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New Election Promise 'Re Football Ownership

i_b_b_o_r_gi_b_b_o_r_g
in Other Football and Sports
I know it's political and I only give the thread 5 minutes meself, but thought it was relevant enough at this precise moment to share it on the main pages -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/12/03/exclusive-labour-promise-football-fans-say-clubs-choice-manager/?fbclid=IwAR0Rj72HqPeB4uHLnispcazV76sMs2m2c9qHyX32PyAOFDIn0ZKUOcGWVZw

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  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    10... 9... 8...
  • se9addickse9addick
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
  • i_b_b_o_r_gi_b_b_o_r_g
    se9addick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
    Tax payer funded football fan travel.  That'll go down well
  • se9addickse9addick
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    se9addick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
    Tax payer funded football fan travel.  That'll go down well
    Taxpayers already subsidise all train travel 
  • i_b_b_o_r_gi_b_b_o_r_g
    se9addick said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    se9addick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
    Tax payer funded football fan travel.  That'll go down well
    Taxpayers already subsidise all train travel 
    Not for a particular sporting genre though, do they?
  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    I'm not making political points - it is unfair sky can move a game at short notice and it costs the fan more. Many complain about it on here. 
  • se9addickse9addick
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    se9addick said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    se9addick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
    Tax payer funded football fan travel.  That'll go down well
    Taxpayers already subsidise all train travel 
    Not for a particular sporting genre though, do they?
    No, all of them! 
  • danny777danny777
    Let's hope that people read past the headline. Letting fans select 2 directors is hardly giving "fans a say over their club's choice of manager".

    WRT giving fans access to the cheaper advance rail travel when matches are moved at short notice, this could be financed out of the Sky/BT/Amazon payment. Seems sensible to me.
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  • jacob_CAFCjacob_CAFC
    se9addick said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    se9addick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
    Tax payer funded football fan travel.  That'll go down well
    Taxpayers already subsidise all train travel 

    Still more expensive that anywhere else in Europe
  • Airman BrownAirman Brown
    se9addick said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    se9addick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
    Well the government will own the railways so it’ll be easy for them! 
    Tax payer funded football fan travel.  That'll go down well
    Taxpayers already subsidise all train travel 
    And pay for all roads that don’t have tolls.
  • Cardinal SinCardinal Sin
    Obviously no-one's told Corbyn that free season tickets would hand him the keys to No 10....
  • Greenie JuniorGreenie Junior
    Free stuff for everyone 
  • swords_aliveswords_alive
    Good to see acknowledgement at least of need for greater fan influence and travel concessions. Have to go along way to make up for decades of neglect, same as worker representation on boards and worker ownership for bigger firms is progressive and to be welcomed.
  • Covered EndCovered End
    It's a clincher for me. Ooh Jeremy Corbyn. 
  • iainambleriainambler
    Having a say over who the manager is and enforcing a mandatory two directors from the fan base are two entirely different things. 

    I’m all in favour of giving fans a say in the boardroom, but the choice of manager is a matter for the whole board. 

    I agree with Stig that there are some fans you wouldn’t trust to choose off a takeaway menu let alone in a board room. But we do have (on this forum at least) some sensible heads on shoulders who would keep any board of directors in the real world. I have no idea how much difference that could have made in the Duchatalet era. Pretty certain the new lot would at least listen with integrity. 

    Hardly something that’s going to sway a vote at the election, though. Issues relating to poverty, healthcare, social care and the small issue over the European Union might be further up the average person’s list if concerns than this....
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