Last night the Supporters Association held their Annual General Meeting in the Hampstead Suite at the club. The existing committee was voted in with no changes.

It was re-iterated once again that the Association are in desperate need of more help on matchdays to assist with selling programmes, raffle tickets, golden goal tickets etc. None of these jobs involve missing any of the game, so if you can help in any way, please see one of the committee.

Due to the bad weather, and fixture pile up last season, attendances obviously suffered, and consquently so did the donation made by the Supporters to the football club. Following the record donation last year of £15,000, the donation from the Association this year saw a drop of almost 50% to £7,665.

Following the formalities, Andrew Landesberg spoke to the supporters present and took a few questions. He reinforced much of what he said in the interview a few weeks ago, and said that we the club needs to be able to pay for itself. Money has been spent on the pitch this summer, and the commercial side of the club is going very well.

He is looking forward to working with Dave Anderson, and feels that the club is already in better shape and feels positive about the new season, although the club are very unlikely to deliver the championship.

New manager Dave Anderson also took time to speak at the meeting, and said that there was no bad feeling between him, Frank Murphy, Curtis Warmington and "JJ" (John Johnson), and that he had in fact spoken to all three of them within the past fortnight.

Dave spoke briefly about the two new signings so far and said that Jon-Barrie Bates is a very strong midfielder, full of tenacity and will be a huge benefit to the squad. The clubs new striker, Ricci Crace who has been signed from Ware is a great prospect, but Dave asked the supporters to be patient with Ricci as he settled into the club. Dave is talking to 3 or 4 other players, and Greensnet will of course carry details as soon as signings are confirmed.

As for players leaving the club, the only definite departure apart from the already reported Richard Wilmot who has joined St Albans City, is that Phil Gridelet, who has moved on. It also appears to be very unlikely that Jon Daly will play for the club either next season, as he is now working shifts for the Metropolitan Police, and the only club he is likely to play for for the time being is the Met. Police, in the Ryman Division Two. We wish both Phil and Jon well for the future.

The injury front is showing distinct improvements from last season. Paul Towler is expecting to play some part in the game against Southend tomorrow night, while Iain Duncan underwent surgery on his knee last week and expects to start training in about six weeks time. Gary McCann is also now reaching full fitness and will play against Southend. Former Portuguese Under-21 international, Gil Gomes, is also hoping to play some part in the game tomorrow night.