2011
Buy tickets for Scotland v Brazil and help the AST
Posted Thursday 10th March 2011
Scotland play Brazil at the Emirates on Sunday March 27th and the organisers of the match have kindly offered to make a contribution of 5 to the AST for every ticket bought by an Arsenal Supporter through the Trust. The Trust is a voluntary body and all of the monies we receive are invested in […]
Read MoreAST statement on Arsenal Holdings plc financial results for the six months ended
Posted Monday 28th February 2011
Todays results explain why the AST has been pushing for more than three years for the club to improve its commercial revenues. The AST has met with all of the new commercial team members recruited by Ivan Gazidis for this purpose. It is an excellent team already making good progress on this objective. As the AST correctly anticipated, […]
Read MoreWhy Arsenal’s profits will dive (but it?s not all bad news)
Posted Friday 25th February 2011
Arsenal Holdings PLC will shortly release interim results that cover the first six months of their financial year (June to November 2010). The AST has undertaken its own independent analysis of financial recent developments at the club including reviewing previous accounts and can now set out its expectation of some of the main issues expected to […]
Read MoreAST gives evidence to Parliamentary Select Committee
Posted Tuesday 01st February 2011
The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is holding an inquiry into Football Governance. The following submission has been made by the Board members of the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust and Arsenal Fanshare and today the AST presented the success of the Arsenal Fanshare scheme and discussed its submission with members of the Select Committee during a vist to the […]
Read MoreA request for help from the Leyton Orient Supporters’ Trust
Posted Sunday 23rd January 2011
The Leyton Orient Supporters’ Trust recently contacted the AST and asked that we publicise this message about the future of their club. Please click on the following link: http://www.leytonorient.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~2273878,00.html Anyone who is concerned at this should contact Boris Johnson, Mayor of London at mayor@london.gov.uk
Read MoreAST members question Ivan Gazidis – full write up included below
Posted Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last night almost 200 members of the AST held Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis to account at the Trust’s traditional end of season Q&A. At the meeting Ivan Gazidis spoke publicly for the first time on the contractual situation of Arsne Wenger saying that a new deal will happen. He also informed the meeting that the club […]
Read MoreArsenal has funds to buy this January ? the question is ?how much?
Posted Tuesday 11th January 2011
As the January transfer window opens, Nigel Phillips recaps the financial position at Arsenal looking at stadium debt, cash, wages, property dividend, commercial income and UEFAs Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules Stadium debt of 240m is on a long term basis (September 2031 maturity), and is reducing each year with manageable annual debt service c20m pa […]
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