01/12/07

Hi all,

As John Berylson was over this week I arranged a meeting on Saturday to discuss his views and the recent problems regards stewarding/catering in the last couple of games.

I have been constantly asking people to get in touch regards such meetings and no-one has got in touch, so I asked Nick Hart (Trust/HoF) AldoMillwall (Millwall Online) Keith (NOLU Fanzine) Paul Casella (TLR Fanzine) Bob Asprey (MSC) and the father of someone recently banned. (The ban has since been overturned).

The meeting was mainly John Berylson discussing his plans for the future both footballing and Regen.

Nick and Aldo have written some notes reflecting the meeting.

• Pork Pies, but no longwinded lies - Aldo

• Nick Hart comments from the meeting

People always ask why not all information about players can be put out, the January budget was discussed and JB said that our budget would be above average for this league this alerts people to the fact we have money available and could add the the asking price of players, Aldo has mentioned that JB confirmed O'Hara is a target, this can now alert Tottenham who could put the price up if they are willing to let him go,this is the reason some things should be kept hush.

I honestly think JB has his heart in the right place and as long as we keep him on our side he will look after us, I spoke to him last week regards the recent spate of bannings and he took it on himself to meet all the steward section leaders and told them we the fans should be treated with respect, he also said if anybody continually causes problems they should be banned. He took the time to look into the recent bannings leading to 3 being overturned.

If anyone wants to sit down and discuss anything with the club let me know and I will arrange it.

As always any questions petergarston@hotmail.com

Pete

Nick Hart

Prior to yesterday's game, a group of Millwall fans were invited by Fan Director Peter Garston to meet the new Millwall chair John Berylson and the now vice chair Stewart Till.

In an interesting and wide ranging conversation, John informed the group that the regeneration plans are on course to obtain planning permission for April / May 2008. As anyone who has ever dealt with a local authority planning department will know however, these things are never conclusive.

As part of the planning process, the full plans will be made public. John did though tell us that a high and low rise block of flats will be included as part of the proposal, as well as a hotel and retail units. The Den is a central part of the proposed complex. He stressed that the football club is an integral part of the regeneration. No Millwall, no regeneration was the way that he put it.

The only circumstances in which we will move from The Den will be if we ever needed larger accommodation - for the Premiership, Champions League and so on. Stop laughing at the back please.

Seriously however, I came out of the meeting very reassured. John Berylson is committed to our club and to seeing us through to better days ahead. He is an engaging character, a huge sports fan and someone who has invested heavily into the club. I genuinely think that he deserves the support and backing of all Millwall fans.

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