Fancy being part owner of a football club in the UK. Heres
your chance
http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk
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That is just going to get messy! Can you imagine heaps of
people all trying to play Championship Manager with a real
club. It is going to be impossible.
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you wont realy get a say
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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Brilliant idea!
From an ownership point of view it's nothing new. They're effectively just selling shares in a football club. Some disgruntled Manchester United fans have already done this on a smaller scale with FC United of Manchester (FCUM) in the Unibond league. This is also similar to what was originally touted for financing the Phoenix i.e. many small shareholders.
Making decisions by democratic vote is a bit of a stretch. But from a fan's point of view is it any stranger than putting all your faith in some mad ex-player? Will the decisions made really be that different?
Great experiment - will be interesting to see if it really happens.
From an ownership point of view it's nothing new. They're effectively just selling shares in a football club. Some disgruntled Manchester United fans have already done this on a smaller scale with FC United of Manchester (FCUM) in the Unibond league. This is also similar to what was originally touted for financing the Phoenix i.e. many small shareholders.
Making decisions by democratic vote is a bit of a stretch. But from a fan's point of view is it any stranger than putting all your faith in some mad ex-player? Will the decisions made really be that different?
Great experiment - will be interesting to see if it really happens.
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I got my notice today, it'll be great to see who the buy.
Great fun!
Great fun!
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Interesting but not new
If you have a club you support in the UK its likely they have
a supporters trust which is similar to this I'm a member of
ArabTrust - the Dundee United Supporters trust which costs me
�15 a year. Arabtrust is
the 2nd largest shareholder in DUFC and we have about 300 members
we get a rep on the board of directore (as well as 3 directors
being members of the trust)
Its the way to go, Barcelona and Real Madrid are owned by
their members which is ultimately where they are going with the
supporters trust idea
Don't think I'd be that happy if this lot bought my club but
if they manage to get Leeds I'd have a good laugh
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Interesting but not new
If you have a club you support in the UK its likely they have
a supporters trust which is similar to this I'm a member of
ArabTrust - the Dundee United Supporters trust which costs me
�15 a year. Arabtrust is
the 2nd largest shareholder in DUFC and we have about 300 members
we get a rep on the board of directore (as well as 3 directors
being members of the trust)
Its the way to go, Barcelona and Real Madrid are owned by
their members which is ultimately where they are going with the
supporters trust idea
Don't think I'd be that happy if this lot bought my club but
if they manage to get Leeds I'd have a good laugh
Same with Thistle. Members of the Jags Trust are part owners
of a million shares and we have a rep on the Board of the
Club.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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I've paid up, cost me just under $100. I'm hoping for
Accrington Stanley for no other reason than I like the sound of the
name. I stopped following British footie awhile back, ever
since the beautiful game turned into the corrupt game, not that
long after the EU rules outlawed restricting "foreign"
players and big money stepped in. Thus the attraction of the
A-league, at least for the near future.
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