“Vested interest needs to be kicked out the governance of football. The growing gap between football’s haves and have-nots needs to end. And clubs need the proper support to deliver the changes required.

“If a regulator is created without the appropriate bite, we will end up with a toothless body unfit for the purpose it was created.

“Now the onus is on the 17 members of the Football Governance Bill committee to ensure that these amendments are adopted into the final draft legislation.”

“Thanks entirely to the broadcasting deal, the gaps within and between divisions are growing wider and wider every year. To succeed on the pitch increasingly there is only one option - to overspend. And hope you come up trumps in the Russian Roulette that is modern-day football finance.”

Niall Couper, CEO, Fair Game

If the Bill is to achieve both its primary objective of financial sustainability and take into account foreign policy, there is no alternative but to ban state-ownership of football clubs.

Niall Couper, CEO, Fair Game

“The FA Cup is a symbol of the football pyramid and the long history and traditions of our game. It cannot continue to be devalued. The first step is an easy one: give the fourth Champions’ League spot to the winners of the FA Cup.”

Niall Couper, CEO, Fair Game

“The anger from across all levels of football is huge. Sadly this is totemic of the growing arrogance at the top of the game, and the disdain they show for the rest of the football pyramid.” Niall Couper, CEO, Fair Game

“Events of this season have led to rising concern amongst supporters at all levels that the football authorities are running the game in the interests of the few and not the many. If the new regulator is to be effective, it must be given powers to act to secure the health of the whole football pyramid.”

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, & Niall Couper, Fair Game CEO

“If the proposed football regulator is to achieve its No 1 objective of securing the financial sustainability of the game then it must take full control of football’s financial flow. Leaving it in the hands of the current football authorities, as the data proves, is the road to ruin,” said Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game

“The move is yet another example why football needs a strong and independent regulator that can ensure the financial future of our game and control the rampant self-interest of the fat cats at the top of the Premier League,” said Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game

Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, said:

“The regulator must be transparent, it must have teeth, and it must be able to ensure a fair financial flow that rewards well-run clubs. It can be done. Our report provides the template. It is now up to our politicians to deliver and ensure the game has the sustainability that well-run clubs, fans and communities desperately need.”

Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, said:

“The European Super League is not in the wider interests of the sport and undermines national leagues and grass roots football.  The devil is in the details, but what is essential is that such a venture cannot ever be allowed to pass.

It is now up to the incoming independent regulator to put the final nail in the coffin of the European Super League.”

Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, said:

“This is a fantastic piece of news. Today, Fair Game has been given the European stamp of approval, and our voice has grown dramatically overnight. This partnership is a real shot in the arm for those who want a fairer future for football.”

Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, said:

““Football stands at a critical juncture, there is a prevailing need to resist pressures to dilute the regulator's authority and to ensure it has the teeth to deliver.”

Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, said:

“It is now abundantly clear that football in England urgently needs a culture change and the regulator must be given full and comprehensive powers to deliver it. The current reliance on punishment has clearly failed. Overspending and financial recklessness remains commonplace.”

“Today’s announcement is a historic moment for football and represents a real chance to end the cycle of overspending and mismanagement that has plagued our National Game and threatened the very existence of our clubs.

"Right now clubs like Sheffield Wednesday, Reading and Scunthorpe United are staring into the abyss.

"There will be intense pressure to weaken the regulator’s remit at a time when proper protection and scrutiny of our National Game is needed more than ever.

“Those tasked with setting up the regulator must resist that pressure and remain laser-focused to deliver a fairer future for football and the culture change the sport desperately needs.

“Reckless spending, disconnect between clubs and their communities, and lip service to equality standards must be consigned to the rubbish bin of history. This transformation can only be achieved if the regulator has the teeth and resources to deliver.”

Niall Couper

“We are delighted to have secured this partnership. Along with ESM’s innovative web-platform their approach to partnerships has built them a reputation for integrity across the world of football. It’s clear that there is both ESM and Fair Game support the aim of stopping more clubs going bust by achieving greater fairness and sustainability in football.”

Niall Couper

“There are some referees that have reached the dizzying heights [of the Premier League] who have shortfalls in capability and I don’t think they are good enough.”

Keith Hackett