Punk Football : The Rise of Fan Ownership in English Football

Have you ever thought you could run your football club better than the businessmen in the directors' box? Punk Football tells the inside story of those supporters who have done just that. From non-league FC United of Manchester to the Premier League's Swansea City, meet the fans who made the incredible journey from the terraces to the boardroom.

Punk Football tells the story of how supporters have made the incredible journey from the terraces to the boardroom. Initially intrigued by the rise of AFC Wimbledon, the supporter-owned club set up after Wimbledon FC''s relocation to Milton Keynes, Jim Keoghan was drawn into a world in which ordinary fans have started new clubs, taken a stake in those they once followed and sometimes saved clubs from disappearing altogether. The fan-ownership movement has touched every echelon of the game, challenging the private model that has dominated football for over a century. There have been highs and lows, successes and failures, but through it all the dogged determination of fans to be more than paying customers has shone through. Regarded as a revolutionary force in modern sport, the story of Punk Football is one that will appeal to every fan who has ever thought, "I could run this club better myself."