PUBLISHED: 21:28 04 December 2018 | UPDATED: 21:33 04 December 2018 Stuart Watson Paul Lambert applauds the Ipswich Town fans following Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest. Photo: Pagepix Pagepix Ltd 07976 935738 Ipswich Town manager Paul Lambert pleaded with fans to drop any animosity they feel towards the club at the end of a tense PLC AGM tonight. More than 100 shareholders were in attendance at Portman Road after the club had earlier revealed their accounts for the financial year ending June 30, 2018.In what is a continuation of general themes during Marcus Evans’ decade-plus ownership, a pre-tax loss of £5.2m was posted and the debt – owed exclusively to 87.5% majority shareholder Evans – increased to £95.5m.MORE: Catch up on what was said as Lambert, Milne and O’Neill faced questions at PLC AGM“I sense a bit of animosity towards the club, I can feel it,” said Lambert, after watching managing … [Read more...] about Lambert’s plea for fans to drop ‘animosity’ at end of tense shareholders’ AGM
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Michael Bailey: A Norwich City AGM – but not as we’ve known it
Opinion Norwich City's key personnel were on hand at the club's annual general meeting at Carrow Road. Picture: Denise Bradley Archant In his weekly column, Norwich City correspondent Michael Bailey colours in the AGM lines and looks forward to renewal in Swansea. So often Norwich City’s annual general meeting has come with a sense of trepidation – and yet the 2018 vintage never felt likely to join them.By the time the shareholders were arriving, there was never any doubt.The sight of Delia Smith, Michael Wynn Jones and other board members greeting people was the first sight that something had changed around both the event and the club. I’d almost become attached to the idea of City’s top brass being locked safely in a room deep in Carrow Road waiting for the guests to arrive, before they took their lengthening parade to the top table – generally in silence.Derby manager Frank Lampard will be among those now hunting down Daniel Farke's … [Read more...] about Michael Bailey: A Norwich City AGM – but not as we’ve known it
Michael Bailey: Sales, signings, sausage rolls and Stone – six things we might learn from Canaries’ AGM
Opinion Sausage rolls - they have their own unique place in Norwich City AGM folklore. Picture: Archant Archant It’s annual general meeting time but what will we learn from 2018’s effort? Norwich City correspondent MICHAEL BAILEY wonders aloud… Sporting director Stuart Webber will still have plenty of Norwich City questions to answer - but surely this year they will come with a significant degree of optimism? Picture: Denise Bradley1 – Taking Norfolk’s optimism temperature It has taken years of work to get the Norwich City annual general meeting to where it is now – something that for some, generally sends a shudder down the spine.Not many clubs do it the way the Canaries do – the official business, followed by an open question and answer session that has both helped build careers and reputations, and torn them down. Quite clearly, Glenn Roeder’s was never the same again.I remember asking Jez Moxey two years ago – … [Read more...] about Michael Bailey: Sales, signings, sausage rolls and Stone – six things we might learn from Canaries’ AGM
‘I believe we’ll stay up… I plan to be here for a number of years’ – what Lambert said at Supporters’ Club AGM
PUBLISHED: 20:56 01 November 2018 | UPDATED: 21:13 01 November 2018 Stuart Watson Paul Lambert has signed a contract to be Ipswich Town manager until 2021. Photo: Ross Halls Archant New Ipswich Town boss Paul Lambert is confident he will save the club from relegation and insists he hopes to stay in charge for years to come. The 49-year-old replaced Paul Hurst in the hot-seat last Saturday and takes over a side bottom of the Championship table and five points adrift of safety after 15 games.Last night he took part in a 45 minute Q&A session at the Supporters’ Club AGM at Portman Road and was directly asked if, having signed a contract until 2021, he would stay on if relegation to League One did occur.“I like your optimism there!” quipped the experienced Scot, whose last three jobs – at Blackburn, Wolves and Stoke – have all lasted less than a year.MORE: What else was said at the Ipswich Town Supporters’ Club … [Read more...] about ‘I believe we’ll stay up… I plan to be here for a number of years’ – what Lambert said at Supporters’ Club AGM
Barratt CEO confident of winning key AGM votes
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest housebuilder Barratt <BDEV.L> is "very confident" of winning votes at the firm's AGM on re-electing its chairman and gaining shareholder approval for the chief executive's remuneration package, its boss told Reuters. Shareholder advisory group the Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) is advising shareholders in Barratt to vote against re-electing chairman John Allan, who is also the chairman of Britain's largest supermarket chain Tesco <TSCO.L>. "They've (PIRC) also recommended against some other perhaps more minor resolutions but that is not the general view of the voting agencies and we are very confident that the resolutions will be passed by the vast majority of shareholders," CEO David Thomas said. In a trading update on Wednesday, Barratt said it had started the 2019 financial year in a strong position and was confident of delivering a good full-year performance. (Reporting by Costas Pitas, Editing by Paul … [Read more...] about Barratt CEO confident of winning key AGM votes