We’re still after a fair share says Liverpool FC fans group leader Rogan Taylor

28 December 2010 05:00
Rogan Taylor at the launch of Share Liverpool 320[LNB]In the second of a two-part series James Pearce looks at the future for Liverpool fan groups after an eventful 2010. Today the spotlight falls on Share Liverpool FC (read part one here)[LNB]FORMED nearly three years ago in response to the growing resentment among fans about the huge debts being piled on the Reds by Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the mission was to buy the club.[LNB]Plans were unveiled to create a 'member-share' scheme where 100,000 supporters around the world would invest £5,000 each with the £500million being used to oust the co-owners and build a new stadium.[LNB]Liverpool would emulate the model of European clubs like Barcelona and Bayern Munich and become the first Premier League club to be owned by its supporters.[LNB] The initial rush to sign up led to their website crashing and among those to commit was Reds legend John Aldridge, but the dream failed to materialise.[LNB]With October's takeover by New England Sports Ventures (now Fenway Sports Group) having finally turfed out Hicks and Gillett, fans' anger has waned.[LNB]However, the desire to have a greater say in the way the club is run remains and rather than slip quietly into the background Share Liverpool have continued to gather support.[LNB]A takeover may be unrealistic now - after all John W Henry insists he's at Anfield for the long haul - but the hope is the Boston Red Sox chief will agree to sell a stake in the Reds back to supporters.[LNB]'We always had two aims,' said football business lecturer and Reds fans Rogan Taylor who founded Share Liverpool.[LNB]'That was either buy the club outright or buy an unsqueezable minority to get us on the road to ownership.

Source: Liverpool_Echo