Our Junior Supporters Focus Group visited Christopher Park to watch first team training and to 'grill' manager, Shaun Maloney!
- Our Junior Supporters Focus Group visit Christopher Park!
- Our Junior Supporters Focus Group visited Christopher Park to watch first team training and to 'grill' manager, Shaun Maloney!
- 12 Junior Latics fans, who were recruited last summer, formed the Focus Group - with the aim of the concept being to increase junior fan engagement
We were absolutely delighted to welcome members of our Junior Supporters Focus Group to Christopher Park recently.
12 of our Junior Latics fans watched the first team get put through their paces by Latics manager Shaun Maloney, before taking the chance to put their questions to the Gaffer. From pie fillings to picking his all-time five-a-side team, Maloney certainly had to think long and hard about his answers and was really taken aback by the quality of the questions.
Having recognised the young supporters as the future of this Football Club, Maloney was more than happy to be open and transparent about a range of subjects and personally thanked them for their contributions as both supporters and part of the Focus Group.
The visit to Christopher Park was the perfect way to repay and reward the Junior Supporters Focus Group, who have been meeting regularly over the last 10 months to discuss ways to improve junior fan engagement and the matchday experience at the DW Stadium, as well as plan fun-filled events for young Tic fans.
The Junior Supporters Focus Group have recently starred in our DW Stadium Tour video and was instrumental in the creation of a Junior Membership scheme. They will continue to play a huge role in the coming months, and future plans for the group include the creation of a Junior Support Liason Officer role and a 'Youth' Focus Group to include different age groups.
Watch the full video of the Junior Supporters Focus Group taking in training at Christopher Park, and 'grilling' manager, Shaun Maloney below...