The takeover bid by One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson and John Ryan for Doncaster Rovers has failed. The associated crowdfunding inititaive raised only about half the money required. The Football League has told the pair that they would not meet its ‘fit and proper person’ test.
The takeover bid by One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson and John Ryan for Doncaster Rovers has failed. The associated crowdfunding inititaive raised only about half the money required. The Football League has told the pair that they would not meet its ‘fit and proper person’ test.
The current owners, Terry Bramall and Dick Wilson, have said that they will go on running the club. However, there have been no signings all summers, suggesting a shortage of funds.