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Stop any club from joining the Super League without the support of their fans.

Submitted on Monday 19th April 2021

Rejected on Monday 26th April 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Stop any club from joining the Super League without the support of their fans.

Petition Details

Manchester United was born out of railway workers. City out of churches. Arsenal from workers in a munitions factory. Liverpool, a working class club that is the pride of a working class city.

These clubs belong do not belong to the billionaires.

Additional Information

They belong to the people and communities who've made them what they are today.

The Government and Parliament have a duty to ensure it stays that way.

It should explore mandating: fan representation on boards, formal consultations, or even ratification votes of fans.

Our politicians should do whatever it takes to keep greedy owners from stealing the people's beautiful game.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Enforce the “50+1” Rule for professional football club ownership in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/583310

On Monday 19 April the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden MP said that he was appalled by the announcement that a handful of clubs are proposing to form their own breakaway European league, ands said the Government would not hesitate to protect one of our greatest national institutions: football. The Culture Secretary said that the Government would back the football authorities to stop this move, and if the football authorities couldn’t act, the Government would. The Culture Secretary said the Government would "put everything on the table to prevent this from happening."

You can read the Culture Secretary's full statement on the European Super League here: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/statement-by-oliver-dowden-on-the-european-super-league

Since you started your petition it has also been announced that all six Premier League teams that were initially involved in the European Super League have withdrawn. You can read a report of this news here: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56823501

Further, on 19 April the Government announced a 'Fan-led review of football governance', which will explore ways of improving the governance, ownership and financial sustainability of clubs in English football, building on the strengths of the football pyramid. You can read more about this review here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/fan-led-review-of-football-governance

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