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The Labour Party yesterday published it's manifesto with a section on sport, saying:
"We will work with governing authorities to ensure that professional clubs are accountable to their stakeholders, and run transparently on sound financial principles, with greater involvement of local communities and supporter representation. Sports governing bodies will be empowered to scrutinise takeovers of clubs, ensuring they are in the long-term interests of the club and the sport. We will develop proposals to enable registered Supporters Trusts to buy stakes in their club."
SD Chief Executive Dave Boyle said in response: "Against the backdrop of a tight election, the political parties have cottoned onto the fact that millions of people care about our national sport and are concerned at the state the game is in. The proposals to tackle the exclusion of fans from the boardrooms of clubs and governing bodies and giving trusts a real chance of a stake in our clubs are the biggest and boldest commitments made to sports fans in a party's manifesto - yet. We'll be looking at the other parties as they publish their plans later this week."
NB: of the three major parties, The Conservatives publish their manifesto today (Tues 13th) and the Liberal Democrats on Weds 14th. Keep an eye out on the SD website for more.
