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The Three Horseshoes

A great, friendly, traditional pub in Great Mongeham where you
will find a warm welcome from
Landlords Rachel and Johnny.
01304 379216
POOL TABLE - DART BOARDS
and all football matches
shown on HD screens

BOOKINGS - Now Being Taken For; GARDEN PARTIES - WEDDINGS
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR ALL AGES - CHRISTENINGS -
ANNIVERSARIES - (A Small Deposit Secures)
The Above Includes; Free Use Of Garden Facilities.
(Bring Your Own Food Or We Can Supply)
Children Have Free Use Of;
BOUNCY CASTLE - SLIDES - SWINGS - TRAMPOLINE
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
PLEASE PHONE TO BOOK

somebody on the other side of the world waiting in the queue at McDonalds for a burger.
While those who follow football from the top, where anything outside of the Manchester Uniteds,
Liverpools, Real Madrids and Barcelonas barely exists, Non-League football maybe does seem a bit
inconsequential and somehow less important. But it matters. These clubs are part of people’s lives.
Football at this level isn’t a joke. They may be fewer in numbers, but to supporters those three
points on a Saturday mean just as much in the Evo-Stik Premier as they do in the Premier League.
For players, what happens on and off the pitch can have an impact on the rest of their careers. It’s
a responsibility that will hopefully be impressed on any owners should it go through.
Running a football club through a mobile phone isn’t as straightforward as it
sounds. There are rules and regulations to be adhered to and if it goes the
same way as MyFC, what’s to hold the interest long-term. Any takeover will
have to be passed off by the authorities and you’d hope robust questions are
asked and business plans are poured over.
A football club as a plaything will make many people uncomfortable. Maybe it
will work and others will follow. As the headline on OWNAFC’s website asks, ‘Do you have what it
takes to run a real football club?’ Time will certainly tell.
OWNAFC subscribers do not Own A Football Club -
A Response By Lydia Loxham of Brabners
“This is all about people with a dream of owning a football club. To turn football on its head and
take it back to the people … Do you have what it takes to run a real football club? To manage a
budget of up to £8.5million? To be a part of making football history?”
Does this sound too good to be true? Earlier this year, OWNAFC released an app which promised
football fans a shareholding in a non-league football club which would be chosen and bought by
them. They were offered the chance to be directly involved in the club’s decisions, including signing
players and firing and hiring staff members – all they had to do, was pay a one-off fee of £49!

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