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)
That ship has long sailed in the case of the PL.
The amounts of money involved means that fan ownership is not viable.
Germany have had their ownership rules in place from long before the commercial explosion of national league football.