Owners news
23/09/25 - Finalists for the Second Year in a row!!! Football Content Awards 2025
We are proud to announce that once again with have made the finalists at the FCA's in the category Best Football Club: Non-League. What the FCA's have written on their finalists website:
AFC Welwyn
Formed in 2023 with no players or fanbase, AFC Welwyn’s rise has been extraordinary on and off the pitch. Within two seasons they’ve climbed from Step 7 to Step 5 and built a digital presence surpassing many EFL clubs, with over 30 million video views and one of the most-watched football YouTube channels worldwide. Multi-camera coverage, live streams and their flagship Death Before Defeat documentary offer fans immersive access. Creative short-form content keeps engagement high, making them a modern non-league media success story.
We are in a really tough category with some massive non-league clubs alongside us, so every single vote we can muster will count. You can vote in 3 different ways and each vote will count.
1. Navigate to this website: https://footballcontentawards.com/voting/ Select Best Football Club in the top menu, then within Non-League select AFC Welwyn from the drop down menu, click to agree T's and C's and hit the submit vote button.
2. On Instagram visit the Football Content Awards page and find the post they make labelled BEST FOOTBALL CLUB: NON-LEAGUE in the comments tag our Instagram account @AFC_Welwyn. You can also share this post to encourage more people to vote for us this way.
3. On X visit the Football Content Awards page and find the post they make labelled BEST FOOTBALL CLUB: NON-LEAGUE in the comments tag our X account @AFC_Welwyn. You can also share this post to encourage more people to vote for us this way.
We thank you all for your support and are looking forward to networking with all the amazing creators across the football world on the 20th November.
23/09/25 - Fans ownership featured on BBC news
BBC news caught up with the Founder of AFC Welwyn Tawhid Juneja, to discuss the fans ownership model and find more about the ambitious plans the club is boldly targeting.
To read the full artical please -
22/09/25 - Road to Welwyn Update
Following positive discussions and full backing of our plans from land owners of 2 sites that are located within the Welwyn post code area, we have had communication with the local MP's office regarding our plans. We now have a face-to-face meeting scheduled with the MP Andrew Lewin on 3rd October 2025 to discuss our proposal in greater detail. Updates of the meeting will be posted here.
20/09/25 - Grant Applications
With the club changing its legal structure from a LTD company to a CIC we are now eligible for a significant number of grants due to the community focus of our project. We are finalising a short list of grants we feel we meet all of the criteria for and will publish the list here of the applications we will be submitting.
19/09/25 - AGM & SGM Dates
Meetings will take place at the registered office with times tbc
Scheduled Annual General Meetings (AGMs):
- 2nd May 2026
- 1st May 2027