Category: News
Chairs programme notes for Woking
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Attis Arena for the new season which sees our club back in the National League after two seasons in National North. Good luck to Andy and the lads for the ensuing season. The Iron Trust has continued to meet over the summer months: one of the first things…
Raising up to £100k for SUFC with a Share Builder subscription scheme: interested? Let us know
A Trust newsletter has been sent out today regarding the above. Click here for more details in the newsletter This Share Builder/OB1 proposal was presented to the club at the end of June. We asked the club to make available up to £100,000 worth of shares to be owned by the Iron Trust. To our…
A message of congratulations from the Trust
Dear Michelle On behalf of the members of the Iron Trust I would like to offer our congratulations to everybody connected with Scunthorpe United F. C. on achieving promotion to the National League. The remarkable efforts of the directors, staff, playing staff and supporters are to be applauded in turning around the fortunes of our club from…
The Trust Player of the season: Cal Roberts
We are very pleased to be able to announce that our player of the season award as voted by Trust members over the course of the season went to Callum Roberts. Well done Callum, presenting our award are members Pete Hewes and Aaron Cheeseman, two of the lads who produced the brilliant videos for the…
Another example of what it means to be a fan
We’ve asked members of the Trust to share with us a few lines about their history of supporting the Iron. It can be many years of unwavering support or it can be just a few years, they will have special memories. They all have one thing in common. Once an Iron, always an Iron. Roy…
Club ownership rumours: Trust statement
The Trust have become aware of rumours on social media regarding FC100000 related to ownership of the club. The Trust is seeking clarification from the club. When this is received we will consult with our members
Reading FC and petition for Parliamentary Inquiry into disastrous ownership
You may have heard of the disastrous ownership issues at Reading. The Chinese owners have taken the club from crisis to crisis but are not willing or able to sell. The local MP for Reading, Ms Yuan Yang, is raising a petition for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the ownership issues (see Yuan Yang/status). We know…
Memories of Trust Member Barry Wilkinson, 75 years an Iron!
A few brief sentences are in the Darlington Trust newsletter but these don’t do justice to Barry’s memories so we’ve posted a fuller version here on the website. I’m sure he could write a book about his experiences but Barry has kept it to less than 700 words. From Barry’s pen; “I was 10 years…
Trust Chair’s leading role in local community initiative “kids against carbon”
The FSA are launching their Green Football Weekends in March based around “Help save kit from landfill” and our own SUFC have installed solar panels on the main stand roof so it seems timely to tell about Trust Chair Tony Gosling’s own personal involvement in an environmentally friendly scheme.