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JAMES NALTON describes how grassroots football club City of Liverpool has managed to stay afloat at a time when rich clubs are in deep trouble
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CITY of Liverpool FC have announced their new membership scheme for the 2020/21 season. The membership purchase and renewal window will remain open until the end of August, initiating a process which is at the very heart of how the club operates

The membership scheme is part of the club’s socialist community ethos which has seen them remain active throughout the Covid-19 pandemic despite having no football matches to play.

It is the idea at the core of the club’s existence and foundation that it should be owned by the community to which it gives back on a grander scale. The net is cast across the local area to those who may not know of the club until a volunteer turns up in their neighbourhood with a delivery of food parcels.

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