Community clubs are great. I really love the model. But they do have a ceiling of when they stop being competitive. Especially in a place like England where to reach to the top level of the Championship and Premier League, you need to have huge sums of money behind the team. It's maybe why I like the German system of sharing ownership at the top level between the community and financial backers who make it possible for Bundesliga clubs to be competitive at the top and in Europe.
I would love to see similar implemented and promoted in Australia as I feel it more deeply connects people to their club. But there are also plenty of people already deeply connected to their A-Leagues team or NPL/local club.
well forget in most case's going EFL let alone EPL.
Wrexham is the prime example of late. Without the 2 yanks resource originally and then luring more key sponsers we're talking big $$$'s I have been following it BUT i wonder how many of the local folk will hang in later on.
Their old identity will be getting washed down in time AND costs will lift ofcourse.
The price of success ? I don't know. I feel their last few years is success, I think I'd sooner stay in Championship or lower retaining that old feel for the EPL even though my long time fav Club is there its a different world.
I agree on the German 50+1 rule.
It is a good model barring how RB earned their way up but thats the outlier.
This system would work very well here IF implemented I feel.
Sure there is currently a % that are hard on supporters but not enough.
The system is stale and makes it hard for neutrals or general interested footballers/families to bother attending games after their own commitments.
I have invested sponser funds a number of times but its like pissing in the trough, front shirt sponser, ground signage, supplied kits etc but Club management treat you like a number, all they care is getting your $$ and play you and you don't really see the Club evolving as well as it needs.
Thats at NPL2/3.
Then at local association/Club, they bleed left/right centre, sponsered my own Club Team a number of times, hey great I see my branding, I'm not after a ROI but the Club overall struggles to make ends meet with the rising costs/council rates and dribbles that come from regos/Feds/FA.
They are trying to source $2M odd to help support getting synthetic pitchs, this last season we suffered some 6/7 wash outs, season ruined.
Their struggle is one of thousands right across the country naturally.
Womens toilets etc need upgrades etcetc....
A community funded system would really help getting somewhere alot quicker than the Feds/FA getting $$ down to grass roots.
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