PRESS NOTICE
The response of clubs to the Survey ‘Funding football from the grassroots to the Championship’, carried out on behalf of the All Party Football Group (APFG) makes clear that a good proportion of non-Premier League clubs think the APFG’s recommendations for changes in the game would be good for football as a whole.
The Survey ‘Funding football from the grassroots to the Championship’ was carried out by Vision 21, an independent research company on behalf of the All Party Football Group. Vision 21 surveyed clubs from the Championship down to Step 4 during September and October 2004. In total, an extensive sample of 109 clubs below the Premiership took part.
The results of the All Party Football Group’s Survey of Clubs following its Report on English Football & Its Finances is to be launched at a press conference
PRESS LAUNCH
11a.m. on Wednesday 1 December
Lewis Media Centre at Millbank Tower, Westminster.
The survey results will contain the responses of clubs towards the All Party Football Group’s recommendations made in its Report launched in February this year and other attitudes towards aspects of the game including Agents, Regulations of clubs, An independent regulator, racism, the financial future, and even clubs views on the MK Dons move. This 25 page publication is based on extensive survey results and is the voice of 109 clubs sampled below the Premiership.
The press conference will be hosted by Alan Keen MP, chair of the All Party Football Group. Other members of the Inquiry Panel will also be present to answer questions.
The press conference is open to members of the media only.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
· The role non-Premiership football has in society
· The finances of professional & semi-professional football outside the Premiership
· The support for measures that have been suggested that may help to create a more stable football industry.
2. A summary of the questions contained in the survey can be found on the All Party Football Group’s website(www.allpartyfootballgroup.org.uk).
3. The All Party Football Group’s Survey of Clubs will be put on the All Party Football Group’s website (www.allpartyfootballgroup.org.uk) on Wednesday 1 December.
4. The All Party Football Group’s Report on English Football And Its Finances can also be found on the All Party Football Group’s website (www.allpartyfootballgroup.org.uk).
5. The following MPs and Peers from the Group formed a panel that considered submissions and heard presentations from interested parties:
Alan Keen MP, Inquiry Chair Peter Pike MP
Clive Betts MP Christine Russell MP
Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Taylor of Warwick
Mark Field MP Adrian Bailey MP
Lord Carter Mark Hendrick MP
John Grogan MP Ian Lucas MP
6. The All Party Football Group is one of the largest all party groups in Parliament. Currently it has over 150 members. Its officers are:
Chair: Alan Keen MP
Vice-Chair: Claire Ward MP
Vice-Chair: John Greenway MP
Vice-Chair: Bob Russell MP
Vice-Chair: Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Secretary: Peter Pike MP
Treasurer: Clive Betts MP
7. Copies of the Survey Report will be available at the press conference on Wednesday.
8. For more information about this release, please contact:
Tim Green, Clerk to the All Party Football Group
020 7219 2819