Editing Supporters' trust (section)

=== Board representation ===
Over 40 football clubs currently have supporter representation within the boards of their football clubs, such as the [[Rangers Supporters Trust]] at [[Rangers F.C.]], [[Lincoln City Supporters' Trust]] at [[Lincoln City F.C.]], [[ArabTRUST]] at [[Dundee United F.C.]], the [[Trust Oldham|Oldham Athletic Supporters Trust]] and the [http://www.swanstrust.com/ Swans Trust] at [[Swansea City A.F.C.]] The Bluebirds Trust at [[Barrow AFC]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bluebirdstrust/| title = Club not live}}</ref> have a board representation and are fundraising to purchase shares. However their formation is different from the vast majority of Trusts, they are not born from crisis but success; Barrow AFC were a members owned club but voted to become a privately owned club. Barrow-born Texan businessman Paul Casson of Casson-Mark (C-Mark) Corp.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.barrowafc.com/fa-confirms-paul-cassons-takeover/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140908021126/http://www.barrowafc.com/fa-confirms-paul-cassons-takeover/| archive-date = 2014-09-08| title = FA confirms Paul Casson's takeover - Barrow AFC}}</ref> purchased the club in the Summer of 2014. In Real Oviedo's case, when the club was about to go bankrupt, the club started putting shares up for sale to people across the world to help the club. Thousand of people invested, including 2nd richest man [[Carlos Slim]] and Youtuber Spencer Owen (aka Spencer F.C). As was the case for [[Ebbsfleet United]].

About 100 football trusts currently have shares in their clubs.

There are many Rugby League supporters' trusts currently in the UK who run and operate their respective clubs, such as [[Rochdale Hornets]] for example, likewise, so do some rugby union clubs, for example [[Friends of Newport Rugby]], representing [[Newport RFC]].