Sustainabilty Index Explained

Throughout June 2022 we held a series of panels on the four elements of the Sustainability Index.

If you missed them you can listen back using the links below

Fan & Community Engagement

  • Adrian Goldberg

    CHAIR

    Adrian Goldberg is famed for his investigative journalism and was host for 10 years of Goldberg Investigates on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is now active in Byline Times and has his own successful podcast. He is a Fair Game Ambassador

  • Kevin Day

    PRICE OF FOOTBALL

    Kevin Day is a stand-up comedian and writer, with a career spanning several decades., Kevin writes on a number of hit panel shows - among them Have I Got News For You, The Mash Report and A League Of Their Own. Kevin has also appeared on Match of The Day 2, and is a regular voice on Radio 4. His first book Who are Ya? 92 Football Clubs and Why You Shouldn’t Support Them was published in October 2020.

  • Anne-Marie Godfrey

    AFC WIMBLEDON

    Anne-Marie is a board member of the Don Trust. She is leading on Diversity and Inclusion having founded the club's first LGBTQ+ supporters group Dons 4 Diversity. Anne-Marie is also a Senior County Referee and recently elected onto Women's National League matches. She vis the assistant secretary to the women's and girls committee on the Hampshire FA and also on the county discipline panel

  • Darren Young

    FAN EXPERIENCE COMPANY

    As a director of the Fan Experience Company, he has spent several years helping associations, leagues and clubs to improve the way they engage with fans; both with the match day experience and linked to attendance growth, combining a practical and pragmatic approach with extensive knowledge and best practice. He is a UEFA mentor.

  • Greg Campbell

    CAMPBELL TICKELL PARTNER

    A management consultant for over 20 years, he has worked directly with more than 500 organisations across the UK and Ireland. His specialist areas include strategy, regulation, governance, troubleshooting, business development and HR

  • Paolo Nieddu

    COPA90

    Paolo is Global Head of Strategy of COPA90; a fan-first football media company,, reaching 70m+ fans a month globally. Since 2016 he has been responsible for driving COPA90's brand strategy alongside the development and activation of distinct and effective strategic thinking in partnership with COPA90's key commercial partners.

Equality Standards

  • Anjana Gadgil

    CHAIR

    Anjana is a BBC newsreader, reporter and sports presenter. She currently presents the 1830 news on BBC South Today. A keen footballer, Anjana played for AFC Stoneham Ladies in the FA Cup this season and is a fan of Portsmouth

  • Cathy Long

    WOMEN IN SPORT

    Cathy has over 30 years’ experience working in policy and fan adovcacy roles for the EPL, EFL, FA and FSA and now Women in Sport

  • Brian Deane

    FORMER ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL

    Brian Deane played for several teams during his career notably Sheffield United and Leeds United. He was capped by England and is also a part of the Sheffield Group looking at football governance. He is a Fair Game Ambassador

  • Stuart Fuller

    CHAIR LEWES FC

    Stuart Fuller is the Chair of fan-owned Lewes Football Club, the world's first semi/professional club to allocate equal playing budgets and resources to its Men's and Women's first team squads. Lewes FC are well known for their approach of using football as a channel for social change. Fuller has been on the board of Lewes for over 10 years, the last five as Chair.

  • Ashley Mould

    LCP

    Ashley is a consultant who has worked within LCP’s football analytics team since it started six years ago. Over 2021, he helped to make TransferLab the first comprehensive data scouting platform for women’s football. Within LCP, Ashley plays a role in ensuring equal opportunities within their recruitment process and he is an active member of their Multicultural network.

Good Governance

  • Julian Waters

    CHAIR

    Julian spent more than 30 years broadcasting live for Sky Sports, Sky News and Capital Radio. He has presented, commentated on, and reported from the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championships, the Premier League, FA Cup Finals, the Olympic Games, Wimbledon tennis, Ryder Cup golf, championship boxing, Test match cricket, and many other sports.

  • Mark Palios

    TRANMERE ROVERS OWNER

    Mark played over 400 League and Cup games. He then became a highly respected Chartered Accountant. And in 2003, took up a role as CEO of the FA. He has also been a director of the British Judo Association (2012-16); member of Surrey County Cricket Club’s Audit, Risk and Governance Committee (2011-18); English Football league Governance Working Group; English Cricket Board Finance, Audit & Risk Committee. In 2014, Mark, together with his wife acquired Tranmere Rovers FC where he had played for 13 years.

  • Richard Caborn

    FORMER SPORTS MINISTER

    Richard served as Sports Minister from 2001 and 2007, and was a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Football Foundation for 10 years. He is currently Chair of the Sheffield Football Governance Group.

  • Radojka Milijevic

    PARTNER CAMPBELL TICKELL

    Radojka has been a management consultant for nearly 20 years. A specialist in governance and regulation, she has worked with organisations across many sectors including sport.

  • Nick Hawker

    EXETER CITY

    Nick is the Executive Chair of Exeter City FC and Chairman of the Exeter City Supporters Trust.

Financial Sustainability

  • Matt Slater

    CHAIR

    Matt is Senior Football News Reporter for the Athletic and host of The Athletic Football Podcast. Matt was previously Chief Sports Reporter for the Press Association and before that he spent 16 years as a sports reporter for the BBC. Matt was shortlisted for sports journalist of the year in 2020 and 2021.

  • Jason Stockwood

    GRIMBY TOWN OWNER.

    Jason is the chairman and joint majority shareholder of Grimsby Town and vice chairman of insurance brokers Simply Business. He is a Trustee of B Lab. Previously, he was the managing director of Travelocity, non-executive of Skyscanner and the former international managing director of dating website Match.com.

  • Christina Philippou

    UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

    Christina is the co-lead of the Equality and Financial Sustainability Report, Fair Game's Director of Policy and a Principal Lecturer at Portsmouth University. Her current research interests include sport governance and football finance. Christina is Director of Policy for Fair Game

  • Bart Huby

    LCP FOOTBALL ANALYTICS

    Bart is an actuary and head of the LCP football analytics team, which has developed the online player recruitment platform TransferLab, now used by over 20 clubs in England and abroad. He has extensive experience of effective regulation in the financial services industry and has recently been able to compare and contrast this with the position in football through taking a CBA in Football Industries at Liverpool University.

  • Daniel Geey

    SHERIDANS

    Daniel Geey is one of the UK's most highly respected sports, competition and regulatory lawyer. His clients include Premier League and Champions League football clubs, agencies, rights holders and other sports companies. He is the media's go-to man when complex legal matters need to be explained to a wider audience and he has appeared on Sky Sports, Sky News, BBC, CNN, BT Sport, Bloomberg, TV2, BBC Radio 4, and TalkSport, and contributed to the Daily Telegraph and the Independent

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