Bitcoin soccer club Real Bedford FC wins the league
The so-called Bitcoin (BTC) soccer team, Real Bedford Football Club, won the United Kingdom’sSouth Midlands League for the 2023 season.
Fans from all over the world, from Vancouver to Beijing, flew in to watch the last home game and see the trophy raised. 327 fans turned up, many of whom had traveled thousands of miles across the globe to watch a non-national league soccer team in a North London town.
Some photos of our final home game of the season where we were crowned league champions.We had a record crowd of 327, this is up from 50-80 last season. Thank you to everyone who came and has supported us. pic.twitter.com/u19kcpO3WM
At the first home game of the season in 2022, Bitcoin podcaster and club chairman Peter McCormack told Cointelegraph that he bought Bedford FC and rebranded it to be Bitcoin-friendly Real Bedford, sharing his vision of one day owning an English Football League side. The move would also put his beloved town of Bedford on the Bitcoin world map.
Pitchside and jubilant nine months later, McCormack told Cointelegraph that he’s now one step closer to realizing his soccer league dream. Moreover, the fans and the critics are starting to believe:
Real Bedford’s promotion delivers more than recognition for the club. The club has a Bitcoin logo on its strip, crypto sponsors, and curiously, opposed to a founding date, i.e 2021, the emblem sports a founding block height: 712,003. As Peter explains, the win for Real Bedford is a win for Bitcoin:
Bitcoin advocates worldwide tuned into live streams of the game during the 2023 season, while stories of Bitcoin soccer fans from Slovakia traveling to Legend to paint the town red have become a local legend. The team has given British Bitcoin advocates a headquarters and
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