Week 13 - Drawn 28/03/03

5000 Jackpot AG4710 P Decamps

500 S.1722 Mr Dumbleton

200 T.0433 J Beavers

200 A.1720 H Schofield

100 M.1913 Mrs Huzzard

100 K.5507 Mrs Satterthwaite

100 B.5281 Mrs Fitzpatrick

100 GG6117 L Brooks

100 E.6175 Mrs Humphreys

100 Q.1856 Mrs Highan

100 K.4855 Mrs Holt

50 K.0771 W Wood

50 P.4860 D Pinkney

50 A.5168 S Cottam

50 R.2112 L Gardner

50 AB0000 J Clubb

50 A.4341 M Crewdson

50 P.4253 Mrs Coakley

Plus over 400 other prizes each week, see full result sheet for details.

Promoter G. Warburton. Reg with the Gaming Board

THE K'S TRUST

A group of Kingstonian supporters is to establish a Trust which hopes to take control of the Ryman Premier League club at the end of the current season. Following last night's vote for AFC Wimbledon to buy Kingsmeadow, Kingstonian will find themselves as tenants in their old ground, and with their chairman - Mr Rajesh Khosla - stating that he is happy to cede control to the fans.

Over the past few weeks, Mr Khosla has said on more than one occasion that he is happy for the club to be run by such a body, and several planning meetings have already been held to establish the Trust in time.

With the help of Supporters Direct - a government funded initiative which helps people "play a responsible part in the life of the football club they support" - The K's Trust is to be launched at a special meeting at Kingsmeadow on Monday 14th April at 8pm. Anybody with an interest in Kingstonian FC is encouraged to attend.

The agenda for the meeting is still to be set, but all Kingstonian fans agree that the only way forward is for a group of people who have the club's best interests at heart to take charge. The Trust Board will be elected by the supporters and will be directly responsible to them.

Current chairman of the Kingstonian Supporters' Club, Colin Deadman, said: "With the current upheaval at the club, we felt that the formation of a Trust had become a necessity. I'm pleased to say that the Kingstonian supporters have pulled together to form a body that is capable of taking this club to the next level.

"The beauty of a Trust is that anybody and everybody can get involved - from the youngest kids to the older members of the family. By pulling together I am sure that we can make Kingstonian stronger, and allow Kim Harris and the team to continue the fantastic work that they have done this season.

"Within our fan base, we have accountants, solicitors, journalists, marketing experts - in short all of the sorts of people that we will need. We hope that we will be able to work in partnership with the Dons' Trust to allow both AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian to thrive."

Week 12 - Drawn 21/03/03

2000 Jackpot AC3339 J Strachan

500 AD1657 A Holerhan

200 N.3690 A Thorpe

200 R.5949 K Millership

100 D.4619 Mrs Hepton

100 S.5491 G Boden

100 P.2531 E Marks

100 ZZ5992 J Waddington

100 E.2490 J Wood

100 U.2503 Mr Manuel

100 Y.2088 Mrs Scott

50 D.5474 M Lechthaler

50 T.2120 J McCall

50 Q.3996 H Starkey

50 H.6845 R Stead

50 F.2027 Mrs Thompson

50 D.3524 D Hearn

50 X.3134 P Rigby

Plus over 400 other prizes each week, see full result sheet for details.

Promoter G. Warburton. Reg with the Gaming Board

FA NATIONAL LEAGUES RESTRUCTURING STATEMENT

After several recent meetings between The Football Association, The Football Conference and the three Feeder Leagues, a number of agreements have been made with regard to the future structure of the National Leagues System.

On the 13th March, a major breakthrough was achieved when all four competitions - Nationwide Football Conference, Ryman Isthmian League, Dr Martens Southern League and UniBond Northern Premier League - agreed to the formation of a new Football Alliance that will operate as an extension of the Nationwide Football Conference.

The new Alliance will be formed by each of the four competitions, taking a 25% stakeholder position in decision making, with two members of each competition forming a new eight-man board.

During recent meetings, there has been a significant acknowledgement by both Football Conference and Feeder League clubs to extend the Football Conference by creating two feeder leagues into the Football Conference.

The FAs proposal for restructuring has always maintained that a 2 Feeder plus 4 Feeder system was the best structure for the future (known as proposal C). The FA National Leagues System Committee today reviewed the Football Conferences request to extend its competition and supported the creation of a structure that is in line with The FAs original proposal.

As a result, the creation of a new Conference North and Conference South Division, feeding into The Football Conference will commence from the beginning of season 2004/05, subject to ratification by FA Council in May 2003.

FA National Game Director Steve Parkin said:

"During the past 2 years, one of The FAs key objectives has been to make the National Leagues System more competitive, exciting and consistent.

"This agreement has been achieved through teamwork between The FA and all Leagues down to Level 4; they should be commended for their positive cooperation in helping to shape the future of football at this level.

"The FA will now work with the Football Conference, Isthmian League, Southern League, Northern Premier League and Level 3 and Level 4 clubs to finalise all details and establish selection criteria for entry into the two Feeder Leagues, ensuring that all clubs have this information before the start of season 2003/04."

In addition, The Football Conference today invoked an existing Football Conference regulation, requesting permission from The FA to increase its membership for season 2003/04 from 22 clubs to 24 clubs.

This proposal has today been sent to the 3 Feeder Leagues for their consideration and consultation, prior to a FA National Leagues Sanctions Committee meeting before the end of the current season.

Yesterday's Conference Chairman's meeting voted narrowly for an increase to 24 clubs for the Conference next season.

The proposal was put forward by the chairman of a certain club currently battling against relegation (you don't need me to tell you who, do you?!). He claimed that it was a proposal from the Conference Management Committee, but at least one other chairman on that committee said he knew nothing about it until yesterday's meeting.

The expansion was passed narrowly, 12 out of 22 voting in favour.

The suggestion that three clubs might still be relegated, with five coming up from the feeders, was rejected. This leaves just one club to drop out of the Conference at the end of this season. Unless...

Unless some way is found to keep one of the feeder league's champions out. Say, on ground grading. Accrington Stanley would seem to be the most likely candidate. The various promotion candidates had their facilities inspected last week, although I do not yet have definite word on the results - but a source close to one conference club believed that Accrington will miss out - meaning no relegation at the end of this season from the Conference.

The expansion to 24 clubs has to be ratified by the FA, but this is expected later today, along with news on the proposed 2nd division of the Conference.

Dons Trust To Decide Future Home of AFC Wimbledon

On Monday 24 March, the Dons Trust, owners of AFC Wimbledon, will hold a special general meeting (SGM) at Wimbledon Theatre. The SGM will decide whether to continue in a groundsharing arrangement for three years or to buy a stadium, which would enable AFC Wimbledon to progress at least as far as the Nationwide Conference. All Dons Trust members in attendance will have the opportunity to vote on the immediate future of the club.

Members will be asked to consider three options a new groundshare agreement at Imperial Fields, home of Tooting & Mitcham United, a renegotiated groundshare at Kingsmeadow or the purchase of the long leasehold interest in Kingsmeadow. This last option could mean that the fans of AFC Wimbledon, who consider themselves the rightful inheritors of the history of football in Wimbledon, will have a ground of their own.

To qualify for promotion to the Ryman League from the Seagrave Haulage Football League, AFC Wimbledon requires at least a three-year ground agreement. As the deadline for having such an agreement in place was 31 January, the club renegotiated the groundshare agreement at Kingsmeadow and, with Brentford having an option to play at the ground next season, explored other options, which resulted in a groundshare agreement with Tooting & Mitcham United.

At a planning committee meeting of Merton Council on Thursday 13 March, permission was denied for AFC Wimbledon to play at Imperial Fields.

Since the signing of these agreements, The Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon were also offered the opportunity to purchase the long leasehold interest in Kingsmeadow.

Members of the Dons Trust are being posted details of all three proposals.

Louise Carton-Kelly, Chair of the Dons Trust, said: "This is democracy in action. Our members can now debate the options in detail and then vote for whichever they prefer, knowing that the outcome of the vote will be binding on the club. For the first time, our fans have the power to decide and that has to be good for AFC Wimbledon in particular and football in general."

Kris Stewart, AFC Wimbledon Chairman said:"We will be asking members to consider all three propositions with care and will present the benefits and drawbacks of each. We have reached an important milestone in the history of the club and it is fantastic that, as owners of the club, the Dons Trust has the power to make this decision."

Some of you may have noticed recent changes in the club shop, where we have taken over from Brian Giffard & family - whom we would like to thank for their hard work over recent seasons.

We have set about re-organising the shop and are in the process of arranging new stock for the summer. Your opinions and ideas would be welcomed, so please pop in on a matchday for a browse and to say hello. Alternatively, you can email us at clubshop@kingstonian.net.

Thanks,
Gary & Sandra Winters

Week 11 - Drawn 14/03/03

2000 Jackpot K.1165 M Hawthorn

500 Y.3964 Miss Keeling

200 C.0384 P Worthington

200 W.5158 N Marsden

100 X.3430 M Scott

100 X.6928 A Pawson

100 C.1124 C Bateson

100 XX3954 Mrs Gilmore

100 Y.6726 Mr Ashton

100 N.5926 R Reynolds

100 BB2667 Mrs Thomas

50 G.6744 A Green

50 Q.2492 Mrs Lormond

50 EE1091 Mrs Page

50 AC3442 K Jennings

50 W.2487 Mrs Thomas

50 H.0999 C Mercer

50 G.0983 Mrs Jackson

Plus over 400 other prizes each week, see full result sheet for details.

Promoter G. Warburton. Reg with the Gaming Board

Kingstonian FC - A Supporters Trust?

On Thursday last, March 6th, a group of Kingstonian supporters met with Dave Boyle - from the government funded organisation "Supporters Direct" - to find out the possible benefits of, and work involved in, setting up a "supporters' trust" at Kingstonian.

Dave gave a detailed presentation on the work that Supporters Direct have done at other clubs, from the Premiership right down to the Ryman League, and he gave basic information on the roles and objectives of those trusts.

The supporters - listed below - were invited to meet Dave by Andrew Carberry, who writes the Kingstonian match reports for the "Non-League Paper." We attended because we are anxious that the football side of the club gets whatever support it needs, to achieve our collective aim of a successful football team.

Clearly, the situation at Kingstonian makes it impossible to gauge what sort of organisation could be set up here, or precisely what it could do, but we are undertaking some detailed research into supporters' trusts to enable us to answer the questions we all have on how best to help Kim Harris and the team, post-administration.

Unfortunately it is not possible to be more explicit at this time. The process is at a very early stage, but we intend to hold an open public meeting, hopefully once the administration situation has been resolved but certainly before the end of the season. In the meantime, if anybody has any questions, please feel free to contact anybody listed below.

Andrew Carberry, Colin Deadman, Gary Ekins, Ali Kazemi, Mark Murphy, Oliver Steel

Week 10 - Drawn 07/03/03

2000 Jackpot U.3635 C Gange

500 GG6657 C Robinson

200 C.1627 R Maghoo

200 AN2477 B Westcott

100 D.4400 Mrs Cross

100 Y.5400 Mrs Mawson

100 M.0603 R Macdonald

100 X.4847 Mrs Sherington

100 S.5511 Mrs Abbott

100 U.0562 Mrs Docwra

100 V.2161 T Jones

50 J.6744 J Bradley

50 B.6206 Mr Mann

50 T.0174 P Sayer

50 MM4781 M Davidson

50 M.2584 A Hill

50 V.1152 J Dennis

50 Z.0883 M Knight

Plus over 400 other prizes each week, see full result sheet for details.

Promoter G. Warburton. Reg with the Gaming Board

Tuesday 11th March 2003, KO 7.45PM
Kingstonian vs Braintree Town