January 2005 - Dee4Life seeks continued support
DUNDEE FC Supporters’ trust Dee4 Life has appealed for fans to continue to support fund-raising initiatives on behalf of the cash-strapped club. Click here to read full Courier article.
January 2005 - Trust to obtain 5% stake (The Courier)
DUNDEE fans’ group Dee4Life is to obtain a 5% stake—approximately three million shares—in the club in return for their financial backing of the Dark Blues. The move, which was agreed last summer but only announced yesterday, will be formally ratified at the club’s annual meeting, which is scheduled for April.
January 2005 - Marrs handing Dundee shares to fans' group (Scotsman)
DUNDEE co-owners Peter and Jimmy Marr are to surrender some of their Dens Park shares to allow supporters group Dee4Life to strengthen their stake in the club.
Dee4Life raised more than £160,000 to aid running costs while administrators took drastic action. The new issue will see the trust acquire a five per cent holding, which could allow them to increase their stake to up to 20 per cent in future by way of annual lump sum investments.
Dundee chief executive Peter Marr said: "There will be clubs in Scotland which will look at Dee4Life and their achievements with a degree of jealousy as they have set the standard for supporters groups in Scottish football and proved what can be achieved."
March 2005 - Dee4Life Trust celebrate first avviversary
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March 2005 - Time for Dundee to move on - Chairman
DUNDEE FC chairman Bob Brannan has called for the club to be allowed to move on from the “blackest chapter” in its history. Click here to read the full Courier article.
“In Dee4Life, Dundee can boast of the most successful supporters’ movement in Scottish football...their energy, ambition and vision are integral to the club’s future" - Dundee Chairman Bob Brannan
April 2005 - Dalek joins Dee4Life campaign
Dundee supporters trust Dee4Life will hold another major fund-raising event at Deja Vu tomorrow night. Click here to read the full Courier article.
April 2005 - Dundee Creditors to get 2.5p in £
BUSINESSES OWED money when Dundee Football Club went into administration are to be paid just two-and-a-half pence in the pound, it emerged last night.
In his chairman’s report, Bob Brannan pays tribute to the efforts of supporters—in particular the Dee4Life fans group—during the fight to survive administration and debts well in excess of £20 million. Click here to read the full Courier article.
May 2005 - Dundee relegated - Provost urges fans to back club
"Obviously Dee4Life will do everything they can and get the fans together to help the club as much as we can" - click here to read the full Courier article.
May 2005 - Fans’ new bid to boost ailing club
SUPPORTERS’ TRUST Dee4Life last night launched an ambitious plan to pump £120,000 a year into relegated Dundee FC through a direct debit scheme. Click here to read the full Courier article.
Around 400 members of the trust were given details of the proposal at a “positive” meeting in the Dundee Supporters’ Club.
September 2005 - Dee4Life Trust to formalise Trust status (The Courier)
Meanwhile, the Dens Parkers are holding an extraordinary general meeting tonight to formalise the status of the Dee4Life Trust.
Shareholders are being asked to ratify changes to the share capital of the company and alter the Articles of Association. The net result will be Dee4Life’s right to have a representative on the board being confirmed as well as their stake in the club rising—thanks to a like for like share donation being made by Peter and Jimmy Marr—to around 5%.