Calogero Scannella was 19 years old when he first texted his mates about buying a football club.
It took a bit of convincing, but now Walton & Hersham – who will play in the English pyramid’s seventh tier next season – have the youngest owners in the world and are creating a media buzz unlike anything else in the game. They have amassed more than a million TikTok followers and established a fanbase touching every corner of the globe, with thousands tuning in each matchday.
“We deluded ourselves into thinking we knew what we were getting ourselves into, but we actually had no clue,” Scannella tells . “Luckily it’s going pretty well, but every six