“Own the Club, Pick the Team” - That was the mantra for 37 year old Will Brooks who in 2007 set up internet website experiment MyFootballClub.co.uk that asked the simple question, how many people would be interested in putting  their money together to buy a team and vote on every decision from the starting 11 to colors of the uniform?

Brooks got his answer when when more than $400,000 was raised on the first day of public registration that would eventually lead to the ownership of Blue Square Premiership side Ebbsfleet United.

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