Annual General Meeting
· The Trust’s Annual General Meeting will be held at Northampton’s Obelisk Centre on Thursday 20 February.
Information about the meeting has been mailed out, either via post or electronically, to all members.
Anyone wishing to join the Trust can do so via the following link
https://www.ntfctrust.co.uk/ join-us
East Stand and land development at Sixfields
· It appears likely that internal aspects of the East Stand development will be completed by the end of March, although certain external aspects and the new road under construction require planning consent.
Once West Northamptonshire Council is satisfied that the stand development meets the required standard, the focus will turn to the club land behind the East Stand, which has been remediated and levelled, and the wider land beyond.
Club chairman Kelvin Thomas has hinted that the club could well develop this land themselves although no planning application has so far been submitted.
In this scenario, we will continue to campaign for any development to directly benefit the club and its communities in the long term.
However, the chairman has clearly intimated in the past that the land – together with the wider development land at Sixfields – would be sold to help repay the football club’s outstanding internal debt to the owners.
In this scenario, it is likely that a large warehouse could be built behind the East Stand and, if so, the benefit to the club – beyond the repayment of club debt – remains unclear.
Cobblers Travel to Exeter City
· Cobblers Travel, together with Earls Barton Cobblers, are running a luxury coach to Devon for the game with Exeter City on Saturday 1 March.
The price is £35 – for bookings and further information, please contact Roger Averill on 07802 437422.
Court proceedings against former Cobblers chairman David Cardoza
· Court proceedings have been brought against David Cardoza, his father Tony Cardoza and also Howard Grossman, Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick in relation to the missing millions scandal dating back some ten years.
The next hearing in the process is set to go ahead at Northampton Crown Court on 27 February.
East Midlands Supporters Trusts meeting
· Trust chair Andy Roberts and treasurer Bob Clarke attended a meeting of Supporters Trusts in Grantham – also represented were Trusts from Grimsby Town, Leicester City, Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United.
