About the Viking Supporters Co-operative

The formation of the Viking Supporters' Co-operative represents a milestone in the relationship between the club and its supporters.

We will be five years old in August 2006. We have 640 members and almost £100,000 worth of shares in Doncaster Rovers. There are about 120 trusts, 30 of which have directors on their club boards.

Members have the opportunity to buy one (or more) shares in the society at £15 each. In addition to that there will be a small annual membership fee to pay of £10. We will then take the money that is raised and use it to buy shares in the club on behalf of the members

In return for our efforts, the club have given us a directorship on your behalf following our formal launch in August 2001. Members are able to attend the Society's annual meetings and raise issues that they would like to have heard at board level as well as hearing news direct from the boardroom. The whole scheme is totally democratic and all members have a vote on the issues that they care about.

Many schemes like this exist at other clubs and they have been proven to work. There are now 56 trusts, 9 with supporter-directors have established trusts.