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FC United featured in new European football governance report

Supporters Direct Europe has launched a position paper on football governance at the European Parliament, which features FC United as an example of a well-run supporter-owned club.

The paper, The Heart of the Game: Why Supporters are Vital to Improving Governance in Football, was launched at an event hosted by Ivo Belet MEP at the European Parliament in Brussels. Supporters Direct Europe produced the paper, the full version and summary of which are now both available online, in order to set out its key policy positions, and provide evidence of how supporter ownership and involvement can help improve European football.

The key recommendations include: a revival of the members’ association model of club ownership, expansion of existing national networks of organised supporters’ groups, and the implementation of club licensing and financial fair play-type rules in all European leagues.

Football’s key stakeholders were present at the event, including UEFA, national associations and leagues, and members of the European Parliament, Commission and Council.

FC United are featured on page 26 of the paper as an example of best practice and a club which "does things differently". In another FC connection, the paper was largely researched and drafted by one of our board members, Adam Brown, working for Substance, a social research cooperative based in Manchester.





First Posted ~ 21:36 Wed 14 Nov 2012
News ID ~ 4558
Last Updated ~ 01:52 Tue 16 Feb 2021