Posts Tagged ‘Liverpool’

The Future of Liverpool

By Tom Dunmore • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics and Economics

Who will “own” Liverpool this time next year? Since controversy erupted at Anfield over the club’s ownership, two supporter-run schemes have emerged to try and take back some control of events. We look at the progress so far of Share Liverpool FC and AFC Liverpool.



AFC Liverpool: An interview with its founder

By Tom Dunmore • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: News & Notes

Disillusioned by the greed of the Premier League in general and upset at how Liverpool have been run since the debt-laden takeover of the club by George Gillett and Tom Hicks, supporter Alun Parry decided to do something to save the ethos of the club he loves: see if there was interest in starting a new, grassroots version of Liverpool FC. Pitch Invasion spoke with Parry about his plans.



Breaking: Liverpool fans to launch their own club, AFC Liverpool

By Tom Dunmore • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: News & Notes

AFC Liverpool
Like Manchester United and Wimbledon fans before them with FC United of Manchester and AFC Wimbledon, Liverpool supporters aim to start their own grassroots supporter-run club, AFC Liverpool, in non-League football.



Liverpool supporters want to buy…Liverpool

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics and Economics

Liverpool supporters want to buy their club — will it work? As news filters out today, including an announcement from the Share Liverpool FC Group, we’ll be updating on the latest news and reaction.



Liverpool To Be Bled Dry

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 29th, 2008 • Category: News & Notes

This Is Anfield
Hicks lets slip how much interest Liverpool will really be paying.



At Anfield with an H & W Fan

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: News & Notes

It was the prospective giant-killing that tasted so sweet for those minutes it seemed madly possible, and this brilliant account (with fabulous photos) by Hobo Tread captures the big day out for Havant & Waterlooville fans perfectly.  A little taster:
Only 41, 989 more than our last home league game then.
About an hour and a half […]



Why leveraged takeovers are bad for football

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics and Economics

MUFC
Are leveraged buy-outs bad for football? Two experts slug it out.



Haves and Havants in the F.A. Cup

By Ian King • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Non-league football

“Let’s go for a little walk” is Havant & Waterlooville’s terrace victory tune, as your editor discovered when they played Lewes recently in a Conference South clash. Our resident non-league expert, Ian King, thinks they’ll be singing that tune either way after they head to Anfield this weekend, explaining the past and present of the potential giant-killers.



Will Dubai International Capital save Liverpool?

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics and Economics

As the protests at Liverpool grow, many fans are calling for Dubai International Capital to swoop in and rescue the club by buying out American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. But the big question remains: do DIC really have the club’s interests at heart, or are they also out to make a quick buck?