BUOYANT Dean Hoyle insists Town are building stability for the future.
The chairman, like the rest of the club’s 30,000-plus fans, is desperate to see Lee Clark’s side clinch promotion in tomorrow’s League I play-off final against Peterborough at Old Trafford.
Whatever happens, however, he is confident Town are on the right road to a productive and successful spell and is not only proud of what the club have achieved so far, but believes fully in what the coming years can hold.
"We are building stability for the future, that’s what it’s all about," said the owner and lifelong fan.
"Hopefully the share issue (at the stadium) is coming to a conclusion, we’ve purchased a training ground for the first time in the club’s history and we’ve put together a fantastic run on the pitch to reach the play-off final.
"The training ground is a huge step. The stadium is great, but our footballers see it once every 14 days if they are lucky, so to have our own base is about putting things in place for the future.
"We have brought in some quality players, the squad is looking good, and we are trying to have stability with Lee Clark as manager long term.
"We are trying to do things correctly on the football side and we are trying to do things correctly off the pitch with our charity fund-raising and by looking after the fans."
Hoyle started a fund among business contacts enabling 800 under-privileged children to go to tomorrow’s final in a move which comes just weeks after the Pedal for Pounds Two bike ride to Brighton (pictured) which raised £250,000 for the Keep It Up Campaign, providing valuable cash for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the club’s Academy.
"Dealing with our fans is the easy part for me because I am one of them," added the man who sat in the John Smith’s Kilner Bank until stepping in to buy the club from Ken Davy.
"I know what they expect, I know how they need to be treated and it all comes naturally to me, because I am a fan.
"I knew what I wanted to hear when I was a fan – I wanted truth and transparency.
"We are on the verge of good things and let’s hope we can achieve the next step in this final. If not, let’s recognise we are in a good position to take things forward whatever happens."
