AFC Wimbledon / FC United

[redfox]

two clubs set up by, owned and run by their fans:

http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk

Set up by Wimbledon fans after their previous club got shut down and moved to Milton Keynes.


http://www.fc-utd.co.uk

Set up by former Man Utd fans who were priced out of supporting Man Utd and fed up with the club's commercialism and the Glazzer takeover.

 

[fcukcov]

and your point exactly?

 

[MKFox]

and your point exactly?

Redfox? I think 'Redwine' would be a more appropriate name....

 

[fcukcov]

Redfox? I think 'Redwine' would be a more appropriate name....

no dont get it, is it coz he is lukewarm?

 

[MKFox]

no dont get it, is it coz he is lukewarm?

No, it's because he seems pissed....

 

[redfox]

this is a group for football supporters, so, i posted two links that are interesting because they are actually clubs set up and run by their supporters.

in the current era where money dominates / ruins the game - and some clubs are threatened with going under completely - i think that fans actually owning their club is a very good idea. i hope there will be many more clubs on this model.

redfox

 

[Joe_Fox]

I agree, it's a shit situation and AFC Wimbledon are great lads, really good stuff IMO. :icon_cool

 

[Willlow]

Watched soccer am and the brentford fans said that they are doing the same thing and trying to buy the club! :icon_wink

 

[fcukcov]

maybe we should expand Still Shocking FC into Still Leicester FC.....

 

[No.6 Muzzy Izzet...]

Watched soccer am and the brentford fans said that they are doing the same thing and trying to buy the club! :icon_wink

i think this has happaned with greg dyke (former bbc guy) spearheading the cause

 

[MKFox]

maybe we should expand Still Shocking FC into Still Leicester FC.....

:icon_razz
Good call, send your cash to me, I'll be treasurer...

 

[fcukcov]

:icon_razz
Good call, send your cash to me, I'll be treasurer...

Ill be chief equality officer .......

 

[redfox]

yeh i heard that brentford had been bought out by the fans as well. also lincoln city i think.

there is a difference between a club run as a co-operative (all profit goes back to the club) and a club that's just been bought out by a fans consortium (run as a business to make profit still), but either way, as more and more clubs are threatened with going broke fans will have to step in to save them.

Leicester Foxes or Leicester Fosse would be good names for a Leicester version of an FC United.... but obviously you'd need a lot of fans to want this, and players / coaches etc. to set such a team up. Really it would only happen if the real Leicester City were closed down or became too expensive to watch / too commercialised etc etc. I guess a fan's buy out is more likely. I'm sure we'll be going bust again soon so who knows what could happen.


Redfox

 

[MHS]

yeh i heard that brentford had been bought out by the fans as well. also lincoln city i think.

there is a difference between a club run as a co-operative (all profit goes back to the club) and a club that's just been bought out by a fans consortium (run as a business to make profit still), but either way, as more and more clubs are threatened with going broke fans will have to step in to save them.

Leicester Foxes or Leicester Fosse would be good names for a Leicester version of an FC United.... but obviously you'd need a lot of fans to want this, and players / coaches etc. to set such a team up. Really it would only happen if the real Leicester City were closed down or became too expensive to watch / too commercialised etc etc. I guess a fan's buy out is more likely. I'm sure we'll be going bust again soon so who knows what could happen.


Redfox

There are lots of clubs in worser situations than ourselves. We survived once, and we will again if we ever get into a situation like we did 3 years ago.