Supporters trusts should not be providing any clubs with funds without getting something in return. That is the basic premise of a trust as opposed to a supporters club. Their constitution does not allow for them to simply become a fundraiser for the club as pumping money into the black hole that is club finance will do nothing to create sustainable, community focussed clubs.

Why not have a look at our website at [urlhttp://www.supporters-direct.org[/url then you may have an idea of what supporters trusts do.

I fully understand what Supporters trusts do , very little is the answer , due to the highly competitive nature of british proffessional sport they are not suitable as an ownership body , they are ok as a last resort to keep a club going , but nothing more , and certainly not at the top level of any major sport

Quote ="Marto"Ignore it? What about the work that Supporters Direct do? should we bin that too? Thats the exact thing we are trying to avoid. ST's wouldn't put that sort of money in as it's not economincally viable to do so. surely you should only be paying out what you can afford to do. and not be reliant on mr x or y to fund the club?'" Aye you wouldn't get multi millionaires like Moran at Warrington pouring a fortune into his club on top players, the former england coach and the 'head hunted' Director of Youth Development. probably a supporters trust at the Wolves would not have done that. Paradoxically this would have been to the detriment of a club like.....Bramley: www.bramleybuffs.com/storm/282-s ... ley-coach- How fortunate for Bramley that Mr Moran is so generous

Quote ="Marto"Ignore it? What about the work that Supporters Direct do? should we bin that too? Thats the exact thing we are trying to avoid. ST's wouldn't put that sort of money in as it's not economincally viable to do so. surely you should only be paying out what you can afford to do. and not be reliant on mr x or y to fund the club?'" Aye you wouldn't get multi millionaires like Moran at Warrington pouring a fortune into his club on top players, the former england coach and the 'head hunted' Director of Youth Development. probably a supporters trust at the Wolves would not have done that. Paradoxically this would have been to the detriment of a club like.....Bramley: www.bramleybuffs.com/storm/282-s ... ley-coach- How fortunate for Bramley that Mr Moran is so generous

Quote ="GiantJo"Aye you wouldn't get multi millionaires like Moran at Warrington pouring a fortune into his club on top players, the former england coach and the 'head hunted' Director of Youth Development. probably a supporters trust at the Wolves would not have done that. Paradoxically this would have been to the detriment of a club like.....Bramley: www.bramleybuffs.com/storm/282-s ... ley-coach- How fortunate for Bramley that Mr Moran is so generous '" and there was me thinking you were bos. or is that just on the huddersfield board?

Quote ="GiantJo"Aye you wouldn't get multi millionaires like Moran at Warrington pouring a fortune into his club on top players, the former england coach and the 'head hunted' Director of Youth Development. probably a supporters trust at the Wolves would not have done that. Paradoxically this would have been to the detriment of a club like.....Bramley: www.bramleybuffs.com/storm/282-s ... ley-coach- How fortunate for Bramley that Mr Moran is so generous '" and there was me thinking you were bos. or is that just on the huddersfield board?

and there was me thinking this thread was on ownership patterns of clubs, or do you just need to write about me?

I think it is great that a club with a wealthy supporter behaves this way.