Go the Fleet!
A few months ago I put myself on the mailing list for something called myfootballclub, a group that was going to attempt to raise enough support and money to buy a football club. The subscribers would then be involved in setting the direction of the team, player selection and such like.
A couple of months ago they emailed me to say they had enough supporters to collect our money (£35 per supporter) and that they were in discussion with various football clubs about acquisitions. I paid my £35, frankly wondering whether anything more would happen, or whether someone was going to an awful lot of trouble to con me.
This morning I found out that we’d bought Ebbsfleet United, a team in the Conference League, currently in 9th place, and it all seems to be legitimate, because it’s been reported all over the media. All I know about the team so far is that they’re based in Kent, and if they get promoted they’ll be in the Football League for the first time in their history. Oh, and their nickname is “the Fleet”, imaginatively enough.
Their website is down this morning, because of high volumes of traffic. The Wisdom of Crowds
