So Pilkz has just posted about this in the Chat Thread, so I thought it could be good for discussion.
Here's the full article: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/blackburndarwenhyndburnribble/9169044.Rebel_Rovers_fans_to_set_up_FC_Blackburn/
So, what are your thoughts on fan made clubs?
In my opinion, a fan made club should only be made when the original club has gone out of business. The best example of this would be AFC Wimbledon, and look how well they have done. In these circumstances, fans are left with no club to support at all, so they pretty much have to create their own.
On the other hand, clubs such as FC United and AFC Liverpool are made by people that to me aren't good fans. Clubs like Man Utd and Liverpool will never go out of business like these small clubs do, it's impossible. They have massive worldwide followings and generate millions every year. So despite having a dodgy board and some owners, they still have a quality side that compete for trophies each year. The fan made clubs for these are pointless and pathetic, you should stick by your team through the good and the bad times in my opinion.
Your thoughts?
A GROUP of disaffected Blackburn Rovers fans, angry at the direction the club is taking, have revealed plans to form a new football club in the town.
Football Club Blackburn, who have already garnered the nickname the Rovers Radicals, plan to recruit players and management early next year and enter the non-league pyramid in a year’s time.
Here's the full article: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/blackburndarwenhyndburnribble/9169044.Rebel_Rovers_fans_to_set_up_FC_Blackburn/
So, what are your thoughts on fan made clubs?
In my opinion, a fan made club should only be made when the original club has gone out of business. The best example of this would be AFC Wimbledon, and look how well they have done. In these circumstances, fans are left with no club to support at all, so they pretty much have to create their own.
On the other hand, clubs such as FC United and AFC Liverpool are made by people that to me aren't good fans. Clubs like Man Utd and Liverpool will never go out of business like these small clubs do, it's impossible. They have massive worldwide followings and generate millions every year. So despite having a dodgy board and some owners, they still have a quality side that compete for trophies each year. The fan made clubs for these are pointless and pathetic, you should stick by your team through the good and the bad times in my opinion.
Your thoughts?
