Excellent pod out today. Some brilliant insights from the club and local MP around the plight of Morecambe

Masters champions parachute payments.... Er hello I am not sure the rest of the Championship or @EFL would agree with that. It screws competitive balance. Everyone knows that @fairgameuk.bsky.social

Another fun statistical contrast for tomorrow: Man City probably spend more on lawyers in a month than Orient do on players in a year

Love being part of this. Excellent episode this week as we discuss who would be part of the best ever Wimbledon FC Premier League XI

In a scary development, tonight I am feeding my family haggis for the first time

Independent Regulator anyone?

ICYMI... Here I am on Joe Media on behalf of @fairgameuk.bsky.social explaining why we don't just need a football regulator, but why we need one with strong powers... youtube.com/shorts/QC_Bc...

Listen to our international edition! We talk to an @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social fan living in California, converted to the cause by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social We need that movie to happen! Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. 👇 www.sameoldwombles.com/season-3-epi...

Summed up in under a minute. A message to clubs, fans and politicians.

Loved taking part in this. Football really is on a knifes edge

💻📱 Follow the links on our website to sign up 👉 footballvhomophobia.com 👀 #FvH2025 Champions so far 👉 footballvhomophobia.com/2025-champions/ Already listed? Or not yet? Send to / tag your club, group etc and invite them to join in - let’s take a stand together against discrimination ❌ 2/2

Definitely worth listening to!

Thanks @cliven7.bsky.social

Have a listen here too. On the weekly Guardian podcast

Want to know why football is a mess and needs a regulator? Watch this 👇👇👇 youtu.be/1v1rexiN8X4?...

Superb result from a great team

Great news - huge credit to Ellen Clifford and @publiclawproject.bsky.social for seeing this through. Hopefully this will finally kill off the absurd & oft-repeated claim that cutting people's benefits somehow makes it easier for them to access employment support

24 hours before one of the biggest decisions in football is debated in the House of Lords - the future of football's finances - Graham Miller talks to former FA Chair David Bernstein and our CEO @niallcouper.bsky.social on their thoughts... Tune in www.fairgameuk.org/podcasts/acrucialweek

The story behind how I ended up ... buying a professional football player for my beloved AFC Wimbledon? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQcB... #midlifecrisis #upthedons

Looking forward to being part of this delegation. Fighting the good fight in a bid to deliver a fairer future for football

Best wishes to Morecambe fans today

When it comes to immigration legal aid, are there new depths to the ocean of unmet need? Has the Legal Aid Agency's list of providers who can give immigration advice remotely actually created a mirage of capacity? In case you missed PLP's new report: publiclawproject.org.uk/resources/im...

Heading on your way into work? Check out the latest Same Old Wombles podcast, the most niche podcast on the market! We chat about the latest games, January window and the AFCW Fan Awards. Unaffiliated, unsponsored and unknown! (MC) @thedonstrust.bsky.social www.sameoldwombles.com/season-3-epi...

Thought for the year! Will 2025 mark the year the financial flow in football finally starts being fairer? Over 20 years, the gap has grown nine fold! It could happen, but it depends on our politicians caring about all the clubs in the pyramid and their communities @fairgameuk.bsky.social

Well done the UK for scoring so highly in the @transparencyuk.bsky.social league table (sic) Ultimate source of funds needs to be clear and transparent in all businesses And that's why @fairgameuk.bsky.social is calling for it to be enshrined in football governance No room to hide

Worth a read 👇👇👇

🤔 Thought for the day ⚖️ An imbalance in football? It takes Reece James 55 days to earn more than the entire annual budget of an average League Two club And around two years to pay for a state of the art 15,000 all seater stadium. One player at one Premier League club @fairgameuk.bsky.social

🤔Thought for the day ⚽️ To football, let's champion well-run clubs, fans & foundations. A fairer future for football please 🌏 To activists, never lose sight of the dream to make the world a better place. 💭 Without dreams, what are we 🎄🎄Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄 🎄 Oh and 3pts please Dons!

So what would your answers be?

🎄This festive period, we're asking football's great and good for their views to seven different questions. First up CEO @niallcouper.bsky.social What was his highlight for 2024? And what would he change for 2025? And so much more. 👇👇 Reply with your own too... www.fairgameuk.org/2024-quiz-ni...

Do you want to challenge discrimination and unfairness in the immigration system, using strategic legal research and policy work? Join our online seminar series from February 25 - 27, presented with ILPA ⬇️ publiclawproject.org.uk/events/chall...

If planned reforms to disability benefits go ahead, over 400,000 people will be worse off by £416 a month. Internal documents also suggest that up to 100,000 disabled people would be pushed into poverty. Read this detailed look at our client Ellen Clifford's legal challenge to find out more ⬇️

🤔 A quick thought on our polarised society. German killer? 🇸🇦 Saudi refugee Or 😵 Musk supporting Nazi 📰 Look at the headlines and it will tell you so much about the divided global discourse How we can bring people together when we live in increasingly different bubbles?

🤔 Today's thought 🇬🇧 Make Britain great again 💸 Invest in education, health & environment 💭 Imagine a nation where 👪 Every child aspires to be a teacher or doctor 🚑 Our schools & NHS are envy of world 🌍 Planet A is safe That should be everyone's vision And Wimbledon win (just me on that one)

Personal view on the question below... Yes

New figures are out... A reason why EDI is so important and why it should be part of the proposed Independent Football Regulator

Like what he said👇👇👇

Brilliant bit of work

Most unsurprising story of the night from PA "A top lawyer representing Manchester City has claimed human rights issues would “distract” a new football regulator if it was required to consider them." Words interest and vested come to mind www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Here is the official @fairgameuk.bsky.social reaction to the ridiculous Unify League aka European Super League Mk II in the Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bill...

Can't underestimate how important this could be

🧠 Today's thought 6️⃣ Day Six Up for debate 🏟 Wimbledon clause 🇸🇦 State-owned clubs 🫶 Human rights 🏗 Support for clubs And possibly the big one... 💸 The backstop and financial flow. ❓️Will the regulator have the power to reverse the growing financial divide @fairgameuk.bsky.social

Watch this space

🤔 Thought for the day 🧠 Sometimes I wonder what is going through the minds of politicians ⚽️ Here is the latest from the Football Governance Bill 🟦 Tory Peer Colin Moynihan wants to give owners of football clubs diplomatic immunity ⁉️ Er? Why? www.cityam.com/tory-peers-p...

Amendment just being discussed stopping clubs like Man City leaving the Premier League and setting up in new World Super League as say City Blues... No longer far fetched. @fairgameuk.bsky.social

1/3 🤔 Today's thought 5️⃣ Day 5 of the increasingly misnamed three-day Committee hearing on the Football Governance Bill in the House of Lords. Day 6 is on Wednesday, with the final day now set for mid January. So what is up for debate (in theory) today... 👇👇👇

This should appeal to the right person who loves football and wants to ensure a fairer future for Our Nationsl Game www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Happy Niall

Well I will be there...

🤔 Thought for the day Saudi Arabia. The World Cup. WTF. This is their official line: “FIFA is committed to respecting all internationally recognised human rights and shall strive to promote the protection of these rights.” 👇👇 Murdering journos? Women’s rights? inside.fifa.com/social-impac...