An Oldham Athletic fan is heading a group of potential investors looking to buy the club and transform the town's fortunes using the power of Bitcoin.
Chris Lees, 60, grew up in Oldham and attended his first Latics game at Boundary Park when he was four years old. After leaving the town and enjoying a business career spanning various sectors in Spain, USA and Africa, Lees has launched an attempt to buy his faltering hometown club from controversial owner Abdallah Lemsagam.
Since buying the club in 2018, Lemsagam has overseen a relegation and steady decline to the foot of League Two. Various off-field scandals, ten managerial changes and now the very real threat of relegation to non-league took fans of Oldham to breaking point. Over the course of this season, they launched a series of boycotts and disruptive protests to try and force Lemsagam to sell.
