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Ambitious South Shields Launch £1m Funding Bid
Ambitious South Shields Launch £1m Funding Bid
Ambitious BetVictor Northern Premier League Premier Division club South Shields have launched a £1million funding round on investment platform Seedrs, allowing supporters, businesses.....
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....and the wider public an opportunity to join the club on its first steps towards fan ownership.

 

Shareholder support is central to the club’s ambitions for the future, with participation welcome from all parties, regardless of investment size.

 

The project is being spearheaded by South Shields chairman Geoff Thompson, who remains fully committed to the club as he seeks to take it to the next level.

 

Every pound raised through the purchase of shares will remain within the club and be re-invested.

 

Thompson told https://southshieldsfc.co.uk: “It’s been such a remarkable journey over the last four-and-a-half years and we fully believe we are just getting started.

 

“Everyone at Mariners Park is highly motivated to deliver a Football League club for the people of South Tyneside.

 

“We understand it may take some time to achieve this, but that’s why this project is so important.

 

“Receiving investment from our fans will help us greatly in our mission to become a sustainable, thriving club on a rise up the football pyramid.

 

“I have long believed that there should be an element of fan ownership at the club and I feel this is the right time to begin that process.

 

“South Shields had a Football League club between 1919 and 1930, with large crowds regularly flocking to games against the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United.

 

“I firmly believe we can drive this club to the Football League too with the help of our supporters and new shareholders.

 

“There’s an exciting future ahead if we do this together.”

 

South Shields FC has enjoyed a rapid rise since Thompson took over as chairman in the summer of 2015.

 

The club was promoted three times consecutively from 2015 to 2018 and won the first national trophy in its history with a 4-0 win over Cleethorpes Town in the Buildbase FA Vase final at Wembley in 2017.

 

The next goal is to win promotion into the Vanarama National League North, with the club currently being backed by an average attendance around the 1,500 mark.

 

The ultimate aim is to become a community-based, sustainable, Football League-ready club by 2023.

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Ambitious South Shields Launch £1m Funding Bid
Ambitious South Shields Launch £1m Funding Bid
Wednesday 13 November 19 I 09:30:34
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....and the wider public an opportunity to join the club on its first steps towards fan ownership.

 

Shareholder support is central to the club’s ambitions for the future, with participation welcome from all parties, regardless of investment size.

 

The project is being spearheaded by South Shields chairman Geoff Thompson, who remains fully committed to the club as he seeks to take it to the next level.

 

Every pound raised through the purchase of shares will remain within the club and be re-invested.

 

Thompson told https://southshieldsfc.co.uk: “It’s been such a remarkable journey over the last four-and-a-half years and we fully believe we are just getting started.

 

“Everyone at Mariners Park is highly motivated to deliver a Football League club for the people of South Tyneside.

 

“We understand it may take some time to achieve this, but that’s why this project is so important.

 

“Receiving investment from our fans will help us greatly in our mission to become a sustainable, thriving club on a rise up the football pyramid.

 

“I have long believed that there should be an element of fan ownership at the club and I feel this is the right time to begin that process.

 

“South Shields had a Football League club between 1919 and 1930, with large crowds regularly flocking to games against the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United.

 

“I firmly believe we can drive this club to the Football League too with the help of our supporters and new shareholders.

 

“There’s an exciting future ahead if we do this together.”

 

South Shields FC has enjoyed a rapid rise since Thompson took over as chairman in the summer of 2015.

 

The club was promoted three times consecutively from 2015 to 2018 and won the first national trophy in its history with a 4-0 win over Cleethorpes Town in the Buildbase FA Vase final at Wembley in 2017.

 

The next goal is to win promotion into the Vanarama National League North, with the club currently being backed by an average attendance around the 1,500 mark.

 

The ultimate aim is to become a community-based, sustainable, Football League-ready club by 2023.

Copyright Non League Today. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to the Non League Today website as the source and a link back to the Non League Today website.
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