people became complacent, the club was going places, people only want these groups around when there is a problem - so in essence its the fans faults for not renewing HISA memberships as to why they dont have a voice anymore

Well done,I'm glad you've had some success, but on a whole can you honestly say it's been worthwhile? As i said before, i've nothing against the members of FC voices i just feel it's a total waste of time as the people at the top of the club are seriously not bothered about upsetting their loyal supporters. They just trot out the party line.

I think FC Voices need their own website, it would cost very little to have a simple site with the meeting minutes on, and an contact e-mail address etc. I know stuff gets posted on blackandwhites.co.uk sometimes, but that can often be hard to find or posted weeks later.

I dont feel HISA do enough promotion though, if you went to the KC how many of the 12k or so home fans do you think know who they are, what they stand for and how to contact them?

I only know who they are because i come on here and know Hutchie runs it...aside from that i'd have had no idea. This clubs gained thousands of fans since 2002, yet i dont feel HISA has done anything to promote themselves to the new people.

I think you should ask the disabled supporters who now have disabled bays that question



I wish people could see behind the scenes really at FC Voices. I personally do get offended when people tell me "I'm deluded" and I'm doing it for personal gain, when people don't know me or why I joined voices. I am there to represent the disabled supporters. Trust me, and really, its nobodys business but my own, but I am not so good health wise right now and can do other things with my time on Saturday mornings and days of the week when I have been in to see James Rule about disabled matters, but I think its worth while. If X amount of supporters now have disabled bays because of the time and effort I have put in then its worth while.

I'm sick to death of trying to defend Voices but feel I have to because of some of the comments that are thrown around. There is no "hidden agenda" of the members of Voices, we don't do it for personal gain. If no body comes to us for advice/help etc then Voices will fold because its the fans we do it for. We get emails, voice mails and text messages week after week, so there are some people out there who think its worth their while to contact us. We bring to the clubs attention the things that matter to the fans and what the fans think or want. We have no influence on what the club will do about those matters, nor should we.