England: DCMS recommends the creation of a "new independent regulator for English football"

Following the "Fan-Led Review of Football Governance" announced by the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on 19/04/2021 and published on 24/11/2021, the DCMS has set out a series of recommendations, including the creation of a new "independent regulator for English football," according to a written statement by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, to the House of Commons and House of Lords, on 25/11/2021.

The Review (available to download) lays out "a comprehensive examination of the English football system with the aim to explore ways of improving the governance, ownership and financial sustainability of clubs in the football pyramid, building on the strengths and benefits of the game."

"The Review demonstrates that there are fundamental issues with our national sport, and that this merits radical reform. Fans across the country want and deserve that reform. We have seen in the past how football has been unable to reform itself and to deliver changes that stop the likes of Bury FC (expelled by the English Football League after a takeover bid from C&N Sporting…