{"id":544,"date":"2021-05-25T11:38:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markgeveritt.uk\/wp\/?p=544"},"modified":"2022-12-21T17:08:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:08:52","slug":"are-there-any-premier-league-clubs-still-wholly-british-owned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/are-there-any-premier-league-clubs-still-wholly-british-owned\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there any Premier League Clubs still wholly British owned?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve imported some older blog posts of mine from other blogs into this one and going through them I came across this post from 2010 <\/a>on the sale of Blackburn Rovers to the Indian chicken farmers, the Venkey’s Group. (Please ignore the slightly racist headline on the post – I was younger and a bit stupid back then)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the post, I note the Rovers were going to join eight other Premier League Clubs wholly-owned abroad and three more partly owned off-shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also mention my belief that Steve Morgan was ‘in it for the long term’ with his ownership of Wolves. Oh dear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, Blackpool, Sunderland, Bolton, Wigan & Blues were still in the Premier League\u2014so that’s changed. But also, there were eight clubs still wholly owned by British people\/companies. But what about now? How many of the twenty Premier League clubs are wholly British owned in 2021? The answer, according to Wikipedia<\/a>, is three\u2014Brighton, Newcastle & Spurs. Although, Spurs is owned 85% by Enic with the remaining 15% being held by 30,000 private individuals, and we don’t know where they are based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought that West Ham was wholly-owned by British owners, but apparently 10% of the club is owned by an American investment company, which I didn’t know but I suppose Hammers supporters might.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know about you, but I find this fascinating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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