JaW - nothing wrong with an outside person, is this case, a long term sponsor giving the club money to secure a players services. BTW I do not know anyone against outside investment.

Bit of a contradiction Laurence. Outside person gives us a load of money to buy a player, sounds similar to selling out to me.

Stu, yes that’s me, changed my tag recently.

One for John Galt - this is being a supporter: [Link]

Welcome Marcus Browne

Just to clarify: I'm talking about shares you own directly in AFCW PLC. Not quite sure what the situations is with shares held via Seedrs (now known as Republic something-or-other).

John Galt - big suggestion. Stop being rude to people, please? Without us 2003 people, there would be no football club today, nor stadium.

I sold mine to a Lebanese buisness man.

Naz: That doesn't sound right to me. The shares in AFCW PLC are transferrable (unlike your share in the Dons Trust) and (so long as your son doesn't thereby acquire more than a 15%, or whatever the limit is, share in the club) the company secretary would be obliged to effect a transfer to him. So, I can't see why you couldn't similarly specify in your will that you want them transferred to him.

Naz, pretty certain you can. I know at least one fan who sold them

I wanted to leave the shares to my son when I pop my clogs but was told that I couldn't, not sure why.

TBK - it's a good point that. I hope the club can organise a really good 25th anniversary event for the original shareholders in a few years. The supporter base owes a huge debt of gratitude to them and they deserve recognition for taking a punt on the club so early on.

Naz - by my calculations (assuming you could sell) you've made ~1.2% a year. Based on 1,500 shares of 32 million outstanding and business currently valued at ~£25m, as it was when Nick bought in.

Naz, don't know if anyone has ever told you but thanks for helping when you could. I bought a similar amount which I have long since written-off. We (and over a thousand others) helped give our crazy club the boost it needed and the rest is history!

I was better off 20-odd years ago so bought £900 of shares (1,500 shares IIRC). I was naive in thinking it be a good investment as well as help the club. I'll hang to them. I am a financial ignoramus but perhaps they might be worth something if and when JG or ANother tries to buy the club.

SB, that's not what they agreed to when buying the bonds.

The club has said it has plenty of money to repay the bonds whose owners have asked for repayment this year. Didn't you know that?

Surrey - that’s what I did, I’m expecting mine to be repaid to me on the 1st Feb, as that’s what I opted for…. Let’s see whether our requests are honoured in full….

Martin - you probably had to be there to understand it

btw, JaW, are you Matt T who raised the resolution last year?

JaW, you have no idea what my expectations are. I just don't look at everything the club does with a critical eye, and try to understand the reasons.

TBK: we should be encouraging greater and broader fan ownership - not ttrying to further concentrate ownership in the control of a corporate entity.

Bond holders should really start requesting immediate re-payment of their bonds in full. It might just start to concenrate the minds of certain individuals to propse sound alternatives to fund the club.

JG, you increasingly look like someone who doesn't understand the context of the 2003 share issue to buy Kingsmeadow at all.

Saveloy - I take your point that it is optional - but there is a massive conflict of interest. i.e. Here's a good plan - lets sell £2m+ of shares 4 years ago to Fans on the back of an investment prospectus (governed by the Financial Services & Markets Act) persuading everybody of the merits and potential of the investment. Then let's run the Club into the ground - thereby devaluing the shares to the point where they are worthless and we can then get them back for nothing.