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INVESTIGATIVE REPORT GUEST POST FOLLOW-UP: FOOTBALL CLUB OWNERSHIP! February 2, 2008

Filed under: Guest Postie — duotangoflies @ 1:10 pm

Peeps.  My wife is hungover and sleeping in, so I have time to brew up a rare and unusual WEEKEND post.  Huzzah!

A while back, I extolled the virtues of MyFootballClub, which was - at the time - an embryonic idea to actually go out and buy a football club in England and basically run the thing.  Well, the Club has been bought - a 75% share for now - and things are flying.  Indeed, Ebbsfleet United are challenging for promotion to the Football League proper and are deep in the local cup competition. 

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So, in case you were worried that this was a great big scam, it’s not.  Well, the club shop may be; my shirt has yet to arrive that I ordered in November, but that’s neither here nor there.  As one of roughly 27,000 owners, I have a 0.003% share (for now, this will go down over time *alas*) but, more importantly, I have a voice in how the club is run, what guys play, what we should spend our cashmoney on, etc.  Anyone in Toronto thinking that MLSE is a piece of crap and is killing pro sports for the *joe punchclock fan* like me should totally join up.  Not convinced?  How about some quasi-communist clip-artwork themed just so?

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Check out all sorts of goodies:

Main page: http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk
Ebbsfleet United: http://www.eufc.co.uk
Podcast: http://podme.libsyn.com/rss/My-Football-Club
BBC report on the approval of the sale: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/7190175.stm

Anyhow, I think this is awesome and must stress that it’s for reals and for seriousnesses.  It’s not a game, it’s real-life and it’s totally awesome.  I guarantee* that you’ll love it and will also renew your love for sport and ergo your will to live.  Capital!

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* not a guarantee in any sense of the word

 

One Response to “INVESTIGATIVE REPORT GUEST POST FOLLOW-UP: FOOTBALL CLUB OWNERSHIP!”

  1. kentish_maid Says: February 4, 2008 at 6:22 am

    Hi Jeff - I’m also a member of MyFC/EU (albeit in England) and was v interested to read your blog.

    You write “As one of roughly 27,000 owners, I have a 0.003% share (for now, this will go down over time *alas*” , suggesting that membership will inevitably grow, but will it? The take up of second year memberships seems to me to be slow. (I guess people are waiting to see how it all pans out before committing?) I wonder if people will find the degree of involvement that we have is sufficient to sustain their interest.

    I will stick with it for sure, and I hope it grows and grows. I’m just not so sure that it will. I wish I had your optimism.

    Sincerely, kentish_maid

    PS I found your site through a Google Alert for Ebbsfleet United. +Come On The Fleet!!+

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