In committee room 3a of the House of Lords on Tuesday, a gathering was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the fan-led review of football governance. It was a stuffy affair, in the sense that someone should probably have opened a window, and an airless room may have contributed to a mood which stopped some way short of celebratory.
Twelve months after Tracey Crouch launched the review to wide acclaim, its status remains in limbo. A document the Football Supporters’ Association had said offered an “unprecedented opportunity” to reform the game and which the Premier League’s chief executive, Richard Masters, called “comprehensive, wide-ranging, bold and radical” is still waiting to get off the launch pad.
