🟥 MORECAMBE FC: THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED — BUT AFC CAN STILL BE SAVED
They’ll tell you it’s complicated.
They’ll say football clubs are tough to run.
They’ll bury it under excuses — inflation, COVID, cost of living, “sustainability,” governance.
But here’s the truth:
Morecambe FC is dying because the system is rigged.
And unless someone credible steps up with a proper plan, this club — and others like it — won’t survive.
⚠️ They don’t care. Not really.
The 1% have everything.
The 5% below them — the media, the governing bodies, the corporate execs — protect them like foot soldiers.
And the rest of us?
We get what’s left. If there’s anything left at all.
Football isn’t run on fairness.
It’s run on access, connections, and control.
The same people bounce from one disaster to the next, failing upwards while whole towns lose their history.
We’ve seen this movie before:
Bury
Macclesfield
Southend (nearly)
Oldham (barely hanging on)
Morecambe is next.
And if you think anyone in the corridors of power is going to stop it — wake up.
🏙️ I’m from here. This isn’t abstract to me.
I trained at the old Lancaster Road school, right next to Christie Park.
I played for Morecambe U16s.
This club was a big part of my childhood — and a bigger part of this town’s identity.
You don’t need to explain to me what the badge means. I wore it. I lived it.
So this isn’t just another “football tragedy” in the newsfeed.
This is home.
And I won’t sit quiet while Morecambe is handed the same fate as Bury.
🧨 Let’s be blunt: The system is not built to protect clubs like Morecambe.
Everything is geared toward the top of the pyramid — the Premier League, the Champions League, the sponsorship arms race.
Local clubs? They’re collateral.
The independent regulator being pushed by the government?
Toothless.
The EFL?
Cartel.
And Sir Keir Starmer?
More interested in an Arsenal hospitality box than saving the football clubs that anchor working-class towns.
It’s all lip service.
Meanwhile, inflation eats into every gate receipt.
Owners lose interest.
Investors vanish.
Fans are priced out.
And stadiums become real estate opportunities.
Morecambe isn’t an anomaly — it’s a case study in what happens when no one cares.
🚫 I’m not here to take over. Let’s make that crystal clear.
This isn’t a PR stunt.
I’m not angling for control.
I’m not walking into town and declaring myself club chairman.
I don’t want a seat at the table — unless it’s to help someone else build it better.
I’ve got the platform.
I’ve got the network.
I’ve got the playbook.
But this has to come from the community.
I’ll support the right plan.
But I won’t front it.
That needs to come from someone local, credible, and committed.
Because if this is going to work, it has to feel like Morecambe — not a rescue package.
🗣️ Message to the Morecambe Supporters’ Trust
Now let me speak directly to the Morecambe Supporters’ Trust:
You’ve got a duty.
Not just to preserve the badge, but to protect the future.
❌ Do NOT:
Take money without a plan
Let emotions lead you into desperation
Accept help from people with no experience, vision, or track record
Get seduced by “rescue” packages that look more like corporate takeovers
Try to please everyone and end up pleasing no one
✅ DO:
Consider a phoenix club — and trademark it: Morecambe AFC
Bring back the original crest — make it feel like home again
Be ready to fight for community status at the stadium
Pressure the council to lift restrictions on usage so it can generate revenue
Assemble a board that isn’t full of yes-men, LinkedIn warriors, or gatekeepers
This town doesn’t need another committee.
It needs a cause.
🧠 Gatekeepers are what kill clubs quietly.
They don’t shout.
They don’t embezzle.
They just block access, hold meetings, delay decisions, and protect their little kingdom.
I’ve seen them everywhere — inside clubs, on supporter boards, around every “football reform” panel.
These are the people who love control more than they love the game.
Morecambe doesn’t need that.
Morecambe needs visionaries, organisers, fighters.
People who will sweat to get a stadium deal over the line.
Who know how to build commercial partnerships.
Who understand what makes a club feel alive again.
If you’ve got that — I’ll back you.
💼 What I’d support if someone credible stepped up:
Trademarking Morecambe AFC immediately to protect the identity
Relaunching with the original badge and colours
Forming a CIC or Supporters’ Co-op with proper transparency
Raising capital through sponsorships, not just fans
Running a 3G pitch model to generate revenue year-round
Using the club as a community training hub — not just a matchday brand
Partnering with local schools, barbershops, and business
Building something Morecambe can be proud of — not just something that “still exists”
That’s how you rebuild properly.
And yes — I’d work like a dog behind the scenes to bring in brands, raise funds, and pressure local authorities if someone credible led the charge.
🛑 What we must NOT do:
Let the club fall into the wrong hands (again)
Be emotionally blackmailed into rushed deals
Let gatekeepers dominate the direction
Rebuild with no commercial spine
Allow media to spin it as a sad story while it’s still saveable
Morecambe FC is not a tragic headline.
It’s a chance to wake up — and show the rest of football what fan-led resilience looks like.
🟥 This is why I started the Supporters Party
I didn’t just wake up angry one day.
I’ve been in this game for years.
I’ve represented players. Negotiated deals. Sat in rooms with men who treat football clubs like chips on a stock ticker.
I saw where it was going.
The system is built to extract, silence, and dispose.
The Premier League clubs run the whole pyramid.
The EFL nods along.
The FA has no spine.
The government wants headlines, not solutions.
And the fans?
We’re the product.
Until we fight back.
That’s why I founded SupportersParty.com.
We’re not Left. We’re not Right.
We’re football people.
And we’re building pressure — legal, political, cultural — to protect our clubs from the very system claiming to “regulate” them.
🔚 Final Message to Morecambe
This town matters.
The people matter.
The club matters.
It’s time to stop hoping someone else will step in.
If you want a future, build it now — and build it properly.
Morecambe can come back stronger — but only if it learns the lessons from the last 20 years of football betrayal.
The cost of living crisis, COVID, inflation — it’s already too much.
They’ve taken enough from us.
They’re not taking this club too.
Wake up.
Get organised.
And if someone credible leads it — I’ll give you everything I’ve got to back it.
But no more gatekeepers.
No more whispers.
No more “we tried.”
Let’s stop being fans of broken clubs.
Let’s build fan-owned football for real.
Morecambe is the line in the sand.
What comes next — is on us.
Scott “Matchmaker” Michaels
Founder, Football Is For The Fans™
SupportersParty.com
NSLOfficial.com
Ex-Morecambe U16s
Football lifer. Anti-corporate. No compromise.