Boyzone are the latest celebrities to purchase a football club.
And following in Ryan Reynolds success, the group are planning on filming a Wrexham-style TV documentary next week, according to new reports.
Actor Ryan, who owns Wrexham FC with Rob McElhenney, star in Disney+ Welcome To Wrexham docuseries which tracks their journey in ownership.
Now, Boyzone’s Shane Lynch, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy and Westlife’s Brian McFadden are creating their own TV series after buying the club in Lancashire.
Speaking to The Sun, Shane said: ‘We’ve just bought Chorley Football Club. We start filming a documentary on that pretty much next week.
Boyzone are set to follow in Ryan Reynold’s footsteps with a Wrexham-style TV series after purchasing sixth-tier Chorley FC (Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating and Keith Duffy L-R pictured)
Actor Ryan, who owns Wrexham FC with Rob McElhenney, star in Disney+ Welcome To Wrexham docuseries which tracks their journey in ownership
‘It’s about getting the club into a financially successful place, to get the players paid well and to get the whole kind of town back in love with one of the oldest football clubs in the world.’
He added: ‘They [Ryan and Rob] have a big stadium — they have awesome stuff. We’re nowhere near that. We’re way down in the leagues. We’re a humble, hand-to-mouth club.’
The Irish group formed in 1993 and officially split in 2000, but have had numerous reunions since.
Originally a five-piece, member Stephen Gateley died in 2009 from complications of a congenital heart defect he didn’t know he had.
As well as buying the club, Boyzone are reportedly preparing to perform a string of shows around the country.
In 2018, Boyzone said they were splitting for good after releasing one final album dedicated to late bandmate Stephen Gately.
The band vowed that they would call it quits after their 25th anniversary tour and album that year.
Boyzone was formed by Louis Walsh, who also created Westlife, and he managed Ronan Keating when he went solo.
Brian McFadden (left) has also purchased the football club with the Boyzone group (pictured with Keith Duffy)
Shane said: ‘We’ve just bought Chorley Football Club. We start filming a documentary on that pretty much next week’ (Shane, left, pictured at the football club)
He added: ‘It’s about getting the club into a financially successful place, to get the players paid well and to get the whole kind of town back in love with one of the oldest football clubs in the world’
Shane continued: ‘They [Ryan and Rob] have a big stadium — they have awesome stuff. We’re nowhere near that. We’re way down in the leagues. We’re a humble, hand-to-mouth club’ (Ryan and Rob, owners of Wrexham FC pictureD)
Originally a five-piece, member Stephen Gateley (M) died in 2009 from complications of a congenital heart defect he didn’t know he had
Louis, 71, was also part of the original judging line-up of The X Factor alongside Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell.
Boyzone have had six UK number one singles and of the 24 singles they released in the UK, 21 entered the top 40.
They have also had five UK number-one albums.
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