Nearly £60m has been pledged towards a fans’ buy-out of Liverpool FC during the first four days of canvassing for supporter opinion.
A total of 11,892 fans have indicated they will buy shares in the club on Share Liverpool FC’s website – the group which has outlined proposals for 100,000 fans to buy the club by purchasing a single £5,000 share each.
This amounts to £59.46m towards the £500m total needed for the proposed buy-out.
The first statistics show just under 50,000 people visited the site from 149 countries, between February 1 and 4.
Organisers say the website crashed within minutes of opening last Thursday, due to the sheer weight of numbers trying to reach the site, and re-opened the next afternoon.
Analysis by Google reveals that during the weekend the site received 11,892 “count me in” responses, 5,394 responses praising the idea but saying they want more information, and 7,930 responders saying they could not afford the step.
The four biggest countries of origin were the UK, with 25,177 hits, Norway, with 6,138, the USA with 3,071 and Ireland with 2,053.
Only 128 fans ticked the “you’ve got no chance” option on the site.
Many Anfield fans are furious a £350m loans package secured by US owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett will saddle the club with interest payments of up to £30m a year – fuelling the desire for a supporter controlled club.
Rogan Taylor, Share Liverpool FC’s spokesperson, said: “These are pretty impressive numbers for just a few days with www.shareliverpoolfc.co.uk live on line and we’re very encouraged.
“We undoubtedly lost a big spike when the site crashed on Thursday, but I think these numbers reveal that most fans were patient and came back when it returned.
“The stats also reveal we have a lot of work to do to present more detailed information, and also to address the affordability issue many fans flagged up.
“We will be underlining that group membership will be possible – even a group of pub regulars could get together – and we hope soon to be able to announce a loan scheme which would enable fans to spread the cost over a number of years.”
“What they will be buying is something that lasts forever – a share in Liverpool Football Club which cannot be disturbed.
“The member shareholder will be able to pass it on, down through his or her family generations; to sons and daughters, and grandchildren. You will sit in that new stadium and think: ‘This belongs to us . . . and so does the club that plays here!’”
A total of 11,892 fans have indicated they will buy shares in the club on Share Liverpool FC’s website – the group which has outlined proposals for 100,000 fans to buy the club by purchasing a single £5,000 share each.
This amounts to £59.46m towards the £500m total needed for the proposed buy-out.
The first statistics show just under 50,000 people visited the site from 149 countries, between February 1 and 4.
Organisers say the website crashed within minutes of opening last Thursday, due to the sheer weight of numbers trying to reach the site, and re-opened the next afternoon.
Analysis by Google reveals that during the weekend the site received 11,892 “count me in” responses, 5,394 responses praising the idea but saying they want more information, and 7,930 responders saying they could not afford the step.
The four biggest countries of origin were the UK, with 25,177 hits, Norway, with 6,138, the USA with 3,071 and Ireland with 2,053.
Only 128 fans ticked the “you’ve got no chance” option on the site.
Many Anfield fans are furious a £350m loans package secured by US owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett will saddle the club with interest payments of up to £30m a year – fuelling the desire for a supporter controlled club.
Rogan Taylor, Share Liverpool FC’s spokesperson, said: “These are pretty impressive numbers for just a few days with www.shareliverpoolfc.co.uk live on line and we’re very encouraged.
“We undoubtedly lost a big spike when the site crashed on Thursday, but I think these numbers reveal that most fans were patient and came back when it returned.
“The stats also reveal we have a lot of work to do to present more detailed information, and also to address the affordability issue many fans flagged up.
“We will be underlining that group membership will be possible – even a group of pub regulars could get together – and we hope soon to be able to announce a loan scheme which would enable fans to spread the cost over a number of years.”
“What they will be buying is something that lasts forever – a share in Liverpool Football Club which cannot be disturbed.
“The member shareholder will be able to pass it on, down through his or her family generations; to sons and daughters, and grandchildren. You will sit in that new stadium and think: ‘This belongs to us . . . and so does the club that plays here!’”
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