Liverpool supporters group Spirit of Shankly has welcomed the decision of UK government to back proposals for an independent regulator in English football.
Following the publication of the Crouch Report last year, the fan-led review into the state of football nationally, authored by Conservative MP Tracey Crouch, the government has committed to legal changes to how the game is governed. The new regulator will have the power to impose sanctions upon those who break financial and other rules, while a new owners' test will be introduced and fans given more of a say in how the game is governed.
The Crouch Report had made 10 recommendations when it was published late last year, with the introduction of an independent regulator something that was needed to stop the game from 'lurching from crisis to crisis'. The report itself arrived with the backdrop of the failed European Super League plot in April, something which Liverpool were heavily involved in before renouncing their intentions along with eight other teams.
