An introduction of fans' group Help The Hatters, taken from Saturday's edition of True Blue -

Help the Hatters exists to provide practical support to County, particularly in respect of creating and maintaining facilities that will help sustain the Club into the future, e.g.

* maintaining and upgrading of the Manor Farm training facility
* supporting Stockport County's Centre of Excellence
* encouraging / supporting junior supporters

What motivates us here at Help the Hatters is our collective desire to see County survive and thrive for generations to come. We all willingly volunteer our spare time to further the aims of the group and provide direct practical support to the Club.

We only hold meetings when we can't avoid it, and most of the group are generally engaged in actually doing practical things, such as working down at Manor Farm, helping to run one of our famous giant car boot sales, or selling t-shirts on matchday (home and away).

We strive to be self-sufficient, so funds are raised in order to buy the things we need, e.g. to kit out Manor Farm. We never gift money to the Club, that's not our game at all. What we are about is spending money on County, with their blessing of course.

In short, we want our efforts to be a lasting legacy, irrespective of how many owners come and go over the years. It doesn't matter to us who owns County; we are about supporting County, not the owner.

All of the above sounds a bit dry really, doesn't it. I forgot to mention that we have a great laugh together in pursuit of our aims. If you would like to get involved with Help the Hatters, please contact us via our website www.helpthehatters.co.uk, particularly if you are the young energetic type. Oh, go on then, you oldens can get in touch as well!

DID WE MENTION THE LOTTERY?
Don't forget that we want you to sign up for the County Gold Bond Weekly Draw with us, Help the Hatters. Then, not only can you rest assured that you are providing direct financial support to County, who invest the money in the Centre of Excellence, you can also be certain that the commission generated is also invested back into the Club, even the money payable when your number is drawn out as a winner.

So please visit our website (www.helpthehatters.co.uk) and sign up for the Lottery today. It is our aim to become the largest Lottery agent supporting Stockport County.