The Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) has launched its ‘Yes We Can’ campaign, which aims to raise enough funds to finance a fan buy out of the club.
The NUST’s plan, which has been dubbed ‘Barcelona on the Tyne’ by the financial community, aims to democratise the club and ensure that the ‘current situation at Newcastle [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fan Ownership’
Are you the next Mike Ashley?
Posted November 11th, 2009 by Hugh de Payen | 121 CommentsFan buy-out schemes make a comeback.
Posted October 4th, 2009 by Hugh de Payen | 8 CommentsEver since Mike Ashley first put Newcastle United up for sale there have been rumours of various fan buy-out schemes for the club. The latest of them was probably that Graham Roberts nonsense, which I took a particular dislike to and refused to waste electrons on. However, it seems that the results of the Keegan [...]
Fan-owned Toon. Bet your pension on it.
Posted August 31st, 2009 by Hugh de Payen | 11 CommentsRemember Graham Roberts and his plan to put Newcastle United in the hands of the fans?
I thought that had faded into oblivion. In fact I thought it was a complete non-starter and imposed a reporting embargo on myself about it, but I’ve lifted it in the interests of amusement.
It seems this bid is still simmering [...]
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