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Due to Town's FA Cup replay against Cambridge the Lee Clark meeting scheduled on Nov 16 at Syngenta will be re-scheduled. Please keep checking for further updates

HTSA announced today that next weekends coach travel has been reduced to £12 per adult. This price reduction has been implimented to make HTSA coaches more appealing to members (Non-Members still only pay £14). It also follows the problems associated with the recent Everton match where coaches either broke down or went on scenic routes.

Owing to reasons beyond our control, the HTSA coach to Leyton Orient has been cancelled .
On Wednesday 8th September it became apparent due to the numbers booked with HTSA Travel that there would be costs incurred to HTSA.
Immediately we assessed our options. Steps were made to gain quotes from various companies in respect of a smaller coach (16 seater). HTSA were quoted excessive amounts by more than one company despite the fact that a 49 seater with our regular carrier JAK Travel was much more cost-effective compared to prices quoted. We then made contact with the club with the intention of transferring passengers from the HTSA coach to the Travel club coach. However HTSA were informed that there were not enough spaces to accommodate the 12 HTSA Passengers.
A decision was made from there to cancel HTSA Travel to Leyton Orient. All members were informed by way of email and phone call.
I felt that in order to give our passengers the best possible chance of organising alternative travel we needed to make a decision. Consequently 5 members have booked onto the Travel Club coach and another 4 have now successfully been able to find alternative travel to the game.
I would like to apologise sincerely on behalf of HTSA to those who have been affected by our decision. Sally Peckett, who is new in her role as Travel Coordinator, has been working tirelessly to try to provide a cost-effective, reliable service to you, the supporters.
Going forward, HTSA will learn from mistakes made and I am sure our great supporters will give us the opportunity to put it right.
I feel we have the best Club, Chairman, Management Team and Players in Yorkshire. Together with your help, feedback and support we want to give you the best Supporters Association.
I believe our intentions as a club have been made quite clear and I look forward to seeing you all at future Home & Away games roaring the team over the finishing line this season, Here’s to what could be a very special season for our club.

Keep The Faith

Andy Moseley
HTSA Chairman For continuity Sally Peckett was elected as New Vice Chairperson. Sally will combine this roll with her new roll as Travel co-ordinator taking over from Michael Scott. Michael's roll with this travel section has spanned many years and the Committee wished to show their appreciation of the tremendous work he has carried out.

Robert Pepper will continue in his roll as Company Secretary as will Marcus Garside as Company Treasurer.

There is to be a new membership drive and Steve King and Andy Moseley will head this section.

New Club and Community liason officer will be headed up by Jon Shaw and he will be assisted by Robert Pepper and Sally Peckett. This will be a direct link with the football club and will bring to the football club matters arising from supporters problems directly linked to the football club.

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The latest Football League News Letter is reproduced below: to see the full report and the links to each item go to here

Legendary TV presenter and former Football League player and manager, Chris Kamara was this week announced as the ambassador for our season-long partnership with Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Kammy’s mum was cared for by Marie Curie nurses before her death in 2003, and the former Middlesbrough and Bradford City star is backing our campaign to raise £500,000 for the charity this term.
And part of that support will include leading an army of Football League fans up Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2011.
Find out more about his role and how you can join him on the trek or on a cycle ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats, here.
Also this week, Yeovil Town and Exeter City released their joint plans to commemorate their former player Adam Stansfield who tragically died of cancer, aged 31, two weeks ago. Click here to find out how to get involved.
Plymouth Argyle boss, Peter Reid told us about how he has adapted to life managing in npower League 1 after he took the reins at Home Park during the summer. Plus, we spent 45 Seconds with Leyton Orient striker Alex Revell.
Round 2 of the Carling Cup was completed this week – we’ve got a full summary of the games as well as details of the draw for the next group of matches which takes place this Saturday. Click here for our Carling Cup page.
There is just one television game this weekend as Reading take on Leicester City, live on Sky Sports at 5.20pm on Saturday. Click here for a full TV fixture list.
And finally, see if your players made the grade last weekend with the Championship, League 1 and League 2 Teams of the Week.

Matt Holland says the npower Championship is the place to be following the arrival of Edgar Davids at Selhurst Park last week, adding to the numerous big names already playing in the division.

The ex-Charlton star takes a look at the 37-year-old Dutch legend and Crystal Palace’s decision to bring him onboard in a pay-as-you-play deal.
Our npower League 1 expert, Andy Ritchie analyses the sale of Brett Pitman from AFC Bournemouth to Bristol City and recalls the feeling as a manager of knowing other clubs are after your in-form players.
Peter Jackson reviews npower League 2, including Crewe Alexandra’s 7-0 thumping of Barnet and relives the time his Huddersfield Town side were trailing 6-0 at half-time.
Click here to read all three blogs now.

Joining Mark Clemmit this week are Sheffield United Manager Gary Speed, who explains the dilemma he faced in taking over from Kevin Blackwell in the dugout, and Rotherham United’s goal-machine, Adam Le Fondre.
Ex Queens Park Rangers and Charlton Athletic striker Bradley Allen is also on hand to review all the week’s news and transfers in The Football League.
Click here to listen to the latest episode or subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TRUST

Trust news this week includes an initiative led by the QPR Trust team giving prisoners at HMP Wandsworth a chance to earn their FA Level One Coach badges.
Also there is news on Sheffield Wednesday’s Chris Sedgwick’s appointment as the new ambassador to The Children’s Hospital in Sheffield.
Click here for more details on these stories and for information on the work of The Football League Trust.

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This is a letter which was recently received by HTSA. Andy Moseley has been to see the new owner and the committee are to hold a meeting there on Thursday. Andy'sreport from his meeting with Tony Hodges follows the letter below.

Allow me to introduce my myself My name is Tony Hodges creative director of tlcmediauk.com, we are the company responsible for the player indents that you view before every home game.

We are also the new owners of Eden {formally Johnny's } after discussions with Sean Jarvis of Town we have been appointed official Town partner as in pre match and after match drinking club.

We can hold easily 600 on match days with a total capacity of 2000 if all of club was opened.

We are currently rebranding the club to Town colours and will be selling programmes and club shop products from our VIP area clips from the previous weeks games will be exclusively played on our multi screens and team news will be announced at the club with visuals.
We intent to provide after match entertainment in the form of groups comedians and celebrities, banners and advertising material are currently in print.
There will be a feature run in the examiner very shortly.

The reason I am contacting you is we would like your help to promote this as it benefits our team as we will be filtering a % of all money taken back to the club as they currently earn nothing from the bars and restaurants in the ground.

We have fully backing from Town and the police, we will provide accredited door staff and the venue is CCTV covered.

I would welcome a meeting with any of your representatives as to how we can drive this forward.

Hi All,

I have held a good conversation with Tony at Edens.

He has agreed we can use the VIP Room for our meeting on 2nd September.

15% of Match day Revenue will go to Town.
Door staff on a match day
Town will be supplying memorabilia to the Eden to display.
He is open to any ideas we have going forward in his words ‘this is your club and you tell us what you want’
Speaking of the possibility on match day to get any injured players to attend.....
Hoping to have player news before anyone else (To be agreed by the club)
Match day Programmes will be sold on the premises
Away fans are allowed in, But would be lead by us if we thought for a certain match should be Town fans only.
There will be events held for the likes of KoY, KIU.....

The item below has been received by HTSA and we reproduce this to encourage donations and support for this very worthy cause.

In Loving Memory of Lcpl Graham Nathan Shaw
31/01/83 – 01/02/10

Grahams’s childhood dream was to serve with the British Army, and after completing 2 years at Army College Harrogate and basic training at Cattrick, Graham served in the Duke of Wellington Regiment that later amalgamated with other regiments from Yorkshire, to form the Yorkshire Regiment. During his time in the Army he participated in tours of Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo, as well as deployments in various other countries.
On 29th December 2009 he was deployed on his first tour of Afghanistan as a battle casualty replacement. Graham loved his job, breathed Army life, so went to Afghanistan with his usual cheeky smile full of pride.
Unfortunately on February 1st 2010 Graham was caught in an IED explosion, killing him instantly. Throughout this immensely hard time for my family, the Army have been there every step of the way with support. The Benevolent Fund from the Yorkshire Regiment is there not only to support families such as ours, but to also support those soldiers injured in battle and the retired veterans of the Regiment.
On September 5th 2010, myself, Grahams cousins, sister in law and our friends are running the Sheffield 10k to raise money for the Trust, to honour Graham and remember his bravery and dedication to his country. On returning from the run, on the same day we are having a fund raising event at the Scapegoat Hill Liberal Club, this will be a family fun afternoon involving many of Grahams family, friends and those who live locally again to raise money for the Trust. There will be activities for children, food and raffles.
If you could like to sponsor the run or kindly donate prizes, support for the family fun afternoon it would be greatly appreciated. The Huddersfield Examiner will be covering the run and the event
Thanks you for taking the time to read this
Joanne Townend – Graham’s Sister

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This has been received by HTSA for the information of our supporters who may travel to any of the grounds indicated below.

Good Afternoon,
May I take this opportunity to introduce you to The Sandpiper Hotel & Restaurant.
We are a family owned 46 bedroomed hotel, restaurant and banqueting suite, situated between Chesterfield and Sheffield just off the main A61, who pride ourselves on our attention to detail from our very experienced team. We are conveniently located for your stop off lunch before the match when playing the following clubs:
Chesterfield                              b2net Stadium                                    5 minutes
Sheffield United                       Bramall Lane                                   15 minutes
Sheffield Wednesday               Hillsborough                                   20 minutes
Rotherham United                    Don Valley Stadium                  20 minutes
Barnsley                                   Oakwell Stadium                              40 minutes
Derby County                          Pride Park Stadium                          40 minutes
Nottingham Forest                   City Ground                                     45 minutes
Notts County                           Meadow Lane Stadium 45 minutes
We pride ourselves on the home made food from our experienced kitchen team. The hotel offers the recently refurbished Fanshawe’s Restaurant which we are now offering to football supporters clubs on their way to matches in our area.
I have attached a copy of our hot buffet menu selector which we serve with a selection of desserts for just £9.95 per person. We are also pleased to offer a bar facility for your supporters during lunch which is located in the restaurant itself.
For supporters visiting the closer grounds we are pleased to offer free use of our car park for your coach and driver after supporters have been dropped off.
Further information on our hotel is available on our website: www.sandpiperhotel.co.uk or by contacting me on the numbers below or via e-mail.
I do hope the information is of interest to you and if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
DAVID ATACK
Sales & Marketing Manager
Hotel: 01246 450550 Skype    01246 450550              Mobile: 07796663422
e-mail: david@sandpiperhotel.co.uk

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The Board of Huddersfield Town and Ken Davy are pleased to announce that Huddersfield Sporting Pride Limited has agreed to transfer a 40% shareholding in Kirklees Stadium Development Limited to the Football Club.

Completion of the transfer is subject to the approval of Kirklees Council, the other shareholder in KSDL, and will require the three partners to agree the reshaping of the arrangements for ensuring the secure future for the stadium. All parties expect this to be completed early in the New Year.

On completion, Dean Hoyle will also acquire all the remaining shares in the Football Club not currently held by him from Ken Davy and Andrew Watson.

The Board and Chairman Dean Hoyle are also pleased to announce that Ken Davy has agreed to accept the Board's offer to become Life President of Huddersfield Town in recognition of his services to the Club. In particular, in taking the Club out of Administration and then over the period since 2003, restoring stability, providing funding and building foundations for the future success of Huddersfield Town during his time as Chairman before presiding over the Club's Centenary season and celebrations.

The club and HTSA would really appreciate your help in promoting supporters of Our Club to participate in this Football League survey. It only takes 5mins or so to complete.

http://www.sportswise.info/surveys/fla/fla.htm

So far around 400 have taken part – this makes us 17th out of 72 in the Football League.

It is a chance for those who pay their hard earned cash and are all together on the emotional roller-coaster every week to have some voice. From all the meetings and fans forums its clear there are lots of opinions out there! The survey gives feedback to the wider game and importantly specifically about Our Club. It will make a difference and help us make Our Club better.

Please give your honest views on Our Club – good bad or indifferent - the club want to know and need to know.

When the club get the results they will tell everyone what the views are - no nonsense or spin.

Official Notice

Membership Renewals

Members are reminded that the financial year runs from June to May so renewals for 2010/2011 are now due. The full subscription remains at £5, intended to cover the running costs of the Association, and members are encouraged to complete a Standing Order to help reduce those costs. This should be submitted to your bank to pay £5 on June 1st of each year to HTSA, Sort Code 53-61-07, Account Number 61248738.

When the HTSA was formed, an attempt was made to contact all former members of the Supporters Trust to offer a choice of membership transfer. All replies received have been used to set the appropriate renewal date in the Association’s database, i.e., June 2009, June 2010, June 2013 or membership in perpetuity for those Life members who made that choice.

Many Trust members had Standing Orders to pay £10 as the annual membership fee. These should have been returned because the former Trust bank account was closed. Please consider amending your old SO to pay the new subscription of £5 as above.

So What has HTSA done over the last year or so?

BOOTHY JOINS THE SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION!

Retiring legend Andy Booth has been given the title of Honourary Life President by the Huddersfield Town Supporters Association.

boothy

The 35-year old striker has scored 150 goals for his hometown club in just over 450 appearances and will now join the commercialteam behind the scenes as Club Ambassador and was heralded yesterday by Town's supporter group.

Booth is pictured above with HTSA Chairman Marcus Middleton (right) and Secretary Robert Pepper receiving his honour.

Andy told htafc.com that he was delighted at his new title:

"I've always been incredibly grateful to the fans of Huddersfield Town for the way they have backed me in my career and I am really honoured to have been made Honourary Life President of the Supporters Association. It means a lot to me and the certificate will have pride of place in my house!"

Middleton told the Club's official website that awarding Boothy this title was an easy decision:

"We have given Andy the title of Honourary Life President in recognition of his achievements for Town and the service he has given the Club. The title is from the fans - they have really taken him to heart during his playing career and we wanted to represent that."

You can join the Huddersfield Town Supporters Association now for just £5 a year - visit www.htsa.co.uk for more information on the benefits of becoming a member and to apply online!