Life of Dfcss part 6

Last updated : 27 February 2014 By Shaded

December 2005 - Hibs Trust website

ERIN Hibernian Supporters Trust would like to put on record our thanks to Dee4life Trust for the hospitality and friendship shown to our Trust members prior to the match v Dundee Utd. on 3rd December. Dee4Life hosted members in the executive lounges at Dens Park prior to the game which was greatly appreciated by all who attended.

The hospitality and reception afforded to our members was of the highest order and demonstrates the close link between Football Trust members nationwide.

May 2006 - Mileson to help fans buy Dundee

Gretna owner Brooks Mileson is to help Dundee fans in their bid to become the major shareholders at Dens Park. The Dee4Life Trust voted on Saturday to launch a fundraising campaign to buy 33% of the shares in the club. Click here to read the full BBC online article.

June 2006 - D4L team up with shirt sponsor

Dee4Life have teamed up with shirt sponsors Signatures4U and Dundee Direct in an initative to generate funds.... Click here to read full Evening Telegraph article.

June 2006 - Dee4Life begin dash for cash ure%20dundee.gif

DEE4LIFE TRUST are launching their fund-raising campaign at Dens Park tomorrow, with the aim of increasing their shareholding from 5% to a minimum of 26%. Click here to read the full Courier article.

June 2006 - RST Support D4L Ure Dundee campaign (Rangers Supporters Trust)

The Trust are delighted to announce our support for the Dundee Trust's 'URE Dundee' campaign to increase their shareholding in Dundee FC Find out more about 'URE Dundee' via this link. DFC Club shirt sponsors Signatures4U have teamed up with Dundee Direct and Dee4Life in an initiative to generate funds for the Trust's campaign.

Signatures4U (www.signatures4u.com) supply all manner of sports memorabilia, with a particular focus on the football industry. The company is in its first year of trading but has already gained a large market share of the memorabilia industry, with targets of becoming the largest in the Uk within the next year. The company are hugely excited about the forthcoming sponsorship of DFC and wanted to be actively involved in the Dee4Life campaign for all of the fans (including themselves).

Signatures4U are to make available their full range of footballing merchandise at the Dundee Club Shop. 40% of the price of any sale will passed onto Dee4Life and further to this, any online sales made during the period of the Trust's campaign (which is to run to 31st July) will also return a similar sum.

Therefore if any RST member would like to buy themselves a nice piece of sports memorabilia while supporting our fellow Trust, please click the graphic below.

August 2006 - Dundee creditor draws line at share investment

A BUSINESSMAN who fell foul of Dundee Football Club’s financial woes is unwilling to invest in fans group Dee4Life’s campaign to achieve a majority shareholding in the club. Click here to read the full Courier article.

August 2006 - Shareholding update (The Courier)

Fans group Dee4Life have—taking into account pledges as well as hard cash already banked—succeeded in their efforts to raise the funds required to acquire a 26% stake in Dundee from owners Peter and Jimmy Marr. They intend now to try to raise a further £83,000 which would be sufficient, if that could be converted into additional shares, to make them the largest stakeholder in the club.

February 2007 - Black day for Marr brothers' companiesmarrs.jpg

George Knight, the director representing fans’ organisation Dee4Life, said the bank has said the statement concerning the financial restructuring referred to in the media is still valid. Click here to read the full Courier article.

February 2008 - Ray Farningham on Gretna's financial difficulties (Daily Record)

RAY FARNINGHAM came through the crisis which rocked Dundee five years ago but fears he won't survive at Gretna.

"I know too well from my time at Dundee the devastating effect administration can have on a club. "The good thing about Dundee was the fact they had a fan base, history and tradition to fall back on when those really hard times kicked in. "The fundraising efforts of Dee4Life went a long way to saving the club. They rallied round and raised a quite staggering amount of money.

"Unfortunately Gretna don't have those sort of resources or level of backing from fans. That's my biggest worry. There just isn't the same sort of community compared to an established football club like Dundee."

July 2008 - Take a look at what other clubs Trusts have done (Dunfermline Trust website)

Dee4Life (Dundee FC) - With a membership of just under 4000, Dee4Life is the biggest Trust in Scotland and in the top 5 in the UK with their fans efforts bringing them back from the edge of extinction.

October 2008 - D4L welcome Bennett role

Dee 4 Life have welcomed news that John Bennett will still have a role to play at Dens Park (writes Graeme Finnan) - click here

April 2009 - Dee4Life’s pledge for fan

Dundee Football Club fans’ group Dee4Life has pledged £500 to help the family of Kevin Murray, the Scotland fan who died in Amsterdam, repatriate his body. click here

August 2009 - Fans could own Dens

Negotiations may have stalled, but there remains a possibility that the not-too-distant future will see ownership of Dens Park change hands. If that happens, fans’ group Dee4Life are likely to become the eventual guardians of the home of Dundee Football Club. click here