Steve Foster has provided the latest TASC column in advance of its appearance in the Robins' Review of 23 January 2010:

The Altrincham Supporters' Club (TASC)

Good Afternoon, and welcome to Hayes and Yeading for our first game of 2010. Who would have thought when we beat Wrexham on the 15th December that this would be the next home game we would play? A full month and a week on! The postponement of all the recent home games has caused the club and TASC problems. The club has lost significant sums of money due to the postponements too. They need all the support that you can give. So please support the upcoming events, or try to bring a friend to the games. Every little bit we can give helps!

New Year's Draw

The New Year's draw has had to be delayed due to the lack of opportunities to sell tickets. Can you help TASC by selling tickets? If you can spare a few minutes, please help us - whether by buying tickets yourself, or helping us to sell more tickets at the upcoming couple of games. Please come to the shop and volunteer, or see any of the ticket sellers around the ground.

SOS - Strengthen Our Squad

TASC has launched a Strengthen our Squad campaign to raise £3,000 by the end of January. Obviously, this has also been hampered by the postponements. Please donate generously, this could be the difference between Graham being able to bring in a player, or even keep his current squad! Donations can be placed in the bucket collection at half time, by cheque or by payment online.

We would like to thank everyone for their generous donations at the Wrexham Trophy game; the bucket collection raised around £40.

Goal/Clean Sheet Sponsorship

TASC have taken over the running of the Goal Sponsorship scheme from Jon Stack. If you are interested in sponsoring the Club for all the goals we score, every clean sheet we keep, every goal scored by any individual player or every penalty save by any of Alty’s 3 keepers, please contact TASC either by email or by post to Altrincham Football Club at the usual address, or by phone on 0161 928 1045 and asking for Karen.

All proceeds from this scheme will be channeled into team strengthening. We will be updating you during the season on how much your sponsorship has cost you and we propose that the money should be paid, as before, in a couple of instalments. At the end of the season, a framed photograph of an image of your choice from a selection will be sent out to you. TASC will be contacting the sponsors to arrange payment for the first half of the season in the next few days.