Very interesting that Mike. I think a couple of German clubs are virtually ran by the"fans". There is a lot of talk at my own club Leicester that for all our recent success, that we are losing our working class roots and atmosphere to a much more sanitized orchestrated " American sporting dayout that many diehards fervently dislike. Don't know about other clubs but there certainly at premier League level seems to be a mindset of changing the match going support from the traditional working man to the more affluent middle class family type who are going to spend plenty in the club shop. Football in this country is at a crossroads and not for the better in my opinion. I long for the old days when we were crap but it felt like my club. Anyway many probably think success is worth selling your grandmother for. Cheers.
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