Football: Ownership
Commons · Question 75148 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Independent Football Regulator’s ownership rules on (a) smaller and (b) community-owned football clubs.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 10 Sep 2025
The Government recognises the different levels of resources and the different ownership models of smaller and community-owned football clubs. That is why the Football Governance Act has designed the owners’ and directors’ tests to be applied by the Indepe...