Fan Ownership Is the Alternative to Football’s Oligarchs
This week’s chaos at Chelsea exposes football’s complicity in providing cover for unscrupulous billionaires and brutal regimes – the only way to save the game is to fight for fan ownership.
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Will Magee
Will Magee is a football journalist who has written for Vice and the i newspaper.
Borussia Dortmund Fans Are Beating Back Corporate Football
Last month, Dortmund fans voted to prevent their club changing its name, playing home games outside the city or leaving the Bundesliga – a reminder that fan power can stand up to modern football.
England’s Fan-Owned Clubs Show that Another Football Is Possible
From Enfield Town to FC United and AFC Wimbledon, fan-owned clubs are succeeding across the English game – and offering a model for supporters who want to reclaim football from the corporate elite.
Fan Ownership Is the Future of Football
German football’s 50+1 model gives supporters a real say in their clubs and a better culture in the stands – if English fans want to be treated as more than consumers, it’s time to build a movement demanding the same.
How Football Fans Organised to Fight Hunger
Before Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign, football fans were bridging age-old rivalries to support foodbanks – and shame the government over its failure to tackle Britain’s hunger epidemic.
A Manifesto for Football
Labour’s bold plans to reform football – redistributing wealth from the richest clubs, and empowering fans to buy shares and sack directors – could save the beautiful game from the oligarchs.