The Football Association gave official support for Aleksander Ceferin to be re-elected Uefa president and sent a written endorsement just three weeks after Uefa’s catastrophic organisation of the Champions League final in May. Senior FA officials including the chair, Debbie Hewitt, were at the final between Liverpool and Real Madrid
Tag: Football politics
Newcastle being owned by a nation state: how is this accepted and normalised? | Barney Ronay
Lawyers threaten Uefa with legal action unless it compensates Liverpool fans
Lawyers representing more than 800 Liverpool supporters who suffered injury and trauma in the chaos of the Champions League final last May have formally written to Uefa threatening to take legal action unless full compensation is paid. Leigh Day, one of the three firms who are representing almost 3,000 people caught
English football’s regulator: what will it do and is it a blow for Premier League?
Perhaps not a chant that’s going to echo around the terraces, but yes, the government has published its long-awaited white paper into governance of the national sport (top five divisions of the men’s game only) and proposed an independent regulator. Not that it means change is imminent. A period of “targeted
Champions League report vindicates everything we Liverpool fans fought for | Daniel Austin
A stain on France: police brutality against football fans has become systemic
Uefa’s report on last season’s Champions League final is impressively uncompromising. It was, it said, “through no merit of those in charge” that another Hillsborough was avoided. “The Préfecture de Police were in effect acting unilaterally to direct supporters toward an entry point that would be unable to cope with
Qatari owners would take more from Manchester United than Glazers ever did | Jonathan Liew
Perhaps, in a way, this had to happen eventually. Football’s narrative arc demanded nothing less. The numbers simply made too little sense. Perhaps like Batman v Superman, Godzilla v Kong, the cronut, Manchester United and Qatar was simply a crossover concept begging to be brought into existence. Indulge me for
Promotion and relegation changes up for debate as Premier League and EFL talk | Jason Stockwood
In the coming weeks, the government white paper that outlines the path to an independent regulatory body is due to be released. With that in mind, the Premier League and the EFL have resumed negotiations on a range of topics, including but not limited to financial distribution, fixture congestion, and
Infantino’s call for Pelé stadiums everywhere is a monument to folly | Jonathan Wilson
For women’s football being aligned with the men’s game comes at a price | Suzanne Wrack
The European Super League saga may, for now, be over but fallout from the shambolic breakaway attempt rumbles on. “As soon as practicable after the start of the men’s competition, a corresponding women’s league will also be launched, helping to advance and develop the women’s game,” the ESL launch statement