The idea of the website, My Football Club, is that members sign up and pay £35 a year to buy an equal share in a football club.What makes this idea different to a club owned by a Supporters trust is that each member gets an equal vote on almost every aspect of the running of the club, from picking weekly formations, transfers to staff appointments, all backed up by reports from the head coach, videos of training and matches etc.
There won't be a manager as the members will in effect be both the manager and chairman (in a Football Manager kind of way).
The driving principle behind the idea is for football fans to be more involved with football in an age where some fans feel alienated by millionaire footballers, expensive ticket prices and hostile take over bids for clubs.
The site is waiting for at least 50,000 people to commit to paying £35 (which will give a purchase fund of £1.375 million) and when this is received members will vote on which club to try and purchase; the most popular choice at the time of writing is Leeds United.
I've already registered for the site as I think it would be an interesting project to the involved with.
So far 31,479 people have registered an interest - will you be 31,480?
Links
My Football Club website
BBC Sport article: Fans given club takeover chance
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