The subject today is club ownership in English football and the ongoing debate about the need for an independent regulator following the UK government review in to the governance of the game led by Tracey Crouch MP.

Our guests are Nick Harris, John Scales and Niall Couper.

Nick Harris is chief sports news correspondent for the Mail on Sunday newspaper and has recently published an extensive report asking fans what they thought of their club’s owners. The results are fascinating and are available to view on Nick’s Twitter page @sportingintel. 

John Scales played in the Premier League for Wimbledon, Spurs and Liverpool in a career which included winning three caps for England. He is now an entrepreneur working across sport. 

Niall Couper is head of media for Amnesty International UK and is chief executive of Fair Game, a pressure group consisting of English football clubs seeking to change the governance of the game.   

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