I've just signed up to www.myscotfc.com

MYScotFC (My Scottish Football Club) are looking to join the growing group of societies looking to bring football back to the fans.

The obvious target would be a side from the Scottish Football Leagues, but MyScotFC also feel it would be beneficial to target a more Community based project and, with that in mind, we are actively looking at sides within the Scottish Non-Leagues and Scottish Junior Leagues. The goal is to take control of a club, by whichever means are appropriate at the level selected, and move the club forward whilst ensuring there will be a club there in the future for fans and the local community.

Talks have already taken place with one Junior club and we also have another very interesting option of a former Scottish League club who are currently in the amateur ranks. The results of these talks mean that we now have a membership target that we would like to reach in order to kick things off. The Membership target that we are looking for is 3,000, this would allow us to go to clubs with a figure of just over £80,000.

The first step is for us to build a membership, if you wish to become a member of My Scottish Football Club you can REGISTER on www.myscotfc.com Registering will also give you access to the forums and exclusive members only content.

Registration is currently free and gives you access to the forums so you can come and chat and find out much more about this exciting venture.

Thanks for your time.

www.myscotfc.com

Got my own, ta

Think this will be a hard sell in Scotland as outside of the bigot boys surely most fans think that they have a say in running their club - especially at Junior level.

Think you'll be flogging a dead horse on this one Mate but good luck anyway

It might be fun to be a member of, but I can't think of (almost) anything worse than a bunch of internet geeks with no feel or appreciation of the history of my club taking over and picking the team etc.

Where have I heard this idea before?

Why not join the committee of your local Junior team and make a difference?

.....and are you really talking to Third Lanark AFC?

3,000 extra volunteers spread throughout the non-league scene would be superb!

.....but which one's are going to take the nets down when it's monsoon conditions?

Us, as usual

"picking the team etc. "

That's been dropped for now.

"and are you really talking to Third Lanark AFC? "

Yes

I was having a chat with someone about this on Saturday. He seemed to be under the impression that the same sort of money that helped Ebbsfleet United to win the FA Trophy would be involved. He thought it was a great idea. This is just the same thing as a sugar daddy coming in with a lot of money one season - what happens the seasons after when the novelty wears off and people don't renew their membership?

A bit pointless really - they have no ground that could be used above the level they're at as Cathkin is in no state for anything beyond the Ams, and getting land in the South Side is almost impossible. Their youngest fans will be clocking up 50 and a lot moved on elsewhere. There are a number at Lok and I've yet to meet one who would be interested in watching them.

A lot of crap. They've already dropped the idea of picking the team by vote every week at Ebbsfleet as they realised no manager would stand for it.

So basically some geezer who doesn't have the money to buy a club wants a load of mug punters to fork out the money to let him buy it.... and for this they get .......?

Much better forking out the money for a season ticket, it will cost more than your annual membership for this shite so will be off as much use. Or you could suddenly decide that you will support a club, any club, in any league for no reason other than a few desperados at that club have seen the geeks and their money and decided to take them for all they can. This is not community football and it is not returning the game to the fans.

It will be an insult to the tradition of Third Lanark if this bunch of tossers take over.

The St. Mirren fan who started this is a former wrestling promoter...which tells you all you need to know about his knowledge of sport.

Keep your £35.

If he gets Kendo Nagasaki and Johnny Cougar playing at centre-half then he can have my £35.

"The St. Mirren fan who started this is a former wrestling promoter"

When I started there were no promotions in Scotland there are now about five or so, so it also shows my ability to identify a gap in the market and get people interested.

Pick the team hasn't been dropped at Ebbsfleet, it'll start from next season.

Everyone involved gets to be part of a community project. Funnily enough, and you may find this unbelievable, I'm more likely to remain as operator of the society than actually become directly involved on a club board or committee...I'll put myself up for election just like everyone else. The members involved will also get a sense of accomplishment, whilst others will just want to be involved. I can't give you every answer as I don't know what every member of myfootballclub gets out of it.

I believe tossers is strong, you've never met any of us and I can only assume you never will. For some it won't be for them, that's fine, but some other people will want to get involved and make a difference. I'm sure some junior clubs or even league clubs would love to have thousands of fans who feel some sort of attachment, can offer their ideas and proposals in a constructive manner, attend matches and even purchase merchandise if the wish hits them.

The insult to the tradition of Third Lanark wouldn't be us getting involved, it's every person who ever gives lip service to wanting to get involved and has done nothing about it. If 500 fans suddenly went to their matches, bought some merchandise and offered their assistance with aquiring a ground and developing the club then surely that would be a good thing. I don't see why we can't have 200 going, with 300 offering their assistance in the background and still have the same effect.

As already said though, getting land to build on on the Sooside is almost impossible.

"As already said though, getting land to build on on the Sooside is almost impossible. "

Well, we'll see, it's not even set we'll go with Third Lanark. It's not even set we'll meet any targets. It might be that all that happens is that a number of people decide to get involved at junior level and that can only be a good thing. I'd certainly like to get involved if this falls through.

I don't think tosser is a bit strong i think it isn't strong enough.

There are more than enough Junior & Senior teams out there that could do with all these folks support. Why not encourage them to go along to thier local junior team or even 1st, 2nd & 3rd division team? There are already far too many teams in scotland and most of these are running on a shoe string.

If they want a say on how to run a club join the comittiee.

What are you getting out of this personally? There must be something?

As said previously...TOSSER!

"Why not encourage them to go along to thier local junior team or even 1st, 2nd & 3rd division team? There are already far too many teams in scotland and most of these are running on a shoe string."

We have members from Turkey, Finland, USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England and they all want to get involved in the Scottish game. Does that make them tossers? Which local Scottish junior side would you like them to get involved in? Oh and if Third Lanark were to go it alone, should everyone who gets involved be Scottish and have a south Glasgow postcode?

As for the Scottish fans. They do support their local clubs, but perhaps they're sick of not having a say or sick of supporting a side that just goes through the motions season after season. Like I've said though, I don't have the answers to what everyone else thinks they can get from it.

"What are you getting out of this personally? There must be something?"

I'm getting absolutely nothing out of this personally, not a thing.

I think you will find that the local junior team to suppport would be the once closest to them. Hence the word local!

If they want a say in the club they support join the committiee. Many clubs aren't brining in as much money or fans as they could and this is mostly down to existing committiee's that don't like change.

I don't believe you are getting nothing out of this. You sound like a chancer who is jumping on the band wagon.

As said previously Scotland already has too many clubs that are poorly supported either by fans or people helping on the commitie.

If you do manage to get the gimic off the ground. i hope you have all the success of Gretna!

Novelty value wears away pretty quick

I'll repeat my point about a lot of them not being from Scotland or even Scottish. So, they aren't local and therefore don't have a local team as such. I ask again, should that assistance, enthusiasm and money just be kept out of the junior game?

I'm not a chancer, I'm actually part of myfootballclub and have just noticed that it could work in Scotland. It's fair enough for you to not believe though, just as I don't believe everyone will be as against this as you obviously are. As for the band wagon, I'm already on it and don't really see it as a band wagon anyway. I've seen how the money put into Ebbsfleet has brought stability, assisted in bringing some success to the club and I've seen how "into it" people have gotten from across the globe.

"If you do manage to get the gimic off the ground. i hope you have all the success of Gretna!

Novelty value wears away pretty quick"

So, you hope that we rise to the SPL and get into Europe. That's awfully nice of you.

The entire Junior game is a novelty, but this isn't just about the junior game as we're looking to get involved anywhere...could be a non league team. Nice soundbite though and I know. All I can say is that's it's not a novelty for me.

Don't play football in other parts of the world then?

You previously quoted Turkey, USA, Australia, Finland and Canada and the rest of Britain and Ireland. Last time I looked they all had leagues and some of them have been conspicuously more successful on a national stage than us. More fit their fans got involved in developing their own country's game. They're not going to attend many games are they, so there sole involvement is financial and over the net, until they get bored and and the next novelty comes along and then another club are destroyed by vanity.

So they'll give you the money to buy a club and then because very few of them will ever actually attend a game.

You'll no doubt go on about how many attended Wembley for Ebbsfleet - but that was a one off, it doesn't work or a week to week basis. You also said that the members will be picking the team next season - I hope someone has told Daish that, becuasde the last I read he was never going to stay if that happened.

I think the best thing is you all just bugger off and stick to Football Manager on the PC.

Do what you think you can get away with but don't go fecking about any junior teams. Then again im sure no one would be stupid enough to sign up for your fairytail!!!!!!!

Fud

In fairness there are alot of unsavory/daft characters in the junior game who might be stupid enough to fall for this(these are the same people who dont think its a good idea to have a fixture list and implement a 25mile rule). If anyone wants to invest a small amount of money into a club i suggest they form a supporters trust within their local club, as this is a government recognised body which aims to bring supporters closer to the workings of the club, it is supported by a national infrastructure and model rules and isnt simply an anonymous website, for example £10 gets you one years bankies trust membership, a share and a vote in the elections, also making you eligible to join the board. Furthermore, if people want to get involved in a club, they dont have to shell out £35 they should just go down to their local club and see what needs done, even if its just putting up the nets etc, it all helps.
Myscottishfootballclub is an absolute nightmare of an idea, its the sort of thing which would destroy the game.

It looks like another season without a fixture list - the Agenda for the 6th Annual General Meeting of the West Region of SJFA on 25th June 2008 does not include any proposals for a fixture list. There is a proposal from Arthurlie to return to 3pm kick-offs.

Eh?

I'm against it. I'm with you on this!

I thought I would come on and give an update on how this project is going.

We're working alongside Newmains United and have been told 364 members would give us 51% of control. The club have drawn two games this season and were unlucky to not pick up their first win on Saturday.

As of yesterday, we are now endorsed by Motherwell Manager Mark McGhee.

The website can be found at www.myscotfc.com, so come take a look and hopefully you'll like what you see.

Look for articles in this weekends Wishaw Press and The Evening Times.

What is your ultimate aim with Newmains?

Simply put Jamie it's to ensure the club is running and to engage the local community, even if that is just by getting them to even realise there's a team there. The club and ourselves are working on a joint plan where we'd hope to get as many players on pro forms as possible, develop the ground and push the club as far up the leagues as we can. Nobody is looking to pick the team and it's not about coming in with a fresh broom to clear out the management team. We have wider goals, such as developing coaches and finding funding to really do something with Victoria Park. Obviously we also want to get the local council on board to work together.

I know everyone sees myfootballclub and thinks what a rip-off, to be honest I'm a member of that and it would be difficult to defend that. We're looking to keep clear of that baggage though and slowly distance ourselves from it completely. It's been claimed we could rip the heart out of the team, but there's nothing to stop the majority of the members being from the Newmains area or having a Newmains connection.

The real ultimate, field of dreams if you like, aim is to be in a position to enter any pyramid system and push from there.

It's a big job but good luck with it.

Why dont these "members" simply join the committee of their local Junior club if they want to get involved in running a club? it wont cost £35 and they'll get a lot more say.

They're obviously free to do so, I'm not putting us across as the only option. It is a lot about combined effort though, some people won't have a local club, some might just want a wee team to follow, there's obviously the locals who can get involved and we already have a few members from around the globe.

If this all leads to a number of people around Scotland thinking "hmmm, I'll go watch my local club and join the committee" then in a way we'll have done part of our job of getting people involved at a grass roots level.