KFC Supporters' Association AGM

The KFC Supporters' Association held their Annual General Meeting in the Park Suite last Saturday afternoon. The cracking day didn't seem to deter anyone from attending and most of the supporters' clubs were represented. The minutes from the last meeting were passed and Irene Brown, the secretary, didn't have anything new to report. Danny Coffey went through the accounts and there were no anomalies as per usual.

The committee all stood for re-election and were voted back in on block. There were a few new members co-opted onto the committee to help out during next season, including young Blair Millar as the official webmaster of the Association website. With the formalities over it was then down to business. The assembled representatives voted for the Association to stay on as a member of the Supporters' Federation and John Sharpe will continue to attend their meetings. The membership fee for clubs will stay at a tenner for the coming season and individual membership will continue to be free.

John Miller reported on how the membership drive was going and indicated that the website had been very successful in encouraging new members to sign up online. He also noted that it would be beneficial if member clubs were to supply him with a contact e-mail address if possible to help speed up the lines of communication.
The untimely passing of both Ian Thomson and Rab Miller, both Killie die-hards, was quite rightly given a mention. A Travel Club representative (with whom the Puddock was a mainstay) then suggested that it would be fitting tribute to his commitment to the club if the they, or the Association, were to sponsor some sort of trophy or award in his honour, but nothing concrete has been decided as yet.

The topic of conversation inevitably turned to the last game of the season and the trouble surrounding it. Chairman Colin Hargreaves told the representatives that his post match comments about the game had prompted majority shareholder Jamie Moffat and latterly club Chairman Sir John Orr to call him to discuss the issues. Colin then met with Sir John and the upshot of that discussion is an open meeting with fans scheduled for Thursday 26th June in the Park Suite as previously reported. It is hoped that representatives from the club, the police and the stewards will be there, but surprisingly no one from the club was present to confirm that.

B&H spoke to cake lover Colin after the meeting about how he thought his initial stint as chairman had went. He said: "My first year in charge has seen individual membership more than treble in the season. This coming season, along with the Supporters Trust, I want to see the Association become stronger within the community".