Fit and Proper Persons: The Lies and Fall of Owna FC - Paperback

by Martin Calladine (Author)

OwnaFC promised fans the chance to buy and run their own football club. Fit and Proper Persons tells the story of the business that was supposed to revolutionise football, the people who lost out when it collapsed and the violent consequences suffered by those who tried to hold OwnaFC to account.

Author Biography

Martin Calladine is a sportswriter focused on football reform and sporting ethics. In 2015, he published The Ugly Game: How Football Lost its Magic and What it Could Learn from the NFL. James Cave is a journalist and leading campaigner on lower- and non-league football issues. A former press officer for Southport FC, he runs the Against League 3 campaign and is editor of On The Spot News, a local news publisher in the North West of England.