davieG Posted 7 December 2004 Posted 7 December 2004 Bet this has pleased the A&L News Foxes Fans Save Up For Players Of The Future Craig Levein with Market Square Branch Manager Rani Banning Foxes fans are being encouraged to boost their savings and help find the Leicester City footballers of the future. The club today (Tuesday) officially launched a new dedicated savings account for supporters - with funds from the scheme to be channelled into supporting the club's Youth Academy. Launched in conjunction with the West Bromwich Building Society, the new Foxes Super Saver Account offers fans an excellent rate of interest and a wide variety of club benefits and promotional offers. Chief Executive Tim Davies said: "This is an excellent scheme which we feel will prove very popular with supporters. "As a football club we need to provide substantial investment to continue to allow the club to develop the cream of Leicestershire footballing talent. "We have teamed up with the West Bromwich Building Society to launch a Foxes Super Saver Account which benefits the club as well as supporters." Fans receive an attractive interest rate along with a host of incentives from free match tickets for early account openers to Megastore and Walkers Stadium discounts, plus a monthly free prize draw. The club will receive an annual payment equivalent to one per cent of the average account balances over the year which will be used to support youth development. Tony Dubberley, General Manager (Sales) West Bromwich Building Society, said: " As a Society we are delighted to be associated with Leicester City Football Club. This club has an outstanding reputation on and off the field and I know fans will flock to support this scheme." Foxes Super Saver accounts can be opened at the Leicester branch of the West Bromwich Building Societ in Market Square, Leicester. All supporters will receive an information leaflet at Saturday's home game with Reading at the Walkers Stadium when the scheme will be officially unveiled. The ultimate lifeblood of any football club lies with the development of its youth policy. And, over the years, Leicester City have been blessed with true world-class players who have graced the international stage with distinction. Gary Lineker and Peter Shilton are two local boys made good who grew through the Foxes ranks. Emile Heskey also graduated through Leicester's youth scheme and into the English national squad. In the current City squad, Matt Heath, Jordan Stewart,Tommy Wright and Richard Stearman have all come through the Academy with honours and into the first team squad.
Cat Burger Posted 7 December 2004 Posted 7 December 2004 Don't use Alliance and Leicester. As much as I hate to say it they are a disgrace, so unhelpful and I've had so many problems with my account. Both the people on the phones and the people in the branches seem to work by this principle: "It's not my problem" A little off the topic but who cares..
Scow Posted 7 December 2004 Posted 7 December 2004 To be fair, West Bromich Building Society doesn't pose much of a threat to Alliance and Leicester. CB - Go with Barclays, I've had no problems with them.
Cat Burger Posted 7 December 2004 Posted 7 December 2004 Cheers, I'm going to change next year when I go uni.
Scow Posted 7 December 2004 Posted 7 December 2004 Co-Op bank!Barclays are evil, stay away 44427[/snapback] Damn, I thought my corrupt plan would work then!
Anish Posted 7 December 2004 Posted 7 December 2004 Don't use Alliance and Leicester. As much as I hate to say it they are a disgrace, so unhelpful and I've had so many problems with my account. Both the people on the phones and the people in the branches seem to work by this principle:"It's not my problem" A little off the topic but who cares.. 44383[/snapback] I agree with you there - I had a fixed 1 year bond with them that I took out last August and which matured in August this year. When I took out the bond I was told that a few weeks before it would mature I would be sent a letter explaining my options and how I could withdraw my money. Needless to say I didn't receive any letter and when I went into the branch in town the woman was extremely unhelpful and her attitude towards me was appalling. It was disgraceful and I won't be using them again unless they have an amazing interest rate or give me something worthwhile for my money
Jonbluefox9 Posted 24 January 2005 Posted 24 January 2005 I know it was announced a while ago but I e-mailed Peter Jones to find out some information about it to help me decide whether I should open one of these savings accounts or not. This was his reply: 24th January 2005Dear Jonathan Thanks for your letter about the Foxes Super Saver Account, which I was delighted to receive as it shows that our supporters are taking notice of this new initiative. First of all, I should explain that the account was set up by the West Bromwich Building Society at our request. We did speak to Alliance & Leicester, who ran similar accounts for us several years ago before they converted from being a building society to being a bank, but they told us that they were no longer able to provide an affinity account so we had to look elsewhere. The West Bromwich have been developing similar accounts for other clubs for some years, and our research showed that they provided one of the best products and that their Leicester branch had an ideal city centre location at 75 Market Place. Once we had an agreement with them, we met with all of the supporter groups to obtain their views on the provider being the West Bromwich, and how money raised should be used by the club. The supporter groups were supportive, and indeed the Foxes Trust quoted this on our launch flyer given out at the Reading and Rotherham matches (and subsequently on their page in the Fox fanzine). All groups were keen that we support the Youth Academy, which matches Craig Levein's first wish when he joined us as manager. The benefits to the club are that we receive an annual payment each year, equivalent to 1% of the average annual balances held. It sounds complicated, and individual accounts perhaps don't make much of a difference, but if lots of supporters open one we can see that the Youth Academy will receive substantial amounts. If we look at similar clubs, Stoke City earned over £700,000 last year, and Ipswich Town £530,000. These have built up over time, but could make a real difference to us. The benefits for you are summarised in the attached folder, in terms of the interest rate, megastore voucher and monthly prize draw - you've probably seen the programme advert about winning David Connolly's shirt as the first prize in the draw which will take place at the end of January. In addition to the benefits, which are the best of any of the 40 or so clubs having similar accounts, if you were to open an account before 31 January, you can also claim two free tickets to the next home match against Crewe Alexandra on 5 February. You will need to go into the West Bromwich branch to open an account, and to take some identification with you. It is probably best to check exactly what you need to take with them, on 0845 456 7450. I can tell you that the minimum balance for a 15 year old is £25, which will rise to £100 when you are 16. Thanks again for your interest. I hope to see your name in the prize draw list in the not too distant future. Thank you for your continued support. Good of him to reply so quickly but I already repect him as a person as I've met him a few times before.
Alexikokopops Posted 25 January 2005 Posted 25 January 2005 Don't use Alliance and Leicester. As much as I hate to say it they are a disgrace, so unhelpful and I've had so many problems with my account. Both the people on the phones and the people in the branches seem to work by this principle:"It's not my problem" A little off the topic but who cares.. 44383[/snapback] My mum's never had a problem with A&L, but I'm gussing from the posts' on gere rgetyre nbot too consitsnat. Nationwide are the best bet. 44580[/snapback] Ntionwide tgkicks AS!!
Collymore Posted 25 January 2005 Posted 25 January 2005 nat west 4 me 44625[/snapback] Natwest have given me tickings off about my gambling and even shut down my ladbrokes account!!!
Steven Posted 25 January 2005 Posted 25 January 2005 I know it was announced a while ago but I e-mailed Peter Jones to find out some information about it to help me decide whether I should open one of these savings accounts or not. This was his reply:Stoke City earned over £700,000 last year, and Ipswich Town £530,000. These have built up over time, but could make a real difference to us. Good of him to reply so quickly but I already repect him as a person as I've met him a few times before. 58429[/snapback] If it can generate that much cash for a club then perhaps it is something to look at.
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