York City Supporters’ Trust is happy to welcome a new chapter in the history of York City Football Club with the sale the club's majority shareholding to 394 Sports Ltd, owned by Julie-Ann Uggla & Matt Uggla. The Trust board has been speaking with the Uggla's representatives for a number of months, and have found [...]
As we prepare for the season ahead, we want to outline some of the Trust’s plans going forward. Our new strategy for the trust will focus on four areas: Guardianship – Ensuring that the football club is run in accordance with its articles involving the Trust & its members and ultimately protecting the football club [...]
In September 2022, our Chairman Mike Brown indicated his intention to step down from the Trust board on 31st May 2023, following a total of 10 years’ service at various times since the Trust formed in 2002. Mike was first appointed as Chairman in May 2018 with a specific brief to oversee the sale of [...]
The deadline for the Supporters Trust to purchase Glen Henderson’s shares passed on the 4th of April 2023. The Trust Board want to provide some clarity regarding the rights the Trust still hold to influence any takeover process and provide clarity on how the football club will be run. The Trust Board was happy to [...]
The Supporters’ Trust have today met a substantial £50,000 payroll shortfall to ensure that York City staff and players get paid in full this month. We were disappointed to hear that Glen Henderson was unwilling to provide any funds to pay staff and had openly told club colleagues this was the case yesterday. This understandably [...]
Following the work completed by the Scrutiny Committee in recent weeks, the Supporters’ Trust Board have been liaising with prospective investors to finalise potential sale details. However, it is clear that only one of the bids provides a viable option to take York City Football Club forward. With only one bid remaining, the Trust Board [...]
This week the Supporters’ Trust Board has passed all three bids received for a majority shareholding in York City Football Club to its Scrutiny Committee for consideration. The Scrutiny Committee are assessing the bids against eight criteria: Proposed New Ownership and Leadership structure for York City FC Motivation and Ambition Financing Football operations Other Operations [...]
In the last few weeks York City Supporters Trust have been working hard to secure sufficient finance to immediately buy Glen Henderson’s shares and provide the necessary funding to the club for the remainder of the season. This would have allowed the Trust to take full control of York City Football Club whilst the longer [...]
The Trust would like to give supporters an update to clarify the situation with regard to our acquisition of Glen Henderson’s shares in the football club. Glen has indicated in writing his willingness to sell his shares to the Trust in accordance with the Acceptance Notice we submitted to the football club on 5th January [...]
Following the Supporters' Trust providing the football club with an Acceptance Notice in respect of Glen Henderson's shares on 5th January 2023, the Trust Board wishes to provide some clarity on the process potential investors will go through up to and including a Special General Meeting for members to vote on the issue. In our [...]