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Football Governance

Guisborough Town football club in my constituency—I am its president—has an excellent supporters group network. I am also a fan of Middlesbrough football club, which has a disabled supporters association, an official supporters club, and Middlesbrough Supporters South, which organised an event last night with parmos provided to make sure that exiled Teessiders had some food and fare after the Sunderland game. For all those good intentions and good endeavours, paragraph 37 of the Government's response states that consideration will be given to the establishment of"““an informal expert group to report on the degree to which there are other issues that create genuine barriers and to provide recommendations for practical action””," which would allow groups to make informative and informed decisions, and to be able to see what is happening at their club.