Foxes Trust End of Season Survey Results - Wednesday 27th May (7:30pm) live on YouTube

[davieG]

https://foxestrust.co.uk/surveys/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSKpS5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBnYUhfZjPW8D3044345r2zBMVD6xJuvn_Ft8emm1bu_AC4ntbZapIJc2Dv0_aem_tTLCyZsLcKYNkWz_NLBplQ

[Harpenden Fox]

On 29/05/2026 at 04:52, The Year Of The Fox said:

You know this survey was available to Forest and Cov fans right? 

indeed it was. But as you know most Forest and Cov fans don't know what the internet is.

[Foxes_Trust]

Two of our board members (Steve and Jamie) appeared on BBC Radio Leicester last night for a full episode of the When You're Smiling podcast dedicated to the Trust's End of Season Survey.

 

They covered the 5 Calls To Action and approach to the survey, as well as the latest work of the Trust, via a discussion with Owynn Palmer Atkin and Matt Piper.

 

You can listen back to it via your usual podcast providers or here.

 

[FLAN]

Listened to the podcast and thought both of @Foxes_Trustmembers came across very well 

Pipet raised a good point about decision makers being in the room. I don’t expect Top or Rudkin to be there but it got me thinking. Would anyone who was present have the balls to take this to Rudkin and say number 1 item is to sack you. 
 

my guess is Top will never even know about this survey and Rudkin will never be presented with the real findings 

 

not much the Trust can do about that though 

[Percy Thrower]

Meanwhile the club trot out more pointless 5000/1 match content with it’s fingers in it’s ears. Who gives a sh*t!?

[dnewty]

 

[Foxes_Trust]

On 05/06/2026 at 20:14, dnewty said:

 

Thank for sharing.

 

This appearance on Blue Tinted Glasses, as well as our appearance on the When You're Smiling podcast, should give people a good understanding of the survey process, results and next steps.

[FLAN]

@Foxes_Trust apologies if this has been covered but do you have any confidence the results actually reach Rudkin or Top who are really the only (in)decision makers ?

[1972 Fox]

4 hours ago, FLAN said:

@Foxes_Trust apologies if this has been covered but do you have any confidence the results actually reach Rudkin or Top who are really the only (in)decision makers ?

A very good question. As a paid up member of the Foxes Trust I am appreciative of what they have done with this in trying to hold the club to account, but I imagine that the club will treat the survey with disdain in their normal arrogant way.

 

Action number 1 on the survey is the removal of Rudkin, which the vast majority of us want. Do @Foxes_Trust believe the club will even acknowledge this demand, let alone act on it?

[SemperEadem]

Jamie in particular spoke really well on the radio Leicester podcast.

[FLAN]

Interesting no response to the question on whether they think this info gets to the decision makers? 

[Foxes_Trust]

43 minutes ago, FLAN said:

Interesting no response to the question on whether they think this info gets to the decision makers? 

Let me reassure that it's just a case of capacity. We had a 2-hour board meeting last night (after all of our usual 9-5 jobs) and don't have someone on here monitoring 24/7. Give us a chance!

[Jackubu]

On 08/06/2026 at 13:18, FLAN said:

@Foxes_Trust apologies if this has been covered but do you have any confidence the results actually reach Rudkin or Top who are really the only (in)decision makers ?

My opinion is that they'll definitely reach the levels of Rudkin and others of the C-suite level. Those at senior board level including the new ceo will inevitably have seen and read some of the results 

 

Do I think Top will read and sit there contemplating the results? Probably not. 

[Foxes_Trust]

On 08/06/2026 at 13:18, FLAN said:

@Foxes_Trust apologies if this has been covered but do you have any confidence the results actually reach Rudkin or Top who are really the only (in)decision makers ?

 

On 08/06/2026 at 17:43, 1972 Fox said:

A very good question. As a paid up member of the Foxes Trust I am appreciative of what they have done with this in trying to hold the club to account, but I imagine that the club will treat the survey with disdain in their normal arrogant way.

 

Action number 1 on the survey is the removal of Rudkin, which the vast majority of us want. Do @Foxes_Trust believe the club will even acknowledge this demand, let alone act on it?

The first step was for us to share the results with the contacts at the Club that we engage with regularly. Naturally that is the fan engagement team (Communications Director, Head of Fan Engagement, Supporter Engagement Manager and Supporter Liaison Officer).

 

In that first meeting, it was acknowledged by all present (Trust and club) that those in the room didn't have the power to make every one of our Calls To Action a reality. But we were given assurances that ahead of our next meeting the results would be shared with the appropriate individuals within the Club who do have more decision-making ability on some of the matters covered.

 

Our next meeting will be to discuss actions and next steps now that they have had time to analyse the data themselves and discuss internally. As part of that, we will be making very clear that we would like to ensure the results are seen by all of the relevant leadership team at the club and requesting direct engagement with the relevant people on the Calls To Action where the fan engagement team can't take decisions. We've followed up this week to push on getting that meeting in the diary.

 

We can't guarantee the club will act on everything we have shared. We can guarantee that we will do everything we possibly can to get these results and Calls To Action in front of the people who have the power to make changes.

[davieG]

8 hours ago, Foxes_Trust said:

 

The first step was for us to share the results with the contacts at the Club that we engage with regularly. Naturally that is the fan engagement team (Communications Director, Head of Fan Engagement, Supporter Engagement Manager and Supporter Liaison Officer).

 

In that first meeting, it was acknowledged by all present (Trust and club) that those in the room didn't have the power to make every one of our Calls To Action a reality. But we were given assurances that ahead of our next meeting the results would be shared with the appropriate individuals within the Club who do have more decision-making ability on some of the matters covered.

 

Our next meeting will be to discuss actions and next steps now that they have had time to analyse the data themselves and discuss internally. As part of that, we will be making very clear that we would like to ensure the results are seen by all of the relevant leadership team at the club and requesting direct engagement with the relevant people on the Calls To Action where the fan engagement team can't take decisions. We've followed up this week to push on getting that meeting in the diary.

 

We can't guarantee the club will act on everything we have shared. We can guarantee that we will do everything we possibly can to get these results and Calls To Action in front of the people who have the power to make changes.

Thanks to the FT for all the effort and time they put into the FT, after all we've had 24 years of stagnation within the Trust anyone expecting superfast results is being totally unreasonable.

 

Also take into account the club have placed so many obstacles in the way that were meant to make it easier and quicker in the last few years.

[FLAN]

9 hours ago, Foxes_Trust said:

 

The first step was for us to share the results with the contacts at the Club that we engage with regularly. Naturally that is the fan engagement team (Communications Director, Head of Fan Engagement, Supporter Engagement Manager and Supporter Liaison Officer).

 

In that first meeting, it was acknowledged by all present (Trust and club) that those in the room didn't have the power to make every one of our Calls To Action a reality. But we were given assurances that ahead of our next meeting the results would be shared with the appropriate individuals within the Club who do have more decision-making ability on some of the matters covered.

 

Our next meeting will be to discuss actions and next steps now that they have had time to analyse the data themselves and discuss internally. As part of that, we will be making very clear that we would like to ensure the results are seen by all of the relevant leadership team at the club and requesting direct engagement with the relevant people on the Calls To Action where the fan engagement team can't take decisions. We've followed up this week to push on getting that meeting in the diary.

 

We can't guarantee the club will act on everything we have shared. We can guarantee that we will do everything we possibly can to get these results and Calls To Action in front of the people who have the power to make changes.

Thanks for responding. 
Based on how we see the club being run I doubt anyone in the room with you feels confident enough to take that info to Rudkin, Top or anyone else “in power” without fear of repercussions for themselves. 
If the media put more pressure on it might help but the local media are too concerned with maintaining access to hold them accountable. 
 

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, FLAN said:

Thanks for responding. 
Based on how we see the club being run I doubt anyone in the room with you feels confident enough to take that info to Rudkin, Top or anyone else “in power” without fear of repercussions for themselves. 
If the media put more pressure on it might help but the local media are too concerned with maintaining access to hold them accountable. 
 

Whether it’s communicated through the club or not, you’d expect the media coverage to alert Rudkin. People like Henry Winter are really supportive of trusts, so will always share that discontent to a wider audience as well 

[deep blue]

Just like to add my thanks to the Trust team.  You've given an awful lot of your personal time to this over the last few months.  Your work appears to have been very professional and thorough in your approach.  It raises hopes of being effective, too, and I hope you manage to keep on pushing at the club to get better communication from "those that count" to the fans.

 

Thanks again.

[tcrofts]

7 hours ago, FLAN said:

Thanks for responding. 
Based on how we see the club being run I doubt anyone in the room with you feels confident enough to take that info to Rudkin, Top or anyone else “in power” without fear of repercussions for themselves. 
If the media put more pressure on it might help but the local media are too concerned with maintaining access to hold them accountable. 
 

Radio Leicester had members of the Trust on last week, taking about the survey and the calls to action.

[Freeman's Wharfer]

10 hours ago, FLAN said:

Thanks for responding. 
Based on how we see the club being run I doubt anyone in the room with you feels confident enough to take that info to Rudkin, Top or anyone else “in power” without fear of repercussions for themselves. 
If the media put more pressure on it might help but the local media are too concerned with maintaining access to hold them accountable. 
 

That’s the difficult dynamic isn’t it?!

 

Not easy to get direct to a Thai owner who is barely around and whose English proficiency came across poorly in his last spoken interview…

[FLAN]

7 hours ago, tcrofts said:

Radio Leicester had members of the Trust on last week, taking about the survey and the calls to action.

I doubt Top or Rudkin listen in 

it needs to be talked about in press conferences for any hope of exposing them to it