Okay, we’ve been offered a copy of ‘Punk Football - The Rise of Fan Ownership in English Football’ by Jim Keoghan as a competition prize.
It’s a 288 page paperback published by Pitch Publishing with an RRP of £12.99, although you can get it for under £9 online.
So before the question, here’s the PR blurb we’ve been sent to plug the title…
Have you ever thought you could run your football club better than the businessmen in the directors’ box? Punk Football tells the inside story of supporters who have done just that. From non-league FC United of Manchester to the Premier League’s Swansea City, here’s how to make the incredible journey from the terraces to the boardroom.
Initially intrigued by the rise of AFC Wimbledon, the supporter-owned club set up after Wimbledon FC’s relocation to Milton Keynes, Jim Keoghan was drawn into a world in which fans have started new clubs, taken stakes in those they once followed and sometimes saved their clubs from extinction altogether.
The fan-ownership movement has touched every level of the game – a revolutionary force challenging the private model that has dominated football for over a century. There have been highs and lows, successes and failures, but through it all the dogged determination of fans to be more than paying customers has shone through.
Punk Football is a unique and original study of the political, social and sporting battles that have faced fans with the desire to run their own football clubs:
A story of passion and breaking down seemingly insurmountable barriers, spurred on by the urge to save their club.
A blueprint for football activists, explaining how to set up a Football Trust and combat club financial problems
Comprehensively researched, hard-hitting case studies
Includes colour photo section, with pictures to accompany the text
Ok, so now a question if you wish to enter to win a copy.
In 1988, which club did the original Wimbledon FC defeat to win the FA Cup at Wembley?
a) Manchester United
b) Arsenal
c) Liverpool
Email your answer to [email protected], remembering to include your postal address in the entry.
Get your answers in by the end of Monday next week (9th June) and we will announce the winner soon after at the bottom of an exclusive next week.