Financial Disparity In Football (EDM766)

Financial Disparity In Football

EDM number 766 in 2001-02, proposed by Bob Russell on 30/01/2002.

That this House views with great concern the increasing financial disparity in football between the richest clubs in the premiership and clubs playing in the lower divisions; recognises the vital social and economic role that all football clubs and particularly smaller clubs, for example Colchester United and Torquay United, play within the local community; commends the work that organisations including Supporters Direct play in assisting local supporter clubs to take ownership and rescue their own clubs from extinction, for example by using the trust model as at Chesterfield; notes with concern the present financial difficulties being experienced at York City Football Club; welcomes and applauds the strong efforts being made in York by supporters to develop a rescue plan and take ownership of the club; and calls on all associated with football to place great effort on ensuring the survival of league football at York, coupled with support for other clubs experiencing financial problems.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	30/01/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alan Reid	30/01/2002	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	30/01/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	30/01/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	30/01/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	30/01/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	31/01/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	31/01/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/01/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	31/01/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	31/01/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	31/01/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/02/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/02/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/02/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	05/02/2002	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/02/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Burnham	05/02/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	06/02/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/02/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/02/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/02/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Huw Edwards	07/02/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/02/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	12/02/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Mann	13/02/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/02/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/02/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Daisley	13/02/2002	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/02/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	27/02/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/03/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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