Share Liverpool FC spokesperson, Rogan Taylor said: “We knew this was going to be big, and we thought we had enough robustness in the website to take the strain, but we were completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of hits within just a few minutes.

“The story went round the world in a flash and there are clearly many millions of Liverpool fans who wanted to know more about our project to enable Reds fans to take over LFC on a model very similar to the fan-member ownership at Barcelona.”

The website and other media behind the project has been assembled free of charge, and Liverpool fans within the web industry are now believed to be rallying around the project, with one keen supporter offering to host the site last night to keep it live.

The Share Liverpool FC Group are proposing that 100,000 Liverpool fans buy individual member shares at £5,000 each, producing £500million to purchase the club and start the building of a new stadium.