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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The Chair and board of the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust would like to wish our members, affiliates, friends and all Chelsea supporters, wherever you may be, our best wishes and compliments of this festive season. However you choose to celebrate, we hope you enjoy every moment. May your new year be healthy and prosperous but, most…
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Using Twitter to help supporters get home from away games
The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust is appreciative of the fact that Chelsea FC has for some time subsidised travel for those supporters based in the South East who attend away games. However we are also aware that many supporters still have significant journeys home when club transport arrives back in the south east, whether this be…
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West Ham EFL Cup Game – Follow Up Meeting
Following on from our EFL Cup game against West Ham at the London Stadium, Amanda Jacks, Caseworker at the Football Supporters Federation facilitated a meeting between parties involved with game management; stadium operators LS185, Met Police Football Unit and British Transport Police plus representatives from the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust and West Ham supporter organisations. The…
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Next Fans’ Forum meeting on 7 December 2016
The next Fans’ Forum meeting to be held with Chelsea FC is set to take place on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The main topic of discussion is scheduled to be about ticketing. However, we are also due to be joined at the meeting by senior representatives from Hammersmith &Fulham Police and the Central Football Unit. …
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Fixture scheduling meeting with Sky
On Wednesday 2 November a number of top-flight fan representatives met with members of the team at Sky Sports who work across football coverage and fixture scheduling. It is hoped that this is the first of many meetings between match-going fans and broadcasters. The full statement can be found on the Football Supporters’ Federation site…
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West Ham Away Follow Up Statement
West Ham Away – Follow Up Statement We met with senior club representatives last night to share our membership’s views and experiences from before, during and after the West Ham game. We believe that the Club did everything within their power prior to the game to mitigate the…
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Chelsea Supporters’ Trust Statement – West Ham United v Chelsea 26th October 2016
Chelsea Supporters’ Trust note with disappointment the events surrounding the West Ham United v Chelsea EFL Cup tie on the evening of Wednesday 26th October 2016. Clearly we would not wish to condone the behaviour of a minority of fans involved in unsavoury incidents. Many Chelsea supporters, including young children, were subjected to coins and other…
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Chelsea Supporters Trust SGM 23/10/2016 with Kerry Dixon Q&A
After the wonderful win against Man Utd the Chelsea Supporters Trust held their first Special General Meeting of the season to discuss the new Board; the new Working Groups and to reveal the key points in the results of the annual Members Survey. After all that we wrapped up proceedings with a Q&A session…
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A special guest for our Special General Meeting
Our next Special General Meeting (SGM) will take place on Sunday 23 October 2016, 6.30pm upstairs at The Atlas PH, 16 Seagrave Rd, London SW6 1RX, immediately following our home game against Manchester United. We plan to kick off proceedings promptly at 6.30pm and to conclude official business by approximately 7.30pm. At the meeting we…
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Playfair Qatar Weekend of Action 15 October 2016
Over the weekend of October 15th, Playfair Qatar be holding actions up and down the country to give fans a chance to show that they want FIFA to make Qatar play by the rules. From top flight league games to kickabouts in the park, fans will be making their voice heard about what’s being done in…
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Newsletter – September 2016
Apologies for the lack of a Newsletter in August but we were somewhat pre-occupied with the AGM and subsequent elections. AGM Our third AGM was held on August 13th at the Copthorne Hotel. We had a good turn out at the meeting both in person and also with those listening in to proceedings on Chelsea…
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Trust Statement regarding the proposed Stamford Bridge Redevelopment
Statement regarding the proposed Stamford Bridge Redevelopment The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust representative was pleased to attend the recent Fans Forum meeting which focussed on the proposed redevelopment of Stamford Bridge. Questions regarding plans for the much heralded redevelopment of Stamford Bridge were put to members of the Club’s Board and the design team responsible for…