Is this the future of football? League Two Crawley Town sign a midfielder after fans and NFT holders VOTE on what position they wanted Kevin Betsy's side to strengthen - following takeover from ambitious US investors

Daily Mail | July 28, 2022

Crawley Town signed a player based on a vote among supporters on which position to strengthen, it has been revealed.

The League Two club were taken over by ambitious American cryptocurrency investors in April and appointed highly rated Arsenal youth coach Kevin Betsy as first-team manager in June.

And after a vote on Friday June 15, where fans and NFT holders were allowed to decide whether they wanted a goalkeeper, defender, midfielder or attacker, the result called for a midfielder - and the fourth-tier side obliged.

Crawley signed a player based on a fan vote on which position to strengthen, it was revealed

The League Two club were taken over by ambitious American cryptocurrency investors in April and appointed highly rated Arsenal youth coach Kevin Betsy (pictured) as manager in June

ud83eudd1d FAN COUNCIL INTRODUCED

Crawley introduce a fan council that will work with owners across the seasonud83dudc47#TownTeamTogether ud83dudd34— Crawley Town FC (@crawleytown) July 25, 2022
The vote weight was allocated half to holders of the club's NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and half to season-ticket holders - who number nearly 1,000 - although not all season-ticket holders took part.