The Fans’ Conference was formed in October 2010. The club’s fan liaison officer Johnny Moore and the then Trust chair Ashley Brown called an initial meeting with Pompey’s many Supporters’ Groups to explore the feasibility of direct communication between fans and the Club.
The aim of the Conference was to discuss all matters that affected the fans’ relationship with the club from the state of the ground to the nature of information made available to fans about the future of the club. Fans hoped to cement a closer relationship with the club as stakeholders rather than customers.
During the period of Trust and President ownership, the TGFC became a key forum for fans to meeting with the club CEO, FD and other officials to receive updates on changes in the club and ask questions/provide feedback. Since the sale of the club to Tornante, this is continuing the dialogue and relationship between the fans and the club.
It was named in honour of Tony Goodall who was a commited and passionate advocate for Fans rights and sadly lost his life in 2012 during the fight to save PFC.
Minutes from the Tony Goodall Fans' Conference are published on the Portsmouth FC Website and can be found HERE.
If you have any questions or comment on the Conference please email trustmatters@pompeytrust.com
The TGFC Aims and Objectives
Aims:
- To be an autonomous body providing a meeting point for all Pompey fan groups and stakeholders.
- To have as its chief purpose the facilitation of communication between fans, PCFC staff and the PCFC Board.
- To provide a discussion forum for all issues relevant to stakeholders in PFC as and when they arise.
Objectives:
- To create subgroups of TGFC to meet with the club to discuss operational issues and provide fan input to the club at an operational level.
- To hold, at a minimum, bi-monthly meetings to hear the outcome of subgroup meetings.
- To provide a forum for communication and discussion between fan groups, stakeholders, the Pompey Supporters Trust and the Club on all matters relevant to the fans and the club not covered by the sub-groups.
- To enable representatives of member groups to communicate the discussions at TGFC and its subgroups to their membership on a regular basis.
- To enhance communication between the fan-base and the Pompey Supporters Trust.
To this end the Trust will be a member of conference and be represented on all subgroups where practical.