Coventry City Football Club, in response to criticisms of failing to keep the fans informed of the goings on at the club, are to set up a group of associate directors who will keep the City fans informed of the latest news.
The man proposed to become the chairman of the new Associate Directors Advisory Group is a current associate director of Coventry City David Shortland.
Vice chairman of Coventry City Football Club Mr John Clarke said, “We have been together as a group for several years after the previous regime approached us about supporting the club in a number of different areas,” said the estate agent who, like his fellow associate directors, invested £100,000 in the club under a scheme designed to reward their outlay in the event that City got promoted to the Premier League.
“The present owners are looking for us to formalise the arrangement with the establishment of advisory board so that we can give further help on a range of projects.
“All the members of the group are locally based business-owners and we will act as a sounding board and listening post so that we can feed up local issues and feelings from supporters and the local business community.
“The Associate Directors are all long term supporters of the club and believe our help can be of real assistance to the Sky Blues.”