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Glasgow’s ghostly Cathkin Park stands as a warning to football’s wayward owners

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Third Lanark were founding members of the Scottish League but they were dismantled by a land-grabbing chairman – though the club may soon rise again

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Illegal payments, blackmail and Herbert Chapman – the sorry tale of Leeds City

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Before Leeds United proved that the city can support a top-flight football club, Leeds City showed exactly how not to do it in 15 years of chaos

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From the archive ~ Blackburn Olympic: the first northern FA Cup winners

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Many early FA Cup triumphs are footnotes of a bygone age but, as Tom Green explained in WSC 236, Blackburn Olympic’s 1883 win was a turning point for the game

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Bath City bid for community ownership – and history

The National League South club are finding a new way to change ownership models within football
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Blackburn fans launch petition to investigate owners

Venky’s have owned Rovers since November 2010

16 August ~ Blackburn Rovers fans have launched a petition demanding that the FA investigate the running of their club. Since the Indian poultry processing company Venky’s took over Rovers in November 2010 the club have gone from mid-table in the Premier League to bottom of the Championship. With reported debts now around £100 million, supporters have had enough of owners who they say refuse to communicate with either fans or staff. 

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