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Supporter takeovers: Bath City FC case study

This is a story from the SD archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

Bath City FC representative Oliver Holtaway discusses how Bath City supporters through the Big Bath Bid, raised over £350k and a wave of support from the city and beyond to take majority control of the club. This presentation formed part of the Supporters Summit 2017.

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