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Either I'm having a fever dream, or Andrew Barrowman is part of a consortium that now owns Raith Rovers and he's the CEO. https://www.raithrovers.net/61496/a-new-era-for-rrfc.htm

Haha yep fair enough, although I see their manager has really bought into their project and jumped ship as soon as possible.

Nicely written there you absolute spanner

I can hear the sound of recycled bottles breaking in Gloucestershire, beat again on Saturday and fan-owned Exeter are now top of the league

https://www.efl.com/news/2022/april/football-manager-efl-team-of-the-season-line-ups-announced/ Named in the League 2 Team of the Year as well, they may yet throw away the league title though as they got beat again tonight.

Supporter owned Exeter City win promotion to League One https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60357319 with five of the starting lineup graduates of their Academy.

I ask because I'm confused about how the club is run and I don't think that has been made clear by the club or MCT. Is MCT running the club on a day to day basis? I had assumed not, hence why there's a CEO and his staff and MCT say community owned not run, but then why is a club director responsible for social media output? Or is he not part of MCT anymore? Who does the post-match interviews? And why don't we hear from players anymore?

Care to explain?

Is that MCT's fault, or is it the club's? What is the CEO doing? Isn't it his responsibility to run the club on a day-to-day basis, which in turn includes the social media/content output of the club?

Perhaps he meant because he's now involved in MCT - and speaks to MCT/club board members - it's given him an insight into what it takes to run a football club, which is more complicated than he'd imagined?

Maybe it's the vegan diet?

When he left us he joined Postecoglou's Brisbane Roar and won back-to-back A-League Championships. Also, the Roar were managed on an interim basis in 2019 by Darren Davies (who kept the seat warm for Robbie Fowler).

It was chief of ticketing and retail operations thank you. Don't forget all those programmes I sold.

I disagree with your analysis that the scheme is lurching from disaster to disaster because a director resigned. And no I'm not involved with MCT other than being a member.

Maybe I'll get mine delivered in time for Christmas

I think it's a good idea, I hope it works, and I'll continue to support it. I don't have the same concerns as others but that may change in time of course. I think I can help and I've applied to be an Associate Director.

Well, if you think I'm condescending now just you wait until I get my blazer and tie (and, hopefully, pocket square).

In what way?

...perhaps because the point of the project has changed so the nature of what the donations are for has changed? In terms of the unsigned emails, my assumption has always been it's not signed because there isn't (or doesn't appear to be) someone in a specific leadership role whose name can be attached to official communications, like a Chairperson for example. Based on the 'about' section of the new MCT website there are teams in place but nobody has been appointed to specific roles (or if they have it's not been declared on the website), perhaps that will change/improve when Directors are appointed and specific roles assigned? I can't say that not having an email signed by anyone has given me any cause for concern nor makes me think they are ignoring the fanbase, especially when one of the MCT 'communications team' runs this forum and will be fully aware of the feedback regularly given about this issue.

I've been in ticketing in various roles since 2006, and was Head of Ticketing & Retail for Exeter City for 3 years until early 2020. Majority owned by their supporter trust for the last 20 years or so; they took over after dodgy directors bled the club dry and left them in a financial mess. Best goddamn programme seller in the league I was.

What about relevant experience that could help MCT address and overcome supporter concerns around ticketing, retail, and how to communicate to and reconnect with its supporter-base?

What makes you think my intentions are anything other than honourable?

There wasn't a role to be appointed to?

As someone with the relevant experience they are looking for, and a lack of ties in his wardrobe, I am considering it yes.