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Notice of election process for Club Chair and other Executive posts.

All Club Members should now have received details.

Please check this out, searching in your spam and junk folders if necessary.

Dave Harrold is stepping down as Club Chair and nominations to fill that vacancy closed on 31 March.

Our present Constitution also provides for annual election for all Executive posts. Martin O’Donnell and Alan Speed have indicated their willingness to continue for another year in their respective capacity of Club Secretary and Club Treasurer. Any other member wishing to stand for election to those posts has until midday on April 28th to say so, replying directly to the Club Secretary, supplying the name of a proposer (allowing self-nomination) and a seconder plus a short supporting statement.

Four candidates, all current and paid-up members, are standing for election as the next Club Chair of Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club. In alphabetical order of surname, they are:

Chris Alexander, Linda Collie, Alan Reid & Connor Shepherd.

I’m sure we would all agree that it is a credit to our Club that we have four willing to undertake this role.

On May 1st (or thereabouts) each member of the Club will be sent an email with the means of voting and will also be re-sent the supporting statements for each of the candidates.

Finally, the Report of the Ballot will appear as an item on the AGM agenda and our present Chair, Dave Harrold, will call for proposer and seconder for formal acceptance

– and Bingo we will have a new, incoming Chair for Arsenal Scotland 😉

COYG!

Peter Burnhill

Acting Returning Officer for Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club
17 April 2022

Date for the Diary

Calling All The Lads & Lasses Away To The Toon!

The final Away game of the Season, just after the North London Derby & before the Home match against Everton, Monday, May 16th is a Red Letter Day for members of Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club!

The nearest we get to a local fixture, Away against the Barcodes of Newcastle United at St James’

 Something to look forward to after setbacks and resolve that

On the plus side, fewer Gooners from ‘Down Souf’ might want to face a long trip to Newcastle and back on a Monday night 

Tickets are dribbling in and availability looking better for ASSC members.

1. 1. from Aberdeen through Dundee, Perth, Dunfermline and Edinburgh.
   2. from Glasgow Queen Street, by Strathclyde Park, Abington, Lockerbie and Gretna then along to Newcastle.

Make your plans now

Get your time off work and send your name & squad number with your request by text to Chris Alexander.

If nothing else, be Ramsdale.

Everyone at Arsenal stands in solidarity with the people affected by the crisis in Ukraine.

Today (March 11) Arsenal Football Club announced donation to Save the Children’s DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, an emergency fund which aims to reach millions of vulnerable families and children.

You can donate to Save the Children’s Ukraine appeal here.

Arsenal is launching a first ever Arsenal Ukraine Supporters’ Club and is encouraging fans across the world to join up in solidarity, and to donate what they can o Save the Children when doing so.

You can sign up to Arsenal Ukraine Supporters’ Club here.

Arsenal Scotland supports the following statement made by Arsenal Football Club

We believe that in times of immense difficulty, there is strength in unity. That’s why, after a suggestion from fans, we’re launching the Arsenal Ukraine Supporters’ Club and encouraging our fans from around the world to join in solidarity.

We’ve also been in discussions with our global charity partner, Save the Children, to better understand the heartbreaking situation and where support is most needed. We’ve all learnt that the conflict in Ukraine is forcing children and families into basements and bomb shelters to escape explosions. Many families are being forced to flee their homes and cross into nearby countries with minimal possessions. They need help with shelter, food, and the most basic human necessities.

As a club, we have donated to Save the Children’s , and we’re asking our supporters around the world to donate what they can when they join our newly formed Arsenal Ukraine Supporters’ Club.

You can sign up to Arsenal Ukraine Supporters’ Club here.

You can donate to Save the Children’s Ukraine appeal here.

As the conflict in Ukraine unfolds, Save the Children’s emergency response aims to reach 3.5 million vulnerable children and their families. They’re already supporting families arriving at the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Romania by:

•    Providing urgent, life-saving aid including cash, food and water
•    Setting up safe spaces where refugee children can play, learn and cope with grief and loss
•    Supporting refugees at five reception centres in Romania

Funds raised will help their teams to keep supporting families by:

•    Distributing essential supplies and winter kits of clothing and blankets as temperatures plunge below freezing
•    Providing cash and vouchers assistance to families to meet basic needs like food, rent and medicines
•    Offering vital mental health and psychological support to children and their families
•    Providing access to safe, inclusive, quality education

The creation of Arsenal Ukraine Supporters’ Club and our collective donations to Save the Children follows the support we have already shown including Ukrainian flag armbands worn by our men’s and women’s captains during fixtures, lighting up Emirates Stadium blue and yellow, and a ‘moment of solidarity’ which was delivered during the men’s match v Watford and women’s match against Reading last week.

At our men’s home fixture against Leicester City on Sunday – our first men’s home game since the conflict in Ukraine began – we will also conduct a ‘moment of solidarity’ ahead of kick off.

So we ask our supporters around the world to unite with us in showing solidarity with people in Ukraine. Please make any donation you can to support the urgent needs of children and families there.

Thank you for your generosity.

Vinai Venkatesham
CEO, Arsenal Football Club

A friendly reminder about social media conduct and responsibility.

We remind everyone that the various Arsenal Scotland social media platforms are solely for discussions about The Arsenal Football club and The Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club – nothing else.

In the distant past we had trouble with posts outside these parameters and we established these rules to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and conflict.

Please stick to them, thanks COYG!

Club Secretary

Members please take note

You need to plan well ahead for Newcastle v Arsenal

This game in May is likely to be the last Away match of the Season, check with Arsenal FC.

We therefore anticipate a very high demand for tickets and expect that a ballot draw will be required.

For this reason we will restrict tickets to ‘members only’.

There will also be a special request window for Newcastle v Arsenal tickets: from 27th March until 9pm on 10th April.

So please note those dates in your diaries!

Requests should be made to Chris, as normal, from 27th March. Any requests made after 10th April will go on a reserve list and will not be included in the ballot.

IF we can source more tickets, then priority will be offered first to those unsuccessful in the ballot, and then the reserve list.

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Requests for any other games follow usual procedure: 4 to 3 weeks prior to the game.

We are all extremely proud to learn that Dave Harrold, Chair of Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club, has been voted onto the Arsenal Supporters Forum.  He will serve as the representative on behalf all Arsenal Supporters Clubs across the UK and Ireland for the next three seasons.

The Forum is the key platform for fans and supporters of The Arsenal worldwide to interact with the Club, meeting three or four times a season to discuss a wide range of issues which include ticketing, pricing, policing, community activities and supporters’ complaints procedures. Continue reading “Dave Harrold Steps Up”

It’s All About The Shirt
… & an unbelievable performance.

It was not the first time I had travelled down from Scotland this season to see The Arsenal play. And those first three matches had included a four nil defeat here at Anfield, and even a loss against Everton.

But this time it would be different. I’ve never enjoyed a draw so much. So proud of that unbelievable performance from the lads last Thursday night. A team that plays for the shirt.

Myself and friend had some Scotland flags which we like to proudly wave when Kieran Tierney plays in an Arsenal shirt, declaring support as a member of the Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club.

As some will have seen on TV, I was the one fortunate to receive KT’s shirt after the whistle at Full Time.

It seemed like as in a dream to have KT clocking me at the front with the flag and then making sure that his shirt was getting to me – quite an overwhelming moment and I still can’t believe it actually happened. Continue reading “Under the lights at Anfield”