
The Bitcoin podcast proprietor of a non-league soccer membership has stated a county city the place it’s based mostly can “help a workforce within the Premier League”.
Peter McCormack, who comes from Bedford, stated “persistence” was wanted to get “Actual Bedford” into the highest flight.
He took over Bedford FC in 2021 and on Tuesday secured a second successive promotion and can compete within the Southern League Division One Central subsequent season, which is the eighth tier of the English soccer league pyramid.
He stated with plans for Common Studios to open a theme park within the space, the city “is barely going to get larger”.

Mr McCormack stated the membership was “relentless about success” and “we’re attempting to construct a membership for the soccer league”.
He stated he was attempting to do “one thing totally different” and create a world model.
“We’re seen because the Bitcoin membership and in the event you’re a Bitcoiner anyplace on the earth you’ll be conscious of our membership,” he stated.
He stated due to that it has entry to sponsors, together with Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who’ve simply invested $4.5m (about £3.6m) into the membership, to develop into co-owners.
“All the pieces is on observe… having them as co-owners is a present to the city,” he stated.
“Our ambition is large; we wish to method this professionally, do it proper and which means investing within the membership.”
He stated it was making a revenue and has two audiences – folks in Bedford who “wish to help a workforce and are excited by the mission”
The opposite is its US fanbase, which he stated was 60-70% of the overall, who’re capable of watch stay protection on streaming companies.
The membership’s McMullen Park floor, simply off the A421 close to Cardington and proper subsequent to Bedford City’s floor, is owned by Bedford Borough Council and the lease runs out in two years.
Mr McCormack stated he was negotiating an extension, however the long-term plan was to maneuver “someplace larger”.
On X he stated: “We’re a Bedford workforce and can solely play soccer within the city.”
Attendance was additionally growing.
When he took over in 2021, he stated 30-40 watched a sport, final season the common was 180, this season it was nearer to 250 on common, however at Tuesday’s sport the group was greater than 1,000.
‘Persistence’
“Bedford [Borough] has a inhabitants of 174,000 folks. Burnley, within the Premier League, has a inhabitants of 90,000,” he stated.
“Add to the very fact Common is coming right here, Bedford is barely going to get larger.
“There’s going to be extra folks right here, the city can help a workforce within the Premier League.
“It wants monetary backing and it wants a workforce that may make it occur. We have got the workforce and the monetary backing – now it is simply persistence.”
He stated his purpose was to get into the Soccer League inside a decade and “Cameron and Tyler need us within the Premier League”.