Walsall make the most of multi-club ownership to plot route to promotion

01/25/2025 12:26 PM

Runaway League Two leaders will not be overly worried by defeat against Bradford with club united on and off pitch

Think multi-club ownership models in football and there is one immediate example springs to mind: Manchester City's City Football Group which has 13 clubs under its umbrella all across the globe, with the reigning Premier League champions as its figurehead.

But around 70 places further down the English pyramid, there is another similar model that is beginning to click together: for its flagship club, at least. The Alabama-based Trivela Group was formed in 2021 by American businessmen Ben Boycott and Kenneth Polk; a year later, in the summer of 2022, they acquired Walsall, with Boycott joining the Saddlers as co-chairman.