Sunday, February 26, 2006
New Chairman Appointed
The board have chosen Terry Baker as the new club Chairman. Terry joined the board last July but has been a vice-president for many years. The new vice-chairman is the fans elected director Brian Attmore. Brian has been on the board for two years he was one of the founders of CFU and has co-authored two books on the history of the club.
Sports Minister to Visit The Abbey
Richard Caborn MP, the sports minister who did so much to save the club when the FA and the Inland Revenue ran into a seemingly intractable dispute, is to visit the ground to watch the home game against Grays on Tuesday March 7th. United’s finance director Nick Pomery said, “I hope fans will turn out in numbers to say thank you to a man who played a major part in saving our club.”
Try the Vice-Presidents Club
The VP club have their own room with a pay bar, executive box seats and a half time buffet. They pay a little more for their season tickets to cover the costs of these extras. If you have a season ticket and are thinking about joining them, they have a limited number of day tickets available to season ticket holders for only £10. If you are interested call Jenny Eustace on 01223 248172 or email Ejennyann@aol.com
The board have chosen Terry Baker as the new club Chairman. Terry joined the board last July but has been a vice-president for many years. The new vice-chairman is the fans elected director Brian Attmore. Brian has been on the board for two years he was one of the founders of CFU and has co-authored two books on the history of the club.
Sports Minister to Visit The Abbey
Richard Caborn MP, the sports minister who did so much to save the club when the FA and the Inland Revenue ran into a seemingly intractable dispute, is to visit the ground to watch the home game against Grays on Tuesday March 7th. United’s finance director Nick Pomery said, “I hope fans will turn out in numbers to say thank you to a man who played a major part in saving our club.”
Try the Vice-Presidents Club
The VP club have their own room with a pay bar, executive box seats and a half time buffet. They pay a little more for their season tickets to cover the costs of these extras. If you have a season ticket and are thinking about joining them, they have a limited number of day tickets available to season ticket holders for only £10. If you are interested call Jenny Eustace on 01223 248172 or email Ejennyann@aol.com
Sunday, February 19, 2006
U’s 2 Southport 1
On Saturday United gained three badly needed points at home to bottom of the table Southport. An early goal put The U’s ahead and they looked to be coasting to a 1 – 0 win when the visitors scored a late goal, United responded within a minute to claim the win. Two new signings made their home debut’s midfielder Stacy Coldicott and young striker Jamie Guy.
CFU AGM
On Monday 27th February CFU will be holding its sixth AGM. The meeting will be held in the Cambridge United Supporters Club at the Abbey Stadium. As well as the official business of the evening, there will also be an opportunity for CFU members (and United fans in general—the meeting is open to all) to ask questions of the CFU committee members that are serving on, or have served on, the board of the football club (Brian Attmore, the Fans’ Director, Nick Pomery, the Finance Director, and Justyn Medd, the outgoing Commercial Director), and members of the club’s playing staff and management team.
Next At The Abbey
On Saturday the team are away at Woking, they return to The Abbey on Tuesday 7th to play Grays, kick off is at the usual 7.45pm.
On Saturday United gained three badly needed points at home to bottom of the table Southport. An early goal put The U’s ahead and they looked to be coasting to a 1 – 0 win when the visitors scored a late goal, United responded within a minute to claim the win. Two new signings made their home debut’s midfielder Stacy Coldicott and young striker Jamie Guy.
CFU AGM
On Monday 27th February CFU will be holding its sixth AGM. The meeting will be held in the Cambridge United Supporters Club at the Abbey Stadium. As well as the official business of the evening, there will also be an opportunity for CFU members (and United fans in general—the meeting is open to all) to ask questions of the CFU committee members that are serving on, or have served on, the board of the football club (Brian Attmore, the Fans’ Director, Nick Pomery, the Finance Director, and Justyn Medd, the outgoing Commercial Director), and members of the club’s playing staff and management team.
Next At The Abbey
On Saturday the team are away at Woking, they return to The Abbey on Tuesday 7th to play Grays, kick off is at the usual 7.45pm.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
With no game last Saturday we will take the opportunity to give an update on the financial situation of the club. After coming out of administration the club has cut back it’s outgoings but is still losing £250,000 a year. The rent for the ground is £200,000 per year. The club has enough money to make it to the end of the season, but that is when the cash flow problem starts. This year there are likely to be payments of around £125,000 made from the Dave Kitson transfer deal, as Reading are well placed for promotion. This still leads to a need to cut costs or increase income. The main new income generator planned is to hold a concert at the stadium at the end of the season. At the same time the board is proposing to buy back the stadium and will possibly use it to finance a move to a new ground.
This has all been slightly complicated by the situation at Cambridge City, who are in an even worse financial situation and will soon be without a ground. City have suggested a merger with United but it is difficult to see much advantage for United as very few City fans would be expected to switch allegiance.
This has all been slightly complicated by the situation at Cambridge City, who are in an even worse financial situation and will soon be without a ground. City have suggested a merger with United but it is difficult to see much advantage for United as very few City fans would be expected to switch allegiance.
