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If they organised a Kids Party, are Mr and Mrs Maw and Mahony CRB checked?
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£550 out the fund for the kids party.
I have had a few goes on the football cards thinking the money was going to the club, not to fund a Christmas bash?
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I m not sure UNITY is the right name for this new group as yet again Mr Maw had to have another go at the Iron Trust on his latest video last night !
The Trust is a great democratic organisation with over a 1000 members who have raised thousands of pounds which have gone into shares in the Club.
Also the Trust played a big role in securing the Irons future at Glanny Park.
I m pleased to see the Trust Organisation has not got involved into a slanging match on this as what started it was one persons opinions who also just happens to be a member of the Trust. Mind you I would expect nothing else from a very well run elected group of people who run the Trust .2 users thanked author for this post.
Agreed ironlion82 , I haven’t a problem with Stuart but he’s banging on a bit too long now and surely unity is all about all groups interested in the clubs future getting along together for the betterment of the club. He should concentrate on seeing the Unity Group is run correctly with everything fund raising wise documented accurately and all funds raised going to the club. All this talk, however true and I don’t know if it is or isn’t, about supporter away travel being subsidised and kids parties funded should be explained. Those two points to me are not what fund raising for the club are about and people should pay their own way for away travel and their kids Xmas parties.
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I’ve just seen Mr Maws video on YouTube.
Not being on X or Facebook this whole Ellis/Maw debacle has thankfully largely passed me by but I am a member of the trust and am very concerned that the good work they do and have done could be undermined by what has happened.
If I understand correctly, Matt Ellis posted something on X which was offensive to Stuart Maw. A public apology was demanded by Maw and he subsequently put on youtube that he had received a personal email apology but that wasn’t good enough.
Since then Maws Unity group has come into existence and he appears to be using it to turn his personal feelings about an X post into something that the Trust should be responsible for. I’m sure the Trust will deal properly with any issues to do with their board members and are rightly not getting dragged into doing anything hasty just because Maw wants it.I don’t doubt Maw has raised a lot of money for SUFC and Michelle Harness has personally praised this on a number of occasions. However he would do well to remember his own comments about supporters during the Hilton period when I recall a number of horrible comments on YouTube including referring to those raising concerns about Hilton as parasites, on one occasion that I was shown. I can’t recall him publicly apologising for that so I would suggest he calms down and at the very least looks up the word Unity in a dictionary.
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The signs are there’s going be a bit more turbulence behind the scenes.
Despite Michelle putting out that statement I doubt it’s a United front on the board with some of the people getting involved.
The past isn’t going to be buried that easily.
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I understand the club wanting to thank Maw for his efforts because Maw has fundraised and I am sure he means well. However, I am not keen on him getting involved with the club with this attitude.
Matt’s tweet was wrong, but it was deleted after a day and the only person talking about that now is Stuart himself. No real damage was done, since no-one had their opinions swayed by Matt, and no-one else cares now. He should draw a line in the sand and get over it. Focus on what matters, not his personal gripes.
If he is to be involved with a supporter’s group, the club need to lay down some ground rules for him to stop trouble being caused. His attitude towards the Trust is divisive and creates an image where he sees himself as the representative of all fans and is thin skinned to any criticism, which is not a good trait for someone leading a group. That’s how it can lead to people not speaking out to wrong decisions. Frankly, I don’t see why his efforts couldn’t have been done in coordination with the Trust, which is more transparent and democratic in my opinion. Though, that wouldn’t mean Maw having his name in lights.
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A lovely old gentleman who was an ardent Iron used to subsidise away travel.
Sadly that gentleman passed away, when his funding ceased certain people stopped going away
Now that half of Stuart’s raised funds are subsidising away travel, those people are suddenly back on the scene, which is an amazing coincidence.
Furthermore with their favourite Premiership team struggling after a few glorious years, they are now part of the un-elected Unity set up!
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I believe Matt’s Twitter post (X) was, at the least, extremely unwise. But, increasingly, as things unfold in what seem to be very slightly weird or eyebrow-raising ways (the away travel subsidy, the Unity group etc), thoughts begin to nag… I wonder, is this one of those situations where the surface has been scratched a little bit, leaving just enough space for the shit to seep out?
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