Asset of Community Value (ACV)

On the 17th of July 2024, three well known City Supporters, Nick Kitchen, Lenny Berry and the Trust Chair, Manny Dominguez met up with BBC reporter Aisha Iqbal at Valley Parade to be interviewed about what the stadium means to them in light of the listing of the ground as an Asset of Community Value or ACV.

The interview is now written as a BBC news article. It is well written and covers broadly all what was said.

We believe the ACV is a matter of transparency once the owner of the stadium announces an intention to sell. Fans’ reps should be consulted and involved in discussions about the issues important to supporters such as the stadium.

Collectively, football supporters are the largest stakeholder of football. And it should be remembered that without football fans football is nothing. It is very much reliant on our passion and love of our football clubs and stadiums.

Therefore we have an obligation to consult our members and the wider city support base to encourage as much discussion and debate to see if there is a mandate for community ownership.

The listing of the ground can give confidence to City fans that the Trust has their interests at heart.

To listen and watch the interviews, please click below.

What is an ACV?

Here is a really good explaination about how the ACV works from Supporters Direct. In England and Wales they merged with FSF to become the Football Supporters Association (FSA) in 2016