Punk Football

The Rise of Fan Ownership in English Football

Jim Keoghan

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781909626744
• Year: 2014

Punk Football tells the story of how supporters have made the incredible journey from the terraces to the boardroom. Initially intrigued by the rise of AFC Wimbledon, the supporter-owned club set up after Wimbledon FC's relocation to Milton Keynes, Jim Keoghan was drawn into a world in which ordinary fans have started new clubs, taken a stake in those they once followed, and sometimes saved clubs from disappearing altogether. The fan-ownership movement has touched every echelon of the game, challenging the private model that has dominated soccer for over a century. There have been highs and lows, successes and failures, but through it all the dogged determination of fans to be more than paying customers has shone through. Regarded as a revolutionary force in modern sport, the story of Punk Football is one that will appeal to every fan who has ever thought, "I could run this club better myself."

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 In the Beginning
• 2 Drowning in a Sea of Debt
• 3 Apathy to Activism (The Rise of Punk Football Part One)
• 4 From the Terraces to the Boardroom (Supporter Power Part Two)
• 5 Punk Football’s Poster Boys: The Birth of AFC Wimbledon
• 6 Grecian 4000: The Exeter United Story
• 7 Life at the Top: Supporter Trusts at the Big Clubs
• 8 Manchester’s Other United: The FC United of Manchester Story
• 9 Does it Always Work?
• 10 They Do Things Differently Over There: Supporter Ownership in Europe
• 11 Let’s Hear it for the Board: The Owners Getting it Right
• 12 What the Future Holds: Reform of Football and the Supporter Trust Movement
• Epilogue: AFC Wimbledon v Portsmouth, 16 November 2013
• Bibliography