Good luck with checking the accounts, cash flow and profitability of both Real Madrid & FCB.... I'd nearly prefer Papa Smurf!!
> -----Mensaje original----- > De: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Rick Duniec > Enviado el: jueves, 15 de julio de 2010 13:28 > Para: [email protected] > Asunto: [LU] Spanish formula launched for UK football clubs > (Co-ops Uk & SD) > > _http://www.uk.coop/press-release/spanish-formula-launched-uk- > football-clubs > _ > (http://www.uk.coop/press-release/spanish-formula-launched-uk- > football-clubs) > > Spanish formula launched for UK football clubs > > The way to improve football in the UK, now the World Cup is > over, is to follow the approach of leading Spanish clubs and > hand them over to their fans, according to a new report > being launched today (15 July) by Co-operatives UK and > Supporters Direct. > > The report is published alongside the first English > translation of the statutes of Spanish club FC Barcelona, the > poster child of co-operative football. > > FC Barcelona - like the other leading Spanish football team, > Real Madrid - is a co-operative owned by 175,000 members. Of > the 11 players who started out on the field for the winning > World Cup team, 10 of them work for one of these two co-operatives. > > In a recent survey, carried out by Co-operatives UK and > included in the report, 56% of respondents across the UK see > the benefits of this approach, believing their club would be > in better hands if it was owned co-operatively by the fans. > > Dave Boyle, Chief Executive of Supporters Direct and the > author of the report, comments; "FC Barcelona is a powerful > example of how a club can be organised co-operatively and > still successfully compete with rivals across the world. The > club has long been known for being owned by its fans but, > until now, we couldn't see how things worked 'under the > hood'. Fans looking at what rights and powers they have in > the club can only look on with envy. > > "Of course, co-operative football clubs are like all clubs - > they are not immune from financial troubles during times of > economic austerity. But it's the ownership structure that > really sets them apart. > > "There are a growing number of supporters' trusts in the UK > looking to give fans a greater say and stake in their clubs; > our aim is to show how the co-operative model can run > effectively and to the benefit of all involved." > > Commenting on the benefits of applying the co-operative model > to clubs, Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, > said: "Football is an international game and just as we can > learn tactics on the field, so we can learn from > co-operative models of ownership off the field too. There > have been pioneers over the last decade with supporters' > trusts lower in the leagues. > > "Over the next 12 months we want to see competition among the > great named clubs with financial troubles to turn to their > fans and become the first British Barcelona." > > The new report, 'Barca - fan ownership and the future of > football clubs', and the full FC Barcelona statutes are > available on line at _www.uk.coop/barca_ > (http://www.uk.coop/barca) > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > administrators accept no liability for the personal views and > opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as > it sails away > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
