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co-op RIVAL CLUB!!!

By Boro boy7/2 12:54Wed Feb 7 12:54:20 2024

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Looks like the co-op are starting a rival club via a cic proposal


๐๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€ ๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐“๐๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‚๐‹๐”๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐”๐๐„๐€๐“๐Ž๐
At a meeting on 29 January 2024, the Supporters Co-operative agreed to form a Steering Group to explore options for rebuilding the football club. The Steering Group met on 5 February 2024 and unanimously agreed that any new club MUST have the fans at the heart of its decision-making process. This means elected fan representatives taking a leading role in the clubโ€™s governance to ensure transparency and accountability.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง? The Steering Group supports the formation of a Community Interest Company (CIC) that benefits not only the football club but the town as a whole. Our view is that a CIC is preferable to a club led by a private business, which would not necessarily act for the community. A CIC is the ideal vehicle for us, as proud Nuneatonians, to make a positive impact on our local community. The Supporters Co-operative is supporting a group of sponsors and sporting bodies within the community to build a club and team for the future.


๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›? The board of the CIC will consist of elected fan representatives, sponsors and other local institutions. It will not be run by the Supporters Co-operative, and will NOT be run to raise money for owners and shareholders.


๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง? Forming a CIC will end the boom-and-bust cycle that has dogged the club throughout its recent history and enable us to leave a lasting legacy for future generations of Boro fans.


๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž? A CIC is the best way to ensure that revenue raised by the football club will be reinvested solely for the benefit of the football club and the local community โ€“ something that we, the Steering Group, believe in passionately.


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง? Discussions are already well underway to form a new club. The deadline for our application to join the National League System in time for next season is 1 March 2024.


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง? We aim to apply for step 5 but no new club can guarantee where it will be placed in the National League System.


๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ? We have identified short-term groundshare opportunities and these will be followed up in the next few days. We are also in talks to bring the club back to its own ground in Nuneaton as soon as possible.


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐? We want to involve fans from the outset and intend to run a poll, with the help of the Football Supportersโ€™ Association so you can choose the name of YOUR club. Details will follow as soon as the poll has been set up.


๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ? We have talked with local businesses and prospective sponsors about funding. As long as the fan base is behind us, we believe the cost of getting our club back up and running in the National League System will not be beyond our reach.


๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ: All of these discussions are gathering pace with a view to finalising firm commitments in the coming days. The Steering Group is meeting again on 12 February 2024 and will share more information with fans after that.


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ? We urge all Boro fans to join the Supporters Co-operative. Thereโ€™s strength in numbers and a united front is key to giving you, the long-suffering fans, the club you deserve.
Join by emailing your name and contact details to [email protected] and transferring ยฃ2 for annual membership or ยฃ20 life membership to our bank account (Sort Code: 08-92-99 Acc No.: 65079717) with your name in the reference.

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