New FAB

[chrisw1]

New look FAB

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/august/27/new-look-fan-advisory-board-meets-at-villa-park/

Fan Advisory Board

Grant Adams
Karl Bowater
Sarah Breslin
Andrew Carlill
Maninder Grimshaw
Craig Hamilton
Nick Hoskins
Jag Kalaar
Joanne McKibbens
Susan O’Brien

Hand-selected by the club.  I'm not sure if these folks represent me or not tbh.

[Legion]

Total waste of time. Grant is a decent bloke.

[Crown Hill]

Seems to be a lot of box ticking for minority groups.

Which has its place but they now massively outnumber the mainstream which is a bit odd for a supposed representative group.

I only know one and they had a career working professionally in the football industry so seem to be a bit of an insider for this role.

On the other side of the coin the bulk packages for Europa League were welcome but the Ckub probably struggling to shift tickets anyway and that seemed to be a pre determined PR exercise to announce at this meeting.

[Olneythelonely]

Good to see a nice range of ages there.

[Legion]

Karl Bowater rings a bell as well.

[Olneythelonely]

Seems to be a lot of box ticking for minority groups.

Which has its place but they now massively outnumber the mainstream which is a bit odd for a supposed representative group.

Are you looking at the same picture as me?

[chrisw1]

Karl Bowater rings a bell as well.

I don't know him personally, but he is part of Black Country Villa Lions Club.  A Holte Ender and seems a decent choice.

[Crown Hill]

Seems to be a lot of box ticking for minority groups.

Which has its place but they now massively outnumber the mainstream which is a bit odd for a supposed representative group.

Are you looking at the same picture as me?

I’m going on the organogram of why each appointed!

[Olneythelonely]

Seems to be a lot of box ticking for minority groups.

Which has its place but they now massively outnumber the mainstream which is a bit odd for a supposed representative group.

Are you looking at the same picture as me?

I’m going on the organogram of why each appointed!

Ok, but that doesn’t show that minority groups massively outnumber the “mainstream”, even if you add them all together.

[Duncan Shaw]

In the article about it, it said they have agreed to open the lower grounds at half time for people in the lower holte.

[eamonn]

The Fabs, cool, will try check 'em out, when are they on tour?

[dave.woodhall]

Grant's a top bloke. I think Karl was on the old FAB. He's okay as well. Sue O'Brien has a lengthy record of working in football but why she's joined is a bit of a mystery. Joanne represents the disabled supporters association and Sara is involved with one of the women's groups - I was never sure which one.

Overall, though, I can't see any of them causing much fuss. Going through interviews is strange and anything with FSA input I treat with scepticism.

[jwarry]

I probably should know this as an H&V member for 20 years but are any of these people from H&V?

[dave.woodhall]

I probably should know this as an H&V member for 20 years but are any of these people from H&V?

No. In fact there's no-one from anybody the forums/websites/blogs, which says something.

[Hookeysmith]

I probably should know this as an H&V member for 20 years but are any of these people from H&V?

No. In fact there's no-one from anybody the forums/websites/blogs, which says something.

None of them asked or turned the opportunity down?