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Reminder on Renewal of Membership

Renewals

Members are reminded, as notified by the Club Secretary in email sent on Sunday, 28th May, all Arsenal Scotland memberships end on midnight 30th June.

Renewals are not automatic. Anyone wishing to continue as a member, Social or Full, must confirm that they wish to renew by that date, 30th June, by sending. a text to our Membership Manager, Mike Buchanan, stating your name and your existing membership squad number; the names and squad numbers of family should be listed for family membership.  

If you are late with your renewal for any reason, you will need to reapply as a new member at the new member rate. (Note also that such application has to be made before 31st July 2023.

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Annual General Meeting

AGM

We are very pleased to announce that the AGM for Arsenal Scotland will be held ‘In person’ in Glasgow on Saturday 22nd July at 3.00pm to 4.30pm.

Our last planned ’ In person’ AGM was in Aberdeen in 2019, then Covid hit us in 2020 preventing a gathering and the next two Annual General Meetings in 2021 and 2022, were held virtually. At this time we have no plans to include ‘virtual attendance’ at this year’s AGM.

Instead, the venue will be the Committee Room No.9 (Upstairs) at 18 John Street, Glasgow.

A full buffet will be provided, together with a ‘free welcome drink’ for each member attending – that’s one voucher only 😉

All Members and selected guests are welcome, please come along – and do please let us know in advance so we can do the catering 🙂

COYG!
Victory Through Harmony.
Martin O’Donnell
Club Secretary
Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club
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Upcoming Fixtures & Ticket Information

Fellow members:

As this season moves towards its finale, andone which we all hope will be a huge success for Arsenal, here is some important information about requests for the remaining match ticket, including the deadlines for making requests.
Please note: TICKETS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY. 
This means:
  • MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE REQUIRED AS ID WHEN TICKETS ARE HANDED OVER
  • NO TICKETS WILL BE POSTED IN ADVANCE UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ARRANGED
The following deadline dates will not change even if the actual fixture dates are changed for TV purposes. In match-date order, the fixtures and corresponding deadlines are:
 
Man City Away – Fixture 26th April  Tier 1 match 
All Tiers may apply however Tier 1 members are drawn as priority.
Deadline date 29th March 3.00pm
* Window now open
 
Chelsea Home – Fixture 29th April  Tier 1 match 
All Tiers may apply however Tier 1 members are drawn as priority.
Deadline date 1st April 3.00pm
* Window now open
 
Newcastle Away – Fixture 6th May  Tier 1 match 
All Tiers may apply however Tier 1 members are drawn as priority.
Deadline date 8th April 3.00pm
* Window now open
 
Brighton Home – Fixture 13th May Tier 1&2 match 
All Tiers may apply however Tier 1 and Tier 2 members are drawn as priority.
Window open 1st April to Deadline date 15th April 3.00pm
 
Nottingham Forest Away – Fixture 20th May  Tier 1, 2 and 3 
All Tiers may apply.
Window open 8th April to Deadline date 22nd April 3.00pm
 
Wolves Home – Fixture 28th May
All Tiers may apply however Tier 1 and Tier 2 members are drawn as priority.
Window open 16th April to Deadline date 30th April 3.00pm
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Arsenal’s Top Four at The Willow’s

Arsenal Sweeps In As Winners

Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club is delighted to share the praise given to the winners of the London Football Awards, as hosted by The Willow Foundation on 13th March.

That the awards for Manager, Player, Young Player and Goalkeeper all went to Arsenal’s Fab Four is both impressive and well deserved.

But we are  just as happy to see that The Willow Foundation maintains its high profile, as it should do, inspired by Megs Wilson and our club Honorary President Bob Wilson.

The Willow Foundation provides Special Days and Treats for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds. Bob, of course, is an Arsenal Legend who represented Scotland as goalkeeper.

Arsenal Scotland are proud to be associated with Bob and over some 15 years, our club have raised and donated around £40,000 to the Willow Foundation.

Martin, Club Secretary

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Scam Ticket Alert 

Scam Ticket Alert 

We have had report of a ticket scam for Home matches for some of our members.

The supposed sellers, making out that they were from another Supporters Club [*], ask for a deposit which they then don’t refund.

If you have been affected by this, please contact Martin, our Club Secretary:

clubsecretary@arsenalscotland.com 

* We would like to thank the Arsenal West Midlands Supporters Club for alerting us to this.

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Match Ticket Requests

All Members should note!

Tickets To See The Arsenal

Please ensure that you only apply between 4 and 6 weeks before the date of the fixture, as is as standard procedure.

The work of the Ticket Team is now much more demanding, so we are are not  “putting names down” or making up any ticket lists for any Arsenal game more than 6 weeks away. Any such requests are being ignored and deleted.

If in doubt, before sending you request, double-check with the fixture list on the Arsenal FC website,

Remember, earlier lists of fixtures can change as deals are done with the broadcasters.

COYG!

 

 

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Twas the Season for Giving

Blessed with The Arsenal being TOTL …

… during the countdown to Christmas, and wanting to share the joy,
Gooners in Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club (ASSC) made their annual donations to local and deserving beneficiaries.
ASSC covers all regions of Scotland, and the Reps from each local group were enabled to chose how to use their donations of £1,250 in cash or in kind.
Gifts were made to the following:

The Hermeny Education Trust in Edinburgh

Instant Neighbour / Giving Tree for children in Aberdeen

The Childrens Unit at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy

The Trussell Trust Foodbank appeal in Glasgow

The largest donation was made collectively by several club areas to:

Team Lukas fundraising initiative.

This will help Lukas Thomson, the son of one of our members, return to the NAPA Center in Los Angeles to have further specialist treatment. 
In 2017, Lukas become unwell with a virus which attacked his heart resulting in myocarditis. He later went into cardiac arrest, requiring 30 minutes of CPR and placed on an ECMO (heart and lung bypass) machine, saving his life. Lukas also suffered a stroke following the cardiac arrest. Four months followed in the neuro rehabilitation ward where he had to relearn how to talk, eat and move.
Lukas has worked so hard and can now stand, and walk a little with assistance.
His goal is to be able to run around the garden with his younger sister, something we all take for granted. It is hoped that more specialist treatment will help Lukas achieve his goal.
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Tis The Season To Be Hopeful

Seasons Greetings Gooners!

May I take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year.

Not only looking forward to the Festivities but at last a chance to watch The Arsenal Play on Boxing Day, by one means or another.

I’d particularly like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during what has been a very challenging period for ticketing for Club members. Your messages of support and gratitude to the Ticket Team is very much appreciated.

I would especially like to thank Martin O`Donnell, personally and on your behalf, for all his  on going work with Arsenal FC regarding tickets for supporters clubs.

Finally, have great festive period, enjoy that We Are Top of The League! and stay safe.

Your Chairman

Chris Alexander

COYG!

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Ballots Likely For All Home Match

All members please note

It is most likely that all requests for tickets for Home matches will have to be balloted, with immediate effect and until further notice.

This is because requests from Supporters Clubs are being heavily capped by Arsenal Football Club. This applies to all Supporters Clubs. This is a recent change in policy and all Supporters Clubs are likely to be challenging this.

As far as Away matches are concerned, we are playing this one game at a time.