Mr Atkinson, a director of successful haulage firm Maxi Group, joined the board last year with Chris Stewart as they looked into the potential of a CIC buying the 52 per cent shareholding chairman Stewart Gilmour and the other directors had put up for sale.
Details of exactly what this will involve are likely to be revealed in the next few days, however Mr Atkinson gave an interview to the Scottish Sun today - the first time he's done that.
The interview can be found at http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3498901/We-must-give-Saints-back-to-Paisley.html however Mirren Mad has gone through it and picked out the key quotes, before offering our thoughts.
"I've not got involved in this because of a desire to have my name on the wall. I was not brought up a St Mirren supporter. I've always been interested in football, but I was never any good at it. My motivation on this is not on the footballing side - it's the community side."
This may put a few minds at rest as many people had worried just why Mr Atkinson and his pals wanted to buy the club. However, it's interesting to hear him say he has always been interested in football as I have previously been told this is not the case.
"What I've been trying to get across to everyone is that we should not be viewing St Mirren football club as a wee team. This is a boutique football club up against two multi-national international brands. But no one sees Waitrose running scared of Sainsbury's. They view themselves differently, but both still sell beans."
My main thoughts here are we need to get the guys at the club some media training - this is up there with Danny Lennon's comments about hyenas!
"What we can give people is the feeling they're part of it. There will be an elected board from all the members of the Community Interest Company. They will decide the direction of the club in terms of the decisions which matter to them. That could be the price of tickets, what the strips look like or what the policy is towards player recruitment. No one has tried this before on this scale, but that doesn't mean it won't work."
This sounds interesting - although it's worrying we're effectively guinea pigs for this proposal. However, it all smacks a bit of the MyFootballClub idea, where punters paid some cash and got to mess about with the club - which never really came to fruition.
"Where we're up to today is that we believe we can bring the funding in which allows us to buy the shares. It's not money in our back pockets, this is not a done deal, but it's in the pipeline."
Eh? Stewart Gilmour said on the radio last night the funding package was in place!
Finally, the important bit...
"We also believe there is the interest within the community - on an individual basis we're talking about a few hundred people paying a nominal membership fee every month. We've been working in the background to reach a stage where we can at least go to the supporters and say 'here it is'. If the interest is there then people can buy into it, take control and utilise the asset and the brand which is there."
Again, the idea of someone paying to have their say. However, why should someone who already spends cash going to see the team and perhaps on merchandise stump up more money - especially if they already own shares in the club, which are going to be rendered worthless when this goes through? And what happens if the interest isn't there?
So, hardly the most revealing interview from Mr Atkinson. Let's just hope things become clearer when the details are released and fans are allowed to ask questions at the series of meetings.
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