MyFootballClub members have today approved the takeover of Ebbsfleet United football club, the first website-community takeover of its kind in the world. Over 95.7% voted in favour of going ahead with the deal.

In the second vote, over 95.6% voted in favour of allowing Liam Daish to continue with any plans he has for the January transfer window.

This email has been sent to over 73,000 - which includes MyFootballClub members as well as everyone else who has expressed an interest in the venture since its launch on 26 April 2007. For those yet to join, now is a great time for you to become a member and share in the excitement from the beginning.



The near future

The next two weeks will be an exciting time on the website, so please be sure to visit regularly. In the coming days:

Members will decide whether the club should employ a new kit manufacturer. If so, members will then be able to select home and away shirt designs.

Members will be invited to put themselves forward for the Trust Board. An article will be posted explaining the election process, and scoping out the role.

The team selector will be going live, so that people can start to familiarise themselves with it. As announced, members will start to control team selection in March 2008.

Years two, three and beyond

Around 1700 members have already committed to membership beyond year one, which is extremely promising. If you would like to extend your membership, you can do so here.

All monies for subsequent years have been ring-fenced and will not be spent unless members decide to do so. If you are able to extend your membership now, it will help members and the football club look forward to the future with even more confidence.


Thank you,

The MyFootballClub Team

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Team Selection console? Its not pissing Championship Manager, and I certainly would not like to manage that team.

I wouldn't like to manage that team, or support them either...

Like most, i'm just very interested to see how this turns out. Not too well I fear...

Utter disgrace everybody involved should be ashamed of themselves

I hold a similar opinion. If you want to experiment with club structures, then start a new club to experiment on. That's what was done in France with a team called Web FC I believe.

Incidentally, I should be going to see Ebbsfleet (I still say Gravesend and Northfleet in my head) in the Kent Senior Cup against Dartford next Tuesday, as someone I know is a youth player there and will probably be making his first-team debut. I'll try and listen in on some conversations to see if I can gauge the general opinion among the fans at the club.