Welcome to Soccer 101, the podcast where we delve into soccer's treasure trove of history, quirks and terminology.

Yes, we are little kids thrusting our hands into the cookie jar of the beautiful game.

On today's show, we're talking about the concept of fan-owned clubs. What are they? How are they

run? What are their benefits and drawbacks? Why is AFC Wimbledon the greatest one of all time?

My name is Ryan Bailey. Here with me today is Taylor Rockwell. Hello, Taylor. I mean, I do have many, many thoughts on the AFC Wimbledon, but I think I will let you talk about them instead. But I'm excited to talk about this because I think you two gentlemen have a vested interest in the topic. And I have a lot of blind spots in ignorance. So I'm looking forward to learning more and asking a bunch of questions.

Indeed, the other gentleman to which we refer to Taylor, Mr. Graham Rotherham, the Flower of Scotland.

Hello, Graham.

Hello, Ryan. I'm not sure how I feel about that nickname, but we'll go with it because the National Anthem is good.

I feel like flowers, you know, there's just, there's too much emotion in flowers. They remind me of, of emotions, so maybe that's what I'm not liking. They're not bleak and drab enough for you. Yeah, you don't really get black, well, do you get black flowers? I feel like black flowers would be my sort of vibe. See, but I feel like, I increasingly feel like this is all a persona, because we because we know Graham likes the flashy colorful jerseys. I'm not even saying, I don't even feel like there was conviction behind that. Like, I don't like flowers. So much so that I'm choosing to believe that you are recording with a giant bouquet of flowers and Avaz next to you and you're just trying to downplay that. Yeah. I'm just sitting in a giant sunflower. Yeah.

This character that Graham plays on podcast is quite different to his natural persona.

Graham was actually a telitubby.

That's what we've out of telling everybody.

That's who he is in real life.

My daughter would like that.

Graham's Ted Lasso in real life.

We've got two supporters of fan-owned clubs on this podcast, as Taylor just referred to there.

Myself, an owner and supporter of A.C. Wimbledon.

And Graham, you also own a club in the fourth tier of Scotland, the fourth tier being, of course, Leak 2.

Tell us about that.

Yes, I do.

So, Sterling Albion became the first fully

fan-owned Senior Pyramid Club in Scotland in 2009. Before that, the Albinu Bucle had been propped up by

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