Well, we all knew it was coming and yesterday, we heard that the European Super League has announced its founding members.
This is a terrible situation for football and it just strengthens our resolve to keep fighting for what we believe in.

This club statement comes on behalf of founding member, Dan Betts. It's what we all feel at the club and we're certain that it's very important that people read it, in order to share our passion for change.

"The proposed European Super League has disgusted the majority of fans, pundits and journalists alike with its underbelly of greed and selfishness. But it has had one positive side effect. It has corralled what is normally a divisive fan base into one common belief. Unfortunately, that belief is that Arsenal Football Club – who declared itself one of the founding members of this clandestine, money-orientated movement – has moved so far away from the values and traditions that form the cornerstones of Arsenal – that the club itself is unrecognisable. So many have come forward via social media and said that boycotting the club, punishing the club with points deductions, throwing the club out of competitions etc, will be a lesson for Arsenal.

A fair portion of us have mentioned that fans should come together and form a new club from the ground up. A club built on the fabric that Arsenal Football Club came from. One that shares the values that made us one of the most revered and respected football clubs in the world. Well, this already exists. ‘Dial Square FC Enterprise’ is that avenue for all Arsenal fans disenchanted with the current state of our club and modern football. For Gooners who cannot abide any more the prioritisation of money over morals. DSFCE gives us fans a place to go where we belong, rather than a place where we are a forgotten notion. Dial Square is FOR the fans – and run by the fans. That’s right. Those clubs we look at with fan ownership? Dial Square have followed suit and ensured that a fan presence in the running of the club is pivotal – and always maintained, by forming DSFCE. Just read the club’s Mission Statement. It will tell you that Dial Square is the antithesis of modern football. It is a club that knows the value of loyal support.

The European Super League has been bandied around for many years. The idea of an elite competition. But the fact that clubs involved have issued a statement? That means that football as we know it is close to utter mutation. So, we need to salvage something. We need to latch onto what we remember. Dial Square is the Arsenal we know and love – minus the business element and constant cap in hand toward fans who already stump up for the highest ticket prices and four kit launches per season. Dial Square is what you’ve been looking for. Come and see for yourself what we are building. And then you can be part of what may well be the reincarnation of the club we used to know”

Club Chairman, Stuart Morgan, had this to say on the situation and, a message to potential Dial Square FC members.

"It's not come as a surprise to me, but I was still shocked at what I read yesterday. To see the information on the Arsenal website confirming their support and participation of the breakaway (if it all goes according to plan), just reaffirmed that the reasons I had for starting Dial Square FC were totally correct.

Since last night, we've had a number of new requests to become part-owners of 'Dial Square FC Enterprise', which is truly great news.
Our membership window had closed and was due to reopen in July, but we are now reopening it as of today, due to the demand we've had.

Becoming a member of DSFCE gives every single member an equal say and vote, in what decisions the football club makes.
Last Christmas, we had a vote to decide which colour should be our home shirt. As with any democracy, the majority won the vote. Imagine that happening at Arsenal, or any other big club nowadays? Which team in the Premier League asks fans for their say and actually accepts that decision? None.
When Arsenal changed its badge to the current one, fans should have been consulted, or given a choice to vote. Neither of these options were considered, which is totally wrong in my opinion.
Our fans will always have a say on what decisions need to be made. It's as simple as that!

DSFCE will increase its shareholding in the football club each season, until it owns it outright. When I initially set up the football club last year, I wanted to make sure that the initial plan was put into place and the pathway set, so that when the club moves further and further into London, the club can become owned by DSFCE outright. With the Arsenal fanbase so often bitterly divided over recent years, it was my belief that starting the fan-owned company should come at a later date, which is why it was formed a few months after the football club.
It now has 88 owners, overseen by a board of 4.

If you want to become an owner of DSFCE and want help us grow, then please email joanne@dialsquarefc.com.
In the meantime, please visit the 'Information' tab to read our documents before joining and don't forget to download and fill in the membership form and, email it to Joanne. Thank you".

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