English Football: Financial Sustainability and Governance Debate
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Warinder Juss
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English Football: Financial Sustainability and Governance
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Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West) (Lab)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. Football is the UK�s most watched and played sport. Some 35 million fans have been watching the top four leagues this season, and there are 40,000 football clubs in this country�more than in any other country. As a season ticket holder of Wolverhampton Wanderers, I hope that our club will stay in the premier league.
The Premier League has a lot to offer. It contributes �8 billion to the UK economy and makes a direct tax contribution of �4.2 billion to the Exchequer�and, out of that contribution, �5 billion comes from outside London. In my constituency I also have a lower league football club, AFC Wulfrunians, soon to become Wolverhampton City football club. I know the contribution that the club makes to the community, just as my club Wolverhampton Wanderers does through its foundation.
I very much support the Football Governance Bill because an independent football regulator will make improvements. I hope that the Bill will create a proper process for distributing revenue throughout the football pyramid, with proper deals between the Premier League and the English Football League.