To: The Football Association and Helen Grant, Minister for Sport and Tourism
Give supporters a genuine say in how their clubs are run
Give football supporters the power to whistleblow against and ultimately unseat custodians who are doing a damagingly poor job of running their club.
Why is this important?
Football supporters are unlike many other consumers and football clubs unlike most other businesses. A club is a vital community asset on many levels.
It is therefore unsatisfactory that supporters of many teams have to live for long periods with owners and regimes which they see as actively damaging to the clubs they support.
In short, supporters need recourse to football authorities. Supporters are driven to direct action or away from their passion and in any number of cases have seen their clubs taken to the brink of extinction before being able to assert a degree of control over the running of their club.
It's high time the government and FA gave supporters real whistle blowing powers and backed this up with tough independent investigation and sanctions, (including the removal of the golden share or the right to own and run the business) against those running football clubs in a self interested or incompetent manner.
