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[mickthered]

more the latter i'd say. its not so much born of protest but born of the fact that the greed and the disregard for fans in the modern game tarnishes it a bit, and to get those old school aspects that make footy great too it seems we have to go elsewhere to get it. so here's where.

it's for those of us who have decided we want grassroots footy in our lives too. and what better grassroots side to support than one owned and run by liverpoool supporters.

i refer to it as lfc's independent little brother. i don't see it as an anti lfc project at all. but it will be a grassroots alternative for those who miss the old values and want a way to experience them again, and for those priced out of the game - kids like my nephew who has only been to the match a handful of times despite being footy mad and grown up now.

So it will be more of a "Maine Road FC" then an "FC United" at least that will please some of the ones that dont want to be seen as following the Mancs

[alunevans]

I want to do something!!

Do you want to be on the planning group Sarah or did you want to do something else?

[BallBoy]

I'm willing to assist in any way i can. I will sign up to the webby now.

[BobTheCharmer]

cracking idea. I hate everything that todays game stands for. So much so, for the first time in living memory I didn't bother to watch the chelsea game.

I haven't been to anfield this season either, that being more to logistics & money than anything.

Football in my mind has never been duller. Its money over everything. The game isn't more exciting than years ago either.

Keep spreading the word Alun.

[alunevans]

So it will be more of a "Maine Road FC" then an "FC United" at least that will please some of the ones that dont want to be seen as following the Mancs

I don't know anything of Maine Road FC to be honest so I couldn't comment on that. But you've probably got my point by the sounds of it. It's not a protest club. It's an "I need grassroots footy but I'll only support something that is LFC" club.

I will say though that I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a close look at how FC United managed to set up their football club. It was a phenomenal achievement and has ensured there is now one more football club out there owned and run successfully by their own supporters. That is undeniably good for the game. There are a few other examples too eg AFC Wimbledon, and all will be able to teach us a lot about the mechanics of doing this.

[mickthered]

I don't know anything of Maine Road FC to be honest so I couldn't comment on that. But you've probably got my point by the sounds of it. It's not a protest club. It's an "I need grassroots footy but I'll only support something that is LFC" club.

I will say though that I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a close look at how FC United managed to set up their football club. It was a phenomenal achievement and has ensured there is now one more football club out there owned and run successfully by their own supporters. That is undeniably good for the game. There are a few other examples too eg AFC Wimbledon, and all will be able to teach us a lot about the mechanics of doing this.

Maine Road F.C was set up at first by city fans just as a club at the start for city fans to play football at a lower level and just went on from there
No need to go into the reasons about FC as I'm sure you know all about that
just as I'm sure that if you needed any help or advice you would get that from the board at FC if needed Just as they got a lot of help from AFC

Just expect a lot of crap from people who don't/don't want to understand

Best of luck with your idea and if you persist with it and it works out a lot of people will at least gain some enjoyment from it and you will be surprised at how much that you will get from it at that level

Not sure if the league will go for the AFC liverpool name though
FC tried with the name FC United at first but that was refused

[RedsFan83]

I'd be happy to help - I posted on the Facebook group saying as much. Just let me know what it is you need me/us to do.

[alunevans]

Maine Road F.C was set up at first by city fans just as a club at the start for city fans to play football at a lower level and just went on from there
No need to go into the reasons about FC as I'm sure you know all about that
just as I'm sure that if you needed any help or advice you would get that from the board at FC if needed Just as they got a lot of help from AFC

Just expect a lot of crap from people who don't/don't want to understand

Best of luck with your idea and if you persist with it and it works out a lot of people will at least gain some enjoyment from it and you will be surprised at how much that you will get from it at that level

Not sure if the league will go for the AFC liverpool name though
FC tried with the name FC United at first but that was refused

You're right mick that people at FC United will be keen to help, as will the people at Wimbledon.

I've made contact with the main guy at AFC Wimbledon, am in touch with the Supporters Direct organisation, and have had countless messages of support from FC United people who wish the project well.

Ultimately the FC United people are good working class people who put the people before the money, and when they see a similar project elsewhere they'll back it and want to offer support and help, even if it's run by Liverpool.

It's very heartening to see frankly, and it'd be nice too if some bonds of friendship between our clubs were developed as a result. There is too much poison in the rivalry between LFC and MUFC. Rivalry and banter is part of the fun, but poison is just poison in my book.

As you say, some will choose to misunderstand, but every contact I've had from FC United has been from some outstanding people who love the game and have great values that any Scouser would happily back to the hilt.

[Red_hot]

You're right mick that people at FC United will be keen to help, as will the people at Wimbledon.

I've made contact with the main guy at AFC Wimbledon, am in touch with the Supporters Direct organisation, and have had countless messages of support from FC United people who wish the project well.

Ultimately the FC United people are good working class people who put the people before the money, and when they see a similar project elsewhere they'll back it and want to offer support and help, even if it's run by Liverpool.

It's very heartening to see frankly, and it'd be nice too if some bonds of friendship between our clubs were developed as a result. There is too much poison in the rivalry between LFC and MUFC. Rivalry and banter is part of the fun, but poison is just poison in my book.

As you say, some will choose to misunderstand, but every contact I've had from FC United has been from some outstanding people who love the game and have great values that any Scouser would happily back to the hilt.

Good post mate.

I'll help wherever I can!

[Dalglish]

As a non Scouser and mainly armchair LFC fan, why should this appeal to me?

i ask this in all seriousness as I'm simply keen to find out

[The Wolfman]

cracking idea. I hate everything that todays game stands for. So much so, for the first time in living memory I didn't bother to watch the chelsea game.

I haven't been to anfield this season either, that being more to logistics & money than anything.

Football in my mind has never been duller. Its money over everything. The game isn't more exciting than years ago either.

Keep spreading the word Alun.

agree with that.

I think the premier league can be pretty dull most of the time.

Hate to say it but the only teams i would pay money to watch are arsenal, followed by man utd.

[alunevans]

As a non Scouser and mainly armchair LFC fan, why should this appeal to me?

i ask this in all seriousness as I'm simply keen to find out

if you're a non Scouser who lives out of town and are mainly an armchair LFC fan, it probably wouldn't do.

the idea is to give people the ability to actually go to a match to watch a grassroots football team that is owned and run collectively by LFC supporters.

if you can't get to a match locally then you'd be better off getting your grassroots footy fix from a lower league team that you can get to more easily.

if you're a non Scouser who lives in Liverpool, then you're close enough to get to a game and then I reckon you'd enjoy being part of it.

but if you live a good way away then it's not something that will probably have a bearing too much for you, other than if you think it's a good thing for fans to own football clubs and you want to keep an eye out for our results from afar.

[The Wolfman]

if you're a non Scouser who lives out of town and are mainly an armchair LFC fan, it probably wouldn't do.

the idea is to give people the ability to actually go to a match to watch a grassroots football team that is owned and run collectively by LFC supporters.

if you can't get to a match locally then you'd be better off getting your grassroots footy fix from a lower league team that you can get to more easily.

if you're a non Scouser who lives in Liverpool, then you're close enough to get to a game and then I reckon you'd enjoy being part of it.

but if you live a good way away then it's not something that will probably have a bearing too much for you, other than if you think it's a good thing for fans to own football clubs and you want to keep an eye out for our results from afar.

Aren't there probably near 100 lower league teams in liverpool anyway?

half of them or more will be run by LFC supporters.

[alunevans]

does anybody have a contact for sonsofshankly at all? their website has no contact details.

i'd like to start sounding out some of these other fan groups that have sprung up lately and get their view of this idea.

[The Wolfman]

does anybody have a contact for sonsofshankly at all? their website has no contact details.

i'd like to start sounding out some of these other fan groups that have sprung up lately and get their view of this idea.

Im sorry but they are the cocks who stole carras cake aren't they?