A Message from Matt Grimes

MATT GRIMES A MESSAGE FROM

Good afternoon and welcome to everyone joining us from around the world for our final game of the Championship season against Queens Park Rangers.

With the season coming to a close, we can reflect on the season which has been one of transition. There have been a number of highs and lows along the way but ultimately we feel there has been progression throughout the season which stands us in good stead ahead of next season.

We were disappointed to see our unbeaten run come to an end at Forest last Saturday, but we will learn from it and make sure we don’t make the same mistakes next season. Today sees Korey Smith and Ben Hamer leave the club, and we’re sad to see them both go. They’ve both played huge parts in what we have been building on and off the pitch and they’re great people so we wish them both all the very best for the future.

We want to end the season on a positive note so will be looking to end with a win to show our appreciation to the Jack Army for their magnificent support this season.

Whether it is home or away, the support has been superb this season and we’d love to be able to end on a high to show our appreciation. Today we welcome QPR to the Swansea.com Stadium, they’re a good side who were around the play-offs for large parts of the season. We’ll approach the game like any other game and will go into the match with the right mentality.

Thanks for your support this season, we can assure you none of it goes unnoticed and we will continue to work relentlessly to be a team you can be proud of.

We’re already looking forward to getting back in for pre-season and starting work on the next campaign to build on what we have already started this season.

Enjoy the game today!

Matt

A MESSAGE FR M DAVE DALTON

So, the season comes to a close with today’s visit of QPR. With neither side having anything to play for, that can sometimes serve up an entertaining end of season encounter with whoever winning today finishing above their opponents in the final league table. And based on our past few games I can’t see this one ending 0-0…

Earlier this week the club held its first annual awards dinner for three years at the Swansea.com Stadium. Around 500 guests and members of the club attended and enjoyed a wonderful evening hosted by the irrepressible Kev Johns who was in great form throughout.

There were some great moments relived of our season and some truly deserving award winners, a full list of whom can be seen on the club’s website.

Among them is the Swansea City Supporters’ Trust Lifetime Achievement Award which has been presented at the club’s awards night since 2007. It has recognised many of the people that have done so much for our club and our supporters and this year is no exception as it was awarded to former Trust Board member and current secretary of the Swansea City Disabled Supporters’ Association (DSA), Cath Dyer. We are all delighted for Cath and this award comes after she won the prestigious EFL Supporter of the Year Award at the Grosvenor Hotel in London as recognition of one individual who has gone above and beyond in support of their club.

And earlier this year Cath won the Football Supporters’ Association Jacqui Forster Memorial Award for her incredible efforts in helping and supporting her fellow fans.

Despite the lack of activity on the pitch in the weeks ahead, the Trust will be continuing its work in a number of areas as we head towards our summer elections.

We are fortunate to have a very diverse and enthusiastic Trust Board that as well as having regular meetings with the club management team are also involved in a variety of supporter related projects and joint initiatives.

The work of the Trust is broad in both scope and volume and is being carried out by a small group of dedicated volunteers each also juggling family commitments, work and other responsibilities and I’d like to take this opportunity to publicly thank them all.

In the coming weeks we will be launching a consultation with members and fans on the future strategy of the Supporters’ Trust. We believe the opportunities for a closer working relationship with the club is more important than ever especially on the back of the recent announcement by the government on the Fan Led Review as reported here by the FSA. This strategy work will ask members and fans to consider the priority working areas of the Trust with the club, and as an individual organisation.

We are committed to creating a forward-looking plan of activity to further the interests of our members and fans within the club and the community.

Furthermore, we hope that this strategy will provide a reference point for the current board in the remainder of their term, along with any new members who join the Trust board as part of this summer’s annual election process which we will update our members on in June.

We recognise that there are many different views on what a Supporters’ Trust should be and what they should be focussed on and there is no better place to share your own position on this by standing for election and joining the board for next season.

If you’d like to find out more, email us at info@swanstrust.co.uk

Have a good break #YJBs

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