Gary Neville has urged Liz Truss and her cabinet to aim for an "open goal" by pushing through new measures to prevent English football from "sleepwalking" towards disaster.
People crammed into an auditorium at Liverpool's Convention Centre this morning to see the former Manchester United footballer speak at a Labour Party conference fringe event. Neville appeared on a panel alongside EFL chair Rick Parry, Shadow Secretary of State, Lucy Powell MP, and the Football Supporters Association Chief Executive Kevin Miles, to discuss the need for an independent regulator in the English game.
Earlier this year, Boris Johnson's cabinet endorsed radical changes to establish a governing body on the back of a fan-led football review. The desire for an independent regulator gained traction after controversial plans for a European Super League collapsed in April 2021 ,but there have been claims in recent weeks that Liz Truss would prefer to avoid increased legislation, putting the proposed new measures in jeopardy.
