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Championship Manager Turns Real: MyFootballClub.co.uk Members Buy Controlling Stake In Club

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In what may be the ultimate fantasy football play, English lower leagues soccer club Ebbsfleet United has agreed to be purchased by a community of fans moblised online. Myfootballclub.co.uk, a group set up earlier this year to allow fans to raise funds to buy a team will pay £700,000 for a controlling 51 percent stake, with an option to buy outright in future. Some 20,000 fans signed on with Myfootballclub.co.uk, stumping up £35 each. Though Ebbsfleet is currently ninth in England’s lowly Football Conference. Ebbsfleet chairman Jason Botley said the extra money would help the team progress (via BBC News).

Nov 14, 2007 6:11 AM ET

Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Social Media

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