29 Aug 2018 16:25:38
Hi Ed, i am curious to know why football ownership in the premier league is not like la liga and bundesliga.

i know in bundesliga there is the 51% rule but don't think it is the same in spain but still two of the biggest teams in spain are owned by fans and they have elections almost every few years.

I assume there are no laws preventing fan groups from owning clubs, so why shouldn't fans form associations, charge membership fee and then buy the clubs they supposedly love instead of moaning about owners all the time?

{Ed002's Note - They could not raise the money to buy nor sustain the business.}


1.) 29 Aug 2018
29 Aug 2018 17:08:09
Which ones failed with take over and which ones failed to sutain? And how come the bundesliga teams can sustain? schalke alone has 144k members if i am not wrong. Then why can't clubs as big as united and arsenal with their worldwide support, have a bigger membership association that can take over and susutain the club with yearly membership fee payment?

{Ed002's Note - Sorry, you don’t understand. There were no takeovers. You need to find something else to think about as you don’t understand about this.}


2.) 29 Aug 2018
29 Aug 2018 18:17:51
Exeter City are fan owned, by the supporters Trust, bought the club for £20000, all they had in 2003 after relegation to the conference and taking on a debt of £4.5 million and the owners being done for corruption and they also struggle to produce the money to sustain the club, even in league 2.it would be nigh on impossible for Utd, arsenal or whoever supporters to come up with probably several billion or so to take over. In Germany the 51% rule ment the fans never lost control, but trying to raise the capital to buy back in once its lost would be impossible to coordinate.


3.) 31 Aug 2018
29 Aug 2018 22:09:14
Thanks Ed for the replies.

Eden i understand your point. The value of clubs has sky rocketed and that alone makes it impossible for fans to buy back clubs. Think The UK government should have done more to help with laws governing ownership.

{Ed002's Note - It has nothing to do with the Government.}