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New Election Promise 'Re Football Ownership

i_b_b_o_r_g
i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
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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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    The policy focusing on reduced train travel costs when games are moved sounds sensible.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    10... 9... 8...
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    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_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    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
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Nice to see football fans being recognised. All good sensible suggestions.

    Protection of fans from stereotyped policing would be good.

    A law that Millwall fans have to be kept in for a minimum of an hour after every game, home or away, would be good too.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    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_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    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?
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    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. 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    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! 
  • danny777
    danny777 Posts: 222
    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_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    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 Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    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 Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Obviously no-one's told Corbyn that free season tickets would hand him the keys to No 10....
  • Greenie Junior
    Greenie Junior Posts: 3,881
    Free stuff for everyone 
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,256
    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 End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    It's a clincher for me. Ooh Jeremy Corbyn. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    edited December 2019
    I'm a football fan and I don't want a say in who our manager is. And from what I've seen on this and other forums, I don't want other fans having a say either.

    What I do want is some real power to those responsible to stop crackpot owners.
  • iainambler
    iainambler Posts: 963
    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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