Fan-Led Review Fair Game Event

A: To ensure the long-term sustainability of football, the government should create a new independent regulator for English football (IREF).

B: To ensure financial sustainability of the professional game, IREF should oversee financial regulation in football.

C: New owners’ and directors’ tests for clubs should be established by IREF replacing the three existing tests and ensuring that only good custodians and qualified directors can run these vital assets.

D: Football needs a new approach to corporate governance to support a long-term sustainable future of the game.

E: Football needs to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in clubs with committed EDI Action Plans regularly assessed by IREF.

F: As a uniquely important stakeholder, supporters should be properly consulted by their clubs in taking key decisions by means of a Shadow Board.

G: Football clubs are a vital part of their local communities, in recognition of this there should be additional protection for key items of club heritage.

H: Fair distributions are vital to the long term health of football. The Premier League should guarantee its support to the pyramid and make additional, proportionate contributions to further support football.

I: Women’s football should be treated with parity and given its own dedicated review.

J: As an urgent matter, the welfare of players exiting the game needs to be better protected — particularly at a young age.