NEWPORT County AFC’s only remaining director Howard Greenhaf has reiterated his desire to see the Supporters Trust takeover the club ahead of Friday night's vital meeting... and he’s put his money where his mouth is.

Greenhaf, who is acting chairman after Les Scadding’s retirement, has pledged to give all his shares in the club to the Supporters Trust, as well as vowing to do all he can to ensure a smooth transition.

The Trust and representatives from Supporters Direct will meet at 7pm Friday at the Riverfront Theatre for an open presentation to ANY interested County supporters (you do not have to be a member of the Trust to attend).

And the additional pledge of Greenhaf’s shares should provide a significant boost to the takeover process.

At the County AGM it was revealed that work undertaken and money invested by Greenhaf in 2014 had totalled £373,000, with the sum converted to shares.

Greenhaf however, has revealed he will be walking away from the club after the transition is completed and will have given all his shares back to the Trust, something he agreed to do last month.

“I spoke with members of the Trust in June and told them then that I would happily give them my shares, at the time, it looked possible Les might look to sell his shares,” he told the Argus.

“Obviously that didn’t happen and Les has made it clear he wants to give back to the supporters and I want to support that in any way I can.

“It didn’t seem necessary to announce I was giving my shares away earlier in the week, but I want to do all I can to give more support to the meeting, because it’s very important. Hopefully this news provides another boost.

“The only other ways I can help is by easing the transition and urging people to come along to the meeting, and I am trying to do both those things.”

Argus Sport understands that some of Newport County’s non-executive directors have also offered to remain working for the club to add the Trust as they look to complete a swift takeover.

While Mark Crook and Nathan Blake have both stood down, Kevin Morris remains involved, as does Chris Blight.

And Greenhaf believes it is now time for the whole city to decide what sort of a club they want in the future.

“It’s simple now, it is in the hands of the fans, they can support the idea of a fan owned club and that will be fantastic,” he said.

“If they do that, and everything is structured properly as it will be, then there is no reason Terry Butcher’s budget wouldn’t be increased.

“But if the fans don’t get behind it, if the enthusiasm isn’t there, it will be hard to find the money that will stop us scraping along at the bottom of League Two.

“We want everyone to be behind this and we will do everything we can to support the Trust.

“Everyone who cares about Newport County can play their part now. Hopefully it will be standing room only on Friday.”