An article on co-operative ownership of football clubs in the League of Ireland.
Might be of interest to some in this group.
It looks at the success of co-operative ownership in Irish professional football and the threat of new investment to the model.
Can it work? Would you want to own your club?
Will big money kill off community ownership in League of Ireland? (rte.ie)
Club has to go bust really.
That’s how I bought my share in Finn Harps when the fans took over.
Unfortunately, our identity is so ingrained with being fan owned that I really see us struggling to be competitive long term.
But we punched above our weight having been in the prem for 6 out of 9 seasons with a part time squad and a budget dwarfed by everyone else.
It was no trophy obviously but the pride in seeing the club compete with and stay up over better funded professional teams was something else.