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Those affected adversely I'd guess. Why? You sign an agreement and the other party changes that afterwards.

Maybe you could remember some of Grizzlyg jokes ,that's when most of them come from. I'm sure I paid £300 up front with nothing more required to gaurentee a vote for ever. With the option of voluntarily paying something every month but not a requirement. But things did change a lot over the years after that first year. All got a bit confusing if I recall correctly 🤔

For the avoidance of any doubt. I am a legacy member. But I also still pay a direct debit, so Im not arguing from a selfish perspective. Just trying to see it from both sides and find a middle ground.

Certainly not a Tory! Its just simple fairness. Not that hard to understand.

Aye folk greetin about paying £300 12 years ago. pffffft. Sounds like suhin a Tory would whine about.

so 12 year ago folk would have paid either. £300 (£2.08 per month) £1000 (£6.94 per month) £5000 (£34.72 Per Month) £25000 (£173.61 Per Month) First two tiers should be telt they need to start contributing. I'd give the 5k tier a year more. and the 25k tier is fucking insane. I hope no one did that at the time.

Your subtle sarcasm seems wasted mate, given your post got a confused emoji.

i really dont get this obsession folk have with players that really didnt do much with us that are so easily replaced. i shall say this i shall remember Seddon for his media shorts than what he served up on the pitch so that itself says it all.

Yeh we should try and avoid the types like seddon that have had over 200 competitive appearances before joining us.

Maybe. I can’t remember what I did yesterday, never mind in 2013. Thanks

Lets not turn this into a who paid what. The whole point of the Society is to bring everyone together. Legacy members should be protected and current members should be treated fairly. There are many who fall into both categories. Im sure the current Well Society Board are reading this and aware of the feelings on both sides. I trust them to do the right thing.

I can maybe clarify some stuff as I and a few other contributors on here were involved as a sounding board by Leeann and Derek Weir. From the club website in 2013: https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2013/03/19/well-society-sign-up-night/ Junior Steel Membership – £25 (for juveniles under 15) Steel Membership – £300 Claret Membership – £,1000 Amber Membership – £5,000 1886 Membership – £25,000 The annual fee was to keep your benefits alive (which at the time were pretty substantial), from memory Amber benefits for an annual renewal fee of £1,000 maybe? you got stuff totalling way more than annual contribution. Not paying the annual fee did NOT affect your voting rights, just access to the benefits as per your tier. The £300 barrier to entry was something they were aware of at the time and DD's were floated at launch but there were fears it had financial compliance issues with the WS being a provident society. A few years down the line Hearts blazed that trail and we embraced it but more as a means to appeal to a wider audience to attain £300 steel membership (and beyond if you wished) in easier to swallow chunks. It was not sold as a universal adoption by all members, more it would be nice if you did. I can recall from when £5 was deposited new members post 2015 got their membership pack and voting rights which caused some consternation at the time, over them getting to £300 deposited, maybe it was part of the sales tool to boost membership.

Surely this has to be about aligning the people who paid a lump sum for life membership and who aren't contributing any more with the people who are contributing monthly - and also so that there isn't a situation where people join en masse to get voting rights on certain issues. I suppose it's just about putting everyone on an equal footing - and I get that some people have paid in thousands - so if some people have more benefits than me it doesn't bother me at all

Lionel are better player than the other two IMO Just a shame he didnt always turn up Lionels ability coupled with Humphreys attitude would make some footballer

We got 300k in compensation due to the fact that he was developed by Motherwell Just asked he who knows more than me - my brother and he said he thinks we will be due something but not a massive amount

I just wish once,,,,, just once, that we’d sign a pacey winger, a Chris Humphrey, a Marvin Johnson, I’d even celebrate a Lionel ainsworth. I know to some folk just now it’s old fashioned football and they are not “in style” but for the purpose of entertainment and getting to the bye line and whipping a cross in….. give me wingers all day long.