India has to promote fans-owned cooperative football clubs in India to make India a sports superpower.

1. FOOTBALL CLUBS
C PERATIVE
TO MAKE INDIA FOOTBALL SUPERPOWER
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2. We dare to dream and
India wins FIFA World Cup
an Indian football club defeats giant clubs like
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Manchester United
at their home grounds. You can label our dreams
as 'impossible good dreams' or 'madness'. But,
some logic and history inspire our mad dreams.

3. Who told only Celebrities,
Crorepatis & Corporate houses
can a football club?
START

4. In 1895 a group of Oxbridge graduates founded the club Football Goal. In 1900 this club split into
two different clubs New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. In 1902 the latter club
split again, resulting in the formation of on March 6, 1902.
Real Madrid FC
On 22 October 1899, Hans Gamper placed an advertisement in Los Deportes declaring his wish to
form a football club; a positive response resulted in a meeting at the Gimnasio Solé on 29
November. Eleven players attended and was born.
Football Club Barcelona
When the Munich gymnastics club decided that the footballers of the club would not be allowed
to join the German Football Association (DFB), eleven members of the football division left the
congregation and on the same evening founded Fußball-Club Bayern München.
Spanish club is founded by British steel and shipyard workers and Basque
Athletic Bilbao
students.
Athletic Club de Madrid was founded on 26 April 1903 by three Basque students living in
Madrid. These founders saw the new club as a youth branch of their childhood team, Athletic
Bilbao.
Common People founded Uncommon Clubs!

5. Borussia Dortmund was founded on 19 December 1909 by a group of young men unhappy with
church-sponsored Trinity Youth.
Members of St. Mark's Church of England, West Gorton, Manchester, founded the football club
that would become known as , for largely humanitarian purposes. Two church
Manchester City
wardens sought to curb local gang violence and alcoholism by instituting new activities for local
men, whilst high unemployment plagued East Manchester, specifically Gorton. All men were
welcome to join, regardless of religion.
On 3 April 1905, a group of Italian boys met to form a club. The house where the meeting was
arranged was Esteban Baglietto's and the other people who attended were Alfredo Scarpatti,
Santiago Sana and brothers Juan and Teodoro Farenga. After some hours of discussions Baglietto's
father threw the boys out of the house and they had to continue with the project in the Plaza Solís,
which is recognized today as the place where was finally founded.
Boca Juniors
If others can, why we Indians can’t?
Common People founded Uncommon Clubs!

6. Who told only Celebrities,
Crorepatis & Corporate houses
can a football club?
OWN

7. Most of the world's most valuable clubs are owned by its fans. Eg: REAL MADRID
(Spain), FC BARCELONA (Spain), BAYERN MUNICH (Germany), ATHLETIC BILBAO
(Spain), BORUSSIA DORTMUND (Germany) and BOCA JUNIORS (Argentina).
Most of the football clubs in Spain and Argentina are owned by the fans. It is
mandatory in Germany that minimum 51% of the shares of a football club must be
with fans.
World’s greatest football clubs are owned
by common people!
If others can, why we Indians can’t?

8. Who told only Celebrities,
Crorepatis & Corporate houses
can a football club?
SAVE

9. Sinking football clubs like Northampton, Bristol City, Aldershot, Hull, Chariton and
Portsmouth are survived with the support of common people fans.
Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club. In January 1902, the
club was served with a winding-up order. Captain Harry Stafford found four local businessmen,
including John Henry Davies (who became club president), each willing to invest £500 in return for a
direct interest in running the club. Subsequently the club also changed its name to Manchester
United. Following the death of principal benefactor John Henry Davies in October 1927, the club's
finances deteriorated to the extent that Manchester United would likely have gone bankrupt. In
December 1931, a local rich man James W. Gibson invested £2,000 and assumed control of the club.
Common people saved many clubs!
If others can, why we Indians can’t?

10. WHY GREAT FOOTBALL CLUBS OWNED
BY GREAT INDIAN BUSINESS HOUSES
STOPPED THEIR GAME?
Many big business houses succeeded in every other business they started failed in football business,
because football is a different business.
Indian football will die and foreign football clubs will reign Indian football market with their merchandise
and increased viewership for their matches. Indian fans will continue erecting hoardings for Brazil and
Argentina. Celebrated Indian football leagues will live with retired foreign players.
If we don’t want to kill Indian football, we must play the new game of football business.

11. Why We Indian’s Can’t create a football club, which defeats world’s
football giants such as Real Madrid,
FC Barcelona and Manchester United in fame & game?
Why We Indian’s can’t create a football club, which produces
thousands of Messi?
Why we can’t create a football club which contribute maximum
players to Indian football team to win Fifa World cup?
WHY WE CAN’T

12. ONLY FOOTBALL
FANS OWNED
CLUBS CAN SAVE INDIAN FOOTBALL.
Existing Indian football clubs don’t have a strong/loyal supporter base due to its primitive football
business practices. We need to strengthen the existing clubs with new structural changes and
management practices. We need to start new FANS OWNED FOOTBALL CLUBS across India. People
will feel ownership and will encourage their clubs to be the top. The result will be strong football
culture in India.
So the only option to save Indian football is FANS OWNED FOOTBALL CLUBS.

13. BRIAN LOMAX
Founder of Supporters Direct,
More than 200 supporter owned football clubs are
working in UK under the guidance of Supporter Direct,
which is founded by to save the then
Brian Lomax
sinking Northampton FC in 1992.

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TO MAKE INDIA FOOTBALL SUPERPOWER
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15. ARE YOU READY TO START
A FANS OWNED
COOPERATIVE FOOTBALL CLUB?
If yes, please contact us
SIJIN BT,
President, Sports & Management Research Institute (SMRI)
Mobile: +91 8891994467 Email: dean@smri.in
#36/33, Promande Road, cantonment
Trichy 620001 Ph: +91 9150060331
#39/186B, Mahakavi G Road, Karikkamuri,
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