BLF

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

There are not many people who get involved in football and get their money back, I'd say....

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14144982.Gary_Teale_on_St_Mirren_s_lack_of_ambition_and_what_next_under_new_manager/
GARY TEALE, the former St Mirren manager, has accused the club of lacking ambition in the wake of their latest managerial casualty, while urging them to back the next man charged with turning their fortunes around.
Ian Murray was the fourth head coach in the space of two years to leave Paisley, the 34-year-old falling on his sword following a 1-0 defeat away to his old club Dumbarton that leaves them four points off the foot of the Ladbrokes Championship table.
It was a tenure that didn’t even last seven months as only two league wins from a possible 16 led their manager to walk away from the position that was previously held by Teale.
The ex-Scotland winger had hoped that he would be chosen to remain in the position before the club’s board decided to go in a different direction with Murray. Now those in charge at St Mirren must begin their search once more of finding the right candidate to deliver a team on the pitch that will deliver the success they seek and return them to the top flight at the first time of asking. And as they start that familiar process once more, Teale has urged them to choose wisely and give their new man the support to thrive in the job.
“Ideally as a manager you always want money available for your player recruitment. I learned that very, very quickly,” the 37-year-old told HeraldSport.
“You take the job knowing how much finance is there for you so you can’t complain too much, but I don’t think the club, in terms of them trying to sell it, have that much ambition to try and progress forward really.”
Relating to his own experience of the club supporting him during his spell as caretaker boss, Teale explained: “It wasn’t in terms of money it was just really Kenny McLean. When you sell your best player and top goal scorer in January – who is still your top scorer at the end of the season – who is now performing at Aberdeen, I think everyone understands what I had to work under.
“You also had Ross County and Motherwell to who were strengthening their squads.
“If we had kept Kenny we might have ended up closer. In the end we were only six points off a play-off place. Having more money would have been great, but that one alone I think would have given us a better opportunity.”
Teale refused to be drawn on questions regarding what has gone wrong under Murray, respectfully stating that it was not his position to comment. However, the former Scotland manager cannot help but wonder what might have been if he had still been in charge.
While he will be credited as the manager who went down with the St Mirren ship last season, a lot of damage was done by the time the former Wigan man inherited Tommy Craig’s team this time last year that left the rookie caretaker coach with an uphill task.
“You never know for certain,” he said.
“From a personal point of view, you feel as if you might have been able to make a difference. You can’t say that it would have definitely happened, but I felt that having been in the job five or six months I knew what the club had to do going forward.
“In the end Ian came in with maybe fresh ideas, having to get to know the players and the place. I thought I may have been a little bit ahead in that sense, but there’s nothing written in stone to say I’d have been a success. You just need to trust your own beliefs that you could have made a difference.”
Teale has yet to find a way back into the game since he left Paisley at the end of last season, and the former St Mirren man insists he would not rule out a return if an opportunity ever presented itself.
But no matter who the next man is to take charge on a permanent basis, whether young or old, experienced or not, stability is the key to getting St Mirren back to where he and those around the club believe it should be.
Teale said: “It’s a hard one because I enjoyed my time at the club. I’d have loved to have been in that position. I think I would have progressed it forward because I had an understanding of where it needed to go, but they chose to go in another direction.
“Now they look like they need to try something else again. I think they need a bit of stability and give a bit of time to whoever is in charge, and a bit of backing as well.
“I don’t think there are a million things wrong. Sitting here as a young manager, you need an opportunity. Experience is good but youth brings a lot of enthusiasm and some fresh ideas.
“Ultimately they just need to get things right and put a structure in place. You have to have a plan and know how you are going to do it, whether it’s a young manager or an experienced one.”

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14144982.Gary_Teale_on_St_Mirren_s_lack_of_ambition_and_what_next_under_new_manager/
GARY TEALE, the former St Mirren manager, has accused the club of lacking ambition in the wake of their latest managerial casualty, while urging them to back the next man charged with turning their fortunes around.
Ian Murray was the fourth head coach in the space of two years to leave Paisley, the 34-year-old falling on his sword following a 1-0 defeat away to his old club Dumbarton that leaves them four points off the foot of the Ladbrokes Championship table.
It was a tenure that didn’t even last seven months as only two league wins from a possible 16 led their manager to walk away from the position that was previously held by Teale.
The ex-Scotland winger had hoped that he would be chosen to remain in the position before the club’s board decided to go in a different direction with Murray. Now those in charge at St Mirren must begin their search once more of finding the right candidate to deliver a team on the pitch that will deliver the success they seek and return them to the top flight at the first time of asking. And as they start that familiar process once more, Teale has urged them to choose wisely and give their new man the support to thrive in the job.
“Ideally as a manager you always want money available for your player recruitment. I learned that very, very quickly,” the 37-year-old told HeraldSport.
“You take the job knowing how much finance is there for you so you can’t complain too much, but I don’t think the club, in terms of them trying to sell it, have that much ambition to try and progress forward really.”
Relating to his own experience of the club supporting him during his spell as caretaker boss, Teale explained: “It wasn’t in terms of money it was just really Kenny McLean. When you sell your best player and top goal scorer in January – who is still your top scorer at the end of the season – who is now performing at Aberdeen, I think everyone understands what I had to work under.
“You also had Ross County and Motherwell to who were strengthening their squads.
“If we had kept Kenny we might have ended up closer. In the end we were only six points off a play-off place. Having more money would have been great, but that one alone I think would have given us a better opportunity.”
Teale refused to be drawn on questions regarding what has gone wrong under Murray, respectfully stating that it was not his position to comment. However, the former Scotland manager cannot help but wonder what might have been if he had still been in charge.
While he will be credited as the manager who went down with the St Mirren ship last season, a lot of damage was done by the time the former Wigan man inherited Tommy Craig’s team this time last year that left the rookie caretaker coach with an uphill task.
“You never know for certain,” he said.
“From a personal point of view, you feel as if you might have been able to make a difference. You can’t say that it would have definitely happened, but I felt that having been in the job five or six months I knew what the club had to do going forward.
“In the end Ian came in with maybe fresh ideas, having to get to know the players and the place. I thought I may have been a little bit ahead in that sense, but there’s nothing written in stone to say I’d have been a success. You just need to trust your own beliefs that you could have made a difference.”
Teale has yet to find a way back into the game since he left Paisley at the end of last season, and the former St Mirren man insists he would not rule out a return if an opportunity ever presented itself.
But no matter who the next man is to take charge on a permanent basis, whether young or old, experienced or not, stability is the key to getting St Mirren back to where he and those around the club believe it should be.
Teale said: “It’s a hard one because I enjoyed my time at the club. I’d have loved to have been in that position. I think I would have progressed it forward because I had an understanding of where it needed to go, but they chose to go in another direction.
“Now they look like they need to try something else again. I think they need a bit of stability and give a bit of time to whoever is in charge, and a bit of backing as well.
“I don’t think there are a million things wrong. Sitting here as a young manager, you need an opportunity. Experience is good but youth brings a lot of enthusiasm and some fresh ideas.
“Ultimately they just need to get things right and put a structure in place. You have to have a plan and know how you are going to do it, whether it’s a young manager or an experienced one.”

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

Thanks BLF

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14144982.Gary_Teale_on_St_Mirren_s_lack_of_ambition_and_what_next_under_new_manager/
GARY TEALE, the former St Mirren manager, has accused the club of lacking ambition in the wake of their latest managerial casualty, while urging them to back the next man charged with turning their fortunes around.
Ian Murray was the fourth head coach in the space of two years to leave Paisley, the 34-year-old falling on his sword following a 1-0 defeat away to his old club Dumbarton that leaves them four points off the foot of the Ladbrokes Championship table.
It was a tenure that didn’t even last seven months as only two league wins from a possible 16 led their manager to walk away from the position that was previously held by Teale.
The ex-Scotland winger had hoped that he would be chosen to remain in the position before the club’s board decided to go in a different direction with Murray. Now those in charge at St Mirren must begin their search once more of finding the right candidate to deliver a team on the pitch that will deliver the success they seek and return them to the top flight at the first time of asking. And as they start that familiar process once more, Teale has urged them to choose wisely and give their new man the support to thrive in the job.
“Ideally as a manager you always want money available for your player recruitment. I learned that very, very quickly,” the 37-year-old told HeraldSport.
“You take the job knowing how much finance is there for you so you can’t complain too much, but I don’t think the club, in terms of them trying to sell it, have that much ambition to try and progress forward really.”
Relating to his own experience of the club supporting him during his spell as caretaker boss, Teale explained: “It wasn’t in terms of money it was just really Kenny McLean. When you sell your best player and top goal scorer in January – who is still your top scorer at the end of the season – who is now performing at Aberdeen, I think everyone understands what I had to work under.
“You also had Ross County and Motherwell to who were strengthening their squads.
“If we had kept Kenny we might have ended up closer. In the end we were only six points off a play-off place. Having more money would have been great, but that one alone I think would have given us a better opportunity.”
Teale refused to be drawn on questions regarding what has gone wrong under Murray, respectfully stating that it was not his position to comment. However, the former Scotland manager cannot help but wonder what might have been if he had still been in charge.
While he will be credited as the manager who went down with the St Mirren ship last season, a lot of damage was done by the time the former Wigan man inherited Tommy Craig’s team this time last year that left the rookie caretaker coach with an uphill task.
“You never know for certain,” he said.
“From a personal point of view, you feel as if you might have been able to make a difference. You can’t say that it would have definitely happened, but I felt that having been in the job five or six months I knew what the club had to do going forward.
“In the end Ian came in with maybe fresh ideas, having to get to know the players and the place. I thought I may have been a little bit ahead in that sense, but there’s nothing written in stone to say I’d have been a success. You just need to trust your own beliefs that you could have made a difference.”
Teale has yet to find a way back into the game since he left Paisley at the end of last season, and the former St Mirren man insists he would not rule out a return if an opportunity ever presented itself.
But no matter who the next man is to take charge on a permanent basis, whether young or old, experienced or not, stability is the key to getting St Mirren back to where he and those around the club believe it should be.
Teale said: “It’s a hard one because I enjoyed my time at the club. I’d have loved to have been in that position. I think I would have progressed it forward because I had an understanding of where it needed to go, but they chose to go in another direction.
“Now they look like they need to try something else again. I think they need a bit of stability and give a bit of time to whoever is in charge, and a bit of backing as well.
“I don’t think there are a million things wrong. Sitting here as a young manager, you need an opportunity. Experience is good but youth brings a lot of enthusiasm and some fresh ideas.
“Ultimately they just need to get things right and put a structure in place. You have to have a plan and know how you are going to do it, whether it’s a young manager or an experienced one.”

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

Gary Teale in the Herald today highlighting a lack of ambition at the top at St Mirren since the Club was put up for sale. That's the biggest problem any new manager has to face.

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

My notes from the AGM:
Formalities:
Accounts accepted, directors re-elected and auditors re-appointed
Accounts:
Directors loans have been repaid shortly after year end using the parachute payment – no interest was charged and there is not expected to be a repeat of the cash flow issues this year.
Depreciation is calculated as a percentage of the build cost of the stadium, but maintenance in an on-going project rather than building up a reserve to offset this.
Excluding depreciation the club broke even.
Sale:
There are expressions of interest all the time, there is 'nothing on the table of any interest at the moment'– the directors are ‘just looking for their money back’.
Access:
Currently awaiting a grant to enable higher level seating for disabled supporters.
Club is currently in breach of equalities act, as vehicle access is restricted.
Manager:
This will be our 5th manager in 2 years, the Board are not in a rush, have to get the appointment right.
Have had 30-40 applicants already, most with little or no experience.
Alex Miller will take charge in the interim (working without a contract), but doesn’t want the job – club wont promote from within – looking for serious experience.
Playing staff:
There is some budget for players, but will mainly need to move players on to bring in new players, the board will not go into debt to improve the squad.
Manager is entirely responsible for signings, he controls his budget – board don’t advise – if the manager wants scouts or additional coaches, it comes out of his budget.
Currently no bids for any of our players.
We have a 33% sell on clause for John McGinn.
Players trained more under Ian Murray than any other manager the board had seen – players we happy with the training on a Sunday – this was introduced on the back of medical advice (warm down/recover).
Commercial initiatives:
Number of initiatives on-going, Car parking, Conferencing, Supporters’ bar but always keen to look at new ideas, this is why Thistle is being played on a Friday night and experimenting without segregation, also trialling early bird pricing.
Other:
Board generally in favour of League Cup changes, would like to see more football player in summer months without a complete switch to summer football.
BBC alba deal is not good for championship clubs, only £3k per game screened, we should not have any further home games on Alba this season.
Meeting closed at 6:45pm

The 17th century like most fans of that club.

iirc the deal was for something like £15m but it worked like this.
£2.5m immediately to pay off the debt.
£6-8m towards building the stadium
the balance in a 'savings' account earning interest. The funds in this account were returned to Tesco at the end of the deal but the interest was St Mirren's to keep - this was spent fitting out Ralston and 'personalising' St Mirren Park. The reason it was set up like that was that Tesco agreed to 'underwrite' the costs of the stadium and the BoD wanted reassurances the stadium would not get half built and we run out of funds. (that's all according to memory, so I am happy to be corrected)

Tesco never 'paid' £15m as I understand it, they allocated those funds to the project then spent the money themselves, better bargaining with Barr etc. Also the reason the directors didn't 'spend more' as such, was that the deal was for an SPL compliant stadium, nothing more, nothing less.
Again - from memory - happy to be corrected!

iirc the deal was for something like £15m but it worked like this.
£2.5m immediately to pay off the debt.
£6-8m towards building the stadium
the balance in a 'savings' account earning interest. The funds in this account were returned to Tesco at the end of the deal but the interest was St Mirren's to keep - this was spent fitting out Ralston and 'personalising' St Mirren Park. The reason it was set up like that was that Tesco agreed to 'underwrite' the costs of the stadium and the BoD wanted reassurances the stadium would not get half built and we run out of funds. (that's all according to memory, so I am happy to be corrected)

I've got to admit I get really suspicious when political parties get involved. The fact that in this case it's the Green Party, who have no power and no chance of power in Renfrewshire never mind the Scottish Parliament or Westminster leads to me to wonder what the point is. I'm not sure I'd back fan ownership either these days. Football clubs should be owned by their local communities not necessarily their fans.
As an example, I support Sunderland and I get down to watch them maybe 4 or 5 times a season. However in terms of running the club, I'd be nothing more than a distant observer passionate about what happens on the park but blissfully ignorant to the effect of decisions being made to the people in the local community.
The renaming of New St Mirren Park is a classic example. Paisley's bid to become City of Culture should have had the full backing of the football club but instead the people running the club saw fit to make a rather grubby grab for £60,000 of council tax payers money. Fans of the club remote who don't pay council tax in the town and who don't use public services probably would be happy with the cash grab, but it's going to have a much different effect on those who are reliant on the council to provide them with safe clean and secure dressing rooms for juvenile clubs to change in, or for those reliant on the local council to repair damage done to goals, nets or even to the 3g parks in the area. I suspect a Community Owned football club wouldn't have gone for the cash grab, choosing instead to play a longer game which would benefit the town and ultimately the football club and I suspect that they would have made a much better fist of running the club than fans.

I have to correct you and myself on this, there has been no bid tabled and this commissioned report is part of the process of forming the details of a bid.
It is a long drawn out process, which is only right as we are not looking at popping down the shop to get a pint of milk.
I personally get frustrated at the time it is taking, but now fully appreciate that it is time well spent.

Indeed only 10 months in the year hmm.. i think it's a consortium of Santa and the Easter bunny who are busy for one month each in a year, nah it's got to be just someone who doesn't realise that a bid such as this takes time and planning and that includes finding funding to make the bid and the needs of the club sustainable.
When there is an agreement that provides hope for a good future for the club, you can join SMISA notabuddie and find out all the ins and outs then.
Anyway "Notabuddie" have a bit of respect for the intelligence of people on here and make up a better story.