Sheffield FC have a new famous director – with local musician 'Reverend' Jon McClure jumping aboard
Lead singer of Reverend and the Makers, Jon McClure, is a new director at Sheffield FC.
The club, who were formed by in 1857, currently play their football in the ninth tier of the English football pyramid, and have aspirations of trying to climb back up in the divisions in years to come.
Now, following McClure’s arrival, it may be that changes are in the offing at for the outfit, who saw long-term chairman, Richard Timms, leave almost exactly a year ago.
Sheffield FC have a new director
The singer, 44, joins Jeremy Levine, Jack Levine and Robert Hand on the list of current officers at the world’s oldest football club, and it will be interesting to see where things go for the club now that he’s on board.
This news comes just a few weeks after it was reported that venture capital firm, Yorkshire AI Labs, had two bids rejected for the club, with The Star understanding that the touted ‘once in a generation’ investment was backed by big money from the Middle East.
Yorkshire AI Labs were believed to be representing a large family office with wealth that ran into 100s of billions, and reportedly had a plan that involved a significant £150m+ investment into a community stadium and museum, as well as trying to get UNESCO world heritage status for the city as the ‘home’ of football.
The appointment of ‘Rev’ as a director has been confirmed on Companies House, and came alongside a change of details for Jeremy Devine as a ‘person with significant control’ as well as a ‘statement of capital following an allotment of shares’ with a total aggregate nominal value of £2,015,000.