potter3 Posted 3 May 2007 Posted 3 May 2007 You have to be a nutter to give these people £35!!£5 towards the clun you are buying, £30 to the people running the event for admin fees and the end product is that you will have a 1/50,000th share in Hinckley United! It's the other way round, just about.
Geo V Posted 3 May 2007 Posted 3 May 2007 It's the other way round, just about. I still dont see the point of it. Whats the difference in buying penny shares at Millwall or investing £35 in this venture? I must admit I havent read the full detail but I cant work out how an individual is going to have a real say in footballing matters unless you manage to get 100 mates to all pitch in and vote one of your mates in as manager
Webbo Posted 4 May 2007 Posted 4 May 2007 I still dont see the point of it. Whats the difference in buying penny shares at Millwall or investing £35 in this venture? I must admit I havent read the full detail but I cant work out how an individual is going to have a real say in footballing matters unless you manage to get 100 mates to all pitch in and vote one of your mates in as manager i've registered but not so i can pick the team, and unless the team is fairly local i probably won't bother going to see them either.at £35 a go it's not going to break the bank, it's just a bit of fun.
Thracian Posted 4 May 2007 Posted 4 May 2007 You have to be a nutter to give these people £35!!£5 towards the clun you are buying, £30 to the people running the event for admin fees and the end product is that you will have a 1/50,000th share in Hinckley United! It's rather like having a share in a racehorse. The fun is in being a part of it not being mug enough to think you're going to land a packet. If someone's got the bottle to plug a good idea and gets rich on it but gives me some fun too then good luck to him. It's a sight better than paying £25 quid and extras to watch Sylla or Low. How many fans chipped in to save Leicester City with no earthly chance of seeing their money again?. And how many spent small fortunes on the doubtful pleasure of watching England in the European finals?. Life's a gamble pal and money is just paper. If you make some enjoy it and if you lose some just make some more. Hopefully I'll enjoy this little venture. If not, so what. There's always the next one. And I'm just working on that.
lookwhaticando Posted 9 May 2007 Posted 9 May 2007 Apparently, over 13,000 people have done a Thracian and said "well, it's only 35 notes". A website aimed at recruiting 50,0000 fans to take over a football club has attracted over 13,000 members in the fortnight since its launch.
Webbo Posted 9 May 2007 Posted 9 May 2007 Apparently, over 13,000 people have done a Thracian and said "well, it's only 35 notes". The website has a list of 15 clubs that supporters want to buy, with Leeds United, who have been relegated to League One, currently top of the list. if it's Leeds they can b0l0x i'm keeping my money.
lookwhaticando Posted 9 May 2007 Posted 9 May 2007 The website has a list of 15 clubs that supporters want to buy, with Leeds United, who have been relegated to League One, currently top of the list.if it's Leeds they can b0l0x i'm keeping my money. Not to worry, they won't have anywhere near the capital required to purchase Leeds - not outright and not by themselves, which kinda defeats the purpose. Chance of them taking over Leeds: 0.00001% maximum.
Benji Posted 9 May 2007 Posted 9 May 2007 it's got to be woth 35 quid to get leeds united to sign ade akinbiyi and vote to play him in goal how fun that could be, league 2 here they come
Jon25747 Posted 3 June 2007 Posted 3 June 2007 This website allows true football fans to play some real life football manager! You pay a £35 yearly membership fee and once they have 50,000 members they buy a controlling share in a football team. The plan is then for the members to vote on every issue which then arises, including kit sponsor, selections and transfers! You can vote on which team gets bought but the team which does get bought has to have "manageable debt". I think its a good idea as the team will probably be a lower league team and it will give them a healthy transfer budget, which could be around £500,000. However although it may seem a good idea and a bit of fun for the members involved i wouldn't like my team to be controlled by 50,000 inexperienced manager wanabees! (however, i am one of these wanabees) The website is Myfootballclub.co.uk for anyone interested. Discuss
Jon25747 Posted 3 June 2007 Posted 3 June 2007 This website allows true football fans to play some real life football manager!You pay a £35 yearly membership fee and once they have 50,000 members they buy a controlling share in a football team. The plan is then for the members to vote on every issue which then arises, including kit sponsor, selections and transfers! You can vote on which team gets bought but the team which does get bought has to have "manageable debt". I think its a good idea as the team will probably be a lower league team and it will give them a healthy transfer budget, which could be around £500,000. However although it may seem a good idea and a bit of fun for the members involved i wouldn't like my team to be controlled by 50,000 inexperienced manager wanabees! (however, i am one of these wanabees) The website is Myfootballclub.co.uk for anyone interested. Discuss My appologies for a pre-posted topic!
Webbo Posted 1 August 2007 Posted 1 August 2007 Got this E-mail today. MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE BEING COLLECTED NOW Dear Sir, Our 50,000 target has been reached and £35 membership fees are now being collected. You and fellow MyFootballClub members will buy and own an English football club, and then attempt to guide your team to success. Three football club owners - one from League Two and two from the Conference - have contacted MyFootballClub with a view to sell. It's an incredible endorsement of MyFootballClub and an exciting taste of things to come. BE PART OF FOOTBALL HISTORY AS IT HAPPENS You will be an owner-manager of a unique football club that is capturing the sporting world's imagination. Membership works out at less than £2.95 per month, for which you will enjoy priceless privileges: Vote on team selection and formation Vote on buying and selling players Vote on major club decisions Own an equal share in the football club through the MyFootballClub Trust YOUR FIRST DECISION Membership is £35 per year, with the choice of paying for 12, 24 or 36 months up front. If you can afford 24 months (£70) or 36 months (£105), this will greatly help your football club's cashflow during the important takeover phase. Please note, whether you pay for 12, 24 or 36 months, all MyFootballClub members will have exactly the same ownership and voting rights. YOUR SECOND DECISION While paying your membership fee, you have the opportunity to vote for your original choice of football club or to choose new one. Only votes from paid-up members will count in the final takeover table from which our process of due diligence will begin. Thank you The MyFootballClub Team PS. Right now, members are talking about the latest takeover news on their private forum. To become a MyFootballClub member and take part in the discussion - PAY MEMBERSHIP FEE NOW Over 53,000 have signed up. I'm a bit skint at the minute but I'll probably pay.
The People's Hero Posted 2 August 2007 Posted 2 August 2007 No trouble. Imagine it with one of our positions if we bought Leicester.Nominations for second centre-forward post would present: Fryatt, Hammond, Horsfield, Cadamarteri, McKay, Dodds.... We'd all put our individual votes forward but those based in the socialist heartlands would take a leaf out of the trades union books and get their email introductions to act as a block vote. That would ensure Matty Fryatt, as champion of the Walkers Popular Front, would stay in the team for the whole of the season at least, so long as he periodically issued a verbal public promise to score some goals - sometime. Dodds would struggle through "lack of experience" as would anyone under 21 and, with the Kirby Muxloe youngster finally trotting off to play for Barwell, doctors would report their first cases of block vote syndrome among the fans - at least the three who voted for Dodds. And, after taking a second opinion all three would be committed under the Mental Health Act - not because of the BVS but because anyone voting for Hammond was sure to be nuts. Because he's a good runner Hammond himself would be quickly transferred to a the country newsagents who, in fact, have been tracking him for some time as the man most likely to get the papers out faster. Cadamarteri would only get votes from those who can spell, which wouldn't be enough, Horsfield would be the champion only of the visually challenged and Billy McKay would fail to get a single vote cos his name sounds like too much Billy Blackeye and reminds everyone of Denis Wise. Voting on everything would rejunenate the daily Press. Every appointment would be a potential surprise. Liz Hurley would be appointed fitness trainer, Austin Clark would be the new coach, Gerry Taggart would get the manager's job with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness as his assistants. Who knows, perhas kneecapping would be introduced for bad performances in place of "redoubled efforts" on the training ground. The victim would be decided on the shareholder fans forum in a random draw involving all players who finished matches with a fans player rating of less than 6, In the unfortunate event of Levi being the selected victim, he could either have his head tarred and feathered - or he could stand on a box. It wouldn't be dull, that's for sure. Just found this. Made me chuckle due to the complete lunacy involved. It really does that a bent, warped mind!
Stevosevic Posted 2 August 2007 Posted 2 August 2007 I think this is pretty sad to see. Some of the fans of the club will be devastated, this scheme is going to ruin a football club and some moan about the gap between the Premiership and the Championship, that's nothing compared to this.
yorkfox Posted 2 August 2007 Posted 2 August 2007 A bit more info, £100,000 already rasied. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6914775.stm
Wycombe Fox Posted 2 August 2007 Posted 2 August 2007 £100,035 now then! Might be a good laugh for £35. Haven't told Mrs. Isle of Wight Fox yet. Doubt she'll find it funny
yorkfox Posted 6 August 2007 Posted 6 August 2007 There has been an update on the news about myfootball club at http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/
Wycombe Fox Posted 6 August 2007 Posted 6 August 2007 http://www.dlapiper.com/michael_fiddy/ This is the guy who is heading the legal team to buy a club on behalf of www.myfootballclub.co.uk Ex-MD of Fulham FC! My £35 feels a little bit safer now. Finally told Mrs. Isle of Wight Fox about my 'investment' - she seemed quite excited by the whole thing!
Ultra Posted 7 August 2007 Posted 7 August 2007 Just because 50000+ have registered interest doesn't mean they'll all pay up. Especially once it's decided which club will be bought. At the moment the two most preferred clubs among the membership are Leeds and Forest. The idea of either of those clubs getting a windfall from the likes of us turns my stomach!
Wycombe Fox Posted 7 August 2007 Posted 7 August 2007 Just because 50000+ have registered interest doesn't mean they'll all pay up.Especially once it's decided which club will be bought. At the moment the two most preferred clubs among the membership are Leeds and Forest. The idea of either of those clubs getting a windfall from the likes of us turns my stomach! I don't think a club will be bought until after 50000+ have paid so it could be a long wait. I'm 99% certain that it won't be Leeds (too many issues) and 90% certain that it won't be Forest (cost too much maybe). If it was either of those two I'd be gutted. More likely to be League 2 or Conference (so it could be Leeds in a couple of years!!) with a decent fan catchment area and with a reasonable ground already.
Wycombe Fox Posted 7 August 2007 Posted 7 August 2007 Mind you if it was Leeds then Wise would be my bitch! He'd get bitch-slapped by 50000 of us! "Hey Wise you little tw*t - owned!"
act smiley Posted 8 August 2007 Posted 8 August 2007 Does anyone else think that this idea would actually work, if they weren't picking the team? (Either way, that guy is onto a winner with the immense slice of the cash that he's getting)
Guest Posted 9 August 2007 Posted 9 August 2007 Does anyone else think that this idea would actually work, if they weren't picking the team?(Either way, that guy is onto a winner with the immense slice of the cash that he's getting) The £7.50 per person is somewhere around the £350,000 mark (cant be bothered to reach for the calc). £200,000+ has already gone on legal fees as this has never been done before and the rest has been sued to pay website staff and to create a website from scratch. the details that have been provded regarding the 'phase 3' website (ie the one once we have a club) sound exiting and i dont have a problem with the money being used for this - you have to remeber that away from the club itself there is a website to run.
Ultra Posted 10 August 2007 Posted 10 August 2007 I don't think any manager would take a job on, knowing that selection and tactics would be in the hands of folk who had never seen the team play. I'm not at all convinced that those who came up with the idea have thought it through properly. But I doubt they'd care, as long as they get the money.
Webbo Posted 11 August 2007 Posted 11 August 2007 I don't think any manager would take a job on, knowing that selection and tactics would be in the hands of folk who had never seen the team play.I'm not at all convinced that those who came up with the idea have thought it through properly. But I doubt they'd care, as long as they get the money. I think it would be a coach, just paid to get the players fit, at least if they lost he wouldn't get the blame.Tbh I don't think the idea of the fans picking the team will last very long, I certainly have no interest in doing it, it's just a bit of fun for me.
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