After much discussion on the bus on the way to Sheffield Weds ( ok it was five minutes shouting across the aisle), the Chairman has agreed to contribute intermittently to the website by the way of the section which has been duly christened “Charley Says”. We have left it to the Chairman’s discretion to the actual content of said section, but the inaugural wise words were “you wanna be putting a picture of Charley says, with the music from the Prodigy on it”.

So here is the picture at least, and I am sure the world will be waiting with bated breath to the updates!

Pre Season Friendly Games 2016

Members Andy Yates, Paul Yates and David Poole made the trip over to Ireland for the two games at Shelbourne FC and Shamrock Rovers. They were pleased to bump into the Ripon Whites,  namely Mr Kev Hunt and Heath Ochiltree, as well as other branch members Ben Simpson and Arron Grange. They were joined by John Farrell later on in proceedings.

As usual, the trio kept to the low, publicity shy profile that they are renown for whilst they were there, at least that’s what Andy said, you can make up your own minds about that.

The branch would like to extend a thank you all the people who they met out there, who made the trip so enjoyable. Andy would like to make a shout out to the Navan Whites, who he tried to get in shot for the photo but failed miserably ( see below).

We are obviously disappointed that we failed to get Statler and Waldorf to sign up to the branch, there’s always next season. The newly washed branch flag has been safely returned in one piece, as have the Yates brothers.

Unlike last season, Andy failed to secure at least one picture of himself and the current Leeds manager. Last preseason I believe he chased Uwe Rosler half way around the pitch, along with a load of people in balaclavas , to get the photo. It didn’t bode well for Mr Rosler, as he was sacked not very long into his tenure. I can’t say what happened to the people in balaclavas either.

Here’s to the start of another season, hopefully we will go up as champions.

Thanks to Andy Yates and Paul Yates for the pictures as ever, please follow us on facebook at Harrogatewhites for any further updates. Anyone wishing to join the branch, please use the form or contact the branch secretary directly at pjmcmanus2011@yahoo.co.uk

MOT

Football is back!

Welcome to old members and new, we will try to keep to a monthly update as much as possible this season and potentially have an away match report ( depending on availability of said reporters).

Monthly Branch Meeting

Branch meeting will be this Sunday 14th August 8pm at the Londesborough Club. We will be taking bookings for future away games at Sheffield Weds, Notts Forest and Cardiff. We will also be discussing plans for Cardiff away and other long distance away games. The minutes of the branch meetings and those of the LUSC exec meetings will be continued to be emailed out this season to all branch members who have provided us with a valid e mail address.

Away Matches

Pre season games in Ireland were attended by various branch members, pictures and reports in progress as we speak. The Guiseley and Peterborough games also had branch representation.

Buses have been run to both QPR and Fleetwood Town as joint ventures with other supporters groups. The branch will be running buses to Sheffield Weds, Notts Forest and Cardiff, but we have no plans to run transport to Luton Town in 2nd round of the League Cup.

LUSC 250  Draw

The 250 draw is held every two weeks at the LUSC exec meetings. All branch members can buy a share in the draw, at the cost of £26 for a full season. Normal draws are for three prizes of £20, £15 and £10, with special draws every 10 weeks with prizes of £300, £200 and £100. All proceeds of the draw help towards supporting the LUSC. The branch holds shares in this draw and any winnings go towards branch funds, which help subsidise coach travel and any events which branch members attend. We are pleased to report that the branch won £200 in the last draw and the Secretary won £15 in the previous draw. Any branch member wishing to buy any shares in the 250 draw should contact the Secretary.

LUSC Sponsored Player

It has been unanimously agreed that the LUSC continue with the sponsorship of Calvin Phillips this season. Whilst our branch does not have sufficient funds at present, it is hoped that should we ever achieve a good financial position, this may be something that we can consider in the future.