Website to save debt-stricken football club
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03 September 2007
A website set up by football fans that received over £100,000 in its first six hours of collecting funds could be set to save Halifax Town Football Club from folding.
Halifax owes more than £100,000 in taxes and has been in takeover talks since last year. However, BBC Sport reports that Halifax has now turned to a website for help.
Enterprising fans set up the website MyFootballClub in May, which already has over 50,000 members signed up.
The website asked supporters to invest £35 each to buy a team, with the intention that each member becomes an equal partner.
"I can confirm we have made an approach to MyFootballClub," said a spokesman for Halifax director Geoff Ralph.
"Having received no communication from the consortium's solicitors, and in the face of the winding-up petition which has been presented to the High Court, we have no alternative but to seek intervention from elsewhere."
A lawyer for MyFootballClub said: "We are not privy to Halifax Town's internal financial dealings. However, the club is a popular choice among our members, so it is one we will consider.
"We're just four weeks into collecting funds and wish to explore all opportunities, so we welcome contact from any club that feels we can help."
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