Monmouth Town Football Club is close to signing a ground breaking deal with an international community of football fans, which could mean an injection of £30,000 over the next five years.

The online community fivepoundfootballclub.com is made up of a group of football fans from all over the world, who are keen to develop a successful, sustainable club in the smaller national leagues where their money would make a great deal of difference.

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