Share Liverpool FC

First impressions often last... and my first impressions? Shambolic / Improvised.

It probably does if the company is completely incapable of providing a decent service.

Ntlworld comes to mind!

My first impressions-Ambitious,maybe a little more than they can handle.

Something like this was probably never going to run smoothly. If anything it shows millions of people really care. The notion is without a doubt a brilliant one. Thankfully it is only a technical hitch at this point. Sure it will be sorted soon.

Video from the press conference

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/videos-pictures/videos/liverpool-fc-videos/

As an international barometer... our Madrid branch members has shown a lot of interest in investing, people discussing joint/split shares, etc...

A lot of sentiment towards LFC having to become a FANS OWNED club.

http://www.liverpool-madrid.blogspot.com/

If it's representative of the feeling ww then we will get those 100k investors... no prob... surely we must ensure these people have fancards and are genuine fans... is that discussed? I don't know, because I couldn't get on the site...

There is so much hype around this but can anyone see the Americans selling to anyone because i really cant. Wish they would but just cant see it happening.

I wonder, if they will take any type of money, i don't think i could raise £5,000, with the income i'm on, i'm only part-time. But maybe a few of us could put some money in to make the £5,000 up. I would do it, i would want nothing ever again, if i had a share in the club of my dreams. I can't imagine how amazing it would be!

YNWA

Matt

well 100'000 Liverpool fans with a spare 5k ? I'm just wondering how many people out there have that much spare money let alone one set of fans...

Hi only new to this but i would give any amount to liverpool fc if i had the money. But i would come up with the money for us supporters to buy the club.. Liverpool will get out of this whole there in and show the rest that were still the best.

If this goes ahead and 100 thousand people cough up 5 grand each and we buy the club what happens if all 100 thousand demand match tickets? Who gets told no you cant have one? 

Sounds like a fantasy to me,what would happen if the fans did buy the yanks out how would they go about getting money to buy new players etc.

Try this link from the home page. It explains a bit more about the scheme and how it works!!!

http://www.anfield-online.co.uk/lfc-news/2008/share-liverpool-fc-plans-launched/

Had a read thru it there. Can see the valid points but can also see the bad point for example if we qualify for the champions league final as a shareholder of the club wheres my ticket? A raffle you say, no im not having that I want my ticket I put good money in to the club. 100 thousand shareholders looking for 13 thousand tickets or something it would be chaos   

All you are paying for is a "piece" of the club, that enables you to elect the president and the board and run the club as we want it to be run. Fans will all still have to pay for season tickets etc as usual because that will be the running capital that the club needs to keep ticking over.

Good idea! I liked it too, though I talked to people who are not so keen on that idea.
Was any British club owned by fans ever?
So if it will happen we will be the first!
 As for me,It's a kind of revolution in English system of football.

Good idea! I liked it too, though I talked to people who are not so keen on that idea.
Was any British club owned by fans ever?
So if it will happen we will be the first!
 As for me,It's a kind of revolution in English system of football.

Alessio

Plenty of clubs in England are fans owned but not at the highest level, because the greedy owners have never allowed them to "get in"... there are a few plc's but that is just an instrument makes the majority shareowners - richer.

I live in Spain... and I can see the other side of the coin when it comes to MEGA BIG clubs being Fans owned.

Real Madrid and Barcelona fan bases aren't united anymore... (internally I mean!) - the politics at Chairman elections time is terrible, the tribal behaviour within both fan bases is pretty bad... but both did not come from American Pirate ownership... so in our case, the politics, etc - will be the less of both evils.

Got on the link, yes yes yes

I hope it come off.

We've registered volunteer accountants and financial experts in the Madrid branch (expat scousers who live in town).

This is really causing a storm within the fan base... here it's not unsual to buy into a club as I've mentioned above - but we all fully expect those GBP 5K slices to be further sliced to bring in further fans... but anything over 100k fans/share holders will be an interesting one to manage - neither Barcelona or Madrid has more than that number - in fact both clubs have less...

It would be a foolish owner who refused to sell out to their loyal customers wouldn't it?

It would be a foolish owner who refused to sell out to their loyal customers wouldn't it?

Swap "foolish" for "american greedy"

Had a read thru it there. Can see the valid points but can also see the bad point for example if we qualify for the champions league final as a shareholder of the club wheres my ticket? A raffle you say, no im not having that I want my ticket I put good money in to the club. 100 thousand shareholders looking for 13 thousand tickets or something it would be chaos  

Brian I agree tickets for any match will be a problem,also what happens with people who currently hold season tickets,would they become null and void.

Brian I agree tickets for any match will be a problem,also what happens with people who currently hold season tickets,would they become null and void.

Tickets for matches would be a problem agreed - if Real Madrid or Barca is an example to go by - they need to apply for them each time, even season ticket holders. If they don't apply by a certain time, the ticket goes on general sale.