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THST News - December 2020

12/23/2020

Updates on:
Introducing the THST Official vodcast
Return of fans to Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Ticket ballot
Ticketing bans 2019-2020
Trust meeting with Club Board
Trust Q4 Board Meeting
Lobbying UEFA over competition reform
Help a Haringey child this Christmas
Marine FC offer for Spurs fans
Tottenham and Enfield Foodbank initiative
Studio 306 Collective donation
Football to Amsterdam, 3-5 September 2021
Old Tottenham programmes
THST Forum

THST Vodcast - Reduced capacity ticketing

12/18/2020

In this the third episode of our vodcast, the team welcomes THST co-chair Kat Law to discuss all things ticketing.
From ticketing ballots, transparency of figures and season ticket deferrals to THST past successes and the conversations we've had with the club - it's all here in this bumper edition.
Watch or listen as THST board members Martin Buhagiar, Anthoulla Achilleos, Rachel Martin and Rob White discuss the issues that matter to supporters with Kat.

THST write to UEFA over Europa League kick off time

12/18/2020

It's been confirmed that our Round of 32 Europa League tie against Wolfsberger FC on Wednesday 24 February will kick off at 5pm. This is due to the requirements of the TV contract and the clash with Arsenal's home tie in the competition. As FA Cup winners, Arsenal take precedence for the Thursday evening slot.

Help to support children in Haringey this Christmas

12/15/2020

It’s been an incredibly tough year but Spurs fans, and in particular Trust members, have once again shown their amazing generosity through their donations to the Tottenham Foodbank and Meals for the NHS, alongside ongoing support for our regular charities Prostate Cancer UK and Studio 306 Collective. We are so grateful to each and every fan who has supported one or more of those great causes and we know the huge difference this has made on a local as well as a national level.

THSTOfficial video and podcast Episode 2: Fans returning to the stadium

12/11/2020

In our second video, our hosts talk to fellow THST Board member Kevin Fitzgerald about fans returning to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Kevin was the only THST board member who was successful with his application and was there to see our 2-0 victory in the North London Derby.

THST launches video and podcast service

12/11/2020

We have gone all digital and launched a new video and podcast. With so much information to share, we want to make sure we are getting our message to as many members as we possibly can.
In this our first episode, THST Board members Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos and Rob White explain who we are, what we do and why, if you are a Spurs fan, you should be interested.

Why governance matters, and why it should matter to you

12/10/2020

Governance is a word usually guaranteed to make everyone glaze over. But here’s why it’s important and here’s why English football needs reform.
In 1983, Tottenham Hotspur FC’s then Chairman, Irving Scholar, wrote to the Football Association asking it to disregard FA Rule 34 to allow the Club to set up a holding company, THFC plc. Rule 34 was a long-standing rule which established that football club directors were the custodians of their clubs; in place to look after and support clubs but prohibited from being paid. It also restricted any dividends to shareholders, and protected grounds from asset stripping. It basically made being the director of a football club a form of public service. And it established football clubs as community assets, not standalone businesses.

Trust Board meeting with Club Board: Report

12/3/2020

On the evening of Tuesday 1 December, representatives of the Trust Board met with representatives of the Club Board for a scheduled meeting via Zoom. Questions were invited in advance from THST members which, as always, informed the agenda. Every question submitted was collated and presented to the Club in advance of the meeting as a pre-read. To follow is a report of the meeting, approved and agreed as an accurate account of discussions by both THST and THFC.

THST News - November 2020

11/30/2020

Updates on:
Broadcast of matches
Return of fans to stadia
Football Summit
FSA Premier League Network Meeting
Kick Off Against Hunger initiative
Business and Community Liaison Group report
Ticket amnesty and seat moves
Overseas membership proposition review
THST/ THFC Board-to-Board meeting
Charity cycle ride to Amsterdam, 3-5 September 2021
Ride for Ray
THST Forum
Supporting our non-league neighbours

Join us to #KickOffAgainstHunger

11/17/2020

We are launching a new charity campaign called #KickOffAgainstHunger. The campaign aims to build on the magnificent support you gave to the Tottenham Foodbank when we asked you to donate to them instead of pay the £14.95 PPV fee. Your generosity raised over £50,000 in under a fortnight, and it helped get rid of PPV for now. But the foodbank still desperately needs your support.

Significant victory for fan power on broadcast of games and ending PPV experiment

11/14/2020

The Premier League has scrapped its £14.95 per game pay-per-view charge in what is a landmark victory for the organised fan movement. We’re proud to say your Trust was at the heart of sustained campaigning efforts that united fans of all 20 Premier League clubs – and that your support and efforts really did count.

THST News - October 2020

10/30/2020

Updates on:
Premier League PPV games
Getting fans back inside stadia
Project Big Picture and European Super League
Sustain the Game
Photo ID verification
One Hotspur Membership update
Season Ticket deposits and the media
Business and Community Liaison Group meeting
Safeguarding at THFC
Meeting with Liberal Democrats
Black History Month
JE3 Foundation update
Postponement: PCUK Football 2 Amsterdam
THST Forum
Spurs programme charity sale
Olympic Stadium lawsuit

Pay-per-view games and support for Tottenham Foodbank

10/20/2020

Spurs fans will be aware of the controversy surrounding the Premier League's decision to televise behind-closed-doors games not selected by Sky Sports or BT Sport as part of the traditional broadcast packages as pay-per-view events. These games will cost £14.95 via Sky Sports and BT Sport Box Office. We recently made comment on that decision here.

Project Big Picture: Supporter Groups' Joint Statement

10/13/2020

The fans we represent are fortunate to support clubs that regularly secure the largest financial revenues in the Premier League. But all of us understand that football doesn’t work in isolation. It’s a family. It requires a fair share of resources to ensure that the Premier League is competitive to watch and that the lower leagues flourish as part of our national game

The Premier League's pay per view offer

10/9/2020

Nothing is ever simple in football. After weeks of campaigning to ensure fans could watch their teams while access to stadiums is denied, we should have been celebrating the announcement that they can, and with it a great victory for fan power. But, once again, the Premier League, Clubs and Broadcasters have managed to turn what could have been a positive into a negative. Because, once again, they didn’t have a proper conversation with the fans.

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