A Bill to require professional and semi-professional football clubs in England to disclose the identity of their owners; to give the Football Association powers to block the ownership of a club by anyone whom they consider is not a fit and proper person; to require all creditors of a football club to be compensated equally should the club go into administration; to facilitate the raising by supporters’ organisations of the finance required to acquire a controlling stake in a football club; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
15 May 2014
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The Football Governance (No. 2) Bill would require English professional and semi-professional football clubs to reveal who owns them, and would let the Football Association block ownership by people it deems unfit. If a club goes into administration, all creditors would be treated equally, and supporters’ organisations would be allowed to raise funds to acquire a controlling stake. The bill also covers related aims to improve governance in English football.
The bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons in 2014 and has not yet progressed beyond the second reading; it would need to go through further stages in both Houses to become law.
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3 Apr 2014
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