WST Accounts 2017

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Final Accounts now posted on the WST web site as of 15th June. they cover the period up to 31st Dec 2017.

[wafc1926]

Excellent set of figures. Well done to all concerned. Our fans are top class.

[Todd Sweeney]

Originally Posted by wafc1926

Excellent set of figures. Well done to all concerned. Our fans are top class.

Agree on both!

Also a good intro to the accounts from Pete Jones. Worth a read.

http://www.wst.org.uk/www3/index.php...l-audited/file

[jonesfach]

Originally Posted by Todd Sweeney

Agree on both!

Also a good intro to the accounts from Pete Jones. Worth a read.

http://www.wst.org.uk/www3/index.php...l-audited/file

Review of the Year
Yet another season has gone by without promotion to the Football League. Yes, everyone throughout the Club is disappointed, but make no mistake that we are on the right road to soon be achieving our number one aim that we all wish for.
Last summer saw the rebuilding of the team by Manager Dean Keates, but not quite the finished article, it was sad to see Dean depart for his home Town club Walsall with nine games left of the past season, with Wrexham still very much in with a shout for a Play-Off place.
Without a doubt Dean’s departure placed the Football Club Board in a quandary. We were all disappointed to lose Dean, but his contract, which was based on the League Managers Association (LMA) standard contract, allowed both parties ‘get out clauses’.
When Walsall first approached the Club to talk to Dean, they were turned down, but with our club having become a decent and fair employer, we informed Dean, as we were obliged to do so, of Walsall’s interest.
Dean initially informed us that he wished to stay, but Walsall offered to pay the ‘get out clause’ on his contract, and Dean insisted he wanted to tell Walsall himself of his decision. However, he was persuaded to change his mind, and as a Club we were legally unable to not let him go to Walsall as per the terms of his contract.
The Football Club Board’s decision to place Andy Davies and Carl Darlington in charge of first team affairs was then taken for the following reasons:
⚫ In 2015 they took charge of team affairs following Kevin Wilkin’s departure and we were unbeaten.
⚫ We were looking for minimal disruption going into the run in.
⚫ Andy and Carl had been involved in all first team matches this season; and they also promoted UEFA Cup winner Stephen Wright from the Youth team to first team duties, as well as continuing with goalkeeping coach Michael Oakes’ input.
Both the Trust and Football Club Board, as well as the coaching staff and players were all as disappointed as fellow members and fans that we failed to reach the play-offs.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank both Dean for the eighteen months he was in charge, and Andy Davies for almost 25 years’ service to this Football Club, and I wish them both well for the future.
I’d also like to place on record my thanks to the Football Club Board for all the hard work that they put into running the business side of our Football Club. Although it was disappointing to see some of the totally unwarranted personal abuse that board members received towards the end of the season, I fully understand the disappointment of fans, but the board, as fans, were also feeling the hurt as well.

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AGM next week.