The Independent Football Regulator’s first report is out, the first complete, evidence-based picture of the true state of English football. It is sobering reading - but what happens next?

There are tough times ahed for Blues fans.

It's bigger and richer than ever, but there are nagging doubts about football that just won't go away.

Getting fans to care about Fan Advisory Boards is a key challenge

Continuing the series of short guides on how fans can make best use of the Football Governance Act

Like pulling on a woolly jumper as the shadows lengthen at the end of summer, it’s a shame the seasons change but there’s comfort to be found. It feel easy to slip back into the familia…

In the second of a series of simple guides on how to use the Football Governance Act, the strategic business plan comes under the spotlight.

Three days from the season, no captain named, and a twenty-year-old keeps being handed the armband. I asked Steve Perryman, Tottenham captain for well over a decade, what the job actually is.

Three days from the season, no captain named, and a twenty-year-old keeps being handed the armband. I asked Steve Perryman, Tottenham captain for well over a decade, what the job actually is.

How well do supporters' organisations understand the Football Governance Act? And what role can Fan Advisory Boards play in shaping decisions at their clubs?

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Five years on from the European Super League, another greed-is-good scheme has been defeated. How significant are these events?

As fans and clubs struggle to define their relationship, ticketing is in the front line

What the fans who travelled thought, how they did it, and my view from the armchair … plus some recommended reading

Some short observations to keep The Football Fan ticking over while all eyes are on the Americas

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What has been pretty clear to most people is that football hasn’t been a priority at Spurs for years. If the Lewis’s didn’t notice the people they appointed, and in particular the man they made the highest-paid chairman in the Premier League, weren’t prioritising football or building an elite sporti