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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod
Stanley fit the profile perfectly and would be the best 'value' for money club around. And also the most marketable if they are looking for a club to sustain itself. £35 each and 50000 members gives £1.75M. Would Eric accept a million? then £750k is a decent initial investment until th efolowing year when another £1.75M gets pumped in.
Dangerous game though
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I can't speak for the team doing the negotiations with the clubs (including Halifax) that have contacted MyFC. Obviously, the other clubs have requested anonymity during the negotiations and so the MyFC members don't even know which clubs they are.
But you're right that the annual cash infusion from MyFC membership is one of the best aspects for the purchased club. It will allow the club to bolster infrastructure, work with a youth academy, whatever the members see as the best priority for making the club grow. The top priority behind every MyFC decision is what's in the best interests of making the club prosper and move up the leagues.
The danger, and I'm the first to admit it, is if we lose membership after the first year. That doesn't mean the death penalty to the club; it just means that the additional cash infusion each year is smaller than we'd like. But keep in mind also that we have no cap on our membership numbers. We hope the success of the project brings in far more than 50,000 total members, which of course, means more money for the club.
Are the buy-out team targeting Stanley? I have no idea. But the club's a very popular one with our members right now. The only detractor I've read members expressing is the competition for supporters in the region. I personally think that's a potential problem for virtually any club in League 2 or the Conference. I don't see it as a major stumbling block.
Again, I don't speak for the management team of MyFC. I'm just one member who happens to think Stanley would be a perfect fit for our goals and I hope, yours as well. And I wanted to correct a few misconceptions regarding what MyFC really is and what our intentions are. We're not the baggy monster some in the press want you to believe. We're just football fans who wish to be far more involved than any club has ever allowed in the past. In that regard, we plan to make history.