Today’s young football fans are often accused of being too obsessed with YouTube and their heroes on the TV rather than the true roots of the game, however, one unique club is changing all of that.
The real world and the virtual world have been brought together by the country’s newest and most unique club Hashtag United.
The club was founded in 2016 by Spencer Owen and played a series of exhibition matches on his YouTube channel of the same name before joining the Non-league pyramid at the start of this season.
They now compete in the Eastern Counties League Division One South, England’s 10th tier and are bringing with them a whole new generation of fans to the non-league game.
Ben, 21, is a reporter for the Sports Gazette as well as studying for his MA in Sports Journalism and NTCJ diploma. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in History but always knew sport was where his true calling lay. A fan of many sports: Football, Cricket, Formula 1 and Boxing. He gained experience in the industry with The Football Forecast. Rising through the ranks from writer all the way to Site Manager; with his proudest achievement getting the site affiliated with the NewsNow network. He has since moved on to become Site Manager of a new media site called Half Time Cuppa. He is an avid Peterborough United fan but also with a love of Non-League football. It is here he gained hands-on experience with Poole Town in the National League South; spending last season as their match-day commentator as well as match-report writer and Twitter updates.
