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Labour will unveil plans today that attempt to give football fans a bigger voice in club boardrooms and allow them to buy shares when the ownership of sides change.
Labour’s shadow sports minister Clive Efford MP is behind the launch of what would be the biggest legislative shake-up in the governance of English and Welsh football clubs since the creation of the game.
After consulting 95 football supporters’ organisations, the plan still requires supporters to come together to form a single accredited trust in return for the right to “appoint and remove up to a quarter and not less than two of a football club’s board of directors,” and “purchase up to 10 per cent of the shares when a club change ownership, if they so wish.”
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Joao Pedro’s emotional goals against Fluminense captured the magic of an international club competition. But even as fans bring colour and passion, the Club World Cup’s deeper issues loom large, writes JAMES NALTON
JAMES NALTON discusses the use of dynamic ticket pricing at the 2026 World Cup and how it amplifies a culture already set up to squeeze as much money from fans as possible