HTSA: Lee Clark and Ken Davy at Patrons meeting

May 8 2009 by Mel Booth, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

The second-half play featured Ralph Rimmer and Ken Davy, with Ralph leading off by praising the manager for dealing so effectively with all the questions raised.

Ken endorsed that view before giving us a resume of his six seasons in charge of the football club.

This included the 2004 play-off success in Cardiff, and he also told us that Peter Jackson had refused to spend the money from the Chelsea FA Cup match in January 2006 on squad strengthening.

He then threw the meeting open to the floor but had already made it clear that he would not take any questions that he considered had already been answered.

This turned out to be a reference to the issue of the stadium shares.

Instead there were several questions for Ralph on the management of away supporters and on stadium development.

Ralph also dealt with a question on HD One by telling us that the anticipated significant increase in people visiting the site should bring more visitors to the club shop.

The number of companies operating there should also bring many more sponsorship opportunities.

Ken also pointed out that increased revenue for KSDL could mean a reduction in the stadium rental for both clubs.

The answers to other questions to Ken Davy included the following snippets: Adam Pearson’s approach was declined because they didn’t believe it would ever have come to fruition and Town had been used as a “stalking horse”; Town’s rental payments have fallen during his tenure; he was reluctant to come forward to take the club out of administration but there was no-one else to do it.

Ken said he has extended the stadium, built a new shop and a new ticket office, and believes that Huddersfield Town are a solid club to take forward.